I nsr X) E! x: 



Pipes, (ias and Tar 65 



Pine as a Fruit Tree. The 71 



Pine-apple, The iUhi.itrated) 71 



Pine-apples, Cannius 108 



Pitcher Plant, Asiatic {Illuatmted) 91 



Pitcher Plants, Asiatic 140 



Plants for an Invalid, 27; When 

 need Water, S<.l; For Shade, 3i). 



Plants, Modification of by Chmat« 33 



Plants, Cleaning 41 



Plants and Animals 45 



Plants for Under Stages 51 



Plants, Dish Water on 100 



Plants Have a Party, The (TU.) .... 115 



Plants in Rooms 117 



78 



Plants, Lifting 



Plant, The Barest (.Illustrated), 47: 

 Culture at South, 80; At Sleep, 

 115. 



Plant Life in the Arctics 



Plant Box I nl list rated) 



Plant Multiplies, A 



Plant, About the House 



Plantain Lily not Blooming 27 



Planting, Tree 62 



Planting; After Fifty 137 



Plums, Something About 76 



Plungmg Pot irilustrated) 106 



Platycodon grandiflora 4 



Poetry; Three Roses, 4; Choice, 4: 

 Fruit Talk, 10; Leaves Turning 

 Brown, 16; An Autumn Hostelry, 

 21; Old-fashioned flowers, 20; 

 When the Woods turn Brown, 

 28; The Violets, 40; Ou a Green- 

 house, 40; Each Has its Place, 

 33: The Rose Buds Tale, 45; 

 Winter Aconite, 52; What They 

 Say, .52; City Flowers, 57; To 

 the March Flowers, 64 ; Summer 

 shut in, 64; Cultivate Chrysan- 

 themums, TO; Oh March, 70; My 

 Easter Lily, 78; April, 80; Far 

 reaching, 80; Trees have no His- I 

 tory, 80; A Bunch of Rosebuds, 

 90; May Day, 90; Firstlings of 

 Spring, 92; A Spring Song, 92; 

 June, 97; Ode to the Rose, 102; 

 A Dispute in the Garden, 102; 

 Roses, 104; Butt^-rcups, 104; A 

 Summer Picture, 109; Daisy Nur- 

 ses, 114; Wild Roses, 116; Sum- 

 mer Hymn. 121 ; Roses Dead, 126; 

 Cat-tails, 128; How the Pansy 

 was Made, 128; September., 133; 

 Thistle Down, 137; Marigolds, 140; 

 The Reason, 140. 



Poetical and Practical 127 



Poets and Gardening 140 



Poultry; Preparing for Winter. 10; 

 Care diu-ing Moulting, 11; A 

 Farm, 11; Neglecting, 11; Sun- 

 flowers for, 2;i; Preparing for 

 marliet 23; To keep Large 

 Flocks., 2:3; In Russia, 23; To 

 treat colds in, :i4: Best stock for 

 Winter Laying, :34 ; Sent the food 

 to, 34; Comfort, :54: Some great 

 figures, 46; Cleanliness for, 46; 

 Scratching for. 46; Salt in the 

 Food. 46; Fences for Yards, .58; 

 Keeping Individual Records, 58: 

 Roosts, 58: Incubators, .58: 

 More Food with Laying. .58; Not 

 Enough Light, 58; Improved 

 Breeds, 72: How to Begin Busi- 

 ness, 72: Feed for Shells, 72; 

 Necessaries in Raising. 84; Go- 

 ing for them Sharp. .SI: Not a 

 Revolving Chair. &4 : Green Food 

 for, 84, Profitable Raising, 96: 

 Future of Business, 108; Profit- 

 able, 108: Disease. Aim to Pre- 

 vent, 108: In Large Flocks, 1:32. 

 Poultry, Condensed Notes: Oct., 

 11; Nov., 22: Dec, 24; Jan., 46: 

 Feb., 58; March,, 72; April. M; 

 May, 96; June, 108; July, 120; 

 Aug.. 132: Sept., 144. 



