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150, 153, 157, 162, 166, 174 

 181, 184, 189, 194, 198, 205 

 211, 216, 226, 230, 236, 240 

 242, 248, 258, 261, 268, 273 

 279, 290, 295, 299, 306, 312 

 322, 332, 337, 342, 370 

 Cracking of the Pear, 206 

 Cranberry Culture, 335 

 Crassula lac tea, 76 

 Credits to Exchanges, 60 

 Creeper, Virginan, 357 

 Crescent seedling strawb'y, 270 

 Cross-breeding, same variety. 



Experiments, 185 

 Croton, Queen Victoria, 113 

 Cruikshanlcs, Geo., Death of, 92 

 Cucumber and Tulip trees in 



Kansas, 208 

 Cultivating native flowers, 134 

 Cultivation of Cape Heaths 263 

 " of the Rose, 35 

 " Profit of, 271 

 " of choice Gloxinias, Hints 

 on, 359 

 Culture, Asparagus, 236 

 " Cranberry, 335 

 " Fig, 148 

 " P'orest, 240 

 " Fruit, statistics of, 336 

 " Miisliroom, 112 

 " Orchid, 73 

 " Peach, 177 

 " Plum in America, 334 

 " Rhododendron, 37, 164 

 Cupliea Roezli, 12 

 Cupressus McNabiana, 60 

 Curculio proof Plums, 335 

 Cure for Texan Ants, 47 

 Curious Dwarf Rose, 227 

 " Fungi, 366 

 " Pine tree in Japan, 36 

 " White Pine, 36 

 Curl in the peach, 337 

 Currant bushes. Dividing, 211 

 Currants and Gooseberries, 

 Grafting, 61 

 " in California, 18 

 " Standard, 21 

 Currents, Atmospheric, 188 

 Cut Flowers, 76 

 Cuthbert Raspberry, 270 

 Cutting out old Raspberry 



canes, 335 

 Cuttings, Rose, struck in beat 

 with leaves on, 11 



< 'yclanien, Persian, 76 

 <'yclamens, Five, 136 



" in one year, 172 

 " Seedling, 144 

 Cypress, Lawson, 37 



Dahlia imperialis 42 



Dahlias, Single, 6 



Dairy Farming, 375 



Dalmatian Insect powder, 235, 



Dana, Chas. A.. 254 267 



Dandelion salad 81 



Daphnes for Window cult. 200 



Darlingtonia Californica, 200 

 " New A probable, 89 



Darlington, Henry T., Death 

 of, 29 



Dayton, Ohio, Botany at, 27 



Death of And. M. Eastwick, 126 

 " of Col. Edwd Wilkins, 61 

 " " Daniel Barker, 316 

 " " Dr. David Moore, 255 

 " " Ehrcnberg, 127 

 " " Franz Klaboth, 190 

 " " F. R. Elliott, 92 

 " " Geo. ("ruikshanks, 92 

 " " Hon. Morton McMi- 



chael, 62 

 " " Henry T. Darlington 

 29 

 " " J. H. Klippart, 29 

 " " N. C. Meeker, .348 

 '■ " Noel Humphreys, 255 

 " " Prof. Karl Koch, 256 

 " " " Reichenbach, 191 

 " " Rev. Canon Beadle, 253 



Death of Silas Moore, 256 



" " Stephen Hoyt, 126 

 Decay of Central Park, 323 

 Defensive Hedges, 259 

 Delaware Peach growing. His- 

 tory of, 179 



" Readies in, 179 

 De Niednian, Vladimir, 61 

 Dennsfaetdia Davalloides 



Youngii, 329 

 Department of Notes and Quer- 

 ies, 223 

 Derivation of Sequoia, 189 

 Destroying Wood lice, 144 

 Destruction of Forests, 211 



