I I5r 3D EX. 



Poultry on Small Lot 32 



Poultry, New Breeds 32 



Poultry Fences 83 



Poultry, Green Food for. .. 202 

 Poultry Manure, Care of.. 161 



Poultry Profits 223 



Preserve, An Economical . 151 



" Premium " Fruits 222 



Primrose, Double. Culture. 119 



Primroses, Dividing 109 



Primroses, Some Ideas on . 26 



Primroses, Grubs on 100 



Primroses, Year-old 8 



Propagator, A Rapid . ... 60 

 Propagation by Cuttings. .. 22 



Protector. A Folding 76 



Progress, Forty Years' 2 



Protection Illustrated 46 



Protection of Fruit 147 



Protecting Vines, etc. ... 3.3, 36 



Protecting Trees 29 



Protecting from Sun 37 



Prune Roots. Knots on. . . 107 



Prunes, Curing 185 



Pnmes 114 



Pruning of Trees, Summer 196 



Pruning, Mystery of 7 



Pruning, Conclusions on. . . 130 



Pruning and Pruning 200 



Fuddling Trees 166 



Pudding, Apple & Almond. 64 



Pumpkin Bee-hive 56 



Puttying Implement 11 



Puttying up Holes 9 



Pyramids, Plants grown as 133 



Quality, Planting for 116 



Quinces, The Cultiu'e of ... 33 



Rabbits and Pine Tar ... 91 



Radishes under Glass 72 



Raisins for the Table 64 



Rape Butterfly, The 148 



Raspberry, Fertilizing 



Crimson Beauty 90 



Raspberry and Blackberry 



Cross 30 



Raspberry Planting, $200 



Lesson 95 



Raspberry, Johnston's 



Sweet 57 



Raspberry Gather'g Device 154 

 ptaspberry Culture, Canada 145 



Raspberry Drink 181 



Raspberry Cane Blight. ... 82 

 Raspberries, Harvesting.. 190 



Raspberries, Ailing 200 



Raspberries, Plant Deep ... 166 

 Raspberries, How Long to 



Stand 166 



Raspberries Turning Yel- 

 low 200 



Raspberries. Mulching 1.34 



Raspberries, Hedge system 1-30 

 Raspberries, Growing Red . 37 



Raspberries Failing 63 



Raspberries Changing 63 



Raspberries Autumn . ..... 63 



Raspberries, Ailing 149 



Raspberries, Pruning 149 



Raspberries, Setting Late. 150 

 Raspberries, New Idea in . 150 

 Raspberries, Uld to New.. 150 

 Raspberr's turning yellow. 209 



Raspberries in Iowa 214 



Raspberr's, Old Wood from 210 

 Raspberries in Garden. ... 110 

 Raspberries, Increasing.. . . 110 



Raspberries Failing 24 



Red Spider on Plants 83 



Red Spider in Window 63 



Red Spider, The 149 



Retort, A Righteous 39 



Rhubarb, Test of Sorts ... 187 



Rbyncospernum, The 27 



Richardia Culture 229 



Rings in Wood— Age 140 



Rings in Wood 140 



Roadside Tree Planting 49 



Rock Mound, Beautifying a 146 



Root Pruning 140 



Rose Pruning Suggestions. 93 

 Rose Buds, Keeping Fresh . 30 



Rose Buds. Insect in 201 



Rose, Pale Marechal Neil.. 189 I 



Rose-slug Remedies 129 



Rose Saw-fly Remedies ... 129 

 Rose Beetle, Chafer or Bug 129 



Rose, The, Culture, etc. . . . 138 

 Rose, Moss, Slips, Rooting 174 

 Rose Culture, Successful.. 156 

 Rose-growing, Extensive ... 33 

 Rose, American Beauty ... 144 



Roses, Fall Blooming 180 



Roses for Bloom 8 



Roses, Protecting 46 



Roses for Market, Growing. 41 



Roses. More Good 44 



Roses, Growing for Market. 55 



Roses Under Glass 61 



Roses, Tea, Culture 156 



Roses, Forcing Hybrid P. 213 



Roses. Dressing for 220 



Roses, Cuttings in Summer 223 

 Roses Turning Yellow. 100 



Roses, Hardy 97 



Roses, Hybrid, List of . ... 98 



Roses, " Blue." 30 



Roses for Market 120 



Roses, Pruning 120 



Roses, Hardy 25 



Roses in Pits 37 



Roses, Compost for 191 



Rotation in the Garden. . . 33 

