VOLUME V. 

 September 15, 1896 to September 1, 1897. 



CONTENTS. 



Illustrations are indicated by an 



AbleB Normannlana....- 50 



a bullion Sou v. de Bonn 39, 100 



Acacias, seedling 230 



Acanthus latlfollus 301, 374 



Acanthus, varieties of the 201 



Acer polymorphum atropurpureum — 262 



Acer, varieties of the 354 



Achllleaptanulcafl.pl 90. 322, 337 



Achllleas 315. 337 



Aconite, winter 215, 220 



Aconltum napellus 359 



Adlautum pedatum ...343 



Ad tantums hurt by tobacco smoke 130 



Adonis vernalls 149. 246 



.Krva sangulnea 36 



^Ethlonaema grand lflorum 132 



Agrostemma coronarla 315 



Agrostemma ti s-Jovla.. 295 



•Ah Wing. Chinese gardener In Calif.. 27 



Allantus grandulosa 346 



Akebla qulnata 152, 200, 244, 27S 



*a kebla qulnata. fruit of the 100 



Alplnias -.155 



Alstromerla aurantlaca *52, 67. 322 



Alstromerias... 162 230, 261 



Althaea f ruliex or Rose of Sharon 2 



Althaeas, variegated -'4 



Althaeas, wh T n to cut back 341 



Alyssum saxatbe 08 



Amaryllus belladonna 22 



Amaryllises 56 



•Amaryllses. new 250 



Amelanchler rotundlfolla 107 



AmelanchlerB 1U1 



Ampelopsls quinquefolla. 136, 166. 179, 330 



AmpelopBls Veltcht 298,343 377 



Anagallls tenella 164 



Andromeda arborea 5. 100 



Anemone fulgens 1«2 



"Anemone japon lea alba 117. 374 



Anemone, the rue 247 



Anemones 117. 246 



Anemones. Japanese 3, 5. 22 



Annual* and perennials 151 



Annuals for Decoration day 140 



Annuals, notes on 216, 359 



AntennarlaB 132 



Anthemls tlnctoria '.'0, 132 



Anthertcum Llliago 296 



Antherlcum llllastrum 315 



Antirrhinums 10, 358 



Ants 277 



Aphides on cherry tree 379 



Aphides, remedy for 71 



Aphis 25 



Apples 12.75 



Aquatics 7. 25. 113, 137, 145, 216. 257 



'Aquatics, a pond of 257 



•Aquatics, pond lor tender 9 



Aqulleglas 110,150.274 295,316 



Arabts al btda 69, 246. 25s 



Arabis alplna 248, 315 



•Aralla pnpyrlfera 133 



Aralla splnosa 24,102 353 



Aralla, cachemerlca and racemosa 377 



Arallas, Manehurlan 24 



Arauearia excelsa 138 



*Arborvlta?, Chinese golden 37 



Arbutus, trailing 108 



Arlstolochla glgas var > 



Armenlaca dasycarpa 243 



Armerla cepbalotes 296 



Armerla marltlma 274 



Arnebla echloldes 150 



-Artocarpus Inclsa 232 



Artocarpus, varieties of the 232 



Arum Dracunculus 7 



Arundo donax ,11, m. 114 



Ascleplas 312 



Ascleplas lncarnata 132 



ABCleplas tuberosa 23,341 



ABlmlnas or pawpaws 147 



Asparagus 190 



Asparagus plumosus nanus 245 



ABpen. the 202 



Asperula odorata 279 



ABpldlums 275 



ABplenluma 276 



Aster alplnuB 149 



Aster, *,>ueen of the Earlles 68 



Asters ubciH flowers, fall 55 



"Asters. China 40, 102 



•Asters, claBseB and varieties of 53 



ABters, disease of the China 40 



Asters. Japanese 70 



Asters, new 70 



Asters, our pictures of China 58 



Asters, perennial 4. 22 



Asters, Semple s 330 



Asters, wild 5568 



Asttlbe japonlca hurt by tobacco 



smoke 139 



Astllbe rlvularlB lta 



ABtragalus h, poglottls 132 



Atrosangulnea or Japan maple 52 



Aubretla Lelchtllnll .248.258 



Aubretla vlolacea 246,258 



Aubretias In variety 248, 27S 



Auriculas 71. 247 



Autumn ramble, an 52 



A/.alea am<ena 197 



A/aleacalendulacea 282 



Azalea mollis wintered In cellar ii8 



Azalea vlscosa 197 



Azaleas 4,10,66,99, 1011 



A/aleas In summer 236 



Bacchans hallmlfolla 24 



Balsam aDd larkspur seed 7 



•Bamboo In Ceylon, giant 129 



Bamboos, varieties of 130 



