insriDEx. 



244, To the Toad, 244i 

 September, 459; The 

 Day Lily, 268; Mush- 

 rooms, 268; Water- 

 melon, The. au8. 

 Poisons and Bees — 285 

 Pomace for Milch 



Cow 240 



Ponds, Clayed 196 



Poppies, Garden 125 



Postage. Cheaper.. 43, 137 

 Postal Improvement 



Association 67 



Posts, Tarring 174 



I'osts for Fences, etc .177 

 Potash and Potash ... 34 

 Potato Fertilizers. . . 204 



Potato Omelette 1.54 



Potato Seed 135 



Potato PuflE 133 



Potato, Polaris 235 



Potatoes in Trenches. 201 

 Potatoes Profitable. . .165 

 Potatoes, Two Crops . 253 



Potatoes, Frifd 83 



Potatoes, Multiply .... 137 



Potatoes, Pweet 268 



Potatoes, Two Crops 



in Season 229 



Pots and Plant Tubs .174 

 Pots, Fruit Cans for. .212 

 Pots. Moss instead of .173 

 Potting Soil, Making. 126 



Potting Bench 243 



Potting Loam Prepar- 

 ing Hotbed and. .243 

 Poulty. Points about. 17, 

 30. 59. 83, 107, 133, 155, 

 179, 203, 227, 251, 375. 



