IT INDEX. 



PAGES 



On Fungi 301 



Election of Officers 259 



Expenses .' 77, 255 



Delegates 1G7 



ESSAYS : 



Benefit of Peach Trees , Henry Speer 43 



The Adornment of Home, Mrs. Nellie McVey 54 



Horticulture, L. Geiger 81 



Injurious Fungi. B. T. Galloway S9 



Ornamenting, M. G. Kern 94 



Ornamental, Z. S. Ragan 104 



Farmers' Wives as Florists, Mrs. Mary Rodemyer 107 



Evergreens, Chas. Patterson 109 



Our Homes, Mrs. E. D. Pearson 112 



Nursery Business, Phil. Pfeiffer 117 



Tenure of Land, G. F. Maitland 128 



The Red Oaks of the Loess Hill, W. R. Laughlin 130 



The Use of the Beautiful, Mrs. Nellie McVey 133 



What I Know about Fruit Farming, Dan Carpenter 137 



Life of an Apple Tree , Chas . Teubner 151 



Orchard Lessons of the Past Year, N . T . Murray 155 



Where Shall we Plant our Orchards, J. A. Durkes 160 



The Most Desirable Apples, P. M. Keily 165 



Grape Culture, Jacob Rommel ; 172 



A Tree Wash, Jacob Faith 178 



Transportation , Clarke Irvine 182 



Soil Cultivation. Nat. Stephens 190 



Language of Flowers, Mrs. Dr. A Goslin 197 



Ornamentation of School Yards , C. C. Bell 207 



What the State owes to Horticulture, Levi Chubbuck 213 



Birds and Agriculture , Clarke Irvine 287 



Diseases of the Apple caused by Fungi, B. T. Galloway 293 



Insects Injurious to the Apple, Mary E. Murtfeldt 307 



A Plea for our Birds, Theo. G. Lemmon 315 



Utility not the only Requisite , Prof. G. L. Osborne 322 



Waste Places, Mrs. A. C. Skinner 325 



Public Parks, Z. S. Ragan 326 



Mulching, Z. T. Russell 332 



Invitations to the Society 258 



LETTERS : 



Mrs. Marie Rodemyer 58 



Miss Mary E. Murtleldt 58, 124 



Prof. G. L. Osborne 58, 123 



J. B . Wild Bros 59 



Prof. Wm. Trelease 59, 124 



T. T. Lyon 59 



St. Louis Fair 69 



