The Gardener's Monthly 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



EDITED BY THOMAS MEEHAN, 



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CONTENTS OF THE APRIL NUMBER. 



SEASONABLE HINTS: 



Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground 97-98 



Greenhouse and House-Gardening 10S-I05 



Fruit and Vegetable Gardenin;: lOii-Ill 



CORRESPONDENCE : 



Carpet Beds 



Notes for 1877 , 



Preservation of the Leading Shoots of Evergreens.. 



Koees Blooming to the Ground 



Orchids, with other Plants. Oncidinms 



Cultivation of the Verbena 



Cineraries 



Notes on Raspberries 



Lime for Apple Orchards 



The Chenango Strawberry Apple 



Ailanthu? and Rose Bugs 



Pear Culture • 



Cracking of the Pear 



Celestia Apples 



Willow Oak 



Quercus Pbellos and q. Faicata 



Eucalyptus at Norfolk, Va , 



Oil for Fruit Trees 



The Japan Persimmon 



History of the Weeping Willow 



Plant Protection 



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Timber llH-ll 



Carnivorous Plants— Linum Perenne— The Ameri- 

 can Poplars— Pear Blight— The Pear Blight— Tak- 

 ing Off Potato Blossoms— Specific Heat in Trees— 

 Intc^rnal Heat of Plants — Slitting the Bark of Trees 



—Ripening of Fruits 116 118 



European Notes by the Editor— The Boston Public 

 Trees — The Post-office Ruler Again— Horticultural 

 Importations— W'uy^CJardeners should Marry — Dar- 

 win and Bryant — Prof. Kiley in Europe — Transac- 

 tions of the Minnesota H(n-ticultural Society — 

 Drew's Window Garden- Mr. Robinson's Wild Gar- 

 den — Horticultural Catalogues- The Rural . New- 

 Yorker- That Bogus Agent 120-12.'5 



Address of Marshall P. Wilder— Horticniture in 

 ("alifornia— New York Horticultural Society — The 

 Kentucky Horticultural Society— Maryland Horti- 

 cultural Society— Massachusetts Horticultural Soc'y 125-12S 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS : 



Varieties of Primula — Venus Looking Glass. .. 

 New Regal Pelargonium, Mrs. John Saul 



NEW OR RARE FRUITS, VEGETABLES, &c. 

 Brewington Pippin Apple 



FORESTRY 



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EDITORIAL NOTES: 



Winter Carpet Bedding— Winter Heliotrope— Red 



Beet for Decorative Purposes 102-103 



Vines for a Bay Window— Coal Oil Lamps for Small 

 Window Cabinets— Leaf Plants for Room Decora- 

 tion—Tuberous Begonias as Bedders 107-109 



Fruit Culture in Texas— The American Vines in 

 France— Coffee in America- Profit of Grape Grow- 

 ing—The most Popular Pears in France— Service 



Berries Tjl 112 



American Forestry and Horticulture at Paris— Tree 

 Planting in Minnesota— A Good Move— Wood of 

 Oerasus Serotina— The Profit of Forestry— Catalpa 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 115-116 



LITERATURE, TRAVELS AND PERSONAL NOTES, 119-12« 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 125-138 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES: 



Growing Epiphyllum Truncatum 



Lime for Orchards— Utah Currant— Fruit of Japan 



Persimmon 



Hardiness of the Eucalyptus 



Seedless Mountain Ash— Botanical Name of the 

 Sweet Potato — Seeds ©r Plants from other Localities 

 — Pinus Aristata — The Name Imatophyltum — 

 Double Amaryllis 118-119 



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