Profit, Not all for 220 



Profit Twenty-five Dol- 

 lars 246 



Primroses, Chinese, in 



House 147 



Primulas after Bloom. 157 

 Propagat'g Hardwood 



Cuttings 41 



Propagating Pan — 220 

 PropagaVn of Plants. 44 

 Propagat'n of Shrubs 



and Trees 247 



Propagation Fall 275 



Protect'g Shrubs, etc. 40 

 Protect'n Fruit Grow, 244 

 Protection to Young 



Plants 162 



Prune SouCae 82 



Prunes, Cooked 106 



Pruning 8 



Pruning to a Pole. ... 102 

 Pruning Orchards... 129 

 Pruning Old or New 



Wood 131 



Pruning, Time for — 145 

 Purslane Worm, The. 81 



Pumpkin Pie 38 



Pumpkins, Large Y'ld 52 

 Purslane Caterpillar. 2bij 

 Purple fringe. The.. ..269 

 Putty, Hard 63 



a 



Quack Grass Destroy. 4, 



328 

 Quince the Chinese ... 76 

 Quince Preserves — 38 

 Quince on Muck .147,109 



Quince on Muck 147 



Quince Trees, Salt.86, 229 

 Quince Propagation .2'i(j 



Quince, Pruning 156 



Quince, Pruning the . . 108 



Quince. Range of 84 



Quinces 52 



Quinces Baked 58 



Quinces, Salt for 276 



R 



Rabbits and Mice 65 



Rabbits, Protection84,102 



198 

 Rabbits, Pro'ct.n... 60-61 

 Rabbits. Pear Buds . . . 1.35 



Radish Culture 93 



Radishes in Japan . . . .270 

 Raisin Consumers. ..105 

 Raspberry Growing . . 144 



Raspberry Evap 145 



Raspberry Culture... 71 

 Raspberry Pudding . . 82 

 Raspberry Covering.. 54 

 Raspberry Picking. ..168 

 Raspberry Prop'g'n ... 123 

 Raspberry from Seed. 276 

 Raspberry Blight. . ..270 

 Raspberry, ShaCter . . 276 

 Eiaspberry, Cuthbert 



South ,34 



Raspberries Dy ing.. . 253 

 Raspberries Pruning. .2!3 

 Raspberries Running 



out 188 



Raspberries Dying. . ..277 

 Raspberries, Black... 213 



Raspberries, New 169 



Raspberries, Var't's..l23 

 Raspberries, Evap — 123 



Reed, The Great 2 



Reinwardtia Trigy- 



num .146 



RhododendronProtect276 

 Rhododendron, The.. 197 

 Rhododendrons, Ma- 

 nuring 40 



Rhubarb Culture 85 



Rhubarb Forcing 161 



Rhubarb Custard Pie. 250 

 Rhubarb, Preserved.. 178 



Rhubarb, Early 164 



Rhubarb, South ,. 122-127 



Rhus cotinus ...269 



Rice, Cooking 82 



Rings inWood— Age . . 19 



Road, Telford 8 



Roadside Trees in Bel- 

 gium 136 



Roadside, Neat 225 



Rock Work... 196 



Rockery for Bulbs. . . .269 

 Rockwork, Plants for. 62 



Root Graftmg 939 



Root Pruning Trees . . 41 

 Root Cellar, A Model.. 57 



Root Pruning 173 



Root Grafting 157 



Root, Tap, Dispos'g..226 

 Roots, Apple Tree . . .294 

 Roots of Plants, The 200 

 Rose Pruning.... 205. 144 



Rose Jar, A 196 



Rose Bushes, Prun'g..l95 

 Rose Beds, Covering. .505 

 Rose Perfume, Make . .222 



Rose Bugs 320 



Rose Hedges ...126, 220 

 Rose Buds Decaying. ,180 



Rose Forcing 174 



Rose Soil 276 



Rose, Hint 185 



Rose, Garden Cul 223, 198 



Rose, A Good 230 



Rose, Cinnamon 267 



Roses in Autumn. . .196 



Roses in Iowa 196 



Boses at Christmaa, 



Hardy T8 



Roses from Seed 10 



Roses for Winter 135 



Roses for Window ... 2 

 Roses and Rich Soil . . 178 



Roses in Pots 271 



Roses, Unpruned 276 



Roses, Temp, for 243 



Roses, Forcmg in Suc- 

 cession 2.52 



Roses, Grafting 353 



Roses, Hardy, West.. 268 

 Roses, From Cuttings. 254 

 Roses, Propagation . . 104 

 Roses, Summer Pro- 

 pagation 54, 80 



Roses, Ever-bloom'g.. 62 

 Roses, Mildew on. . .50-60 

 Roses, Green Fly on.. 40 

 Roses, Noteworthy... 194 

 Roses, Deformed — 190 



Roses, Hardy 15 



Roses, Hbyrid Tea. . ..220 

 Roses, Early Bud'g. . .221 



Roses, Soil for 238 



Roses, Culture of ... 177 

 Roses, Liquid Manur..l72 

 Roses, Select list. 126, 169 

 Roses, Black spot on .267 



Roses, New 261 



Rosebuds dropping. . 157 

 Rubber Plants, Varie- 

 gated 100 



Rust on Raspberries .165 

 Rustic Work Material.148 

 Russelia Juncea 112 



Saltpetre Solution .... 225 

 Salsify in the Garden . 123 



Salsify Crop, The 15 



Salsify Cookmg . . 132, 178 



Salsitv, To Cook 38 



Salt for Grapevines..l95 

 Salt for Potatoes. 205, 2.52 

 Sea Weeds, Compost. 18 



Seed Sowing 265 



Seed Trade Associa'n. 212 

 Seed Sowing of i*'me. 116 



Seed Growing 136 



Seed Sowing Device . . 76 

 Seed Bureau, U. S 65 



' Seed Savmg 235 



Seed, Importance of 



Good 117 



Seeds sown too deep . . 150 



Seeds, Good 205 



Seeds, Testing 126 



Seeds, Source of 2.38 



Seeds. Home-saved . . . 249 

 Seeds, Protecting in 



Drill 168 



Seedling Raising . . . .126 

 Seedlings, Large or 



Small 273 



Scaffold Improved .. .257 

 Scarecrow, Mech'nical274 



School Yard Hort 119 



School-yard Planting. 54 

 School-yard Adornm't 53 

 School Yard Improve- 

 ments 66, 138 



School Grounds Orna- 

 menting 138, 150 



School, Arbor Day in. 1.39 

 Schools, Improving. . . 189 

 Scion on Stock, Influ- 

 ence 45 



Scions, Cutting 61 



Shade for Fruits 208 



ShantungCabb"ge,The273 



Shelter Belts 145 



Shelter Belts, Pine .... 147 

 Shows, Rules and Re- 

 gulations 151 



Shrubs, Select Ill 



Shrubs, Newer 76 



Shrubs, Exochorda. .. 76 

 Shrubbery, Increase . . 174 



Silt Basin 8 



Slops, House, on Gar- 

 den 5 



Small Fruit Culture .175 

 Small Fruits. Plea for. 184 

 Small Fruit Manuringl45 

 Small Fruits South. . . 18 

 Small Fruit Obstacles 78 

 Small Fruits, Cost of 



Setting per acre ...145 

 Smilax for Window. . . 89 

 Smilax, Variegated.. 32 

 Smilax Turn Yellow.. 253 



Snow as Cover 126 



Society Am. Florists.. 259 

 Society, Young Peo. ..150 



Society, A State 128 



Society, West. N. Y'...130 

 Society, of American 



Nurserymen 24" 



