E. 



Educatinn, Agricultural, 49, ^G•i 



— Home, 9, 159 



— Plan for Industrial, 306, 414 



Enjrland, cold spring: in, '235 



— First glimpse of, 13fi 



F.pacris, virieties of, 440 



Euology on Mr. Dovvnina:,. .. . 491 

 Evergreens, culture of, 272, 368, 432 

 Etiects of winter on, 255, 307 



— For screens, 218 



— Grafting, 343 



— Insects on 393 



— Notes on, 20, l(iO 



— Remarks on 152 



— Their use and culture, 272, 368, 432 



— Time to prune 200 



— Transplaiuiiig,' 238 



Exliibition daj' at Chiswick, .... 5G2 



F. 



Farmer's wife, note from, 4.36 



Fish, artificial breeding of, .. 45, 102 

 Flower markets of .St. Peters"gh, 44 

 Flowers, hloomijig by magic,... 149 



— for beds 200, 226 



— for early .spring, , . 489 



— in beds, 294 



— to keep fresh, 104 



Fruit rooms, construction of, 110, 4.57 

 Fruits, culture of in Georgia, . . . 364 

 at the South, 389 



— Catalogue of the Am. Pom. 



fSocit'ty, 574 



— Great Exhibition of, 530 



— Growing at the youth, .. 321, 415 



— Models of 298 



— On selection of, 175 



— Of Western New- York, 191 



— Pre.serving in a fresli stale,. . . 533 



— Selection of best, 69 



— Select lists of. 104 



— Tested at Boston, 484 



— vs. intemperance, 420 



Fruit trees, dwarf, culture of,... 565 

 Fuchsias, 55, 288, 487 



— New varieties ot; 101 



Fnrniiure, house and cottage, .. , 321 



G. 



Gardeners, liints for young, 511 



— means Ibr the improvement 



of, 100, 176 



— scarcity of good, 149 



Gar<lening, pleasures of, 397 



— Suliurban, 447 



Garden walks, to prevent weeds 



in 314 



Gardens, foreign, 44 



— Kitchen, notes in, 176 



Genesee Valley Hort. Society, ex- 

 hibitions of, 296, .340 



summer exhibitions of, .. . 391 



Irihnle to .Mr. Downing,.. 429 



Georgia. Frnil trees in, 361 



German greens, cullnre of 176 



Geraniums, fine varieties of, .... 4:i9 



— Hisiory of. 515 



— miniagement of, 536 



Gladiolus, culture of 2.34 



Gla<s, rough plate, for hothouses, 519 



Good and b,-ul tasle 52* 



Gooseberries, culture of, 56, 160, 266 



— Pruning of. „ 107 



— List of Am. Pom. Society,. . . 575 



— Mildew on 439 



— Tan-liMrk for, 310 



GraliingChesinuts, 294 



— Evergreens .343 



— Old Orchards, 104 



Grafts, how to keep 248 



GRAP1';S— variclics: 



Allen's New .Seedling,. 11.3, 211 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Grapes— California, 17, 160 



Charier Oak 417 



Dr. Valk's Seedling,.. 290, 416 



Comments on, ..,,... 389 



Reply to, 433 



Foreign Seedling, 339, 416 



For a cold vniery, 414 



In Vineries, management of, 95. 



109, 192, 211, 2.39, 211, 252; 



322, 416, 418, 444, 517, 575 



List of Am. Pom. Society, . . 575 



Quick growth of, 47 



Sage, not a humbug, 87 



— A humbug, .... 88, 175, 211 



— J. F. Allen's opinion of,. . 308 



Rot in, 5.35 



To preserve fresh, 195 



Grape Houses, construction of, . . 218 



Hints about, 488 



Mr. Green's, 94 



Mr. Messer's, 418 



i\Ir. Suydam's, 419 



Grape Vines, borders for, ... 94, 576 



Protecting, 49 



Pruning, 418,518 



Summer Pruning 370 



Soap suds and hen manure 



for, 382 



LTuder glass, 567 



Green-house Plants, sum'er treat- 

 ment of, 294 



Green-houses in Winter, 48, 55 



Rough pl.ite glass for,. .. . 519 



Tcmperalure of, 104 



Grounds, on laying out, 465 



Guano, value of, 144 



H. 



