INDEX. 



tance of cultivating the best kinds of 246— new sorts 

 of sent by Mr Knight to Mr Lowell 321 — ripened 

 by black walls 361. 

 Fuel, economical, 285. 

 Fuseli — Anecdotes of 40. 



G. on fall feeding cattle 138— on a plant labelled, Tours 

 Celery 139. 



Garden, advantages and pleasures of 64 — large product 

 of, 294. 



Gardener's Works, 294, 414. 



Gardner, Henry, Esq. reports on his farm by Com. of 

 Bristol Agr. Soc.'ll4. 



Gardens of Paris and its vicinity 36, 100— should not be 

 spaded up loo soon 325. 



Gardening at sea 387. 



Gas lights, obtained from water 125. 



G. D. on preventing moles from injuring fruit trees 329. 



Gerilis, Madame de, anecdotes of her residence in Berlin, 

 16. 



Girard, anecdote of 264. 



G. L. his notices of neglected caterpillars, 394. 



Glanders in Horses, cure for, 355. 



Godolphin, on the superior qualities of the blood horse, 

 267. 



Gooseberry, on the cultivation of 116, 117. 



Gourds, on a disease in 6 — notice of a large one 131. 

 ■Grain, effects of reaping before it is ripe 10. 



Grape, Cliicken, Mr Adams's notices of 158. 



Grapes, varieties of exhibited at Mass. Hor. Soc. 54, 67, 

 74, 82, 91, 103, 107 — gi-owing in the open air without 

 mildew 62 — preserved fi-om mildew by lying on the 

 ground 75— injured by picking off the leaves, 130 — 

 seedling from Dr Shurtlefi', 54, 103— on their culture 

 274, 322, 330. 



Grapevine, a remarkable at Hampton Court, Eng. 2 — 

 uses of its leaves 192 — remai-ks on grafting 200 — Isa- 

 bella, fine crops of raised by Mr Bates, 94 — remarks 

 <m its culture bv S. Vose, 185- by the Genesee farmer 

 300— by Wm. R. Prince, 300. 



Grass land, clover sowing, &c, 2'J — on the management 

 of 230. 



Green, Dr R. his notices of the podophyllum pellatum, 

 a singular plant 122 — on an epidemic disease in horses 

 217 — on the new theory of bots in horses 273 — on ma- 

 king black cun-ant wine 277 — on the past winter 290. 



Greenwood, Ethan A. on transplanting sugar maple trees 

 310. 



H. on raising the Soy bean plant, 145 — on the Taurs 

 Celeryl45 — on cough in horses, 234 — on securing trees 

 against splitting, 405. 



Harvest, remarks on 411. 



Hawthorn, leaves of a substitute for tea 285. 



H. C. on agricultural premiums, 177 — on the utility of 

 exactness in detailing Agricultural experiments, 177 — 

 on supposed injury lo wheat and rye by the vicinity of 

 Barberry bushes, 185 — on feeding stock vpith boiled po- 

 tatoes, 185. 



Hail Storm in Weston, notices of 14. 



Hams, receipt lor curing 56 — roasted, a common dish in 

 Spain 155 — how pickled 1-53, 196 —how cured and cook- 

 ed 267. 



Harden, R. R. his new theory of bots in horses 178. 



Harrows, defect in, 20. 



Hay, grass mown for, should be careful'y turned every 

 day, wet or dry, 6 — how managed when stacked tO' 

 wet or too green 14 — -grass for, should not be cut to 

 early 45 — how made in Russia 84 — on making froi ■ 

 clover 402. 



Hayes, A. A, on the preservation of the sweet potato 5? 



Health, hints for preserving 16 — general maxims for 21>. 



Hedging, remarks on, 221 — see farther, fences 221 — holly 

 reconiitiended for 313 ; cedar for 325. 



Hedge roses, remarks on by W. R. Prince 314. 



Hemp, remarks on the culture of by .1. Sawyer 74; cul- 

 tivated in Alabama 100 ; company formed in Maine for 

 its manufacture 219. 



Herrick, Jedh. on injured Fruit Trees 329. 



Hessian fly, remedy against 5 ; taken alive from a straw 

 bed 11. 



Heywoml, Abiel, notice of his neat farm 75. 



H. G. S. on the medical uses of the tomato 179. 



Hildrelh, Dr, notices of large pears raised by, 213 : his 

 observations on tfie seasons, productions &c, of the 

 state of Ohio, 337. 



Hindoo shop keeping, notices of 360. 



Hints for farmers 139. 



Hogs, on feeding, 73 — see swine. 



Holly for hedges and other purposes recommended 313 — 

 leaves of, cure for fever 323. 



Hop tops, may he a substitute for asparagus 413. 



Horse, remarks on the treatment of 236 — blood superior 

 quali'ie; of 267 ; on shaving one 256. 



Horse and ox, comparative merits of, as laborers &c, 4. 