Society of American 



Florists 246 



Society, American 



Hort. Meeting of... 128 

 Societies, Why Organ- 

 ize 102 



Societies, Success of . . 34 



Soda, Nitrate of 85 



Soil and Plant Roots.lSO 

 SoO. Lightening the.. 120 

 Soil, Frost Heaving. . . 72 

 Soot as a Fertilizer. . . 178 



Soot as Manure 2 5 



Soot Water 52 



Soot. Use of ...252 



Sorting. Close 100 



South, The New 70 



Sparaxis Bulbs 76 



Sparrow Trap, A 149 



Sparrow Trap, A . .67 

 Sparrows Deal with.. 244 



Spinach Sowing 268 



Spirea, A Fine 242 



Spirwa, VanHoutte^s.172 

 Sport in Fern Beech . . 196 

 Sprinkler, An Home- 

 Made Latvn 243 



Spruce Windbreak ... 209 



.Spruce, Norway 196 



Squash Cakes 2.50 



Squash Jam 106 



Squash, The Sibley. . . 72 

 Squashes, RaisingWin- 



ter 170 



Squashes in Winter.. 38 



Squashes Failing 18 



Squill, The Siberian. 10 

 Strawberry Midget. . .176 

 Strawberry Blossoms.166 

 StratrberryCrinoline .IG'2 

 Strawberry Notes — 46 



Strawberry Early 254 



Strawberry Yields — 120 

 Strawberry Fertilizers 



131, 139 

 Strawberry Planting. 73 

 Strawberry Growing. 198 

 Strawb'y Long John. 245 

 Str'berry, The Pearl, 241 

 Strawb'y Layering.. .254 



Strawb. FertiUzer 156 



Strawberry Growing 

 in Oswego Co. N.Y.118 



Strawberry Packing 



Shed 49 



Strawberry Culture, 52, 



198, 217 

 Strawb'y Plants, Lay- 

 ering In Pots 306 



Strawberry Seed, Sow- 

 ing 161,206 



Strawberry Manuring 



in Summer 217 



Strawb'y Runner Cut- 

 ter 228 



Strawberry Beds, 



Burning 153 



Strawberry Forcing, 97, 



181 

 Strawberry Manage- 



1 ment 102 



' Strawberry Season, 



Prolonging, 73 



Strawberry Beds, 



Burning 70 



Strawberry Warfield's 



No. 2 72 



Strawberry Ground, 



Fitting 148 



Strawberry, Jessie... 270 

 Strawberries in Pa. .270 

 Strawberries in Wint . 52 

 Strawberries in Fla. . .148 

 Strawberries Early ... 145 

 Strawberries Ailing ... 145 

 Strawberries in Matted 



Hills 123 



Strawberries, Eating.. 196 

 Strawberries, Seeding. 188 

 Strawberries, Among.216 

 Strawberries, New.. 235 

 Strawberries, Pist ... 79 

 Strawberries, About.. 66 

 Strawb's, The Newer. 169 

 Strawb's, Ashes for.. 181 

 Strawb's, Fall Mulch. 201 

 Sirawb''s in Indiana .2S7 

 Strawberries, Pistil- 

 late 265 



Strawberries, Stimu- 

 lating 48 



Strawberries.For large 



Crop 62 



Strawberries, Water- 

 ing 203 



Strawberries, Setting 



old Plants 188 



Strawberries, Manur- 

 ing for 174, 228 



Strawberries, Early, 



Late 210 



Strawberries, Propa- 

 gating 37 



Strawberries, Raising 



Seedling 5 



Strawberries, Plant'g 



Alpine 238 



Strawberries, Land, 108, 



143 

 Strawberries, Fertiliz- 

 ers for 99 



Strawberries for large 



yields 95 



Strawberries, Profit, 39, 



112, 122 

 Strawberries, Prepar- 



ingfor 108 



Staking Trees, Orch.. 216 



