I 353" 15 E X: 



Fruit Thinning, Gain. 134 

 Fruit Growers inCal.lll 

 Fruit Cann'e, English 110 



Fruit Packing 289 



Fruit Storage 273 



Fruit Allowance 284 



Fruit, Evaporated. 28, 



68, 158 

 Fruit, Care of. Pays .237 

 Fruit, Canned, Pudd^glH 

 Fruit,Small Profit of .111 

 Fruit, Small, Packag'sl26 

 Fruit. Large vs. Small 86 

 Fruit, Canoed, SpoiPg 92 

 Fruit, Dried, Market'g 6 

 Fruitsthat are wanted 37 

 Fruits at Northwest. ,260 

 Fruits for Cold Climbs. 103 

 Fruits Unworthy, NewlOl 



Fruits for August 87 



Fruits, Not much 



known 88 



Fruits. Ways of Utili- 

 zing 253 



Fruits, New 6,55, 88 



Fruits, Some old 29 



Fruits. Future mark't 63 

 Fruits. Wild. N. Y.'s. .227 

 Fruits, What to Plant. 205 

 Fhichsia, Trailing .. 231 

 Fuchsia, A White ...258 

 Fuchsias Not Pinch'd .158 

 Bhimif/ator, A Plant 259 



Garden ImplementyA 



Handy 116 



Garden Work 260 



Garden Veg'tabPsWis. 261 

 Garden Making.. 151, 191 

 Garden Notes, ...146, 147 



Garden Marker 95 



Garden Preparation at 



Paris Exhibition... 268 

 Garden, Manures for. 231 

 Garden, Errors in the 25 

 Gardens. Prizes for. ..141 

 Gard'g Fr'chProgressl35 

 Gardening in Soldiers 



Home, Dayton. O.. 10 

 Gardening, Landsc'pe 64 

 Gardeners, Successful 76 



Garfield Apple 282 



Gas Lime and Soil... 21 

 Gas in Greenhouse. ..190 



Gentiana Crinata 130 



Geranium Ivy,ADr'wfl30 

 Geranium for Winter. 282 



Geranium Slips 282 



Geranium, Golden 



Dawn 282 



Geranium, Beefsteak 139 

 Geranium Leaves Dis- 

 eased 161 



Geraniums for Sum- 

 mer Bioom. ..... 158 



Geraniums, The True 61 

 Giant Trees of Am'ca 221 



Ginko Tree 109 



Girdling Apple Trees. 240 



Gladiolus 251 



Gladiolus 291 



Gladiolus Cha'g ColorI61 

 Gladiolus for Americal93 

 GladiTsSe'dirgs SD'tsl67 

 Qladiolus,JulyPrnt'd.221 

 Gladiolus, Tying. . 50 

 Gladiolus, A Blue. .. 84 

 Gladiolus, A Double.. 83 

 Gladiolus, A New. .101 

 Gladiolus.RaisingNewn7 

 Gladiolus, Tying up 107 

 Glazing, About L°ad 83 

 Glazing, Butting Glass 



101, 123. 150 

 Gloriosa superba. ... 58 



Goff, Prof. E,S 153 



Golden Beauty Plum 



21.251 

 GoosebWyAnHhernewX^'H 

 Gooseberry Industry. 191 



Gooseberries Prop 291 



Gooseberries, Prop's. 291 



Gooseberries .21, 33 



Gooseberries and Cur- 

 rants 154 



Grafting and SucArers277 

 Grafting Herbaceous. 232 

 Grafting Wax . .207, 221 

 Grafting Late of tlie 



Cherry 213 



Grafting of Trees,The 98 

 Grafting, Crown m, 145 



Granadiila Vine 216 



Grape Culture Sim- 



plified 139 



Cfrape Culture, Single 



Pole System 9 



Grape Trellis MovaHe 42 

 Grape Crop, Portland, 



N. Y 188 



Grape Culture, 196. 