Bambusu Metake 213 



Banana plants, sowing young IS 



Barberries 24 



Basella, the 36 



'Beans growing In a pot — 246 



•Bed in Highland Park, a scroll 55 



Bedding, carpet 181 



Beds of colored foliage 346 



' Beech tree over 700 years old 260 



Beeches 154 



Beetles, blister 330 



Begonia Froebelll lncomparabtlls . . 184 



Begonia vernon 4, 358 



Begonias 56 



Begonias, potash will make bloom 23 



Begonias. Rex 39 



Bellls perennlB 216, 315 



Bellls rotundlfolla 258 



Benzoin odorlferum 99 



* Berberis Thunbergll 119. 278, *353 



Berbeiis vulgaris 274 



•Berberis vulgaris var. amurensls 119 



Berries, soli for 107 



Berry-bearing shrubs, ornamental 49 



Berry bUBhes 12 



Berry garden 107 



Berry, June 101 



Berry bUBhes protected from summer 



heat 267 



Berry bushes, winter protection for. . . 75 



Betulas Us 194 



Birch, weeping cut leaved 194 232,266 



Birches, ornamental 148 



Birds In c nBervatorles 122 



Blgnunla capreolata 243 



Bittersweet, climbing 119 



Blackberry bushes, pruning . 251 



Black berrlts 379 



B'ackberrtes and raBpberrleB 362 



Blister beetles 330 



Bocconla cjrdata 213. 338. '342. 360 



Bone meal— woodbine 219 



Border bed. making 151 



Borders, llBt of flowers for 259 



Borers 147 



Bougainvltlea glabra. 10-57 



"Bougalnvlllea glabra Sanderlana 315 



Bouvardlas 56 



•Bower, under a 226. 



•Bread fruit tree, the.. 232 



Brodlaea cocclnea 296 



Brodlaea Howelll lllaclna 273 



Browallla elata 186 



Bulb beds 17s 



Bulbocodium vernum 229 



•BuIooub flowers and cinerarias, dis- 

 play of 245 



Bulbs and bulb planting 36 



Bulbs for t lie flower warden. 59 



Bulbs In co.d frames, growing. ..104 163 



Bulbs In the grass, naturalizing 56 



Buphthatmum sallclfoilum 360 



Cabbages 60 



Cacti, wintering 53 



1 Caladlums. fancy leaved 39 



< alaalums. wintering fancy 53 



1 Calampelis. the 360 



•Calceolaria, spec! men 261 



Calceolarias for EaBter. 139 



Calendula officinalis 358 



Ca I llcarpa purpurea 11*7 



Calllrhoe lnvolucrata 132. 341 



CalllstlphuschlnenslB 106 



Calachortus In variety 104, 296 315 



CalycanthUB praecox 2 



CaniasslaB 273 



"Campanula Calycanthema 88 



Campanula carpathlca .322 



I Campanula glomerata 315 



Campanula lactltlora 338 



Campanula perslclfolla 314 



Campanula pyramldalls 4,374 



Campanula rotundlflora 296 



] Campanula tracbellum 321 



i Campanulas. 150 



Canna— brilliant 70 



-California 70 



—Champion 70 



— Glorlosa 70.330 



-IrldltJora Ehemannl 231 



— Lorraine 70 



— Malden'B Blush 70 



—Marlborough. Duchess of 70 



— Marlborough. Duke of 70 



—Queen Charlotte 14 



— [sunset 70 



—Triumph.... 70 



— Wlntzer'e yellow 14 



Canna roots over winter, keeping W2 



Canna seed 40 



Cannas 57.118 



•Cannas, caladlums and zinnias 35 



Cannas coming 70 



Cannas for a vbbc 249 



Cannas In the hot bed 231 



Cannas, new 74 



Cannas, wintered In cellar 68 



Cannas, wintering 53 



Canterbury bells 230 293,316 321 



Carllna acaulls 132 



Carnation Society, American 154 



Carnations 69 



Carnations for the garden 321 



Carnations, house for 57 



Carnations, how to obtain early flow- 

 ers from 123 



Carnations, Marguerite 340 



Carnations, means of propagation — 339 



Carnations, prizes for 59 



Carnations, summer blooming 339 



Carnations, three best kinds for pots 123 



Carnations which do best with us 57 



Caryopterls Mastacanthus. 2, 11, 52,197. 

