The Gardener's Monthly 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



EDITED BY THOMAS MEEHAN, 



Assisted by an able Corps of AMERICAN and KOKEIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 



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CONTENTS OF THE JUNE NUMBER. 



CORRESPONDENCE: 



The Amaryllis 161-16'. 



Comparative Rose List..; 162 



Ribbon Bedding 163-164 



The Ailanthus 164 



California Dicentra 164-16t 



Andromeda* 16.^-166 



Notes on 'he Culture of Native Plants 1C6 



A Califoruian Garden .' 166-167 



Cattleyas 167-169 



Among the Orchard Growers 169-17n 



Foliage Plants for Window Culture 17(1-171 , 



The Mennonite Grass Burner 171-174 



Quality and Culture of Pears 175-176 



The Dwarf Juneherry 176 



Notes on New Fruits 176-177 



A Remarkable Pear 177-178 



Slitting the Bark of Pear Trees 178 



Forestry in Southern Kansas 130-181 



Swamp Dogwood 181-182 



The Secular Change of Vegetation 183-184 



Seeding of Wistaria Sinensis 184 



From Oregon to Washington— A Glimpse of Three 

 Rivers 187 



EDITORIAL NOTES: 



Acer Rufineroe— Gardening in Norfolk— The Dwarf 



Pyracantha— Quercns Heterophylla 167 



A Room Garden— Lent Lilies— Tea Roses in Eng- 

 land—Progress of Orchards in the United stttcs.. 174 

 Pear Culture in the North West— Enough of a «iood 

 Thing— Pear Clapp's Favorite in Canada— The 

 Lady Apple— ?onvenir dn Congres Pear— The 

 Early Season 17« 



Black Walnuts aud Orchards — Pine Lumber of Utah 182 



New Varieties by firafting-Hairs of Plants— Their 

 Forms and Uses — Abies and Picea— The Origin of 

 the Prairies — Botanical Contributions — Parasite on 



the Codling Moth — Abies Reginse Amelia- 184-186 



European Notes, by the Editor (No. 10)— A Small 

 Fraud — Stealing Snowdrops— Gardeners and Farm- 

 ers — An Exceptionally Honest Man — Science in the 



Department of Agriculture 18T-191 



Proceedings of the American Pomological Society 

 — Germantown Horticultural Society — Fiftieth An- 

 niversary of the Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety-New York Horticultural Society 192 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES: 



Lady Washington Pelargoniums— Variegated Pelar- 

 gonium 



Ploughing Among the Roots of Trees — Stocks for 

 Grafting Gooseberries — The Pear Slug — Fruit 



Prospects at Boston 



A Large Chestnnt Tree — The Birch — Persimmon 



Gum 



The Dwarf Juneherry — Hybrids — Lightning — 

 Robin Hood Plant— Gall on the Wild Cherry Leaf 



—Rose Gall 



The Christmas Rose— French Notes— The First 

 Horticultural Magazine 



FORESTRY 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 



LITERATURE, TRAVELS AND PERSONAL NOTES. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 