Steam Dose, A 268 



Stephanotis Culture . . 19 

 Stock, to Sell, No.... 309 

 Stocks in the Spring. .211 



Storage, Cold 131 



Storage House, Fruit, 158 

 Sweet Potatoes North 192 

 Sweet Potatoes, Chem- 

 ical Manures for... .202 

 Sweet Peas Failing, 19, 60 

 Sweet Corn, Canning. 19 

 Sweet Peas, New . . . 77 

 Sweet Potato Culture, 84, 



85 

 Swmdie, A Royalty. ..233 

 Syringa, Gold-leaved, 157, 

 204. 



Tansy Plant, The. .196 



Tariff and Fruit 139 



Temperance and hor- 

 ticulture 131 



Testing Seeds 126 



Thermometer, RotarylbS 

 Tin Cans for Plants. .173 

 Tiger Flowers, Whitel49 



Tigriilia, White 149 



Toads. Cherish the... 148 

 Tobacco,Sweet Sc't'd.20o 

 Tobacco Fumigation Ig 

 Tobacco, Sweet Flow 24i 

 Tomato Culture. lOS, 162, 

 258,263. 



Tomato Soup 55 



Tomato Proper Tr'in'gl06 



Tomato Worms 274 



Tomato Tests in 1887. 91 



Tomato Grafting 268 



Tomato Blight 277 



Tomato Training 374 



Tomatoes and Rice. . . 154 

 Tomatoes, E'rly M'k't 3 

 Tomatoes, Protectinga7 7 

 Tomatoes,About Bome259 

 Tomatoes, Early. 164, 181 



Tomatoes, Trench 225 



Tools, Some Simple . . 190 



Tools 166 



Transplanter, A Val- 

 uable 116 



Trees, Mice and 115 



Trees, Ornamental for 



North 128 



Tree Seeds, Planting 37 

 Trade, Tricks of .136, 150 

 Tradescanthia Ball, A226 

 Training to a Hoop. .308 

 Transplanting Flow'rslOS 

 Trap For Beetles. . . 189 



Tridax Bicolor 74 



Tree Planting 94 



Tree Guard, A CfteoplOO 

 Tree Bark, Scraping. . 147 

 Tree Planting, Profit. 150 

 Tree Agents, and P.G 149 

 Tree. Renewing Old.. 01 

 Tree Roses, Growing .2M 

 Trees and Shrubs — 158 



Trees losing Bark 195 



Trees Weeping of the i 



West 211 



Trees, Hardy 100 



Trees, Ornamentall02,169 ; 



Trees, Select Ill ' 



Trees, New Method of 



Transplanting 81 



Trees Dying 277 



Trees, Fertilizers for. 877 

 Trees, Whitewashing 70 

 Trees, Right Methods 



of Setting 143 



Trees, Trouble with.. 257 



Trees, Study the 170 



Trees, Weeping . .207 



Trees, Spraying with 



Poison 189 



Trees, On Setting .... 189 

 Trees, to Make Over. .212 ! 

 Trees, Heeling in - . 63 

 Trees, Pruning, etc.. 63 



Turnip Growing 258 



Twig Blight 85 I 



U 



Umbrella Tree, Varie- I 



gated 1.35 ! 



Umbrella Pine, The.. 20 



32 

 Valley Lily Bed of . . . 

 Varieties runing out. .2^8 

 Varieties, Identified.. 34 

 Varieties, Question of 78 

 Varieties, Running out47, 



265 

 Varieties, Safe Advice 



about 128 



Vars. Deteriorating. .142 

 Veg. Marrow, Prepa'g274 

 Vegetable Culture. 80, 121 

 Vegetables, Notes on . 08 



Vegetable Soup 38 



Vegetable Growing.. 143 

 Vegetab'e Gardening 150 

 Vegetable Acids .... 258 

 Veg. Seed Sources ... Hi 

 Veg. Oyster Cooking. . 133 

 Vegetable Degenera- 

 tion 270 



vegetable Garden, l7, 39, 



59, 83, 107, 133, 155, l79, 



203, 227,251,275. 