202, 222. 254 

 Grape Vines. Girdling 



86. 197 

 Grape Vines, A New 



Work on 282 



Grape Vines. Horizon- 

 tal Training 50 



Grape Rot 38,125 



Grape Vines, Feeble. 54 

 Grape Disease. Cal. .. 90 

 Grape Worden, Ship'gl27 



Grape PPgAbout H'sel30 

 Grape Graft.or Cut'g8l38 

 Grapevine lienewingl61 

 Grape GrowersHappyl88 

 Grape Culture in Wis. 258 

 Grape Industry in Mo. 229 

 Grape Pole Trellising 29 

 Grape, not Fruiting.. 44 



Cfrape, The Moyer 77 



Grape, Niagara 103 



Grape Best Early. .. 127 

 Grape, Training the. .167 



Grape. Goethe 167 



Grape, Europ'n in Fla.213 



Grape, Colerain 232 



Grapes and Pears . . 60 

 fJrapes for Canada, 62, 86 

 Grapes in Orchard.. .107 

 Grapes for Virginia. .160 



Grapes on Walls 242 



Grapes and Frost. . . 288 

 Grapes and Strawber- 

 ries in Colorado 241 



Grapes. Notes on New 



80, 101. 132, 146 

 G rapes , H e rber t , G aert- 



ner 267 



Grapes, Bagging, Ob- 

 jections 110 



Grapes, Cloth Bags for 68 

 Grapes, WhichtoPlantl24 

 Grapes.White v.BIackl32 

 Grapes, Good keepingl57 

 Grapes, Overpr'duct'n. 284 

 Grapes, Shipping ....284 

 Grapes. Protection for. 284 

 Grapes, Spr'g Notes onl63 

 Grapes, Report on... 210 

 Grapes, UnsatisfHory242 



Grapes, Notes on 225 



Grapes. Keeping — 287 

 Grapes, Barrenness.. 240 

 Grapes.EarthM'ch forlOS 

 Greenhouse Shade... 109 

 Greenhouse Floor for 160 

 Greenhouse in Sept ..289 

 Greenhouse, The First 85 

 Greenho''es,Amateurs\^'^ 

 I Greenhouses in Sum'r 38 

 : Greenhouses, Heating 92 



I Greiner. T 141 



Grub, White.... 161, 207 

 Gypsophilas. Ab't the 131 



Hail Insurance 288 



Hand Weeder, Home- 



Made .249 



Heat Governor, Simp. 90 

 Heat,UtililiziDg Wastel02 



Heating by Steam 12 



Heating Overhead .. 284 

 Heating Pipes. Water 

 HelianthusMultiflorus267 



in Summer 160 



Hellebore for Curculiol91 

 Hellebore for Aphis. . 



131, 266 

 Hehotrope Culture.. 106 

 Hemerocallis Var. 69, 92 

 Hemlock, A Word for 



Native .170 



Heuchera Sanguinea.287 

 Hen House, Plan of. .216 

 Herbaceous Plan ts. 