 252. 



•Caryota urens 131 



Cas-la floribunda 299 



Cassia marylandlca 46, 132, 377 



Castor bean plant, African 101 



Catalogues received 1711.186,234 



•Cattleya Gaskeliiana alba 72 



Catt eyaTrlarae 60 



Cattleyas 60 



Cattleyas. a year's 73 



Ceanothus ovatus 281 



•Cedarof Lebanon 65 



Cedars, the three troe 66 



Cedars, three beautiful 270 



•CelastruB artlculatus 119 



•Celastrus scandens 119, 180 



Celery 60 



Cellar, the 90 



Certaurea amerlcana 24 



CeJtturea cyanus minor or cornflow- 

 ers 358 



Centaurea macrocephala 201 



Centaurea Marguerite 326, 357 



Centaurea Montana 32, 132, 296 



Centaurea ruthenlca 374 



Ceiitranthue ruber 132 



Centrosema grandlflora 230 



Cephalaila tartartca — 213 



Cephalotoxus 167 



Cer-isus Slebo'dl rosea pendula 243 



•Cercldlph'llum japonlcum 135. 164, 



CerclB canadens.s 282 i 



Cercls japonlca 146. 197 



Cherry, cornelian 24 



Cherries 75,107 



cherries, Japanese weeping 266 



Cherries, tart 362 



Chestnuts, sweet 268 



Cbllopsis linearis, varieties of 2 



Chinese matrimony vine 119 



Cbokeberry, the ..119 



Chrysanthemum— Boehmer. Louis 92 



— Bishop. Mrs 93 



—Chalfant. Clinton 93 



—Columbine 92 



— Dailiedouze, Eugene 94 



—Daniels, Geo 92 



— D-tvls. Chas 74 



— Fltzwigram. Lady 43 



-Golden Hair 93 



— Johneon, Miss M. M 43 



—•Jones. Mrs. Jerome 86,93 



-Jullnda 94 



— Knowles, Eva 43 



-McKlnley, Maj 92 



—Minerva 94 



— M"ntmort, Marquis de 43 



— 'Murdock. Mrs. ST 86 



—Octoroon 94 



-Parker, Mrs. M. R 43 



— Perrln. Mrs 94 



— Philadelphia 43 



-Rleman, H. W 43 



— Robinson, Mrs. Henry 43 



— 'Ryerson, Mrs. Martin A 84 



-Shrlmpton. J 92 



—Smith, Edith 43 



— Vlvland-Morel 92 



—Wedding. Golden 58 



—West, MrB- Geo 94 



— •Western King 84 



Chrysanthemums. 



—Anemone and pompon varieties 44 



—Annual 4 



—•Arrangement In Japanese Btyle 82 



—•As window plants 72 



—Border, a hs 



—Colors decoratlvely considered 02 



—Cuttings 168 



—•Dwarf, Blnglestem plants 87 



-Early 59 



—•Exhibition views 81, '85, *92 



—Grown In pots 43 



—For the garden ISO 



— Foramateura 43 



—'Group of single stem 91 



—List of mldseaBon varieties 43 



—Modes of culture for exhibition 



plants , 44 



-Mulching 12 



—Newer 43 



— Pinching tfl shoots 44 



—Repotting 44 



— Varieties beBt suited for bench plants 44 



—•Vase of long stemmed 87 



Chrysanthemum frutescens.... 122 



Chrysocoma llnosyrls ,360 



Clmlclfuga racemosa 360 



Cinerarias 11 . 168 



Cinerarias for Easter 139 



ClstUB laurlfollus 167 



•Cladrastls lutea 98 



Clematis, cut them back 147 



Clematis Davldlana 360 



Clematis flammula 22, 23, 24, 134, 374 



ClematlB for veranda decoration 200 



ClematlB graveolens 23. *225 



Clematis Iienryl 36. 54. 134 



Clematis lntegrl folia var. Durandl90. *276 

 ♦Clematis, Mme. Edward Andre 277. 330 

 Ciematla panleulata 4, 7. 21,23.24,36,38, 



151. 200. 

