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CONTENTS OF THE JANUARY NUMBER. 



SEASONABLE HINTS : 



Flower Oavflen and Pleasure Ground 1 



Fruit and Vegetable Gardening U 



COMilUNICATIOXS : 



Shade Trees for l-'Iorida 



Onianientiiig Grounds 



A Lawn (Jniss for the South 



Vanda Goerulea 



Begonia Me tallica 



Notes on Orchids and the Victoria Regia '. . . 



The Kicdiardia /Eihiopii'a fnmi Seed 



Begonia Klornla )ucruu|inral)ilis 



Propagation of Double liouvardias 



liinuni 'ri'igyrinui 



New I*'rnits'in New Hampshire 



The Shatfer If aspluMry 



Forestry on tin- Plains 



On Inegularlty in l-'lo\vers 



On l{a)iid C'liringos in the nistf)ry of Si>ecics 



Of the Sexes in (hcstiiiit Trees 



Kricaceiins lieanty at Home and Abro.ad 



?'lie Lotus (d tile Ancients 



I{ett»lif(;ti"ns lA' llv-gone Scenes 



Haarlem E.shibitioii of Flowering Bulbs, March, IbSS. 



EDITORIAL NOTES: 



Rosa iTiicrophylla— Retinospora Fttlleri— Double 

 Evergreen Caiidy Tuft— Tlf Upright Flder—Sta- 

 nliylca Cnhdiiea — Spir;ua Aruncus— Spruce and 



Pine Heilges 3-1 



Specimen I-*uchsias — I)icllVidiachia Jeninanii — 

 Dinner Table Decoiations— The Taste of an AIri 



can I 'riiice 8-10 



Imincdiatc Effect of Crossing on Fruits— Forced 

 Fruits in England— Nundier of Fruits in the Old 

 World— Cidtnrc of the Hinaua— American Peaches 

 in France— (.rapes on Trees— Japan Persimmon— 



Sliarpless Strawberry 13-11 



Value of Timber— The Douglas Spruce— Forestry 

 In China— The Carob Tree— Kitool Fibre— Pinus 

 sinensis— Black Walnut Culture 1.5-17 



Ka?nipferia Gilbertii— Podophyllum in Chinas 



Cracking of Fruits 20-22 



The Old Botanic Garden of Bartram— The Quassia 

 Tree— Mortgage- on Karmlands—A Native of North 

 America— Wliy Magazines Live or Die— The Fox 

 Grape— Gardeinng for Women— Vicia Denniesiana 

 —Mr. John Gardner— Elbeit S. Carman— History 

 of the Pineapple— Transactions of the Illinois 

 Horticultural Societv, 1883— Transactions of the 

 Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, 18H1 — 

 Ontario School of Agriculture, Ninth Aimual 

 Report. 1883— Orchids, the Koyal Family of Plants 

 — How the Farm Pays — Ornainental l.'ardeningfor 

 - Americans— The Anierican Ganlen— The Caterer. 26-30 

 American Pomological Society— The Pennsylvania 

 State Horticultural Society — Pennsylvania Horti- 

 <'ultural Society— Chrysanthemums at the New 

 York Show— Massachusetts Horticultui al Society S2 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES: 



Handsome Coniferai of the Rocky Mountains- 

 Bermuda Grass— Destroying Ijicheus on the Trunks 



of Trees— The Victoria Lily at New Otlcans 4-5- 



Steam Heating— 'I'ar on Hot Water Piiies- Diseases 



in Hoses 10-11 



Piotits of Oranges— Pitson I"c:ir— The Eveigreen 



Black ben y of the .Sanilwich Islands U-15 



I'rounnciatirm of Veronica — Geoige Sterling — 

 Disease of Plants 30-31 



FLOWER GARDEN & PLEASURE GROUND... 1-5 



G REENHOUSE AND IIOU.SE GARDENING 5-11 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 11-15 



FORESTRY 15-17 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 18-22 



LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES. . 22-81 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 31-32 



