viii CONTENTS. 



X. How PLANTS GROW 590 



The Air, Water, Soil ; Where Plants get Food ; How Plants get Food 

 from the Air and the Soil ; What is Manure ? Fertilizers and where 

 found. 



XI. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 605 



Office of Commissioner of Patents created ; Agricultural Matters 

 committed to him ; Department of Agriculture organized ; Commis- 

 sioner made a Cabinet Officer. 



DIVISION IV. 

 HOME AND HOUSEHOLD. 



By MRS. JENNIE E. DUNNING, Washington, District of Columbia. 



I. THE HOME AND FLOWER GARDEN 617 



The Flower Garden; Hot-Beds; House Plants; Annuals, Climbers, 

 Bulbs ; Preserving Flowers ; The Parlor ; The Living-Room ; Bedrooms. 



II. THE HOME concluded 647 



The Sick-Room ; The Culinary Department ; Kitchen and its Furnish- 

 ings. 



III. RECIPES FOR THE KITCHEN 656 



Drinks; Soups; Meats; Pies; Miscellaneous Dishes; Bread; Pud- 

 dings. 



IV. RECIPES FOR HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, ETC 676 



Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine; Poultry; Miscellaneous Recipes. 



DIVISION V. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



I. COMMERCIAL FORMS AND USEFUL TABLES 691 



Law Points for Farmers; Articles of Agreement and Bills of Sale; 

 Wills and Notes; Leases and Mortgages; Measurements of Grain, 

 Hay, Corn, etc. ; Tables of Weights, Measures, etc. 



II. POSTAL, INTERNAL REVENUE, AND NATURALIZATION LAWS 719 



United States Postal Regulations; Copyright Laws; Naturalization 

 Laws. 



III. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, PRESIDENTS, AND SENATORS 725 



The Declaration and its Signers ; Names of All Presidents, and Votes 

 by which elected; Demands of the Alliance as to United States 

 Senators. 



IV. HISTORY OF THE SUB-TREASURY PLAN 734 



APPENDIX 736 



Ten Useful Rules of Parliamentary Usage. 