" of Peach buds, 82 



" " Trees in cities by Gas, 36 

 Destructive Remedy, 302 

 Deutzias, 197 

 Deutzia scabra, 325 

 Dewberries, Improved, 150 

 Dewberry, 78 



" Bartles' American, 81 

 Dew, Honey, 90 

 Dianthus Cliinensis lacinatus 

 163 

 Dicentra or Diclytra, 89, 155 



" spectabilis, 156 

 Difference of Climate, same 



latitude, 340 

 Diospyros Kaki, 30 

 Disease, Celery, 301 



" Gloxinia, 202 



" in Grape vines, 181 



" " Norway Spruce, 50 



" " Raspberries, 238 



" " Strawberries, ISO 



" Lily, 325 



" Tomato, 148, 

 Disgraceful Public Parks, 373 

 Distinguishing Fruits, 334 

 Dividing Currant bushes, 21 

 Doctrine of Morphology, 28 

 Double Chinese Cherry, 196 



" floweied Ivy-leaved Pel- 

 argoniums, 201 



" Native Anemones, 133 



'' Petunias, Propagating 

 267 



" Thalictruni ameuonoides 

 156 



" Zonale Geranium — Mrs. 

 Corbin, 298 

 Douglas Spruce, 183 

 Downing Gooseberry, 81 

 Doyenne Boussoc Pear, 82 

 Dracaena clegantissima, 202 



" Taylorii, 328 

 Drought in Plants, Eflects of 

 Duel, A. Formic, 214 215 



Duration of Larch timber, 183 

 Dwarf Pampas grass, 6 



" Cat al pa, 356 



" Peach, Sleeper's, 19 



" Rose, Curious, 227 



Earth slipping from Side-hills 

 Early Grapes, 270 357 



" " three good, 303 



" Joe Apple, 273, 304 

 " Peaches, 180, 207 

 " Tomatoes, 271 

 East, Lumber trade in the, 23 

 Eastwick, Andw M., Deatli of 

 Echeverias, 234 126 



Economy, Political, 347 

 Editor, Agricultural, of Phila. 



Press, 284 

 Editorial Notes, 5, 10, 18, 22 

 27, 29, 32, 36, 42, 47, 50, 58 

 60,61, 67, 75, 77. 80, 84, 89 

 91, 94, 100, 106, 112, 115, 122 

 125, 128, 133, 142, 147, 152 

 155, 158, 160, 164, 169, 177 

 183, 187, 190, 192, 196, 200 

 206, 208, 214, 220, 223, 227 

 231, 238, 241, 247, 251, 2.56 

 260, 265, 270, 277, 282. 287 

 292, 298. 302, 30.5, 311, 314 

 317, 323, 326, 334, 341, 344 

 350, 355, 360, 362, 369, 374 

 377 



Editorial Traveling Notes, 2:o 



251, 282, 314, .344 

 Educational Inst itutions,Parks 



as, 101 

 Ehrenberg, Death of, 127 

 Elder-berry, California, 334 

 Elliott, F. R , Heath of, 92 

 Elm, A tine, 325 



'■ trees, insects on, 228 

 Emblems, Lily, 285 

 Encouragement for Roses, 227 

 England Amer'n Apples in, 179 

 " Japan Persimmon in, 237 

 " Scarcity of trees li Shrubs 

 in, 260 

 English Market, Pears for, 239 

 " Oak in Talifornia, 183 

 " Sparrow, 57 

 " " in Washington, 89 



" Walnut in California, 209 

 " Weddings, Flowers at, 265 

 Entomologist to Dept. Agricul- 

 ture, 190 

 Entomologists, Report of Dept. 



Agriculture, 349 

 Erianthus Ravennse, 6 

 Erica, 263 

 Essays & discussions at Hort. 