 Clematis panleulata for covering dead 



trees 166 



Clematis panleulata to cover fence 74 



Clematis, support for climbing 282 



Clematis recta 213 



ClematlB, varieties of 117, 227, 230. 248. 276, 



346. 



ClematlBes In the garden 33 



"Clerodendron Bungei frttldum .. 25.377 



Clethra alnifolla 197 



Climbers for eastern and and western 



exposure 377 



Coeioygnes 60 



Cold frames 57. 72, 163. 179,331, 360 



Cold pit* 313 



Columbine, Rocky Mountain blue 23 



Columbines 2V6 



Conifers. Pacific .so 



Cooperla Drummondll 338 



Coreopsis, a golden glory 22 



Coreopsis grandlflora 314. 375 



Coreopsis lanceolata 89, 314, 375 



Corn, early golden yellow 14 



Cornus alba 100 



Cornus Mas 354 



Cornuses 24. 52. 120 



Coronllla varla 322, »337, 341 



Cosmos blplnnatus 87 



Cosmos, notes on 3, 10. 21, 22. 298 



Cosmos, yellow 70 



•Corypba umbracullfera 213 



Cotoneasters 24. 119 



'■CowbJIp American 206 



Crab. Btchtel's double flowering 186 



Crab graB* 



•Crantsblll. wild 294 



Crataegus pyracantha J20 



Crataegus slugs. . 25 



Crlnuma 22. 53 



Crocuses 229 



Crotons 39 



Crotalarla retusa 42, 110 



•Crozy. Antolne 170 



Currant borer, the 251 



Currant worm, the 267 



Currants 60 



Cycas revoluta. trouble with 379 



•■ yclamen. progress of the. 33 J 



Cyclamens 57, 123 



Cydonlas 2 



•Cymbldlum Lowlanum 73 



•Cypress at Dosorls, Chinese 1 



•Cyprlpedlum caudatum, forms of 264 



Cyprlpedium pubescens 274 



Cypripediums 00 



Cytlsus 57 



Dattodlls 4, 247 277 



Dahlia Boclety, American 30, 218 



Dahlia, the 266 



Dahlias 4, 40, 53. 231 



Dahlias, list of gems. 30, 200 



Daisies 2(6. 258 



Daphne cneoruni 120, 243 



Daphne genkwa 243 



Daphne Mezereon .. 243,274 



"Daturas. Blngle white 2H6 



Decorailon, porch 23 



Decumarla barbara 342 



Delphinium, a creamy white 170 



Delphinium chlnenBe 330 



Delphiniums 3, 22,150. 314,316, 322. 358 



Delphiniums, hardy 325 



Dendrobes 356 



Dendroblum Phalaenopsls 60 



Designs, flower bed 26 



DeBmodlum pendullflorum 24.376 



Deutzla crenata var. Pride of Roches- 

 ter 35, 54 



Deutzlas 2, 67, 146 



Dlantbus. varieties of 332. 358 



Dlcentraexlmea 150 



Dicentra Bpectabills alba 258 



DlcentraB 291 



Dlcksonla antarctica 184 



•Dlctamnus. a hedge of 321 



Dlctamnus fraxlnella 213, 295 



•Digitalis amblgua 383 



Digitalis, the 314, 316. 323 



•Dlpladenla amablllB 19 



•Dlpladenla profusa 17 



DIpladenlas 18, 27 



Dodder, how to exterminate 380 



•Dodecatheon Media 296 



Dodecatheons 150, 294 



Dogwood, red and white forms 147 



Dollchos japonlcus 108. 244 



Dorontcums 279 



Dracaena lndlvlsa for vase 249 



Drive. laying out a 250 



Easter, preparing for 138 



Echlnops 218, 338 



Editor, resignation of 58 



