G84 INDEX. 



Pnge. 

 F&nncra' gardens, &c. — 



Flowers in the garden 3C*2 



Fruits ill the garden 350 



Grapes, cultivation of 354 



Hot-beds for farmers' gardens 343 



Location of the garden 338 



Pears, cultivation of 350 



Peaclies, cultivation of 359 



Plants injured by intermixture 3oB 



Plums, cultivation of - 352 



Proper soil for the garden 340 



Eaising, gathering, and preserving seeds for the garden 355 



Raspberries, cultivation of 354 



Shelter for gardens 343 



Small fruits in the garden 352 



Soil best for the production of good seed 350 



Strawberries, cultivation of 353 



Table of cost of vegetables for a family 349 



Time to set seed-plants or sow seed 356 



Time that seeds will retain their vitality 361 



What part of the stem produces the best seed 358 



When seeds should be gathered, and how presened 360 



Ferns 375 



Field mice 270,271 



Fish crow 305 



Fish hawk 291 



Finch, purple 3U1 



Flax, article on, by J. K. Dodge 102 



Commission.' 117 



Continental su^jplies of 110 



Culture of 104 



Does it impoverish the soil 1 04 



Home statistics of 113 



iMauures for 106 



Oil-cake 115 



Potation for 103 



Seed 106 



Soil suitable for 104 



Sowing of 108 



Weeds in 115 



Flax and hemp commission 13 



Flics, ( Dipttra) 276^ 



Flint, Wilson — Article on Grape Culture in the United States 147" 



Flour, prices of, at New York, and export 614 



Flowers, cultivation in the garden 362 



How to preserve 380 



Fruits, description of 119 



Fly-catchers 281,2i)4 



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Gall's method of making grape and blackbeiTy wine 156 



Gardens, location of 338 



Garden, Experimental, report of 547 



Geraniums, house culture of 372 



Glover, Townend — Article on Entomology 561 



Goats, article on, by Israel S. Diehl 216 



Asiatic goats, introduction into Europe 217 



Goats' milk, value and use of 217 



Habits and characteristics of 218 - 



Introduction of goats into the United States 224 



Remarks of ditfereut breeders 225, 226, 227, 228 



Report of the United States Agricultural Society on Cashmere goats 227 



Report of American Institute 227 



lieport of commission at New York State fair 228 



Sagacity of - 219 



Scinde goat and other varieties, value of 216 



The Angora goat ^22 



The Cashmere and Thibetan goat 221 



The wool-bearing goat ^0 