Dividing ... 117 



Herbaceous Plants, 



Hardy 155 



Herbaceous Plants 



Seed 266 



Herbs, Keep^g in Win. 60 

 Heuchera Sanguinea. 35 

 Hilborn Raspberry .. ,216 



Hoe, Ohio Grape 188 



Hollyhock Culture... 10 

 Hollyhock Fungus.. . .290 

 HoUyh'ks as Annuals. 85 

 Hollyhock, Crimson 



Jackraanii 172 



Home Plants 93 



Home Grounds, Im- 

 proving 206, 260 



Home. Influence of. . .260 

 Honeysuckle from Po- 

 land 259 



Honey'kle for Hedges 



100. 201 

 Honey'kle, Tartarian. 167 

 Hop Worms, Destroy. 69 

 Hop Louse, The . ...130 



Hop for Arbors 281 



Horse Hoe, New Uses. 171 

 Horse Chestnuts, Uses 84 

 Horticulture South. .. 38 

 Horticult'e in Schools. 273 

 Horticulture at Ohio 



Centennial 49 



Horticulture and Rail- 

 roads .. 110 



Horticulture at Buf- 

 falo Exposition. ... 16 

 Horticulture, Magic 



Touch 1 



Horticult'al Progress. 102 

 Horticultural Societies 



Profitable 157 



Horticultural Society, 



Western N. Y 126 



Hose, Non-kinking. . .190 

 Hot bed Soil, Prepar- 

 ing 36, 118 



Hot-bed Frames,Con- 

 venient 112 



Hot-beds, Oiled Mu8linl23 

 Hot-beds, Moles in .... 152 

 Hot beds, Glass or 



Canvas 34, 69 



Hot-beds, iciih Fire 



Heat 104,145 



House Plants, October 

 18, 42, 66,90,114, 136, 

 158, 188,214,238,264 

 House Plant Manage- 

 ment 235, 263 



House Slops and 



Liquid Manure 290 



' House Plants in Sept. 288 



'' Huckleberry Pie 18 



Huckleberries in N. J.287 

 Huckleb's, White. 41,5:5 

 Hyacinth Forcing ...289 

 < Hyacinth Planting ... 289 

 Hyacinth Culture. .291 

 Hyacinth Propa'Vn, .237 

 ! Hyacinth Planting... 59 

 Hyacinths in Glasses. 12 

 Hydrangea grand pa- 



niculata 282 



Hydrangea, The, 34. 



117. 153, 216 

 Hydrangea, Blue Flow- 

 ers 187 



Hydrant, Home MadeA71 

 Hygrometer, The 280 



Industry Gooseberry. 216 

 Infection, Guard Ag'st.288 

 Insect Supplement. ..153 j 



Insects In Cistern 266 , 



Insects and Arsenic. 127 

 Insects againstlnsects220 

 Insects not Advertisedl48 

 Insects and Nat. Gas. 84 

 Insects, Destroying. . . 



84. 85, 88 

 Insects.Immersion for 



101.225 

 Insects, Beneficial and 



Injurious 112. 202 



Insects. South Treat'g 66 

 Insects, Salt for ... 228 

 Insects, Rosin Comp'd225 



Insectary 36, 193 



Insecticides. Various. 113 

 Insecticids, Making.. 161 

 Insecticide Tobacco 



as' an, 28 



In Suspense — 109 



Irrigation 52, 68, 134 



Iris Root in Commerce 41 



! Iris Culture 93,190 



Iris, New 284 



Iris, The Japan. 59, 68, 92 



J 



Japan Anemones 266 



Japan Plums 201 



Japan Quince 167 



Japan Chestnut Graft- 

 ing 139 



Japanese Ivy 158 



Jap. Persimmons. 167,185 

 Jasmine, The Spanish. 187 

 Jelly Stand, A. ... 18 



Jelly Adulteration 196 



July (poem) 221 



Juneberry 234, 251 



[ Kan. Fruit Grow'g in. 165 

 Kieffer Pear, Hardy . .139 



Kelsey Plum 191 



Kentucky Coffee Tree.1.52 

 Kerosene Emulsion. . . 187 

 Killing Trees Liable to 

 Sprout 213 



Lachenalia Culture 



2, 77, 191 : 

 Labels for Trees, e(c.l62 i 

 Ladder, An Ea.sily \ 



Made 254 



Land-Measur'g Device 5 

 Landscape Gardening 26 , 

 Landscape Gardening 

 in High Colored Fol- 

 iage 293 



Lapageria 45, 69, 92 



Laurestinus, The — 109 

 Lawn and Flower Gar- 

 den, September 2S9 



Lawn Trees, Kansas .242 | 

 Lawn Arrangement.. 21C i 



Lawn Mower 208 | 



Lawn Maki'g.Water'g 38 ' 

 Lawn Grass Seed. 116,161 



Lawn Mower 291 



Lawn Seedling 291 



Lawn, Grass from ...291 



Lawn, Weeds in 44 



Lawns and Trees 11 j 



Lawns and Drouth 274 ; 



Lawns Their Man 'g't. .280 

 Lawns, Toad Stools onll6 j 



Lawns, Weeds in 291 



Lawson Pear 208 I 



Layering Pins 232 ! 



