T^BLE OF CONTEISTTS. 



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Cincinnatus — A Sketch 1 



Theory and Observation 6 



Agriculture — its Defects and Rem- 

 edies 7 



Observations on the Flora of the 



West 13 



Cincinnati Horticultural Society... 17 



The Minuteness of Creation 23 



Reasoning in Animals 24 



Circular — The Ohio Pomo. Society 25 

 Landscape Gardening as an Art... 27 

 The Effects of Steam on Timber... 29 



Instinct of Plants 30 



Something Advantageous— Family 



Fracas 31 



Do Fossils and Rocks Grow ? 41 



A New Way to Pay an old Debt... 43 

 Rain and Heat in the Un. States... 45 



Romance of Insect Life 46 



A New Horse Shoe 48 



"The Mythic Sea," 49 



Importance of Fresh Air 50 



Singular Effects of Attraction 51 



A Vermonter among the Yankees 52 

 Changes in the Climate of Europe 53 



The Frigate Bird 54 



Durability of Timber 55 



Ingenuity of Birds 55 



New Motors 56 



Our Views and Reviews...59, 107, 160 



Rotation of Crops 67 



Transactions Cin. Horticul. Soc'y 69 

 The first words sent by Telegraph 70 

 Observations on the Flora of the 



West 81 



Our Climatic Vicisitudes 84, 296 



0. Pomo. Soc. — Pres. Ernst's Ad... 87 



The Neshanock Potato 92 



" That John Mason," 93 



An Experiment with Concentrated 



Fertilizers, on Grass 99 



Proceedings of Cin. Hort. Society 100 



A Siberian Winter 105 



Rothschild 106 



Meteorological Table 110,200, 



254, 302, 350, 492, 494, 558, 606 

 Prices & Profits of Agr. Products 113 

 Bissell's Retreat at Buena Vista.,.123 

 Cultiv'n of Taste among Farmers 125 

 Atmosphere a Source of Timber 



Growth 127 



Preserving Butter 127 



"Give," — A Poem i28 



Fertilizers for Fruit Trees 129 



Effects of Frost on Dormant Veg. 130 



Spring Work I33 



Under Draining— its Benefits 137 



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" Deacon Goodman," 141 



Our Winter Coverings 149 



Reflections 151 



The Honey Bee 154 



Sword Blades of Damascus 157 



Spontaneous Plants 159 



DiflBculties in Establishing Agr. 



Institutions — Plan to be Pursuedl61 

 Our Experimental Farm — Asiatic 



Seeds 170 



A Little Experience in Gardeningl75 

 Spr.Work— Dooryard,Lawn,Och'd 177 

 "Effects of Frost on Dormant "Vege- 

 tation," (G. M. Kern) 183 



Kate Osborne igS 



"Effects of Frost on Dormant Vege- 

 tation," (A. H.Ernst) 201 



Philosophical Questions 205 



Observations on Western Flora.. ..209 



Practical Education 214 



Cranberry Culture 217 



A Word from the West 219 



Raising Potatoes under Straw 220 



Chlorine Gas a Rat Exterminator 221 



Kate Osborne, (Concluded) 223 



Pruning in Summer 248 



Our Wondrous Atmosphere 244 



Ashes as Manure 246 



Bad Effects of Grass on Colts 248 



Suffolk Hogs , 250 



Views and Reviews , 252 



Vegetable Reproduction 257 



Western Giants in their Slumbers 266 



" Corn Poetry/' 267 



Absence of Trees from Prairies.... 268 

 Founder & Diseases of Horses' Feet275 



California Wheat Crop 278 



Institutionsfor Promotion of Scien- 

 tific Agr. — Their advantages.. ..279 



The Worsted Stocking 292 



Commencement Week at Col. Hill 301 

 Memoranda of Current Events.. ..304 



Bread 305 



Clover Hill Strawberry Seedling.. 310 

 The Cryptogamia— A Class Essay 314 



The Resurrection Flower 318 



What one Man can do 320 



"A Yankee Man-Trap," 321 



Farmers' "Hole and Corner" Club 326 



Gravel-Wall Houses 327 



Cin. Hort. Society's Exhibition.. ..329 



Does the Moon Rotate? 331 



Grandfather's Old Farm §33 



Promotion of Napoleon — A Chal- 

 lenge 337 



English and French Agriculture... 338 

 Salt to Destroy Worms 339 



