Index. 387 



New Building Material 290 



New Koses Ill 



New Method of Perpetuating the Plum 161 



Notes on New and Choice Plants 173 



New Trees 42 



Nesv lovention for Pruning Trees 346 



Old English Cottage 357 



Ornamental Cottage lor a Laboring Man 14 



On the Union of Embryos .■ 203 



On Impregnation of Flowers 230 



Pear s^tock vs. Quince Stock 338 



Pruning Shrubbery 207 



Probable Characters to be looked for in a Seedling Pear Tree 293 



Remarks on Twenty -one Varieties of Pear 156 



Story and-a-half Cottage 341 



Suburban Villa 269 



The Frozen Sap Blight 328 



The Osier, its Culture, Profits, &c 198 



The Bergamot Sockel 205 



The History and Cultivation of the Rose 216 



The Red Camomile, for the destruction of insects 232 



The Grand Bretagne and Verulam Pears 265 



The Management. Soil, and Situation of the Plum Orchard 275 



The Lombardy Poplar 288 



The Formation of Artificial Lakes 73 



The Compost Yard 108 



The New Roses of 1855 149 



The Strawberry 23 



The Cultivation of the Grape and Manufacture of Wine 24 



The Contrast 29 



The Cultivation of the Sugar Cane 32 



The Cultivation of Flowers 40 



The Year Book of Agriculture 55 



The Modern Horse Doctor 56 



The Carpenter's Assistant 55 



Tree Culture 17 



Two Plums worthy of Cultivation 10 



Three New Plums 88 



Thoughts from my Garden Seat 85 



Trees for Railroads 355 



Unique Flower Stand 160 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Neglected Rose Plate 



A Cultivated Rose Plate 



Appearance of Hedge 334 



A Story -and a half Cottage, with plans Plate 



Coolies at the Sugar Crop 32 



Chinese Yam 101 



Carriage House and Plan 274 



Coolies mustering for work 278 



Cutting the Hedge 333 



Douglass Fir Plate 



De voniensis Plate 



Example of Improvement in Forest scenery Plate 



Farm Cottage and Plans 209, 210,211 



Flower Stand 160 



Finished Hedge 335 



Gate Lodge 171 



Gothic Suburban Villa Plate 



Grape Vine Chair 196 



Guthrie's Apricot Plum 90 



Grand Bretagne Pear 265 



Instrument for Pruning Trees 348 



Italian Villa and Floor Plans 93,96 



" " Witt Campanile Plate 



