IV 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Como, scenery o/ llie Jake of, 40. 



Compost, 447. 



Conservatory climbers, 528. 



Convention, pomological, at Buffalo, 47, 

 145, 192, 252. 



Convention of fruit-growlers at New- 

 York, 48, 145, 190, 246, 291, 295, 421, 

 424. 



Convention, pomological, 421, 485, 577. 



Ohio fruit, 439. 



Cope, Caleb, Residence of, 411. 

 Cottage?, drapery for, 353. 

 ■ prairie roses for, 355. 



Chinese Wistaria for, 355. 



small, 47. 



suburban, 521. 



. Swiss, 287. 



Country seat for sale, 249. 

 Cryptomeria japonica, 482. 

 Cumming's garden at Williamsblirgh, 



540. 



Cunninghamia lancifolia, 536. 



Curcu'io, prevention of, 146, 200. 



Currant, Cherry, 66, 85, 150. 



Currant juice, preservation of, 189. 



Currants, Valk's list of select, 219. 



'— 10 train, 581. 



Curtis, T. B., address of, 229. 



Cydonia japonica, 390. 



Cytisus laburnum, 65. 



Dahlias, 187. 



Dearborn, Gen., address of, 231. 



Deodar cedar, 103, 476. 



■ sale of, 343. 



Deutzia sanguinea, 5-33. 



Diastase, 317. 



Dignity of labor, 350. 



Disbudding, effects of, 143. 



Dowming, A. J., address of, 231. 



Drying fruits, 200, 378, 542. 



Dutchman's pipe, 356. 



Dwarf trees, 296, 576. 



Eastern states, gardening and architec- 

 ture of, 326. 



Echites suberecta, 528. 



Elm at Geneva, 178. 



Endive, cultivation of, 518. 



England, letter from, 573. 



Epiphyte, meaning of, 441. 



Errata, 254, 295, 398, 447, 581. 



Evergreens, 51, 151, 152, 220, 349, 398, 

 542. 



Experimental fruit culture, 310. 



Experiments in horticulture, 114. 



Farm, Meacham's dairy, 200. 



Feminine taste in rural aiffairs, 449. 



Flower borders, 255. 



Flowering plants, 495. 



Flowers, Florists', 541, 542. 



Flowers and the French revolution, 360. 



- bedding out, 488. 

 -^— late autumn, 293. 



Flax water for, 142. 



winter, 254. 



Forcing plants, 147. 

 Forest trees, groups of, 447. 

 Forsythia viridissima, 533, 563. 

 Frankport, public garden at, 155. 

 French revolution and flowers, 360. 

 Frosts, singular case of protection from, 



37. 150. 

 FRTUT.S : 



In London. 435. 



Lists of select, 94, 200, 254, 535. 



Seedling, 535. 



New Syrian, 143. 



New, proved excellent, 81. 



New native, 166. 

 Fruit culture at the south, 99, 5.37 



- experimental, 310. 



Fruit trade in Wayne county, N. Y., 95 



- in Oneida county, N. Y., 95. 

 FRUIT TREES : 



Covering the soil about, MQ. 

 Diseases of, 543. 

 Forcing, 351. 



FRUIT TREES— Health and longevity 

 of, 570. 



Protecting, 579. 



Manures for, 401, 445, 495. 



Russian mode of training, 343. 



Seeds of, 391. 



Transplanting, 169, 310. 



Value of ashes for, 418. 



Vitality and longevity of, 128. 

 Fuchsia spectabilis, 139. 

 Garden, plan for a suburban, 380. 

 Gardening, economy in, 497. 



of the eastern states, 326. 



productive family, 510. 



Gardens, continental, 244, 384. 



near New- York, visits to, 540. 



window, Belgian, 427. 



Garnkirk chimney tops, 37. 

 Geneseo, park at, 163. 



Geneva, lake of, gardens near, 244. 

 Geranium, culture of the, 71. 

 German greens, 99, 149, 532. 

 German pomology, 141. 

 Ginko tree of Japan, 150. 

 Gladiolus gandavensis, 491. 

 Gloxinia fyfiana, 138. 

 Goldfish in the Hudson, 578. 

 Goodwood, England, 575. 

 Gooseberries, culture of, 538, 557. 



Houghton's seedling, 119. 



successful mode of growing, 27. 



wthout mildew, 119. 



Gourds, 384. 



Graft budding, new mode of, 276. 

 Grafting grain and grasses, 437. 



humbugs, 437. 



large trees, 325. 



notes on, 330. 



wax, 349. 



Grafts by mail, 495. 

 GRAPES : 



Allen's ten favorite, 339. 

 Crossing, 581. 

