INDEX. 



Farmers, politics for 2J1, 249, 257, 2(i.-). 



Farms, liesciiptioii of, and moJe of culture recommend- 

 ed 49 ; siii'ill, recomiueiided 65, 7t> ; remarks oti the 

 examination of 1?(>. 



Farming opcru;iun$, remarks on, liy • A Countryman' 



a33. 



"Farrier, Farmer's, notice of 366. 

 Favors fiom friends *382. 

 Female dress, remarks on 59. 



Fences, live, rccoiumended 162; posls for, rendered du- 

 rable by tilling holes in witli salt I'.ll ; iibservations 

 on by "Dr l^lmrtlcfl' 22S,-'275; by W. Kenrick 258; 

 Mr Kirk's letter (o Dr Shurtlclf concernmg 267 ; re- 

 marks on, by tbe Editor 302 ; objections to the use of 

 the locust tree for 307. 



Ferry, H. bis queries concerning a kind of lice found on 

 Indian corn 11. 



Fieblpiths, remarks on 3S9. 



Figs, grown in Long Island 116. 



Fire wood, economy in the use of 23? 



T\<\>, live, bnw to convey 235; holes In the ice of 

 ponds should be broken for, in winter 825 ; lecundity 

 of 357. 



Fiske, 0. on an insect which inlesls poar trees 35. 



Flax, notice of two crops oi the same season 221 ; obser- 

 vations on its culture, manufacture, &c. 23o ; how 

 cultivated \vilh carrots 269 ; on spinning by machine- 

 ry 269. 



FUx seed, 12 yoars old, produced a large crop 85. 



Flowers, exhibitions of 86, 150. 



Floy, Michael, his descriptions of Trees and shrubs, 

 producing a succession of flowers, &c. 74, 84, 92. 



Food for man, expense of 3G0. 



Fosdick, David, fine grapes raised by 54. 



Foster, Festus, extracts from his address before the H. 

 F. &. H. Agricultural Society. 



Foster, Gideon, account of his crop of mangel wurtzel 

 234. 



Fowler, James, his mode of reclaiming wet meadows 61. 



Fowls, sometimes useful in gardens by destroying insects, 

 &c. 1 ; remarks on their mischievous propensities, by 

 Mr Ballard 18; should be kept by every man who 

 keeps a pig 75 ; laltened with potatoes and meal 222; 

 see also poultry 293 ; insects which infest 323. 



Fowl Meadow Grass, remarks on, by Mr Lowell 342. 



France, domestic industry in 192. 



Franklin, anecdotes of SO 2^8 ; his introduction of broom- 

 corn and yellow willow 203. 



Free martin, a kind of barren heifer, remarks on 13. 



Friday, not an unlucky day 56. 



Friend to Industry, on the culture of silk 229. 



Frog market at Brussels, notice of 56. 



I'rost, early 84. 



Fruit stealing, notice of 94. 



Fruits, list of reqiiested 10; to be faund in the Xew 

 American G.irdener 10 ; queries concerning, by Mr 

 Ellsworth 10; sample of, exhibited by S. G. Perkins 

 19 ; remarks on new kinds of, by ' a Looker On' 88 ; 

 list of by Looker On 113 ; a method of increasing the 

 size of r29 ; on iheir utility for preserving health 183 ; 

 method of preserving 3S8 ; fallen and decayed should 

 be gathered and given to swine 410. 



Fruit trees, packing of, for exportation 67 ; Mr Buel's 

 remarks on diseases in 177 ; bark pealed from, by 

 calves 213, 219; on pruning 262; extr.icis from a 

 lecture on, by Professor Poiteau 297 ; on trimming the 

 roots of 349 ; on the best mode of planting 361 ; should 

 not be suffered to be,ii fruit too early 365 ; on cover- 

 ing the naked branches of with new wood 382 ; Chi- 

 nese method of propagating 394 ; a new, beautiful and 

 valuable, from J. Winship to J. S. Skinner 326 ; rem- 

 edy for, when wounded 402. 



Game, dead, mo'le of preserving 77. 



Gardener's work for February 238; for March 270; for 

 April 309; for May 333. 



Gardens, remarks on 230, 317, 348. 



Gardiner, Rev. Dr, admonitory sentence by 203. 



tiarland, David S., his remarks on hemp 354. 



G. B. P. on preserving turnips from the fly 321. 



G. D. A. his remarks on the lupin 81. 



Geese, how to choose in market 222 ; remarks on breed- 

 ing, rearing, &c. 341. I 



Geology, recommendations and notices of 141. 



Glanders in horses, queries concerning, and reply to 174 

 Mr Elwyn's observations 185. 



Gold, North Carolina, quantity of coined 235. 



Gold mines, Jlecklenburg 163. 



Gombo, a West India dish, how made 73, 



Goose, wild, curious fact concerning 176. 



Gooseberry bush, a profitable, owned by Dr. S. A 

 Shurtlell 7 ; how preserved fr»m insects 379. 