 VegetableProducts on 



Table 178 



Vegetable Plants for 



Ornament 172 



Vegetables, Cooking274 

 Vegetables, Newer... 174 

 Vegetables, Keeping. 41 

 Vegetables, Forcing. 131 

 Vegetables, Mark'ting223 

 Vegetables of a Great 



Market 150 



Verbenas New 88 



Verbenas Rotting 263 



VentiVt'r, Novelforml^i 



Vincas 220 1 



Vine Leaves, Warts40, 81 i 



Vine, Resin of the 116 



Vines at Newport 81 j 



Vines, Renovating .. 41 | 



Vine Fastener for 



Trellise 213 



Vine Culture Under 



Glass 213 



Vines, WInt. Heaving 71 

 Vineyard, Fine Mich. 121 

 Vineyard, A profitable 43 

 Vineyard Notes. Ohio 95 



Vineyard Notes 26 



Vineyards. Protecting 



from Spring FrostF.153 

 Vineyard, Kniffen 

 System of Training 09 



I Vineyard, Care of. .200 

 Vinegar from Cider.. 18 



Vinegar Eels 40 



Violets in France 268 



I Violet Culture. ..104,181 

 Violet, Disease of.. . 30 



I Virginia Creeper 



! Using 140,209,241 



Window Plants 226 



j Walks and Jottings. . . 104 

 Walks and Drives. ... 9 

 Walks, Kitchen Gard.106 

 Wallflower Sowing. ..267 

 Wallflower Culture. .182 

 Walnut Culture.54, 61, 85, 



109 

 Walnuts, Transpl't'g. 77 

 Wasps and Fruit . . . 1.35 

 Water Lily Culture. .162 



Water Cress 70 



Water Plants, Ctrtain. 77 

 Water can for flants.201 

 Water Lilies, Hard- 

 iness 266 



Water, lefluence of. .. 41 

 Water, Hyd't, Syring- 

 ing With 67 



Watering Pot, The... 173 



Watering Trees 187 



Watering Amaryllis.. 10 

 Watering Can, Im- 

 proved 10 



Watering, Goouell on. 76 

 Wax Plant Manage- 

 ment 60 



Weed Pests in Lawn. 220 

 Weed, Butter and Egg .52 

 Weeds in Nursery .... 05 



Weeds, Killing 877 



Weeds, Advance on . . 137 

 Weeds, Good Rule... .185 

 Weeding Rake, Home- 

 made 189 



Weeping Trees, Pro- 

 pagating 205 



Weigelia Rosea for 



Hedge 61,00 



Wevils, Bean and Pea.205 



White Daisy Pest 274 



Whitewash Quickly.. 274 

 Willow Roots, Kill'g, .204 

 Willow, Kilmarnock. .821 

 Willows on River B'k's 40 

 Willow Twigs for 



Staking 816 



Windbr'ks, Thoughts 



on 141, 201 



Windoio Plants, Be- 

 gonias 30 



Window Pl'ts,Careof.l53 

 Window Plants, De- 

 sirable 83 



Windows in Order 30 



Winter Covering. ... 50 



Winter Work 97 



Woodpeckers, Fruit. .189 

 Wire, Train'g for Pots 53 



Wisconsin Fruits 272 



Wi-taria, A Word for. 12 

 Women Berry Grow's.240 



Women and Hort ; 148 



" Woodbank's " 161 



Working on Time . . 143 

 Workingmen's Flower 



Show 12 



Worm, The Purslane . 81 

 WormsFall'g in Show- 

 ers 830 



Worms in Flower Pots. 19, 

 l;«, 205 



Worms, Angle 205 



Worms, Fall Web.... 2:18 

 Worms, A Plague of .268 



V 



Yard, Laying out 



Steep 181 



Yellows, Peach 102 



Zinnia Culture 148 



Zinnia Seed, Saving. . 61 



