GENERAL INDEX. 



E 



Edgings, new planl for, 2S8 



Effects of locality on temperature,. . 20 



Elm tree insects, 55 



Elms, American and Dutch, 213 



Huntington, 166 



larye 156 



weepiiiar, 124 



J^rie railroad, trip on 24(1 



Euonynius, variegated leaved, 2>8 



Evergreen trees, drooping:, 125 



management of, IGl 



propagation of, 206 



resloringleadingstalkof, IGl 



shortening in, IGl 



transplanting, 160 



Experiment, interesting, 147 



with soils, 224 



with trees, IGO 



F. 



Farming. English, 159 



Favonte poison of America, 201 



Figs, culture of in Morocco, 176 



Fiis, Douglas and nobilis, 222 



Flowers, an essay on, .33 



annual, 247 



cause of failure with, I35 



double, to obtain, 19 1 



how to prolong, 2.39 



monstrous, ISO 



prairie, 13.3 



raising seedling, 91 



Forcing strawberries, 188 



Forests, value of. 137 



Fountains, at Chats worth 219, 220 



at the Vatican, 210 



at Palazzo Fornesi, 210 



remarks on, 208 



at St. Peters, 209 



FRUITS— A few good, 288 



Effects of moisture on, 103 



Grown in Illinois, 133 



Notes on, 199. 241 



Of Morocco, 17.3 



Packing, 19.3 



Rooms, how lo build, 282 



Transn.ulalion of, . . . . 32,150 



To preserve, 92 



To save from pilterers, 151 



Fruit trees, cause of gum in, 226 



culture of at the south, 



23, 255 



at the west, 48 



compost for 256 



effects of frost on, 21 



of the sun on, . . 258 



failure of at the south,. 75 



in Rivers' nurseries,... 182 



planting and mulching, 165 



pruning young, 55 



Fuchsias, very large, 270 



Gardeners, practical school for, 52 



Gardening, decorative, notes on,. . . . 208 



moral influence of, 93 



villa and suburban, 145 



Gardens, at .Shanghae, China, 94 



Bartram's. Philadelphia, 253 



Botanic, London, 268 



market, near London, 84 



National, at Kew, 153 



Gardens, quick lime for old, 282 



Working 86 



Geraniums, culture of, 70, 145 



criterion of, 74 



fancy varieties, 145 



monstrous flowers of, 189 



Prize, 240 



Propagation by roots and seed, 72 



by cuttings, 145 



select list of, 74 



Ginko or Salisburia, 215 



God mthe flower 281 



Gooseberry, culture of, 280 



select lists of, 281 



Graft, influence of stock on, 257 



GRAPE.S — Answer to inquiry about, 55 



Clinton I'oint vinery, 47 



Culture, notes on, 54 



at Cincinnati, 59 



in Morocco, 177 



in green-houses, 43 



ill illniois, 132 



in vineries, 47, 50, 198 



Diana, 228 



Different berries in same bunch 238 



Foreign, 258 



Gros Coulard, 183 



Gromier du Cantel, .... 238 



Insect on vines, 52 



Native, remarks on, 55 



Pruning, ....12, 29,43 



Purple Fontainbleau, 182 



Packing 194 



Successful culture of, 11 



Tanbark for vine borders, .... 50 



Three best sorts, 247 



Trellise for, 11 



Vines, manure for, 247 



Zinfindal, remarks on,. 22, 27, 128 



Green-house plants, exposing in sum- 

 mer, . . . . ; 189 



Care of, 288 



GREEN-HOUSES: 



Hints about building, 110, 184 



ill Kew Gardens, 154 



at ChatswortI 221 



in Botanic Gardens,Lon- 



don, 269 



notices of, 198 



Guano, London, 92 



Gum, cause of in stone-fruit trees,. . 226 



H. 



