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INDEX 



asparagus rust, 208. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, 340. 



aspen, 326. 



asperula, 269. 



aspidistra, 340. 



asters, native, 264, 274, 275. 



Astilbe Japonica, 269. 



Aubrietia deltoidea, 265. 



aucuba, 344. 



auricula, 354. 



azalea, culture of, 355. 



azalea species, 293, 305, 306. 



Baccharis halimifolia, 291, 293. 



Bacterium tumefaciens, ISO. 



balm, 460. 



bamboos, 230, 264. 



Baptisia tinctoria, 264. 



basil, 460. 



baskets, hanging, 348. 



basswood, 329. 



bay-tree, 306. 



bean, 459, 463. 



bedding, 228. 



beech, 324. 



beet, 456, 466. 



begonias, 356. 



belladonna lily, 287, 352. 



Bellis perennis, 265. 



Benzoin odoriferum, 293. 



Berberi$ Aquifolium, 293. 



Berberis Japonica, 306. 



Berberis Thunbergii, 52, 221, 292, 293, 



306. 

 Berberis vulgaris, 51, 293. 

 Bermuda buttercup, 384. 

 Bermuda-grass, 80. 

 betula species, 293, 323, 324. 

 bignonia species, 314, 315. 

 billbergia, 344. 

 biota, 336. 

 birds, 16. 

 bitternut, 325, 

 bitter-sweet, 315. 

 bitter-sweet, false, 317. 

 blackberries, laying down, 138. 

 blackberry, culture of, 420. 

 blackberry, disease of, 212. 

 blackberry insects, 205. 

 black-rot, 209. 

 bladder nut, 302. 303. 



bleeding-heart, 267, 276. 



blister-mite, 199. 



blood as fertilizer, 112. 



bloodroot, 2€5. 



blue beech, 324. 



blue-grass, 78. 



Bocconia cordata, 263. 



bog plants, 230. 



bolting trees, 149. 



boltonias, 275. 



boneblack, 113. 



bone, ground, 113. 



bordeaux mixture, 196. 



borders, making, 74, 222. 



borers, 199, 417. 



bougainvillea, 318. 



Boussingaultia baselloides, 313, 344. 



bouvardia, 344. 



box, 293, 306. 



box-elder, 323. 



boxthorn, 315. 



bridge-grafting, 148. 



Bridgeman, mentioned, 2. 



broccoU, 467. 



Bromus brizseformis, 245. 



brooks, treatment of, 24, 58, 65, 232, 



broom, 306. 



brussels sprouts, 467. 



buckthorn, 221, 299. 



budding, 151. 



bud-moth, 200. 



buffalo berry, 302. 



Buist, mentioned, 2. 



bulbocodium, 289. 



bulbs, culture of, 281. 



bulbs in window-garden, 345. 



burdock, ornamental, 3. 



Burnette, F. H., quoted, 501. 



burning bush, 296. 



button-bush, 294. 



buttercups, tuberous, 289. 



butternut, 325. 



buttonwood, 326. 



Buxus sempervirens, 293. 



cabbage, culture, 457, 468. 

 cabbage, storing, 159, 470, 513, 515. 

 cabbage diseases, 208, 469. 

 cabbage insects, 200, 457, 469. 

 cabbage maggots, 187, 201, 469. 

 cactus, 358. 



