11^ X) EX 



Fruit Ladder, Canadian.. .. 219 

 Fruit Stains, To Remove. . . 323 

 Fruit Growing for Health. . 222 



Fruit, ' ' Chopped '• 210 



Fruits, New and Old 93 



Fruits, Grafted Stone. . .90 

 Fruits, Shipping, Losses in. 86 



Fruits, Espalier 110 



Fruits, Why Patent 115 



Fruits. Pedigree in 65 



Fruits, Succession of 72 



Fruits, The "Best" 56 



Fruits, Succession of 57 



Fruits that Promise Well.. . 52 



Fruits, Grafted Stone 51 



Fruits, Paternity in .. . v 124 



Fruits. Testing New 123 



Fruits, Grafted Stone 36 



Fruits, New 5 



Fuchsia Ailing 109 



Fuchsia Leaves, Crinkled . . 220 

 Fuchsia Leaves Crinkled - 2(X1 

 Fuchsia, Storm King. Frau 



Emma 200 



Fuchsia Culture 193 



Fuchsias, Potting old 82 



Fuchsias, Potting Old. ... 120 



Fuchsias for Winter 74 



Fuchsias. Cui ting Back 82 



Fuchsias, as House Plants. 35 



Fuchsias, Thrips on 64 



Funkias, or Plantain Lily.. 50 



Gaillardias, Double 115 



Gapes, Cure for 302 



Garden, Fruit Section of .. 112 



Garden, A Moss 114 



Garden, Kitchen, Glance at 69 

 Garden, Situation of a .. ..70 

 Garden, Products, Newer. .. 71 



Garden. Ridging the 46 



Garden, Vegetable, a Fine. 127 



Garden, Extent of the 132 



Garden, Word for a Good . 167 



Garden Parties 174 



Garden, Surface of the 172 



Garden Course, The 55 



Garden, The Soil of the ... 55 



Garden. The Complete. ... 5i 



70,8y,112, 132, 152, 172, 188,208 



Garden, Plans for the 62 



Garden.Str'gth of Features 152 



Garden, An Acre 157 



Garden, The Open Area. . . 152 

 Gardening for Women . ... 95 

 Gardening— Temperance . . 103 

 Gardening, Farm, Rotation 165 

 Gardening, Dexterity in .. 61 



Gardening, Gumption In f2 



Gardens, On Arranging — 132 

 Gardens, Mapping and 



Planning 132 



Gardens, Apparent extent. 133 

 Garfield, C. W., Notes by. , . 52 



Garland Flower. The 58 



Garlic or Wild Onion 64 



Gas. Natural, for Heating.. 11 



Gas. Natural, for Fuel 136 



Gazania Culture 63 



Greorgia, Ornamental Trees 



for 2«), 231 



Geranium or Verbena? — 45 



Geranium, Ivy 9 



Geraniums, I vv Leaf 115 



Geraniums-Pelargoniums . . 39 

 Geraniums not Blooming.. 140 

 Geraniums, Tri-colored 135 

 Geraniums, Lady Washing- 

 ton 135 



Gesnerias in Windows 140 



Gillover-the-Ground 11 



Girdled Trees 99 



Girdling. Effects from 43 



Gladinii from Seed 95-100 



Gladioli from Seed 82 



Gladiolus Shading 171 



Gladiolus in Boxes 44 



Gladiolus, Improvement in. 133 



Gladiolus Culture 143 



Gladioluses in Pots 145 



Gladioluses, The " Best." . . 125 

 Glass, Simple Uses of. . 85 



Glass, To Polish 32 



Glazing, Double 195 



Gloriosa Superba Culture. 139 



Glory Pea. The 108 



Gloxinia Treatment 8 



Gloxinia from a Slip 44 



Gooseberry Propagation.. . 190 

 Gooseberry, Caterpillars on 134 

 Gooseberry. Culture of the 126 

 Gooseberry Worm Rem's.. 129 

 Gooseberry. The Industry. 214 



Gooseberries, Pruning 7 



Gooseberries and Currants 36 

 Gooseberries onLonglsland 146 

 Gooseberries for Profit 145, 149 

 Government Seed Shop... 185 



(J.-afting Methods, etc 116 



( iraf ting, Veneer 117 



Grafting Wax Receipts 72 



Grafting 80 



Grafting, Range in 140 



Grafting, Practices 178 



Grape-vine, Prickly — . 14 

 Grape-vines, Covering. . ,95-100 



Grape-vines. Unfruitful 90 



Grape-vines, Covering.. .. 120 



Grape-vines Managing 4 