 Rotation in Farm Garden'g 165 



Rotating Crops 9 



Rows, to make Straight. ... 106 



Rows, Making Straight 174 



Ruellia macrantha 180 



Rural Art. Books on 300 



Rust, Blackberry 200 



Rust, Blackberry 170 



Rusty Tools 45 



S 



Sabbath, Respect for the . . 205 



Sage Culture 73 



Salicylic Acid in Canning. . 194 



Sand, Use of 44 



Sash, Glass and Muslin 131 



Sashes, Muslin 130 



Sawdust for Mulching 63 



Scale, Linseed Oil for Ill 



Scale or Bark Lice Rem's. . 139 



Season, Prolonging the 53 



Season, Advancing the 17 



Seasons, Varying 15 



Sea Kale 146 



SeedPlanting 99 



Seed Sowing, March 93 



Seeds, Sowing Vegetable ... 63 



Seed Sowing 119 



Seed Sowing 150 



Seed Starting Device, A. . . 174 



Seed Cleaning 38 



Seed Appropriations, 59 



Seed, Cabbage, Raising ... 170 

 Seeds. Bad, and Seedsmen. 92 

 Seeds, Crows Distributing . . 30 

 Seedlings, Raising Fruit ... 5 

 Seedlings of Fruit Trees ... 21 



Seedsmen's Meeting 28 



Selection, Fitness of 172 



September (poem) 203 



Shade as an Enricher 130 



Shade Trees, Caterpiller on 148 



Shady Spots, Ferns for 143 



Sharpless Berries, Ill- 

 Shaped 176 



Shelter Belts 70 



Shelter Belts, Nor'y Spruce. 66 



Shows. Influence of 216 



Shows, Grouping Plants at 193 

 Shows, Flower Holders for 193 



Shrub Pruning 80 



Shrub Flowers in Winter . . 37 

 Shrubs. Hardy Flowering. 109 



Shrubs from the Wild 28 



Shrubs, White-leaved 174 



Shrubs, List of 180 



Shrubbery Walk 6 



Silk Worms 193 



Simplicity and Order 172 



Slugs on (Cherry Trees.etc. 148 



Small Fruits, Soil for 73 



Small Fruits on Farm .... 73 

 Small Fruits on Farm . ... 130 

 Small Fruits on Meadows.. 5 

 Snowball Bush, Aphis on.. 194 

 Snowballs, What Ails the . 155 



Soap-suds, House-slops 130 



Soap Suds in Garden 140 



Soap Suds and House Slops 160 



Society Work 96 



.Society, American Pomo- 



logical 221 



Sod-cutting Machine, A . . . 145 



soil. Keeping up 90 



Soil— How Made 171 



Soil, Cultivation of the. . . . 208 



Solanum Dulcamara 30 



Soot Water for Plants 11 



Soot-water for Plants 140 



.Sorrel as a Vegetable 181 



South, Small Fruits 220 



Southern Planting 105 



Sparrows, What of English 17 



Spiders and Insects 31 



Spiders and Plant Lice... 174 



Spruce, White 176 



Sprouts on Trees, etc 123 



Squash-vines, Save the .. 171 

 Squashes, Winter, Raising 147 



Squash Bug, Black 149 



Star of Bethlehem, Golden. 42 

 Storage, Different Kinds of. 56 



Stove Plants, Heat for 64 



Stock. Cion, etc.. Influence 167 



Strawberry— Frosts 90 



Strawberry Culture 114 



Strawberry Plants, Setting. 110 

 Strawberry Growing in 



Hogsheads 114 



Strawberry, Belmont 27 



Strawberry Plants, Pot .... 27 



Strawberry Blight 174 



Strawberry Raising for 



Girls 191 



Strawberry Bed, Treating . 5 



Strawberry Rust 57 



Strawberry, High Culture . . 58 



Strawberry Query 160 



Strawberry not a Fruit — 143 

 Strawberry Propagation, 



Rapid 151 



Strawberry Plants, Trans- 

 planting Old 160 



Strawberry. The Gold ... 214 

 Strawberries, Fall Bloom. 100 



Strawberries, Earliest 110 



Strawberries, Varieties 107 



Strawberries, Finest Crop . . 20 

 Strawberries, Wild, Tame . 31 

 Strawberries, Manuring ... 21 

 .Strawberries, Early Cover- 

 ing of 81 



Strawberries. Spring kiUed. 73 

 Strawberries, Cost to Grow. 73 

