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CHAS. H. MAROT, Publisher, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



CONTENTS OF THE DECEMBER NUMBER. 



SEASONABLE HINTS : 



Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground. 

 Greenhouse and House Gardening .... 

 Fruit and Vegetable Gardening 



COMMUNICATIONS : 



353 

 359 

 364 



Carpet-bedding at W. J. Gordon's, Glenville Park, 



Cleveland, O 354 



The Duthie Park, Aberdeen, Scotland 355 



Window Gardening 



Caterpillars on Grape Vines 



A Good Summer Pear 



Grubs in Cauliflower Roots 



American Forestry 



Longevity of Trees 



The $3,750.00 Rose— Wm. Francis Bennett 



The London Flower Seller 



The European Embargo on American Plants & Roots 



EDITORIAL NOTES : 



359 

 365 

 365 

 365 

 368 

 371 

 376 

 377 

 378 



357 



Hardy Aquatics— City Forester in Boston 



Parlor Ivy — Bridal Apple Blossoms — Dyeing 

 Fresh Flowers.... 368 



A Profitable Peach in New York— Kieffer Pears 

 — Souhegan Raspberry— Salads — The Currant 

 Borer— Hale's Early Peach— Best Apples in East- 

 em Pennsylvania — Carolina Raspberry— Value 

 of Fruit Farms in Western New York— The New 



Tuberous-rooted Grape— Alexander Peach 366 



Legislative Forestry — ^"An American Forester 

 Abroad— The Silk Mulberry— Beauty of Yellow 

 Pine— The Latest from Timber-land— The Pep- 

 per Tree— A Large Tulip Tree 370 



Podophyllum in Formosa— Suber-ceU— Is Kalmia 

 Poisonous ?— Drink from the Eucalyptus— The 

 Leaves of Marantas— Sugar from Sorghum — The 

 Lattice-leaf Plant— Dead Wood on Trees— Epi- 

 cures Among Birds — Sheep-killing Kalmia — 

 Variety in Nature — Battles Between Ants — 

 Progress of Plant Knowledge — Poisonous Kalmia 

 —The Holy Grass— The Curl in the Peach Leaf. . 372-^75 

 John J. Thomas — Government Officials — Progress 

 of the Nursery Business — History of the Camellia 

 in America— Apple Butter— Rose William Fran- 



cis Bennett — Discussions on Steam Heating — 

 Vegetables at Wholesale and Retail— William 

 Lobb — Gidding's Greenhouses at Danville, HI. — 

 Charles P. Parker— Frederick Vervaene— Mon- 

 treal Horticultural Society : Eighth Annual 

 Report — An Italian Exchange — Agricultu- 

 ral, Botanical and Chemical Results of Experi- 

 ments on the Mixed and Permanent Meadow — 

 The Gold Fish and its Culture with a View to 



Profit- Nuts of Pinus edulis 378-383 



Exhibitors — Entrance Fees — Chrysanthemum 

 Shows— The Chrysanthemum Show in Philada. . 384 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS : 



^sculus sinensis, Bunge— Altemanthera aurea 

 nana — A Variegated Austrian Pine — Hovenia 



dulcis 357-358 



White Bon Silene Rose— Swanley White Violet 363 



Early Cluster Blackberry— Wonderful Fruits — 



A Good Calif ornian Pear- A New Plum 367 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES: 



Propagation of Clematis — ^Hollies and their Ber- 

 ries 358 



Yellow Winter Carnation — Zonale Geranium: 



Little Gem— A Destructive Grub 364 



Overbearing Kieffer Pears — ^The Best Pear and 



Apple— Forcing Tomatoes 367-368 



Notes on the November Number — Dog-tooth 



Grass- Distribution of the White Spruce 375-376 



An Index Versus a Table of Contents— Addressed 

 Envelopes... 383 



FLOWER GARDEN & PLEASURE GROUND, 353-368 



GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE QARDENINQ 359-364 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 364-868 



FORESTRY 368-370 



NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 371-376 



LITERATURE, TRAVELS A PERSONAL NOTES 376-383 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 384 