Gooseberries, exhibited by Mr Scavcr and Mr Walker 6 ; 

 new varieties of, leinarka on 41 ; method of p'cserv- 

 ing 410. 

 Gorric, A. on preserving tender plants in wintei by 



spring water 86. 

 Goslings destroyed by thunder 365 

 Grafted trees, directions concerning 405. 

 Grafting, a mode of, practised in the East Indies 106 ; 

 improvement in by Dr Shurtlcfl'186 ; new mode of.by 

 Culvin 242 ; the grape vine, remarks on 243, '2.S9. 

 Grain, coaise, should not be distilled, but given to stocJ< 



191. 

 Grapes, fine, presented Mass, Hor. Soc. by Dr Austin 

 47 ; raised by Mr Fosdick 69 ; by Mr Haggerslon 54 ; 

 by Mr Phinney 63, 102; cultivated in Nantucket in 

 considerable quantities 69 ; exhibited by Rev. G. B. 

 Pcrrv 78; by Dr Williams 78 ; by Mr A. Perry 78; 

 by Mr Fosdick 78, 110; Mr Sellars 86 ; R. Manniiig 

 86; Messrs Winships 86, 95; Mr Haskins 95; Mr 

 Phipps 9.5, 110; N. Seaver 93; Mr Penniman 102 ; 

 Mr Cook 102; Capt. Uranl02; Col. Gibbsl02; Mr 

 Haggerston 102; Mr Downer 110, 119; Mr Adlum 

 119 ; Mr E. M. Richards 119 ; Mr Russell 142 ; great 

 quantity ol, raised in the neighborhood of Boston 168; 

 how cultivated at F'onlainbleau 168 ; how to prevent 

 the rot or mildew of 172; large quantity raised near 

 Philadelphia 172 ; Major Long's notices of, and inqui- 

 ries concerning 266; remarks on planting 348; on 

 preserving after they are taken from the vines 413. 



the Isabella, notices of fine, 107, IIG; the Bcup- 



pernong, remarks on 163 



Gr,ipe vines, successfully cultivated, by Mr Loubat 102 ; 

 new varieties of, by Mr Tidd 210 ; on grafting 243, 

 289; Mr Bonsall's remarks on their culture 307,315; 

 planting of, in yards, recommended 355 ; how propa- 

 gated by Mr Longworth 355 ; remarkable, by Mr 

 Willis 397. 



Grasses, remarks on, by J. Lowell, Esq. 242 ; by J. L. 

 Elwyn 202. 



Grass grounds, remarks on top dressing of 234. 



Greece, a model farm established in 153. 



Green ci'ops for manure, premium received for, by Mr 

 B u c limi I ^I^ 1 . 



Green, Roland, his remarks on the season 322. 



Griffith, Mrs Mary, her letters to Dr Thachcr on bees 

 201; her letter to Gen. Dearboin, with a book on 

 horticulture &c. 330 ; extracts from her work entitled 

 Our Neighborhood 396. 



Guano, a new kind of manure, notices of 54, 129. 



G. W. B. on raising holly plants 202. 



Gypsum, history and uses of 309 ; found useful near the 

 ocean, 387. 



H. his request for information relative to reclaiming lands 

 2:33 



Uriblt, power ol 352 



Habits of indolence and excess which often cause ruin 

 attributed to hard study 155 



Hair of children should be cut short 67 



Hale, Mr report on his pump 132 



Hamilton, Dr, anecdo'e of 80 



Hams, how made and preserved 324 ; b^st preserved in 

 charcoal 355 



Hanging, treatment of those who have suffered by 43 



Harris, Dr T. W. his communication to Mass. Hort. 

 Soc. on several sorts of insects 1 ; his remarks on the 

 Free Martin 61 



Harrow, an improved by Capt. Chandler, notice of 198 



Harrow teeth of Dr Nichols, report on 132 



Harvesting grain, observations on 414 



Hats, patent for an improvement in 199 



Hay, Salt, inquiry concerning 210 ; answer to .^aid inquiry 

 220 ; remarks on by Schoosett 233 ; by L. Capen, 



Haj'making, lemarks on 398 



Hedges, remarks on the construction ol by Dr ShutUeff 

 "209 ; see further fences, live 



Heifer, a large 190 



Hemp, remarks on the culture and management of 354 ; 

 a company formed for tVie cultivation of 391 



Herbemont Mrs N. on the culture and cooking of 

 peaches 162 



Herbs, directions for gathering and preserving 31 



Hildreth, Rev. H. extracts from a work published bv 

 158 ' 



Hildreth, S. P. his letter to Gen. Dearborn, with « 

 drawing and description of a new kind of pear &c. 