 Cost of vinery for, 339. 

 Cultivation in pots, 109. 



of native, 60, .320. 



of foreign in pots, 212. 



in the vinery, .364. 



Forcing, .344. 

 Grafting. 200, .350. 



In Ohio, 440. 

 In a cold vinery, 294. 

 Tn vineries, 296. 

 Insects that infest, 28. 

 Important to cultivators of, 525. 

 Manures for, 525. 

 New varieties of foreign, 290. 

 Prevention of rot in, 121. 

 Prizes for new native, 291. 

 Pruning, 495. 

 Rot in. 151, 161, 255. 

 Shrivelling of, 103. 

 Specific food for, 540. 

 Sulphur for, 526. 

 Texas seedlings, 489. 

 Valk's list of select, 219. 

 GRAPES— Far/eries; 



August Muscat, .3-39. 



Black Hamburgh, 494. 



Black Prince Hamburgh, 144. 



Bland, 151. 



Blussard Noir, 290. 



Bowker, 339. 



Cannoiihall Muscat, 339. 



Charlesworth Tokay, 339. 



Chasselas Musque. 339. 



Clinton, .328,398. 



Gros Gommier du Cantal, 290. 



Palestrina, 339. 



Pitmaston White Cluster, 339. 



Red Cha.sselas, 330. 



Reeve's Muscadine, 290. 



Royal Muscadine, 33fl. 



Sabihee, 290. 



Verdal, 290. 



Verdelho. 339. 



GRAPES— Victoria Hamburgh, 339. 



Wilmot's new Black Hamburgh, 



339. 

 Zinfindal, 339. 

 Green-house, cheap, 440. 

 Green-houses, construction of, 51, 349, 

 351. 



polmaise method of heating, 122. 



Green-house plants for early flowering, 



243. 

 Guava, 406. 



Gum shellac solution, 149. 

 Hague, description of, 140. 

 Hardy shrubs, 495. 

 Heaths, fine collection, 578. 

 Hedges, plants for, 52. 200, 255, 274. 



Cherokee rose for, 294, 395. 



O.sage Orange for, 294, 351, 390, 



398, 445, 447. 

 Hemlock for hedges, 255. 

 Hollyhock, propagation, 189. 

 Honeysuckle, Japan, 356. 

 Horse chestnut flour, 438. 

 Horse yoke for orchards, 398. 

 Horticultural agency, 194. 



festival at Faneuil Hall, 224. 



addresses at, 226. 



humbugs, 199. 



honor, 438. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES:. 



Albany and Rensselaer, exhibi- 

 tions of, 55, 101. 



annual exhibition, 146, 201. 



Columbus, fourth amiual exhibi- 

 tion, 195. 



London, (Eng.,) exhibition of, 142. 

 Massachusetts, annual show of> 

 190, 224, 297. 



business meetings, 53, 100, 



202, 256, 304, 352, 399, 

 448, 544, 582. 



notice of the president, 14. 



Transactions of, jNo. 2, 47. 



weekly exhibitions, 52, 203. 



Montreal, exhibitions of, 146, 196. 

 New-Bedford, exhibition of, 253. 

 New-Haven County, 101, 146. 

 Pennsylvania, exhibitions of, 56, 



104, 152, 352, 400, 448, 

 496, 543, 583. 



elections of, 400. 



Valley of the Genesee, annual ex- 

 hibition, 195. 

 AVorcester, annual exhibition, 345. 

 Horticulture at Nashville, 49. 



in Carolina, 99. 



in Iowa, 397. 



random notes on, 222. 



Hot-bed lights, 447. 

 Hyacinths for glasses, 254. 

 Hybridizing plants, 21. 

 Improvers, hints to rural, 9. 

 Improvement of country villages, 545. 

 Indian corn, garden culture of, 99. 

 Insects that infest grapes, 28. 



bottling, 578. 



lime for, 343. 



mixture to drive away, 81. 



wood ashes for, 293, 395. 



how to destroy, 578. 



Ipomoea Horsfalliae, 528. 

 Isle of Wight, 575. 



Italy, beautiful gardens of, 44. 



Ivy, American and English, 357. 



Jardin des plantes at Paris, 289. 



Johnson, Otis, cf Lynn, 439. 



Journals, agricultural, -390. 



Kale, Scotch, 515. 



Kew, Mr. Barry's visit to, 476. 



Kirt'and, Professor, letter from, 443. 



Kitchen gardens, treatment of, 325, 471. 



Koelreuteria paniculata, 536. 



Labels for trees, 292. 



Landscape, in planting trees, 555. 



Laeliasuperbiens, 491. 



Langwood, 435. 