Meetings, 224 

 Esther Lee Geranium, 107 

 Ethel Beale " 12 



Eucalyptus in California, 53 



" Large, 183 

 Eucharis Amazonica, 10 



" grandiflora, 41 

 Eupatoriura, 367 



" triste, 361 

 Europe, American knowledge 

 in, 60 

 " Virginian creeper in, 165 

 European Bedding plants, 195 

 " growth of Douglas Spruce 

 " Larch, 21 183 



" •' American grown, 53 

 " " in Mass , 115 

 Evergr'n Hedges, Pruning, 166 

 Evergreees, how to treat, 194 

 " making a new leader to 

 166 

 " Pacific. Common names 



of 152 

 " Rocky Mountain, Hardi- 

 ness of, 105 

 " Winter oii, 155 

 Exchanges, Credits to, 60 

 Exhalation & Respiration, 244 

 Exhibition, making flowers 



for, 42 

 Exhibitions, Horticultural, 



Taste at, 94 

 Exotic plants. Book for, 160 

 Experiments, Peter Hender- 

 son's, 120 

 Extra Potato growth, 25 



F 



Fairm't Park, Bedding at, .326 



" Park Commission, 92, 158 

 Fairs, State, Premiums at, 224 

 Farm implements and ma- 

 chines, 159 

 Fence posts. Live, 260 

 Fermentative power of the 



Papaw, 155 

 Fern Etchings, 317 



" growing, 10 



" Ostrich, 312 



" Pillars, 125 



" Stag's horn, 234 

 Ferns in their homes and 



ours, 158 

 Fertilization by Bees, 212 

 Fertilizers, Artificial, 363 

 Fibre of the Velvet Leaf, 369 

 Fig culture, 148 

 Fine Cyclamens, 136 

 Fire bars. Improved, 11 

 Fires, Forest, 182,208 

 Firs, Hardiness of, 165 

 First step in Chemical princi- 

 ples, 349 

 Fleur-de-lis, 1.58 

 Flora, California, A popular 

 222 



Flora of Miami Vallev, Ohio, 

 127 

 " " Texas, 244, 308, 344, 373 

 Floral Notes from Texas, 136 



" Progress, 139 

 Florida Ants in. 79 

 " Ant pests, cure for, 29 

 " Cal.adium,common wild in 

 363 

 Flori.st, Honors to a, 10 

 Flower Garden and Pleasure 

 Ground, 1, 33, 65, 97, 129 

 161, 193, 225, 257, 289, 321 

 353 

 Flowers, Abnornal, 307 

 " Ammonia for, 200 

 " and Ferns of U.S. 127,222 

 " Annual and Biennial, 162 

 " at English Weddings, 265 

 " Bouquet, Popular, 201 

 " Colored and Insects, 89 

 Flowers, Cut, 76 



" for Exhibition, Making 

 42 

 " Hardy, Beautiful, 260 

 " Ice, 328 



" Increasing love for, 231 

 " Native, Cultivating, 134 

 " on Toiletts, 265 

 " Our Native, 325 

 " Preserving in Salt Water 

 123 

 " " Natural Colors of, 214 

 " Sex in. Objects of, 242 

 " Wild, South Carolina, 218 

 Foliage, Absorption of Water 



by, 89, 298 

 Forced Fruit at Newport, 270 

 Forcing, Best 12 H. P. Roses 

 for, 264 

 " Lily of the Valley, 142 

 " Roses, 108 



" Strawberries Under Glass 

 18, 205, 301 

 Foresters, State, 22 

 Forest Culture, 240 

 " Fires, 183, 208 

 " Hill Cemetery, 376 

 " " Wash'n Terr. 57 

 " Planting, Something 



Done at Last, 84 

 " Rose Strawberry, IS 

 " Tiee Culture on Kansas 



prairies, 127 

 " Trees, Precocious, 50 

 Forestry, 21, 48, 82, 114, 150 

 181, 208, 240, 305 

 " Address on, 62 

 " and Legislation, 305 

 " in Japan, 183 

 " Our, 151 

 " Profits of, 305 

 " Wm. Penn and 211 

 Forests, Destruction of, 211 

 For-get-me-not, Striped, 267 

 Formic duel. A, 214 

 Forsythia suspensa, 227 

 Fountain Decorations, Mimu- 



lus for, 260 

 Fox's California Seedling 



Pears, 239 

 Fraudulent Practices, 124 

 Frenchwoman, A generous, 62 

 Fringed Gentian, 102 

 Frost in Plants, Effects of, 273 

 Fruit and Vegetalile Garden- 

 ing, 14, 44, 77, 108, 145 

 17.3, 204,235, 267,299,330 

 361 

 " Diying by cold blast, 369 

 " Culture, Statistics of, 336 

 " Forced at Newport, 270 

 " (irower's Ass'uof Ont. 191 

 " " California, Pests of 

 270 

 " " Societv, Peuna. .32 

 94, 95 

 " Idesia polycarpa as a, 20 

 " Notes from Indiana, 269 

 " " " Mercer Co. Pa. 

 273 

 " of Japan Persimmon, 207 

 " Papaw as a, 147 