 82; on the curculio 82 ; a second letter from, with a 

 promise of scions, seeds, &e. 170 ; his letter accompa- 

 nying a package of seed fee. 232 ; seed and scions pre- 

 sented by 346 



Hoeing remarks on .374 



Hogs, notices of huge 107, 118, 174, 190, 231, 341 



Hogs haslet, family poisoned by eatinrr2i9 



Hogsty, di.sgraced by a drunkard 416° 



Holly plants, liow raised 202 



Honey e.xliihition of by Mr How 6; by Mr Rogers, 

 lo; by .Mr I'rmce, with remarks on by E. 1*. 19- ob- 

 servations on by A W-anderei 58, 110 ; cure for the 

 gravel 2.S0 



Hops, injured by a gale 03 ; quantity inspected in 

 Albany 250 



Horn, t useiul manure for wheal 204 



Horse manure, query concerning its use 250 



Horses, diseases of 412; indications of old age in 4; 

 uses of the lips of 4 ; disease of the teeth in 12 ; of th« 

 tongue 12; canker and wounds in the mouth 12; for 

 curing slabbering in 42; scratches in 85; ringbone 

 and spavin in 124; directions for wateiing and feeding 

 172; recipe fur when healed 172; Arabian transported 

 to Washington 172; for the glanders in 174, 195; 

 B.'s inquiry respecting a swelling in 234,253; cure 

 for sore mouths in 243 ; remedy for heaves in 324 ; 

 remarks on lauipas in 365 



Horticultural Festival, at Albany, notice of 66; of Mass. 

 Hor. Soc. 70 ; at N. York 78 



Horticultural Society of Mass. proceedings of 6, 14, 18, 

 30, 38, 46, 54, 62, 78, 89, 94, 102, 110, 118, 126, 134, 

 142, 150, L';8, 166, 282, 290, 302, 305, 322,329,346. 

 3C2, 371, 378, 3S2, 385, 403, 410 ; Premiums awarded 

 by 170, 353 ; Premiums offered by 318 



HcTticultuial Society of Pennsylvania, notices of ex- 

 hibitions of 308,397 ; report of a Com. of on the Bar- 

 tram Botanic Garden 388 



Horticultural Society of London, notice of vegetables ex- 

 hibited at 142 



of Rensselaer County officers of 173. 



Charleston S. C. 173 



Hosack, Dr, his letter with a donation of books to Mass. 

 Hor. Soc 282 



Hot-bed, how made 270, 317 



Hot house furnaces, directions for managing 197 



Hot water, Mr Perkins' mode of heating hot houses 

 with 362, 378 



Houghton, Abel, his mode of raising sweet potatoes 94 



Housekeepers, items for 64 



Howard, Sanford, his remarks on winter butler, and 

 short horned cattle 337 



Hubbard, Dea. Thomas, report on his farm 1S2 



Husbandry, general principles of 44 



Hyde Park mansion house, and estate belonging to 

 Dr Hosack, notices of 148, 156 



Hydrophobia, cured by chlorine 36; notice of death 

 caused by 72; cured by Mercurial ointment, with 

 friction 150; horrible case of 157 ; further noUces of 399 



Hypochondriacs, remavKS addressed to 255 



Iceboxes, how made 179 



Ice hiiuses, their use &c. 20 



Ichneumon llordei, an insect, Dr Harris's romarks 

 on 3 



Iceland, character of tlie natives of &c. 244, 264 



Idiot, remarkable instance of the force of habit in 256 



Improvements, facts relative to the slowness of mankind 

 to adopt Ihi-m 61 ; inanifeatcd in Rochester. State ot 

 N. York, 413 



India rubber, spun into threads &c. 229; falsi conse- 

 quencG of swallowing 323 



Indian corn, notice of insects which prey on 11 ; direc- 

 tions relative to harvesting of &c. 54 ; varieties ol 

 presented Vlass. Hor. Soc. by Capt. Chandler, 54; 

 roots of thought to vxhaust the sol after the crop ie 

 gathered 85; great growth of 126; loss by attempting 

 to cultivate in France 112; introduced into England 

 by Cobbett, failure of 155 ; planting of on greensward 

 266 ; remarks on its culture by B. 281 ; on selecting 

 the be.st ears for seeds 285 



Inquirer, his remarks on the importance of giving the 

 botaonical names of grusses &c. 234 



Inleinperancc, woes of 168 ; notices of its cfTects 205 , 

 evils resulting from 400, 408 



Internal improvement, sums expended for by govern- 

 ment 235 * 



Ink, sympathetic, how made 304 



Insect Architecture 20, 26 



Insects, several sorts of, Dr Harris, communication coa- 

 cerning 1 ; in peach trees to destroy 5, 125 



Hessian fly, and an insect that preys on it 9 ; on Indian 

 corn, notice of 11; deslructi%'« 1» seed corn in Nevi 

 Hampshire 17; remarks on their archilesture, uses, 

 properties &c. 20 ; new kird of found in wheat 21 ; 

 voracity of 37; on fruit trees 177, 178 ; in cattle 258; 

 259 ; that attacks turnips, how guarded against 321 ; 

 which infect fowls 323; destroyed by chicken? 96&; 

 by tobacco liquid 365 ; by charcoal dust 1, 