 Strawberries, Potting . ... 170 

 Strawberries, The Earliest. 170 

 Strawberries. Marketing.. 190 

 Strawberries, Planting — 190 

 Strawberries, Varieties . . . 190 

 Strawberries in Illinois . . 127 

 Strawberries on Mounds. . . 131 

 Strawberries, Kainit for. .. 131 

 Strawberries, Planting — 7 

 Strawberries Unprofitable . 4 



Strawberries, Covering 36 



Strawberries, Drying 36 



Strawberries, Phosphate for 36 

 Strawberries, Hen Dung for 56 

 Strawberries in Florida — 56 

 Strawberries on Ridges.... 56 

 Strawberries, Cost to Grow. 60 

 Strawberries, Renewing ... 64 

 Strawb'ries. Acre and half 154 



Strawberries, New 215 



Strawberries in Michigan . 317 



Straw Mats, Making 69 



Street Trees in Paris 194 



Sub-soiling Not Beneficial 114 

 Successful Exhibitors .... 44 



Suntlowers for Fuel , 14 



Sweet Peas— Fall Sowing . . 36 



Sweet Pea Culture 179 



Sweet Potatoes, Early 210 



Swindling Device 26 



Tent Caterpillar Remedy. 128 



Tennessee Report 24 



Temperance— Gardening . . 103 



Thistles, Canada 6 



Tid Bits From Subscriber. 193 



Tobacco Remedy 129 



Tomato Rot Remedy 184 



Tomato, The Currant 44 



Tomato Rot 44 



Tomatoes, The Best 60 



Tomatoes- Where first eaten 25 

 Tomatoes, Staking etc. ...177 



Tomatoes, On Use of 333 



Tools, Marking 113 



Torrenia Fournerii 76 



Town Square, A 169 



Trade, The, Fifty Years 



Ago 303 



Transplanting, Perils of... 166 

 Transplanting, Summer... 170 

 Transplanting Large Trees. 183 

 Transplant'g Boxes, Paper. 113 



Tree Wash, A Good 91 



Tree-Planting Craze 94 



Tree-roots and Sidewalks . . 93 

 Tree Agents, Law Against. 103 



Tree Seeds, Sowing 21 



Tree, A Rapid-growing 76 



Tree Dealers' Association . 161 

 Tree, How to Manure A . . . 215 

 Trees. As to Hardiness of . . 85 



Trees for Coast 100 



Trees, Bones for 94 



Trees, Large t's Small 110 



Trees, Iron-clad 110 



Trees, Fruit, for Lawns. ... 110 



Trees, Trimming 30 



Trees, Thinning the ti5 



Trees. Buckwheat among.. 73 

 Trees from Seed, Growing. . 67 



Trees, Puddling 166 



Trees as Companions 174 



Trees, Fruit, From Cut- 

 tings 193 



Trees, Crooked 5 



Trees, Moisture from 14 



Trees, Overhanging 1 



Trees, Speedy Results with 1 



Trees from Nuts 6 



Trees, Pruning 37 



Trees, Staking 46 



Trees, On the Pruning of.. 53 



Trees and Drought 150 



Trees by the Roadside 147 



Trees, Arranging 149 



Trees, Crooked 156 



Trees as Bushes or Pollards 311 

 Trees. Twelve Ornamental. 216 



Trees, Mammoth 321 



Trees. Grafted or Budded.. 233 



Trellising Grapes 179 



Trellise for Peas, Wire ... 196 

 Tropseolums Tuberous . . 200 



Tropa^olum Bloom 10 



Trumpet Creeper as a Tree. 192 



Truflfles, Their Culture 47 



Tulip Seed Sowing 220 



Tulips in House 26 



Tulips, Forcing 14 



Tulips, Parrot, and Others. 215 



Turnips Decaying 8 



Twine Holder, A 48 



V 



Uncover, Don't, too Early. 94 

 Underdraining a Garden. . . 19 

 Underdraining I88 



Vallotas for the Shows .... 87 

 Vegetables under Glass. ... 91 



Vegetables, Cooking 88 



Vegetables, Some Fall ... 207 

 Vegetables.Fried Breakfast 2'23 

 Village Improvement Asso- 

 ciations 198 



Vine Cuttings, Young 129 



Vine, A Large. 134 



Vineyards and Birds 220 



Violet Culture, White 105 



Violet Seed 200 



Violet, A Charming White. 61 



Walks, Garden 24 



Walks and Drives 172 