Poultry Manure 139 



Poultry, Fattening 144 



Potting 29, 40 



Pot a Plant, How to 135 



Pots, Too Large 28 



Potatoes, Newer Species 20 



Portieres 60 



Poisons, Antidotes for 60 



Poison Ivy, The 126 



Poppies and Railroads 65 



Pond Plants 100 



Primus. Pissardi 25 



Prune When You Plant {2 III) 66 



Pruning Trees 14 Illustrations) .- . 30 



Privets, for Ornament 37 



Progress in Gardening 42 



Primrose Convention, A, 45: The 



Chinese, (Illujitrated) 49. 



Propagating Pots (.Illustrated).. . . .53 



i Primrose, Hardy 75 



Putty, Substitute needed 5 



Puss and Birds 109 



Public Squares as Markets 64 



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Quack Grass m 



Quality not Quantity 141 



Questions and Answers 138 



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Rabbits, To keep from Trees, IT; 



Scurf on, 22; And Trees, 64. 



Radish. Long, Black Winter (III.). 44 

 Raspberry, The Red (///.), 101; 

 Canes, 125. 



Raspberry Clearing 1.39 



Raspberries. New Growth in 138 



Raspberries, Cutting Back 1.38 



Raspberries, Trimming Away Old 

 Wood, 138. 



Remedy Worse than Disease :i5 



Red Spidei-, The (Illustrated) 65 



Reticule, The 96 



Rhubarb, A Large Bed 117 



Ring Doves lO 



Rice, A Delicious Dish of 24 



Riches Flying Away .. 90 



Roses: Sweet Brier, 1; Dog, 1; 

 Flowers that Combine with, 20; 

 The Marechal Niel, South, 44; 

 Old-fashioned, 52; Propagating. 

 8:3; Hardy, A Bed of, 93; Moss 

 (/((.I, 98; A Screen of {III). 99: 

 Insects of, 99; For Amateurs, 105; 

 Select List, 105; Tree, 111; Yel- 

 low, 116; La France (III.), 117; 

 Slugs on, 119; Mulch for, 128. 



Rose Culture in America 97 



Rose-!eaf Pillow. A 97 



Rose Slugs 93 



Rosebush, A Celebrated 41 



Roots and Drains 5 



Rochester Convention 68 



Rock Work 93 



Robins 113 



Rustic Vase, Costless 76 



Rural Adornment 101 



Rush Ornaments 137 



Salsify (Illustrated) 8 



Salsify Seed, Saving 134 



Saxifraga sarmeutosa 29 



Salvia, The Scarlet i Illustrated) ... 92 



Scale and Mealy Bug 28 



Scattering the Seed 47 



Scarecrow not Scaring 103 



Scarlet Runners 54 



Scilla. Bell-flowered (Illustrated). 17 



Scratching for Food 144 



Seed Trade and the Government . . 16 



Seed Sowing 134 



Seeds, Vitality of, 45; Slow-start- 

 ing, 52; Sowing fine, 106. 



Seed, Greenhouse Plants from 53 



See-weed, An important 53 



Seedsman, Meeting of 142 



Selling and Selling 56 



Seckels, Prolific 80 



Seasoning 96 



Setting Hen. Breaking up 120 



Shetland Ponies 10 



Shade in the Hen Yard 11 



Shrubs, .Specimen, 14; Why not 

 more planted, 25; Select, 28, 39; 

 Pruning, 50; A Selection of good, 

 73; July lull in Flowers, 111. 



Shakespeare and Strawberries 18 



Sharing Equally 21 



Shirts, Starching and Ironing 24 



Shrubbery Walk 25 



Shortia galacif oha Ullustrated) ... 47 



Shiny Clothes 60 



Shifting backwards 65 



Shade for the Well 78 



Shady Gardens 85 



Shipped Plants 93 



Sis "Keeps" 16 



Single Dahlia (Illustrated) 85 



Small Fruits in Shade 8 



Small Fruits, Shall we Plant 138 



Small Fruits, Fall Planting of 138 



Small Farming in England ... .57 



Smilax Leaves, 20; Culture in 

 House, 80. 