Habrothamnus elegans, 270 



Haddon Hall. Eiig., description of,. . 264 

 Hallica chalybea, or grape vine flea- 

 beetle, 52 



Hardiness of plants in New-Jersey,. 50 



Hardy herbaceous plants 236 



Heading back transplanted trees, . . . 2S5 



Heart of New- York, visit to, 240 



Hedera regneriana 186 



Hedges, ornamental, 100 



Heliotrope. Souvenir de Liege, 243 



Hemlock for lawns, 125 



Horse Chestnut, 215 



Horticultural buildings, 110, 184 



shows, remarks on, 105 



House bugs, to destroy, 191 



Hoyt's greenhouse, Astoria, 199 



Hyacinths in pots, 270 



¥. 



Illinois, horticulture in, 131 



large orchards in, 134 



rough notes from, 167,131 



Ink for zinc labels 91 



Insect on elm trees, 55 



on grapevines, 52 



J. 



Japait lilies, 190 



K. 



Kenilworth, ruins of, 122 



Kentucky Hort. Society, 200 



Kew, National Gardens at, 153 



L 



Labels, ink for zinc, 91 



Landscape gardening, taste in, 287 



Larch. European, 215 



^veeping, 186 



Lawns, laying out and planting, .... 162 



to have good , 2S8 



Lemon, culture of, in Morocco, 174 



Letter lo ladies in town, 67 



Letters from England, 117, 153, 217, 264 



Lightning, effects of on trees, 237 



Lilies, Japan, 190 



Lime for old gardens, 282 



Linden-trees, disease in, 55 



common, 215 



weeping, 124, 186 



London guano, 92 



Horticultural Society's exhibi- 



tion, 142 



Magnolias, notices of, 215 



iVIanures for fruit trees, 256 



Maple, ash-leaved 213 



purple-leaved, 186 



Silver and Sycamore, 214 



Market Gardens near London, 84 



Massachusetts Agricultural School,. 47 



Hort. Society, June exhibition, 49 



annual exhibition, 



242, 245 

 Medicinal effects of hard water, .... 233 

 Melons, culture of in France, 277 



how to grow, 198 



to preserve from bugs, 98 



Mexican vegetation 8^3 



Mice, to protect trees from, 287 



Moisture, effects of on fruit, 103 



Mole-trap, Crist's 77 



Aloral influence of gardening, 93 



Morocco, fruits of, 173 



Motion of s'lp in plants, 89 



Mulching fruit trees, 165 



good effects of, 67 



strawberries with tan, . 168 



tan bark for, 49, 68, 168 



IV. 



Names of plants, important, 144 



Native botany, 51 



Nectarine, the Stanwick, 41 



from a peach pit, 32, 150 



Negundo tree, 213 



New-Bedford Hort. Society, annual 



exhibition of, 242 



New- York State Fair, 197 



heart of, 240 



Nomenclature, botanical, 141, 233 



scientific 187, 2-33 



Notes and queries, 243 



on ornamental trees, 286 



on southern horticulture , 255 



Nurseries of T. Rivers, England, . . . 181 



Thorburn & Co.'s, 180 



O. 



Oaks, Overcup and AVillow, 216 



variegated leaved, 186 



Oranse, culture of in Morocco, 174 



Orchards, large, in Illinois, 134 



location and aspect of, 244 



on north slopes, 283 



Ornamental trees, select list of, 213 



notes on, 286 



Oswego Hort. Society, July exhibi- 

 tion, 97 



August do 151 



September do., 197 



November do., 285 



P. 



Packing fruits, 193 



Palm-house in Kew Gardens, 154 



Parliament houses, 156 



P.iw Paw tree, 133 



Peach leaves, curl in, 27 



and nectarine mystery,. . . . 32, 150 



PEACHES : 



Early Tillotson and Early Ann, 200 



Notes on 200 



Packing 194 



Raising Seedling 97 



Yellow and Red Rareripe, . . . 200 

 Peach trees, cause of yellows in, ... 24 



