INDEX. 529 



Orchard, Solid Comfort in a Minnesota, Clarence Wedge 3gO 



Oregon, The Fruits and Flowers of, D. R. M'Ginnis 85 



Ornamental List, 1897 6 



Ornithology, J. S. Harris 460 



Ornithology. Report on, Wm. T. Shaw 12 



Owatonna Trial Station, Report of, E. H. S. Dartt, Supt 68 



Pantry Stores, Mrs. . I. W. Kennedy 433 



Parker. W. L., About My Apples 387 



Parker, W. L., Protecting the Orchard from Wind, Cold and Heat 43t5 



Parkhill, R.. Fillmore County Horticultural Society 123 



Patton, C. G, An Improved Plan of Orcharding 149 



Peaches. G. F. Flatin 270 



Peaches in Minnesota. Growing, M. Pearee 239 



Pearce, M., Growing Peaches in Minnesota 239 



Pearee, M, Mulching Strawberry Plants.? 184 



Pearce. M., Obituary of 453 



Pendergast, Prof. W. W., Teaching Horticulture in the Public Schools 213 



Pendergast, R. H., Fruit Growing at the Head of Lake Superior 77 



Pendergast, Warren W., Obituary of 373 



Penning. Martin, Best Three Varieties of Strawberries for Home Use 208 



Penning. Martin, Fruit in Sleepy Eye 350 



Plants, Satisfactory, Mrs. Wm. Lyons 384 



Plants, Three Hardy Herbaceous, Mrs. Anna B. Underwood 307 



Plum Grove, The Farmer's, O. C. Gregg 282 



Plums and Cherries, Clarence Wedge 321 



Plums and Cherries in 1896. W. S. Widmoyer 294 



Plums and Cherries, Thoughts on, M. E. Hinkley , 78 



Porter. Prof. Edward D., Obituary of 174 



Potatoes. Hastening Maturity in 117 



Premiums Awarded at State Fair. 1897 406 



Premiums. Award of, at Annual Meeting. Dec, 1896 9 



Prescott, G. H.. Small Fruits in Freeborn Count.v in 1896 386 



President's Address, Report of Committee on 25 



President's Annual Address, J. M. Underwood 13 



Program of Annual Meeting, Dec. 7-11. 1897 484 



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Question Box 444 



Randall, Sec. E. W., Horticulture at the State Fair 279 



Reforesting Cut-over Lands in Minnesota, Prof . S. B. Green 120 



Registration? Shall We Have a Bureau of Plant 207 



Reports. Annual 13 



Richardson. S. D., Prunins of Apple Trees, Why, When and How 103 



Richardson. S. D., Vice-President's Report, 1896, Second Cong. Dlst 295 



Richardson. S. D., Windbreaks for Orchards 419 



Robertson, Prof . Win.. Horticulture in the District School 463 



Rogers. W. P., How to Make a Minnesota Vineyard Pay 478 



Sand Cherry, The, A discussion 364 



Sampson, O. W., Gathering and Selling theStrawberry Crop 235 



Sampson. .T. A., Preparation of Soil for Planting Strawberries 139 



San Joso Scale, Proposed Law against 114 



San .lose' Scale. The, Prof. Otto Lugger 113 



Sauk Rapids Trial Station, Report of, Mrs. .Tennle Stager, Supt 63 



Secretary's Annual Report, A. W.Latham 20 



Secretary's Corner, A. W. Latham 47.88, 129,170,211,247,291,329,370,411.450, 491 



Seedlings and New Fruits in 1896, .T. S. Harris 224 