Smilax Insect, New 52 



Smilax in England 70 



Society ol Am. Florists 5 



Soil, Good 29 



Soil, Fitting it up 49 



Soup 60 



Sodding . . 62 



Soot for Plant 54 



Sprouts. Keep down the 91 



Squashes, Keeping ( Illustrated). . . 32 



State Fairs, List of 142 



StephanotLs ^onh\nda.(Ulustrated) 1 



Study Nature 5 



Strawberries. Shakespeare and ... 18 

 Strawberries, Have a plenty, (6 II- 

 lustrations) 74. 



Strawbenies. Planting 125 



Strawberry Vote, A, 20; Rust- 

 White, 101. 



Starching and Ironing Siiirts 24 



Straw Mats tor Protection 25 



Steam Heating a Success 32 



Stockings, Washing. 48 



Straight Lines in Planting, (2111.) 67 



Street Trees 128 



Street Trees, Guard for, (//(.) 83 



Stencil Plate, Have a 90 



Stones as a Mulch 125 



Stones for Layering 140 



Sugar and Fruit ( anning 144 



Sulphide of Potassium 139 



Summer Snowflake 7 



Sunflowers and Sun Worship 74 



Sweet Peas 81 ; 114 



Sw-eet Potato Culture 88 



SvffulCoTu (Illu.itrated) 89 



Sweet Potatoes, Keeping 139 



Swarming of Bees 108 



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Table Covers, 12; Screen, 24; Cloths, 

 36: Decorations, 114. 



Tacsonia from Seed 51 



Tea-drinking Delusions 12 



Tea Remedy, A 140 



Teeth. Care of 132 



Tendrils of Cireubitaceous Plants. 

 The, 137. 



The Weeds 137 



Title Page and Index 141 



Tools, Keep Clean 89 



T'other Side's Always Best (III.).. 115 

 Trees, Mounding up (Illwitrated), 

 3; It pays to plant, 4; Peisia, 

 Large, 5; Protectors from Light- 

 ning, 6; For Windy Place, 15; 

 Starvation for, 18; About Pi-un- 

 ing, (4 III.], 30: Ti-ausplanting, 

 (2 III.), 43; Thinning, 49; Grass 

 under, 52: Plant, 52: Trees, Value 

 of, 61. 



TreePaeony 45, 65 



Tree, Severing a boulder, 71 ; 

 Agents, 51, 75. 



Tree pets in China 7 



Tree Roses Ill 



Trees. Healtbf ulness of 133 



Training Animals, etc 10 



Trenching (/;h(s(™(ed) 14 



Transplanting Large Trees, (2 III.) 43 

 Treeclimber's Talks, Oct., 9; Nov.. 

 21: Dec, 35; Jan., 47; Feb., 59; 

 March, 71; April, 79: May, 91; 

 June, 103; July, 127. 



Tritomas 105 



Tuberose. A branching 4 



Turkey, Fattening, 11, 22: The 

 American (Illustrated) 23. 



Turkeys, Food for 84 



Tuberoses, Pearl 13 



Turnip Seed, Saving 134 



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Umbrellas, Care of 46 



Union there is Strength, In 112 



Varieties running out. 20 



Varieties, Too many )25 



Vegetable Garden, in, Oct., 3; Nov., 



15: Dec, 27: Jan.. 39: Feb.. 51; 



March, 53; April, 83; May, 95; 



June, 106; July, 119; Aug., 131; 



Sept., 143. 

 Vegetables under Glass, in Oct., 31 ; 



Nov., 15: Dec, 27; Jan., 39; 



March, 63; April, 83; May, 95; 



June, 107; July, 119; Aug.. 131; 



Sept., 143. 



Vegetation at the Equator 33 



Vegetables, Some of the Newer. .. 56 



Vegetable, Found by a 59 



Vegetable Fly-trap, A (Illustrated) 103 



Vegetable Pillows 140 



Vegetable, A New J41 



Verbascums J14 



Viburnum, The Japan or Plicate.. 140 



Vinca for Mounds 25 



Vines, Propagating from Single 



Eyes 56 



Violets 70, 107 



Violet as an emblem. The 78 



Visitors and Visiting 120 



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Yards, The Back {Illustrated) . 5 



Yards, What neat ones do 90 



Yard Cleaning 114 



Yucca filamentosa 40 



Zebra Grass. Japanese (///.) 85 