Habrothamnus corymbosus, .... 13 

 Hares and Rabbits, to prevent in- 

 jury from, 172 



Hartford Hon. Soc'y, officers of, 296 



Healhs, culture of, 343 



Hedges, Osage Orange for, 104, 245, 

 374, 437 



Hemlock for Lawns, 20 



Hickory Trees from seed 576 



Hints for Young Gardeners, 511 



Hollyhocks, an acre of, 234 



— To raise from .seed. 536 



Hom"^ Education of the Rural Dis- 

 trict*. 9, 159 



Horse Chestnut, scarlet flowering, 49 



Horse Shoe in a tree, 436 



Horlicullural Exhibitions, com- 

 ments on, 22, 161 



at Paris 47 



— reply to, 191, 196 



notes on, 500 



— Novelties at Exeter, 97 



— Societies, rules of, 146 



Horlicullure and Agriculture, 



boundary line between, .... 429 



— in Illinois, .372, 462 



House Plants in winter, 531 



Houses, color of, 15, UiO 



— heating and ventilating, 40, 161, 



217 



— ventilation of, 161 



How to popularise the tasle for 



pUinling 297, 413 



Hyacinih, niaqnificent, 199 



Hydraulic Ram, value of, 98, 170, 267 



I. 



Illinois, horticulture in, .372, 462 



— notes from, 388 



Improvement of vegetable races, 153 



Indian Corn, varieties of, .522 



cullure of, 552 



liidigofera decora, 19 



Insects on Evergreens, .392 



^■not destroyed by birds,. . 312, 507 



Insects not destroyed by birds con- 

 troverted, 387, 415 



Ixias, 576 



J. 



Jokes, Agricultural, 54 



K. 



Kiosques or summer houses, .... 339 



L. 



Landscape Gard'nig, designs for, 232 



in New England, 33, 161 



notes on, 92, 175 



remarks, 105, 465 



Large trees, 237 



— trees in the Slate of New- 



Y'ork, 380, 462 



Laurel, Carolhia, 52 



Lawn and Park surroundings, . . . 454 



Lawns, how to make, 104 



— Grass seeds for, 243 



Lemon trees, care of, 221 



Ligtning conductors and Brown 



houses, 201, .327 



Lilium Lancifoliura, 4.35, 575 



Louisville Hort. Society, 343 



M. 



Maccaroni, manulaeture of, 2-35 



Magnolias, hardy varieties, 184 



Maine, seasons in, 303 



Manures, green crops for,. . 340, 375 



— Liquid, 335 



— remarks on, 151 



Martinia Fragrans, 576 



Maryland Hort. Society, annual 



exhibition of, 524 



Massachusetts board of agricul- 

 ture, 102 



— Hort. .Society's tribute to Mr. 



Downing, 427 



Annual exhibition of, 526, 530 



AVeekly exhibition of, ... . .573 



Melons, best sorts, 248 



— tested at Boston, 484 



Messina, a country seat on the 



Hudson, 230, 329 



JMicbigan, Horticultural notes 



from 209, 327 



Mildew, remedy for, 293 



Money found in peat earth, 435 



Moiilreal Horl. Society, officers 



of, 296 



Mosses, varieties of 237 



IMowiiig machines for lawns, ... 197 



Mulching, tan for, 200 



Mushrooms, growing in winter,. 56 



N. 



Narcissus, culture of, 422 



National Ag. Convention, 295 



Nectarines, select list of, 91 



— List of Am. Pom. .Society, . . 574 

 New Haven Hort. Society, offi- 

 cers of, 247 



New-Vorlc Hort. Society, officers 



of, 199 



June exhibition of... . 296, .343 



Autumnal exhibilion of, .. 477 



testimony to Mr Downing, 428 



Nursery, Hos:g iV Go's, 485 



— Thorburii\fe Co.'s, 485 



— AVm. Reid's, 482 



Nutrition ofStrawb'ries, 355, 461, 541 



0. 



Oak, evergreen, 45 



Ode on llie death of i\Ir. Downing, 427 



Ohio .State Pom. Convention, ... .391 



— — Society, 4sl 



Orchards large, on Grand Island. 179 



— In England 549 



