Index. 



Vll 



Pear, a new and valuable 



Beurre d' Anjou 



blight 



Columbia 



culture, general principles of 



culture — growing pear ti;ees 



orchard, Mr. Satterthwaite's. . . . , .... 



Rostiezer 



summer, St. Germain 



The Rutter, for canning 



The Washington 142, 



tree, an extraordinary 



ti-ees, dwarf 



trees, mulching 



ti-ees, stai-ving 94, 



Winter Seckel 



Pears, American, in London 



best six 



cracking of 



experience with — Clapp's Favorite, 

 Doyenne Boussock, Goodale, Mt. 

 Vernon, Ott 



flavor of California 



Flemish Beauty 



forty-eight to the bushel 



in the garden of plants 



variety of, not good foi' canning 



winter 



winter keeping 



with hardy blossoms 



Pelargonium 



Aline Sisley 



Commodore Nutt, new Lilliputian .... 



Marie Lemoine -. 



Pelargoniums 99, 291, 



and geraniums . 



Pentstemon Palmerii 



Peonies, blue double 



Perfumes, Indian 



Perist«ria elata, or Holy Ghost flower 



Pernettya floriliunda 



Persimmons 



Petunias, training 



Philadelphus, Gordon's 



Phlox 



Drummondi grandiflora 



Phylloxera — ne w danger 



Phyllotaenium mirabile 



Pines 



for the seaside 



Pink, new. Lady Blanche 



Plantains as food 



Plant, a carniverous 



a chameleon j 



a high priced 



conser\'atory, spring house 



Plants artiflciaUy, fertilizing 



auction sale of 



bedding 



curious habits of 286, 



effects of gas on 



effiects of coal gas on 



English vs. Latin, names of 



fumigation , 



herbaceous 



in rooms 



ornamental foliaged 

 packing 



315 

 219 



60 

 148 



86 



87 

 157 

 306 

 306 

 158 

 283 

 315 

 307 

 317 



95 

 318 



94 

 123 

 223 



340 

 158 

 287 

 158 

 350 

 158 

 220 



59 

 213 

 261 



67 

 250 



68 

 357 

 326 

 184 

 327 

 220 

 229 

 265 

 256 



60 

 267 

 365 



67 

 189 

 372 

 332 



55 



68 

 319 

 352 

 224 

 199 

 371 

 128 

 220 

 168 

 350 

 224 

 288 

 343 



63 



70 

 309 



98 

 264 



PAGE. 



Plants, packing for the mails 55 



the ascent of sap in 252 



succulent 178 



Plum, The Wild Goose 147, 317 



Poetic eft'usions vs. Botanical facts 288 



Poinsettia, double 90, 230 



pulcherrima roseo carminata 153 



pulcherrima 163 



Poinsettias 196, 291 



and Euphiirbia Jacquinifloi'a 260 



Pond Lilies, early cultivated 62 



Poplar, weeping 165 



Pot flowers 309 



roses 327 



Potash, effect of, in curing the cracking of 



pears ! 223 



Potato, curious facts in history of the 126 



diseases of the 223 



Potatoes, astonishing yield of 157 



Brownell's beauty 82 



Prairie roses, pi'uning 361 



Primrose, Chinese 34 



Japanese, as a pot plant 371 



Primroses, double Chinese 162 



Pruning scene — humorous 180 



Primula, double white 196 



Japonica 34, 138 



Primulas, Chinese 326 



double white 133 



Printers' ink 94 



Pritchardia grandis 155 



Prize, a flne 256 



Prolongation of bloom 81 



Prospect Park, Rustic Shelter 53 



Pumpkins, some 284 



Purple Cone flowere 216 



Q. 



Queries about roses, evergreens, shrubs and 



plants 236 



Quince on the Juneberry 20 



on the Tliorn 46 



R. 



Rafflesia Arnoldi 232 



Raspberries 292 



Antwerp 255 



ever-bearing 58 



Raspberry Norwood, new hybrid 250 



Red spider 232 



Remarkable testimonial, a 283 



Retinosporas 333 



Ribbon beds 139 



Ribbon gardening 139 



Rhododendron, a mammoth 203 



R. lancifolium ■.„.. 155 



Rhododendrons, best 139 



half hardy and tender 139 



hardy 139 



new 139 



Rock garden, miniature 371 



Rolling the ground 167 



Rose, a beautiful .... 135 



a miniature 92 



a true vai'iegated 216 



banquets 221 



beds 78 



