The Gardener's Monthly 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



^EDITED BY THOMAS MEEHAN, 



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CONTENTS OF THE JUNE NUMBER. 



SEASONABLE HINTS : 



Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground 161-162 



Green House and House Gardening 168 



Fruit and Vegetable Gardening 172 



CORRESPONDENCE : 



The Glories of Gardening; or> "The Goodliuess of 



Trees." 162 



Dahlia MaxirailUana 164 



Beautilul Shrubs of S. Utah 164 



Hardiness of Aralia Papyrifera 164 



Who shall lay Out our Ornamental Grounds? 164 



Culture of Combretum 168 



Wild Goose Plum 172 



A Few Apples that do Well in New Jersey 172 



Grafting the Feathery Weeping Cherry 173 



The Apple Borer 173 



Huckleberries 174 



Asparagus Culture 174 



Pear Trees — Frozen-Sap-Blight 174 



Grape Culture— The Wild Goose Plum 175 



The Forest Trees of Delaware 176 



General Observations on the Flora of Hokkaido 180 



EDITORIAL NOTES: 



The Pomegranate — Chiraonantbus fragrans — Festuca 

 viridis for Edgings— The Original Golden Yew — A 

 good Tea Rose for Market Purposes — Quercus fasti- 



giata 1G6-167 



The Australian or Parlor Ivy — Pinks for Summer 

 Flowering — Carbolic Acid for House Plants— Ivy as a 

 Decorative Plant — How to Dye Mosses, Grasses, Flow- 

 ers, Ac— Propagating Roses 168-170 



Nurserymen and Tree Planters — Abies Meuziesii — 

 Prizes for Tree Planting — Substitutes for Wood — 

 The American Forestry Association — The Profits of 



Tree Planting— Ratio of Tree Growth in Iowa 178-18(? 



New California Plants — Nomenclature — Bees and 

 Flowers — Freezing of the Sap of Plants — Fertilization 

 of Lilies— Effect "f Weight on Tendrils— Annual 



Rootlets 183-18 



American Poniological Society — Indiana Horticultu- 

 ral Society — Neunzehuter Jfthres-Bericht des Garten - 

 haw-Vereins far Bremen — Col. Wilder — John T. Nor- 

 ris — Burnett Landreth — Age of Mr. Charles Darwin 

 — Hand-Book for Fruit Growere — Second Appendix 

 to Downing's Fruits — Orchid Culture — Manual on the 

 Culture of Small Fruits— The Mill Stone— The Rural 



New Yorker - 186-190 



Opening of the Centennial Exhibition 190-192 



NEW PLANTS: 



Peraphyllum ramosissimum — Victoria Mignonette...- 167 

 New Hybrid Gloxinias— The Lilac-flowered Fuchsia 170-171 



FORESTRY 176-180 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 180-186 



LITERATURE, TRAVELS AND PERSONAL NOTES.. 186-190 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 190-192 



QUERIES: 



Proliferous Hyacinth — Liiue Floors 167 



Bryophyllura calycinum— Grafting Double Camelliafi 

 Summer Tr atmeutof Camellias— Geenbouse Furna- 

 ces 171 



Natural Peach Stones — American Apples in England 

 Small Fruits 17(; 



