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CONTENTS OF THE NOVEMBER NUMBER. 



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SEASONABLE HINTS 321-326-331 



COMMUNICATIONS : 



Tropaeolum canariensis 



Notes on Yuccas 



Some Good Pot Plants 



Portlandia grandiflora • 



Heating Greenhouses 



Destruction of Insects 



An Inquiry Concerning Pear Blight 



Beech Forests ■ 



Pinus Koraiensis 



Prohibition of American Trees in Europe 



Qualifications of Gardeners •. . . . 



A Visit to the Grounds of C. L. Allen & Co 



Our Trip East 



President Wilder's Address 



EDITORIAL NOTES : 



Manettl Rose Stocks— Fine Tuberoses— A Japan 

 Quince— Clematis Disease— Training Geraniums 

 —The Mist Tree— Grounds of the Agi'icultural 

 Department at Washington — A Large Ameri- 

 can Arbor Vitae 323-324 



Disease in Winter Flowering Carnations— Good 

 Orchids in September— Orchids of Easy Culture 

 — Panicum ]>licatum— Packing Cut Flowers- 

 Heliotrope Roi des Noirs — Cattleya mosste— 



Prize Orchids— 328-^30 



The Curculio on the Pacific Coast— A Great Pear 

 Exhibit— The Best Strawberries— Good Straw- 

 berries—Cinchona—Grape Vines in City Yards 

 Kiefer Pear— The Best Food for Dyspeptics— Im- 

 proved Horse-shoes .333-335 



Eucalyptus as a Febrifuge— Tree Planting in the 



Isle of Man— Y'ellow Pine— Willows 338 



Common Names of Plants — Hogs and Health — 

 Ravens in Alaska— The Linna?a—The Earthworm 

 —Ferns of the United States— The Vanilla Bean 



in the United States 340-341 



A School of Horticulture at the West— The Dis- 

 covery of the Potato in Arizona— The Profits of 

 Misfortune— Trees by Mail— Portrait of J. J. 

 Thomas— Short Postage, a Remarkable Post- 

 Office Law— MeauTricks in Trade- Scratching 



for Worms— Woi-k of Committees— Addressed 

 Envelopes-Dr. Engelaiann-Colonel M. P. Wilder 

 —Mr. William Falconer— Director of the Garden 

 of Plants at Paris-Tlie Conservatory— Townsend , 

 Glover— Daniel Smith of Newburgh— Herman 

 Muller— The American Journal of Forestry- 

 James Little of Montreal 347-350 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS : 



Acer Schweidleri— The Creeping Hydrangea- 

 Acer Volxemi— Japanese or Polyantha Roses- 

 Gladiolus, Stuart Wortley 324 



Croton elegantissimus 330 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES : 



Dahlia Queries— Queries About Tree Manage- 

 ment— Daubentonia tripetiana— Improving the 



Coleus— Improving Lawns 324-325 



Names of Plants— 330 



Francis P.. Haves Grape — The Best Plums to 

 Plant— Root Disease in the Peach in California 

 — Peach Trees in City Yards —Vegetables in 

 England and America — Seedling from Marie 



Louise Pear 335-336 



Russian IMulberry— Foresti-y in California— The 

 Blue Gum in Florida— Catalpa speciosa in Arkan- 



sas-The White Spruce .3.38^9 



M^ild Tea— The Dwarf Almond— A Wild Rose- 

 Twining of Vines— Colors of Flowers— Pteris 

 tremula in Connecticut 341-342 



FLOWER GARDEN & PLEASURE GROUND, 321-325 



GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING 326-330 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 331-336 



FORESTRY.... •••• 336-339 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 339-343 



LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 343-350 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 350-352 