Hoi'se and viper, anecdotes of, 248. 



Horseradish, remarks on its culture, by J Buel 241. 



Horses, new and alarming disease in 70, 77, 108, 217, | 

 250 — slobbering cause and cure of, 78, 101 — on one 

 killed by a quack doctor 93 — remarks on ringbone in 

 145, 225, a newly invented shoe for 149 — boiled corn, 

 and the water in which it is boiled, a good di-ink for, 

 150— on bots in 178, 186, 273— notices of' sales of, 190— 

 cure for cough in 334, 253. 



Horticultural journal, by T. Sedgwick, Esq. 305, 314— 

 kept at the garden of the proprietor of the N. E. Far- 

 mer, 395, 407, 415. 



Horticultural premiums, a list of 174; to whom awarded 

 222, 270— rcmai-ks on by Rusticus 232, 261, 282— by 

 cultivator 250 ; ofFered for the year 1832, 362. 



Horticultural Society, Mass. notices of their proceedings 

 26, 35, 43, 49, 64, 58,66, 74,82, 90, 102, 106, 118, 126, 

 134, 142, 156, 182, 2S4, 354, 370, 375, 391, 394, 406, 

 414 — Catalogue of books in their library 26 — account 

 of their festival, 85 ; officer's of 90 ; pear scions pre- 

 sented to by Dr Van Mons 49. 



Horticultural Society of Albany, officers of 78 ; notice 

 of their celebration 8G. 



Horticultural Society for the County of Hampden, Mass. 

 formation and officers of, 279. 



Horticulturist, a practical, on premiums, culture of plants 

 &.C. 245, 274. 



Hoi-ticulture, remarks on by Mr Alexander Walsh, 292; 

 by .Mr David Fosdick, 322, 330 ; too much neglected, 

 331. 



Hot bed, making and uses of 324. 



Hot houses, on healing with hot %valer 41 ; CoI.T. H. 

 Perkins' letter respecting 156 ; remarks on by Samuel 

 G.Perkins, Esq. 161; remarks on by the Eilitor 162; 

 remarks on by Roxburiensis 169; further remarks on 

 by Col. T. H. Perkins, 213 ; remarks on by the Editor, 

 276 ; the Earl of Egremont's 377. 



Hougliton, A. Jun. his success in cultivating sweet pota-, 

 toes 02. 



House keeping, economy of, 176. 



Houses, tiles recommended as a covering for 65. 



Humming bird, description and cut of 212. 



Hui'on country, notices of 16. 



Husbandry alternate, remarks on by J. B. 381. 



Hyacinths, on their cultivation 110. 



Hydrangea hortensis, mode of giving color to the flowers 

 of 389. 



Hydrophobia, said to be cur-ed by lobeUa, 2, 30. 



Ice houses, dii'ections and remarks concerning 113, 129, 

 134, 139. 



Indian corn, fungus on 3 ; how selected for seed 94, 134 — 

 great crop of raised by Benjamin Butler 153 — great 

 crop by Charles Bugbee 186 — remarks on its planting 

 and culture 227 — seed of should not be taken tVom the 

 crib, 309 ; notices of different kinds of 331 ; soaking in 

 copperas water 331 ; on the application of manure to in 

 the hill 350 ; on the native country of, 3S7 ; on its cul • 

 tuie, 390. 



Industry, instance of 101. 



Inertia, in mechanics, renrarkson 3. 



Ink, good, importance of and recipe for making 408. 



inquir-er, an, his quere relative to a soil proper for white 

 beans 65. 



Insects, new kinds on grape vines 35 — found in the hu- 

 man stomach 37 — odoril'er-ous subjects offensive to 43 ; 

 of the caterpillar kind, best desti-oyed in the egg the 

 summer or autumn before they make their appearance 

 52 — Judge Buel's mode of protecting plants against 

 320— different modes of destroying 342,346— hot water 

 for destroying, 346. 



Intemperance, Deacon Grant's statement concerning 100 ; 

 simple cure for 176 — remarks on, from Sullivan's Moral 

 Class Book, 236— effects of in the array 242 ; extracts 

 fi'om Mr Sullivan's address orr 392. 



Inventions, American, notice of 125. 



IroB pipe, how to bend without Tracking 325. 



Irrigation, not essential to good husbandry in northern 

 latitudes 45. 



Irish peasant, notices of his condition 413. 



Isabella gi'apes, a fine crop of raised by MrBates,94 — 

 should not be gathered till fully I'ipe 94 — notices of 

 by Wm. R. Prince, 390 — how preserved by Mr James 

 Huncwoll302. 



Items in Rural Economy 9, original and selected by the 

 Editor 377, 401,410. 



Jenkins, L. states that grapes are injured by pulling the 

 leaves from the vine, 130 — recommends the cocoa nut 

 squash 190. 



J. M. on the culture of Ruta Saga, 233. 



Johonnot. Martha, her letter on being made a member of 

 Mass. Hor. Soc. 284. 



