INDEX. 



Page 



American Horticultural Society meeting 138 



Horticultural meeting 167 



Address of welcome at Brookfield 6 



response 8 



Address of welcome at Lebanon 184 



A cheap evaporator 417 



A little sarcasm 445 



Black knot 397 



Best six roses 432 



Blackberries 394 



Bill Nye on the fence question 445 



Constitution 5 



Committees, standing 4 



reports 83,273, 275 



Cider vinegar 391,428, 430 



Corebss apple 397 



Can't afford it 418 



Can plants be acclimatized 421 



Caring for tender roses 435 



Curiosities of plant life 441 



Discussion on trees 15 



vinegar 21 , 200 



orchards 27,209, 215 



new varieties 45 



entomology 52 



fruit-growing 203 



pruning 221 



varieties 222 



raspberries 228 



fruit packages 236 



small lruits 240 



Missouri fruits 262 



transportation 288 



Entomology (MissM. E. Murtfeldtj— 



Chapter I — Introduction 449 



Chapter II— External structure of insects. 453 

 Chapter HI— The head and its appendages 454- 



Chapter IV — The thorax and abdomen 457 



Chapter V— Internal structure of insects. . 460 

 Chapter VI— Transformation of insects ... 463 

 Essays — 



Flowers 11 



Five Best Market Apples 16 



Vinegar Making 19 



Commercial Orchards 22 



Horticultural Societies 31 



Flowers 39 



Horticulture 89 



Entomology 48 



Exhibiting Fruits 60 



Essays— Page 



Observations for 1888 66 



Common Sense in Planting Trees 78 



Practical Bo "any 94 



Dignity of Labor 102 



Mythology of Flowers 109 



The Apple 112 



Rainfall and the Economy of Moisture 116 



Orcharding in Missouri 121 



Holt County as It Is 125 



liailroads in Horticulture 150 



Our Insect Musicians 152 



Requisites for Fruit-rooms 161 



The Greatest Fruit State of the West 163 



An Ancient Flower Garden 170 



The Work of the Missouri State Society. . 189 



Utility plus Beauty 194 



Vinegar-making 198 



1 >ark Side of Fruit-growing 202 



Profit and Loss in Orcharding. 205 



Best Results in Orcharding 210 



Home-made Fruit Evaporator 216 



Tree Growing. 218 



The Raspberry 227 



Three Best Strawberries, Raspberries and 



Blackberries 237 



Fruit-Growing in Missouri 241 



Flowers in the Garden 244 



Lawns and Flower Beds 247 



Prospects of Horticulturists 250 



Waste Places 254 



Studies in the Woods, 255 



Missouri Fruits aud Lands 259 



Horticulture at the Experiment Station. . 276 



Thinning Fruit 284 



Melons 291 



Nature versus Horticulture 296 



Bulbs for Fall Planting 299 



When to Market Fruit 302 



Mistakes of the Horticulturist 304 



Our Forest Trees 309 



Ornamentals, 313 



Fruit Growing in Henry County 316 



Nut Culture in Indiana 319 



The Work of To day 382 



The Babbitt Apple 366 



Exterminating apple maggots 425 



Kxpensive decorations 431 



Kllwanger's new book 441 



Flection of officers 272 



Final resolutions 83, 295 