Leaves, Forest 233 | 



Lemon Grafting 222 



Lettuce Rotting 69 



Lettuce Packing for 



Market 90 



Lettuce Forcing.. 76, 100 

 Lettuce Cooking. .. .113 

 Lettuce Mildew, Rem. 227 

 Lettu'e, froz'n groundl67 

 Lettuce in Drills . . .165 



Lettuce, Summer 274 



Lettuce, Tennis Ball.. 291 

 Lilacs vS; Hardy Pla'ts 34 



Lily, Bermuda 161 



Lily Valley not bloom- 

 Lily, Gold-banded .. 287 

 Lily of the Valley. ...291 



ing 68 



Lily Planting, 68. 69. 



92, 161. 190 

 Lily of the Valley, 



How to Treat 131 



Lily, Water, Culture. 119 

 Lily, Pond, A Fine.. U 6 

 Lilies not Doing Well. 33 

 Lilies, The W^ood. ... 53 

 Lilium Auratum 



Treatment, 21. 105, 191 

 Lilium Canadense. . .^S 

 Lilium Longi. Harr.v 68,92 

 Ulium Harrissi. . .' ..143 

 Liliums from Seed 108.145 

 Lima Beans, Dried . .114 



Lime and Muck 279 



Lime and Sulphur . . 191 

 Lime, Where beneflci'il88 

 Linden, On Planting. .227 



Literature, Hort 167 



Littonia modesta.. .. 58 



Liquid Manure 93 



Lobelia Littoralis ...152 

 Locust Ti ees. Killing 161 

 Lucretia Dewberry ..275 

 Lucretia Dewberry. .284 



HI 



Madeira vine 208 



Magnolia Sprouting 



Seed 241 



Magnolia, Bark. Coccus 



On 21 



Maiden Hair Tree. .109 

 Maili'g Fruit Blosso's 238 



Manetti Roses. . 263 



Mango Melon 196 



Manure for Orchard 



and Garden 211 



Manure and Blight... .214 

 Manure for Gardens. 185 



Manure Making 75 



Manure, Hen for Gar- 

 den 20 



Manure. Value of 341, 255 

 Manure, Copperas as. 8 

 Man're.Sulp'te of Iron 8 

 Manure, Chip, Insectsl07 

 Manure, Applicat'n ofll2 

 Manure, Cotton Meal. 113 

 Manure, Feeding for.. 144 



Manure, Hops for 93 



M'nure.theCor'r 8tonel64 



Manuring. Green 291 



Manures, Other than 



from Live Stock 3 



Maple Tree Ailment. . 36 



Maple, The Soft 251 



Maples, Japan 188 



Marigolds, Growing.. 209 

 Market Quotations. ..294 

 Market Gard'g. Poor.. 276 

 Market Crops.Cost of 238 

 Marker. A Handi/ ...148 

 Mark't Gard'nginTex.136 

 Market Gardening 15, 



93, 132, 125, 185 

 Markets Foreign .... 1 

 Marketing Methods .226 



Markets 162 



Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society ..38, 62 

 Mathiola Bicornis . 42 

 Melon Vines in Rye 



Field .... 205 



Melon Vine Cover 267 



Melon Forciiig 162 



Melon Disease 206 



Melon Novelties.. .. 209 

 Melons Seed, Old.... 238 



Melons Again 52 



Melons, Water 6 



Melons, Starting.^ .. 144 

 Melons, The Newer.. -202 

 Meeting N. J. Society 88 

 Meetings. Experience. 100 

