The Gardener's Monthly 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



EDITED BY THOMAS MEEHAN, 



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CONTENTS OF THE JULY NUMBER. 



CORRE.SPONDENCE : 



A Lady's Wheelbarrow 193 



How Bedding Plants May be .Arranged 193-194 



What is aGarden? 194-196 



The Celastrus Scandens— Bitter Sweet a Staff Tree 19.5-197 



Among the Orchid Growers 200 



Notes on Orchids 200 



Disease in the Marechal Niel Rose 2rt0-201 



Floral Decoration of the Table 201-202 



Lnculia Gratissima 202 



Cure for Mealy Bug 202-203 



Eucharis Amazonica 203 



Aspect of a Greenhouse 203 



Cure for Cracking in Pears 203 



Dwarf June Berry ijog 



Dwarf June Berry Again 205-200 



A New Stock for the Pear 206 



Hybrid Strawberries 206-207 



Another Word on Raspberries 207 



Cultivating Whortleberries 207-20S 



Yellow and Black Locust 210 



Jumping Beans of Mexico 213-214 



Scraps From a Brazilian Journal ?17-218 



EDITORIAL NOTES : 



Rhododendrons UiT-l9s 



Wahlenbergia Tuberosa 19S-199 



All About Roses 199 



Beautiful China Asters— The Amaryllis— The 



Chinese Primrose 203-204 



The First Georgia Peach— Growing Grapes in 



Vineries 208 



Tea Plants at Washington— Expense of Preparing 

 Tea— Cherry Timber— Timber in California— Yel- 

 low and Black Locust— The Eucalyptus— Report 

 Upon Forestry 210-212 



The Philosophy of a Fruitful Strawberry-Oenuiiums 



and Snakes 214 



European Notes by the Editor (No. 11)— Select 

 Plants Eligible for Industrial Culture in Austria- 

 Dr. Charles Pickering— John Freed— Gardening 

 Longevity- Mr. J. H. McAfee— Synoptical Flora of 

 the United States— The Native Flowers and Ferns 

 of the United States— Our Native Flowers- The 



Rural New Yorker— The American Agriculturist 218-222 



Centennial Exhibition of 1876 — Western New York 

 Horticultural Society— Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society — Dubuque, Iowa— Wisconsin State Horti- 

 cultural Society — Maryland Horticultural Society — 

 ■ Report of the Conn. State Board of Agriculture for 

 1877- Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario- 

 Georgia State Horticultural Society— Belgium In- 

 ternational Horticultural Exhibition 222-224 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES: 



Lawn Grass— Transplanting Hollies 199 



Double Geraninm Ethel Beale — Span or Lean-to 



Greenhouoc- Gardenia Flower 2n4-20.'5 



Diseased Peach Leaf— Profitable Cherries 209-210 



Utilizing the Pine Tree— The Agricultural Grounds 212-213 



Fruiting of Wistoria Sinensis — Endurance of Seeds 



of Tender Things — Abnormal Growth of a Potato 



—Japan Wrapping Around Lily Bulbs— Remedy 



for the Colorado Potato Beetle 215-216 



NEW OR RARE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 

 Swayzie Pomme Grise Apple — A Beautiful Turnip 

 —The Crescent Seedling Strawberry 208-209 



NEW OR RARE PL.\NTS. 



Begonia Frcebelii—Abutilon Ceo. A. Stanley 204 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 213-214 



LITERATURE. TRAVELS AND PER.SON A L NOTES. 217 



FOUESIRY 210 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 222-224 



