INDEX.— VOLUME XX. 



Abies Harryana, 328 



" or Picea, Which is it, 51, 



185 



•' Reginje amelite, 186 



" venusta, 23 



Abnormal growth of a Potato, 



216 



Abutilon, Geo. A. Stanley, 204 



" rosaeflorum, 334 



Abutilons, Improved, 3.33 



" Seedling, 358 



Aealypha macrophylla, 303 

 .\cer macrophyllum, 343 



" rufineroe, 167 

 Acknowledgements, 62 

 .Eehmea discolor, 372 

 Advantages and Disadvantages 



of Florida, 373 

 Agapanthus umbellatus, 332 

 Agave Shawii, 44 

 Agent, That Fraudulent, 60, 

 124, 159 

 Agricultural Ants, 23 



" Club, Mass., 256 



" Department, Sci- 



ence in 160, 191 

 " Grounds, 212 



Agriculture, Conn. State Board 



of, 224 

 Ailanthus, 3, 164 



" Additional Notes, 68 

 Akebia, Fruiting of, 326 

 Alabama, Fruit Culture in, 15 

 Alcohol lor Mealy Bug, 41 

 Alexander Peach, 307 

 Algiers, Eucalyptus in, 18 

 Alnus Oregona, 343 

 Alocasia Jenningsii, 265, 302 

 Alonsoa albiflora, 11 

 Alpine plants, 34 

 -Viuarvllidacese, 361 

 Amarylli.s, 132, 204. 236, 301 

 and Orchids, 301 

 '• and their Culture. 



45 

 " Double, 119,160,233 



" longifolia, 230 



Amateurs, to, 259 

 America, Coffee in, 112 



" Gardening in, 377 

 " Vine Disease from,14 



American Agriculturist,222,378 

 " and Hardy Ferns,251 

 " Bookseller, 62 

 " Forestry, 50, 313 

 " Globe Arbovitse, 67 



Naturalist, 62 

 " Pomological Society, 

 160, 192 

 " Poplars, 116 

 " Tuberoses, 38 

 " Vines in France, 112 

 Among the Orchid Growers, 

 1(19, 200 

 " the Orchids, 134 

 AmorphophalUis, Fine, 11 

 Amsden's June Peach, 307 

 Andromeda arborea,345,369,372 

 Japonica, 5 

 " speciosa, 230 



Andromedas, 165 

 Angullula radicola, 24 

 Another word on Raspberries. 

 207 

 Annual Report, Fairmount 



Park, 280 

 ADtbtirium ornatum, 267 



Sberlzerianum, 73 

 Antipodal Hyaeiuths, 72 

 Ants, Agricultural, 23 

 " on Geraniuiu Roots, 280 



Aponogeton distachyon not 

 Necessarily an Aquatic,294 

 Apple, Ben Davis from Michi- 

 gan, 14 

 " Brewington Pippin, 112 

 " Carter's Blue, 81 

 " Champagne, 145 

 " Chenango Strawberry, 

 110 

 " Concerning two Species 



of, 15U 

 " Lady, 178 

 " Northern Spy, 81 

 " Ohio, 150 

 " Orchard, Largest in the 



World, 150 

 " Orchards, Lime for, 17, 

 81, 110 

 " Oregon Crab, 150 

 " Scribner Spitzenberg, 49, 

 82 

 ,, " Stocks, Dwarf, 17 

 " Stump, 17 



" Swayzie Pomme Grise, 

 208 

 " Trees, Fall Blooming of, 

 82 

 ." Trees,Summer Shade for, 

 336 

 Apples, Celestia, 111 

 Fall, 310 

 " for Mississippi, Best,48 

 " for Missouri, 81 

 " Hybrid graft, 371 

 " in Philadelphia, 14 

 " Pepular Pennsylvania, 

 310 

 " Summer, 310 

 " Winter, 310 

 Aquatic Planl,Aponogeton dis- 

 tachyon, not Necessarily 

 an, 294 

 Arboretum, Cambridge, Mass., 

 51 

 " Nashville, Tenu., 



152 

 Archbishop Wood Geranium, 

 45, 305, 358 

 Arkansas, Cuttings in, 82 

 Artificial Wood Tiles, 330 

 Ascent of Pike's Peak, 374, 377 

 Asclepias coruuti, 316, 373 

 Ascomyces deformans, 315 

 Asparagus Forcing in Paris,16 

 in England, 239,336 

 " Large, 281 



" plumosus, 303 



Aspect of a Greenhouse, 77, 203 

 Aspens, 21 



Asphalium Walks, '..94 

 Asters, China, Beautiful, 203 

 Astilbe barbata, 5, 294 



" Japonica, 5 

 AstrapaeaWallichii, 41 

 Austin Tex., ( iardeningin, 3.56 

 Australia, Big Trees in, 149 

 Red Wood in, 313 

 Australian International Ex- 

 hibition, 350 

 " ' Plants, Beautiful. 