 Mice in Hot-beds. . 225 



Michigan Notes 125 



Mildew of Gooseb'rie8264 

 Mole Trap, A Home 



Made 166 



Moles, Destroying 161 



Moving Large Trees. ,283 

 Mulberry, Downing. . . 136 

 Mulberries Fruitng 21, 35 

 Mulberries for Birds. 225 

 Mulch, Benefits of .. 232 

 Mulch, Sawdust for 



68, 158, 160 

 Mulching for Fruitl45,185 

 Mulching, Winter. ... 74 



Muriat of Potash 216 



Musa Ensete 291 



Mushroom Beds. Old. 116 



Mushroom Toast 288 



Mushroom.Toast withl58 



Mushr'm.Prep'r'g for.161 

 Mushrooms in Cores. 228 

 Muslin for Hot-beds.. 216 



Name, What Is in A. .291 

 Narcissus, Hoop Pet- 

 ticoat 37 



Narcissus. Treatment.207 



Nasturtium, New 291 



Nasturtiums 35, 243 



Nasturtiums (poem).. 12 

 Nasturtiums and Pe- 

 tunias 2;32 



National Flower 274 



National Flower, The.247 

 Native and Exotic 



Plants 210 



Nat. Gas and Insects 169 

 Nelumb'm speciosum.210 



Nepenthes, The 29 



New Names,OIdPlants.38 



New Fruits ...211 



New Roses, Hurry'g..203 



Nicotian! afflnis. 207 



Nigeila in the Garden. 135 



Nitrate of Soda 273 



Nitrate of Soda. ...21.214 

 Nomenclat'e of Fruits285 

 Nomenclature. Floral. 63 



Non-Kinking Hose 139 



Notes and Hints, Gen'1272 

 Novelties, Fruiting 



Quick 325 



Nurseries, Germant^n. .56 

 Nursery'ns Convent'n228 

 Nursery 'nsTrotective 



Society 229 



Nut Culture Profitable2l3 

 Nuts, Edible 22, 81 



Oak Process, Old. 160, 161 

 Oak, Burr or Mossy- 

 cup 38 



October (Poem) l 



Ohio Society, '88 Meet- 

 ing Ill 



Okra in the North .... 208 

 Oleander Propagat'n.240 

 Oleander Cultivation. 291 



Olive Growing 42 



Oleander Propagat'n 216 



Onion Farm, An 18 



Onion Baked 18 



Onion Planting, Fall .35,43 



Onion Sets 290 



Onion Crop. The 26 



Onion Seed Raising 



116. 125, 149 

 Onion Set Grow'g. 138,139 

 Onion Grow'g. 136,186,243 

 Onion, The Giant Zit- 



tau 90 



Onion,Cheap Weed'g 271 

 Onions, Rolling Not 

 Recommended . ..263 



Onions, Pickled 288 



Onions, Wintering 21 



Onions, Perennial... 41 

 Onions, Gathering. .42, 54 

 Orange Grafting. .. 221 

 Orange Crop,Mark't'gl5G 

 Orchard Care.. ..188. 211 

 Orchard, Manur'g of. 169 

 Orchard, Manure for. 291 

 Orchard, Crop'g Y'ng214 

 Orchard, Value of . 110^ 

 Orchard, Renewing, ..284 [ 

 Orchards at Northw't.2:J5 

 Orchards, Nitrates for.2.35 , 

 Orchards and Drain'gllO I 

 Orchards, Replanting 



Old . , 88 ; 



Orchards, Renovating 03 

 Orchards, Grapes in.. 93 [ 

 Orchid Culture. Easy. i 



16, 110 

 Orchids, Air Flower. 255 ; 