Wallflower, Culture of the. 27 



Wallflowers 181 



Wallflower not Flowering. 180 



Walnut Stain 16 



Walnut, A Word for the. . 223 

 Walnuts for Highways ... 136 



Wahiuts, English 100 



Walnuts, English 82 



Wasps' Nests 8 



Water Light, The 183 



Watrous' Address, Pres. . 176 

 Water-tanks, Protecting ... 30 

 Watersprouts on Apple . . . 156 



Watering Devices 158 



Watering when it Rains. . . 155 

 Watering, Easy Science in. 134 



Wax Plant, Treating 120 



Wax Plant, Treating lOO 



Waysides, Essay on. 97 



Weather, Variable 166 



Weather Strips,Home-made 48 



Weed Day 194 



Weeds for Protecting 36 



Weeds and Weeds 133 



Weeping Tree, New 204 



Weeping Tree, Attractive.. 192 



Wells, Protect the 30 



Well-water tor Plants 8 



Wheat Turning to Chess... 30 



Wild Flowers 84 



Wilder, M. P.. Dinner to .. 27 



Wilder. Marshall P 51 



Window Plants. Turning.. 214 

 Window Box. Mignonette.. 50 

 Window Plants, Spider on : 63 



Window Gardening 197 



Windbreak, Norw'y Spruce 106 

 Windbreaks South, Spruce 309 



Wine, Points about 187 



Wire Worms in Grapery.. 180 

 Wisconsin State Society.. 116 

 Wisconsm Hort. Society. . 217 



Wisconsin, Rose tor 320 



Women and Horticulture. 118 

 Women and the Societies. . . 78 



Wood Ashes 100 



Worm , Wire, in Border. . . 151 

 Worm, Wire, iu Carrots... 220 



Worm, Canker . 99 



Worms, Angle 140 



Worms in Pots 47 



Worms in Flower Pots 24 



Wounds, Paiat for 140 



Work of Season, House 



Plants, The, 13, 28, 46, 62, 80, 



98, 118, 138, 158,178, 198,218. 

 Lawn and Flower Garden, 18, 



39, 46. 62, 80, 98, 118, 138, 153, 



178, 198, 218. 

 Flower Garden. Lawn and, 13, 



29, 46, 62, 80, 98, 118, 1.38, 158, 



178, 199, 219. 

 Plant Culture under Glass, 13, 



39, 46, 62. 80, 98, 119, 138, 158, 



178, 199, 319. 

 Glass, Plant Culture under, 13, 



29. 46, 62. 80, 98, 119, 138, 158, 



178, 199, 219. 



Fruit Garden and Orchard, 13, 

 39. 46. 62. 80, 99, 119, 1.38, 159, 



179, 199, 219. 



Orchard. Fruit Garden and, 13. 

 29, 46. 62. 80, 99, 119, 138, 169, 

 179, 199, 219. 



Vegetable Garden, 13, 29, 46, 

 63, 81, 99, 119, 189, 159, 179, 

 199,219. 



Glass, Fruit and Vegetables un- 

 der, 13. 2!l, 47, 63. 81, 99, 119, 

 139, 159, 179, 199, 219. 



Yellow Transparent Family 68 



Zinnia Culture 115 



Zinnias, Zebra 814 



Poetry— Autumn the Artist, 1; 

 An Old-fashioned Garden, 

 10; The Scent of a Flower, 10; 

 What the Flowers Say, 14; 

 Autumn Days. 17; Chrysan- 

 themums, 26; It is Common, 

 27; Her Floral Highness, .30; 

 The Sunset of the Year. 33- 

 The Trees. 44; Why, Pansy, 

 Little Pansy ? 44; Chilly 

 Mornings, 48; Snowed Under, 

 49; Crocuses, 60; Fruit of the 

 Christmas Tree, 60; Nature 

 at Work in Winter 60 ; Look- 

 ing Ahead. 65; The Dying 

 Rosebud, 76; Jack Frost, 76; 

 Warm Winds on the Way. 83- 

 The Spring Race. 94; The 

 Wall Flower, 94; The Winter 

 King in Spring, 104; Robin's 

 Return, 114; Pine Needles; 

 114; Firstling of Spring. 114; 

 Orchard Bloom, 123; Lilac 

 Time, 131; Dropping Corn, 

 134; Daisies White, 134; June, 

 143; The Message of the 

 Roses, 154; Empty Nest, 154; 

 Single Rose, 1.54; Sunrise, 163; 

 The Century Plant, 174; Big 

 Berries on Top, 174; Bruised, 

 174;August,183; The Summer 

 Rain, 194; The Falling of the 

 Pears, 194; The Sunflower, 

 194; Marigolds, 214; Country 

 Board, 314; On a Gardener, 

 814; September, 203. 