 43 

 Austrian and Scotch Pines, 328 

 Azalea, Duke of Edinburgh, 303 

 Azelas, Thrips on, 45 



B 



Bahama Fruits, 350 



" Pine Apples, 378 



Baltimore, Cliltou Park Gar- 

 dens, 31S 

 " Horiiouliure in, 318 



Baltimore Park Commission, 

 159 

 Band for Codling Worms, 240 

 Barrenness in the Fig Tree, 85 

 Bartram Oak, 134 

 Baskets, Round, Roses in, 326 

 Beans, Jumping of Mexico, 

 88, 213 

 Beautiful China Asters, 203 

 " Cyclamens, 140 

 " Hydrangeas, 295 

 " Turnip, 209 

 Bedding, Carpet, Winter, 102 

 " Plants, How may be 

 Arranged, 34, 193 

 Beds, Carpet, 98, 130 

 Ribbon, 66, 163 

 Beech, Can it be Struck by 

 Lightning, 186, 343 

 " Tree, Ad v e n t i t i o u s 



Buds in the, 316 

 " Trees,Lightning-proof 

 245 

 Beggar Ticks, 19 

 Begonia achrne, 60 



" Double-leaf in a, 246 

 " Frocbelli, 204 

 " kallista, 60 

 Begonias, Tuberous as Bedders, 

 109 

 " " Rooted,2,72 



Belgian Honeysuckle, 263 

 Belgium International Exhibi- 

 tion, 224 

 Belladonna Lily, 303 

 Ben Davis ,lpple from Michi- 

 gan, 14 

 Berries, Service, 112 

 Bible Plants, their History, '282 

 Big trees in Australia, 149 

 Birch, Cut-leaved, Variation in, 

 230 

 " The, 182 

 Birnam Woods, 149 

 Bishop Wood, Double Gera- 

 nium, 7, 8 

 Bitter Sweet, a Staff Tree, 195 

 Black and Yellow Locust, 149, 

 210, 211 

 " Walnuts and Orchards, 

 182 

 Blackberry, Hoosic Thornless, 

 337 

 Blanching Celery, 239 

 Blandifolia princeps, 9 

 Blessed Bees, 378 

 Blight, Flax, 23 



'^ in the Pear Tree, 116, 



141 



" Proof Stocks, 81 



Blood-leaved WeepingBeeeh, 4 



" Norway Maple, 



229 



Blooming Hyacinth, 76 



" Roses,to the Ground 



101 ' 

 Blue Primrose, 295 

 Blunders and Mulching, 226 

 Bogus Agent, 60, 124, 159 

 Books, Valuable, for Sale, 2'.) 

 Bonne du Puits Ansults Pear, 

 340 

 Borders, Grape, 83, 142, 341 

 Borer, Rhododendron, 24 

 Boston, Fruit Prospects at, 180 

 Botanical Contributions is,') 

 " Nanie of .Swuet Po- 



tato, 118, 153 

 Botanic Garden, Cambridge, 

 Mass., 51 

 " " Melbourne, 



94 

 Botany, (lame of, 62 



Botany, North American, 160 

 Bowers Early Peach, 240 

 Brassia Miltonia and odonto- 



glossum, 136 

 Brazilian Journal, Scraps from 

 a, 217 



" Lrelias, 232 

 Brewington Pippin Apple, 112 

 Briggs, Mr., Marysville, Cal.63 

 Browallia Roezli, 68 

 Budding, Fast, 336 

 Buds, Adventitious, in the 



Beech Tree, 316 

 Bud the Peach, Time to, 309 

 Bulbs, Deep Planting of, 295 

 Burnet Grape, 50 

 Burns Peach, 273 

 Business and pleasure, 29 

 Butterflv Flowers, 76 

 Byfleld Elm, 275 



Cabbage Leaf, Curious, 246 

 Calceolarias, 236 

 California, a Day in, 281 

 " Coffee in, 149 



" Curculio in, 310 



" Dicentra, 164 



" Fruit Notes from> 



78 

 " Fruits in, 15 



" Horticulture in 128 



" ^lammoth trees of, 



149 

 " Raisins, 339 



" Snow Plant of, 345 



" Tea Plants in, 48 



" Timber in, 211 



Wine, 48 

 Californian Garden, 166 

 Cambridge Mass., Botanical 

 Garden and Arboretum, 51 

 Camellias, 11 

 Campanula Allioni, 295 

 Canada, Clapp's Favorite Pear 



in, 178 

 Cannas, 293 



Carnation, Peter Henderson, 

 11,44 

 " Pres. Degraw, iS 



Carnations, Varieties of, 363 

 Carnivorous Plants, 87, ll6,368 

 Carpet Bedding, 98, 130 



" Winter, 102 

 Carter's Blue Api)le, 81 

 Catalogue, Cultural, 160 

 Catalogues Horticultural, 125 

 Catalpa Bignonoides variety 

 speciosa, :i50, 368 

 " Coffins, 343 

 " Large, 343 

 " Planting in the West, 

 366 

 Timber, 51, 114, 146 

 Tree, 148 



Trees, Hardy, '242, 366 

 " Varieties of, 312 

 Cattelevas, 167 

 Ceanothus, 291 

 Celastrus Scandens, 195 

 Celt TV, Blanching, 239 

 Celotia Apples, 111 

 Centaurea Clenientii, 75 

 Centennial Exhibition of 1876, 

 222, 253 

 Cerasus Serotina, Wood of, 114 

 Cereus, Night-blooming, Pre- 

 serving Flowers of, 253 

 " grandiflora, ;i58 

 Clianieleon Coleus, 3(»2 



Wall Flowers, 233 