 Orchids, Are They the 



Coniing Flower 62 



Orders. On Sending.. 109 



Oregon, Fruit in 151 



Organization, Value of 86 



Oriental Plants 225 



Ornani't, Native Trees. 129 

 Ornamental Shrubs. 262 

 OrnamentaMJarden'g lo 

 Ostrowskya Magnifica 82 

 Overbear'g, Effects of.210 



Oxalis 106, 145 



Ox-Eye Daisy, Pro- 

 gress of 260 



Pa.St'te Meet Notes on 136 

 Packages for Small 



Fruits 146 



Packing, Rings for .. 59 



Packing Plants 233 



Packing Good Pays.. 260 



Pteony.Tree 242 



Palms for Florists . . 236 

 Palms, Growth of ...191 

 Pampas Plu'es,Gr'w'g 89 

 Pans7,A Double Wh!tel54 



Pansies for Spring 291 



Pansies. 35. 60, 76, UO, 267 

 Pansies, Growing 279 



Pansies, Pinching 287 



Papyrus antiquorum. 62 

 Paris Green, Remedy 



for Poisoning 208 



Park Plans. Cologne . 268 



Parks at Buflfalo 259 



Parker Earle Straw- 

 berry 258 



Parsley Vinegar 90 



Parsley Culture 243 



Parsley Omelette 136 



Parsley, Fried 158 



Parsnip 343 



Parsnip Cakes 66 



Parsnip Stew 114 



Parsnips, Baked U8 



Passion Flowers 



31, 138, 205 

 Peach Orchard. Plant- 

 ing 250 



Peach Stones, New Usel88 



Peach Blood 93 



Peach Trees and Mice 84 

 Peach Leaves Bliste'd 45 

 Peach Trees. Pruning. 291 

 Peach Fritters . . 288 



Peach Tree Culture . .277 

 Peach Meringue.. .. 288 



Peach Growers 2S8 



Peach Tree Pruning . . 44 

 Peach Seedli'g grow'g 44 

 Peach Borer Cure, 41. 2^18 

 Peach Yellows. 9. 103, 



145,166. 196.210.263 

 Peach Culture, 23 72. 81 

 Peach, The WonderfulU2 

 Peaches, Varieties . . 23 

 Peaches, What follow 12 

 Peaches, Early . ...284 

 Peaches from Stones. 



52. 158 

 Peaches. Budding .. 267 

 Peanut, Spanish. . . .290 

 Peanuts at the NorthlAb 

 Pear Varieties, 23, 78. 



102. 136, 190, 234 

 Pear Blight, 3. 68, 69, 



138, 200, 267 



Pear Culture --iS 



Pear Bark Louse . . . . 207 

 Pear Leaves Wilting. .2)7 

 Pear Tree Bark Louse.l 90 

 Pear Trees, Regraft'gUZ 

 Pear, Kieffer.. 12, 84, 124 



Pear, Wilder 282 



Pear, The LeConte, 36, 



42. 15, 68, 88. 90 



Pear, The Garber 52 



Pear, Best Early 161 



Pear,Beurre d'Anjou 138 

 Pears & other Fruits. 26 

 Pears Cracking.. .57, 268 

 Pears, Spraying Re- 

 sults 65 



Pears, The Oriental . . 185 

 Pears. Thinning.. .. 234 



Pea Weevil 236, 241 



Pea, A Good Market. . 90 



Peas 243 



Peas and Fertilizers. .141 



Peas for Market 139 



Peas, Dry, Using 136 



Peas, Early 6 



Pecan Grafting 41 



Pecans on Hickory . ..124 



Pepper Culture 243 



Peristeria Elata 86 



Peroxide of Silic'te. 37,163 

 Persimmons, 138, 191 225 

 Persimmons. Root Cutl24 



Petunia Raising 289 



Philodendron. The... 34 

 PhloxeSf J^remiial 



Etc 20 



Phlox, Hardy. Dying. 69 

 Philod'ndr'ns inWind. 77 



Phosphate M^al 282 



Phylloxera iu Spain. . 84 

 Pigweed, Ornamental 36 

 Pine, MurmYi'g(po'm) 60 

 Pineapple. Caring for 



59, 92 



Pineapple Salvia 68 



Pit, Improved Plant. 26 

 Plant, A good Garden 59 

 Plant of Promise, A 



New 82 



Plant Protector, A 



Simple 165 



Plant Propagators, 



Of Interest to 13 



Plant Growth, Essen- 

 tial Elements 39 



Plant Stakes 60 



Plant Raising to Sell. 105 

 Plant Pit,HomeMade'2hG 



Plant Labels ^'58 



Plant, What not to... 17 

 Plant, Araer. Pitcher. 29 

 Plants after Blooming 20 

 Plants under Glass, 19, 

 43.66,91.115.137,159, 



189, 215, 239, 265 

 Plant Dec'rat'n,TableViO 



Plants in Frames 89 



Plants Winter care. .. H:J 



Plants and Piano 258 



Plants Under Glass.. .289 

 Plants, Hardy, Group 'g283 

 Plants, Newer Peren- 

 nial 35 



Plants. A Trio of Good 58 

 Plants, Consumpt'n & 53 

 Plants, Tying Tall... 50 

 Plants,House,Scale od107 