J. M. G. on tiles as a covering for houses 65 — on stone 



buildings, 298. 



J. P. on sheep being poisoned by eating wild cherry leaves 

 106. 



J. T. his I'eceipt for making hop beer 261. 



Julia, on the wanton destruction of birds, 352. 



Keniick, J. asserts that the moderate use of cucumbers 

 is not unwholesome 54 — his queries relative to habits 

 of hard working, and of indolence 66. 



Kirby, Major Edmund, his address to the Jefferson Coun- 

 ty Agr. Soc. 104. 



Kirdand, J. P. on preserving sweet potato slips 153. 



Knight, T. A. notices of his new peais 41, 105 — his mode 

 of obtaining very early crops of green peas 238 — his 

 letter to Mr Lowell on new varieties of fruits 321 — re- 

 marks on his garden, 346. 



Knowledge for the People, 104, 112, 120, 144, 152, 163, 

 174, 384. 



Labor, on the value of 280. 



Labor saving machines, remarks on 27. 



Lace school in Newport, 286. 



Ladies in town and country compared 184. 



Lambs, directions concerning, 246. 



Lambs and Geese, protected from foxes by rubbing tar on 

 their necks 70. 



Lamp Oil, prepared from Castor Oil 124 — means of de- 

 tecting that which is spurious, 379. 



Lead, cast in sheets for the roofs of houses 373. 



Leather, manufacture of in Canada 199— receipt for ren- 

 dering impervious to water, 214. 



Leaves for manui'C, remarks on 94. 



Lemist, Mr, notice of his garden, grapes and green house 

 14. 



Leonai'd, James, his communication on peach, pear, and 

 mulberry trees &c, 377. 



Lightning rods, Dr King's theory concerning 75 — how to 

 escape from the effects of, 411. 



Lime and green crops used for manure 116 ; on its use as 

 manure 345, 398 ; for destroying insects 346 ; its appli- 

 cation to Indian corn 350 ; further remarks on 412. 



Lime water, for destroying worms, 285. 



Linring lands, benefits from 195, .398. 



Lincoln, Gov. notice of his stock, and of a large ox, ori- 

 ginally owned by 278. 



Liiulsey, his guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, 

 notices of, 156. 



Liquid manure, soot &c, 402. 



Litigation, beauties of, 280. 



Liverpool salt, 24(,&c, .see salt. 



L. M. his remedy for an ox or a cow, when choked by 

 a potato, 25. 



Locust tree, on the culture and value of, 266, 397. 



Longevity of 165 years, notice of 7 ; instances of, 16. 



Lotteries, remarks on the evils of, 21. 



Love, remedy for 24. 



Lowell, J. Esq. his remarks on the season in Great Eiitaiit 

 41 ; on heating hot houses with hot water 41 ; on sev- 

 eral sorts of pears 41 ; his letter to Gen. Dearborn on 

 the culture of arracacha 58 ; on ripenirig figs by the 

 application of Sweet Oil 62 ; his letter to Gen. Dear- 

 born, with a specimen of Knight's Tillington pear 91 ; 

 his remarks on the PinusPinea, 106, 150; on the Passe 

 Colmar pear, 106 ; on his impioved apparatus for heat- 

 ing hot houses &c, by hot water, 276 ; on the destruc- 

 tive effects of the winter on fruit trees 278 ; letter to, 

 on preserving buds of fruit trees, 306 ; letter lo, from 

 T. A. Knight, relative to new fruits, 321 ; on the buck- 

 thorn for hedges 3.39. 



Lucerne grass, sample of, presented Alass. Hor, Soc. 

 with oiiservations on its culture, by J. Swett, Esq. 59; 

 on its use for feeding milch cows 62; notices of its 

 culture by Mr Swett, 70; by Sir John Sinclair, 230. 



M. his queries respecting slocks for fruit trees, and re- 

 marks on a new kind of insect, 35 — on planting seeds, 

 of fruit trees, and ring bone in horses, 145 — on the in- 

 fluence of climate on the fruitfulness of plants, 244. 



Machine for making crackers, 7. 



Machinery and capital, employed in Crawshay's iron- 

 works, in England, 131. 



Madder, remarks on the culture of, 397. 



Madeira Island, notices of, 16. 



Magnoli.i, exhibition of, 3. 



Maine, remarks on its resources, 304. 



Mangel wurtzel and sugar beet, on their cultivation, 303, 



Mann, Joseph, his notices of attempts to obtain oil from 

 sunflower seed, 129. 



IManulactures at Methuen, notices of, 1G7. 



Manure, how to make additions to, 3 — swamp mud recom- 

 mended for, 12 — loaves, how used for, 94 — on the use of 

 lime and green crops for, 11^ — for grass ground, how 

 and when applied, 150 — remarks on, by J. Buel, 265 — 

 remarks on, by B. and by the Editor, 268— further te» 