Grape-vines, Planting 37 



Grape-vines, Prune closely. 44 

 Grape-vines, Protecting — 57 



Grape-vines, Layering 150 



Grape-vines, Early Pruning 143 



Grape Canes, Which to 



Leave 85 



Grape Trellise and Bees. . . 94 



Grape Culture ... 1 13 



Grape Leaf, Curl in 21 



Grape Rot Remedies 186 



Grape Planting 37 



Grape, On Improving the.. 40 



Grape Pruning 130 



Grape Rot 171 



Grape Tendrils 180 



Grape Rot, Cop^ieras for. . 151 

 Grapes. Fertilizing for 



Sweet 91 



Grapes, Planting 90 



Grapes on Heavy Soil. . . . 90 



Grapes, Blood for 120 



Grapes for Ornament 114 



Grapes Shriveling 2(R) 



Grapes.Sumtrer Pruning of 2tK) 

 Grapes, (J rowing the Finer 197 



Grapes, Keeping 5 



Grapes in New York 44 



Grapes and bees 139 



Grapes, Yield of 180 



Grapes, Bagging Early ... 174 



Grapes. Training 171 



Grapes, The Keeping of 49 



Grapes that will Stand ... 56 



Grapes, Rich Soil and . . 57 



Grapes, Worden & Concord 56 



Grapes, Bees and 160 



Grapes, The Bagging of. .. 145 



Grapes, Manure for 146 



Grapes, Exhibiting 209 



Grapes, Handling and 



Marketing 211 



Grapery. Cold 34 



Grapery, Pruning Vines in. 82 



Grass. A Blade of 60 



Grass Edges 10 



Gravelly Soil, Small Fruits 



for 95 



Green Peas for Market ... 87 



Greens, German 211 



Greenhouse without Heat. 211 

 Greenhouse. Inexpensive 



Heating of 58 



Greenhouses, Burning of. . . 49 

 Greenhouses, Shading. ... 130 



Ground, Ridding the UX) 



Ground Cherries 81 



Ground or Root Aphis. ... 179 



Groups on the Lawn 60 



Grouping and Massing 1,54 



Guaranteeing Quality 7 



Grub, The White 206 



Grubs, Remedy for 21 



Grubs, Forestalling the 130 



H 



214 

 . 26 



134 

 . 25 

 . 21 



192 



Hail Insurance 



Hail-storm does Good 



Hand-glass, A P'lower Pot. 

 Hanging Baskets Left Out 

 Hardiness, Calculating on 

 Hardiness and Location .. 



Hatching, Early 86 



Heat. Standing the 206 



Heating Small Greenhouse. 192 

 Heaving, To Prevent ..... 150 



Hedge. To have a good 130 ! 



Hedges, Evergreen 130 



Heliotrope in Winter 185, 



Hemeroc-alis or Day Lily . . 50 

 Hemlock, The Weeping. . . 216 ■ 

 Hen House, Stoves in .... 48 



Hen, A Profitable 121 



Hens, Tonic for 34 1 



Hibiscus Leaves Ailing 100 



Hibiscus Ailing 120 



Highways. Snow-banks in. . 36 



Highways, Walnuts for 136 



Hoe Deep, Do Not , . 166 

 Hollyhocks; their Culture. 165 



Homes, Bane of Many 14 



Honey Locust Hedge. .. 180 



Honey Dew 06 



Honey Dew 100 



Honeysuckle, lusect on 64 



Honeysuckles, Value of... 136 

 Horticulture as Affected by 



Society Work 09 



Horticulture—Specialties. 

 Horticulture and Botany.. 

 Horticulture, and Woman 

 HorticultureTaste Expand 



iDg 



Horticultural Society, Am. 143 

 Horticultural Soc'y Report 145 

 Horticultural Society, Por- 

 tage Co - . . 205 



Horticultural Convention.. 12 

 Horticultural Societies, Lo- 

 cal 96 



Horticultural Shows, To 



Make Educational 17 



Hot-bed. Pipe-heMed 7 



Hot-beds Heated with Oil 



Hot-beds, Making 



Hot-Beds, Care of.. 8' 



House Plants, April 118 



House Plants and Ammonia 78 

 House Plants, Dew and ... . 76 

 House Plants, Culture of.. 173 

 House Plants, Liquiding.. 67 



Huckleberries, About 180 



Hudson River Growers ... 166 

 Hyacinth Bulbs, Treating. 120 

 Hyacinths, Early Started . . 26 



Hyacinths in Glasses 93 



Hydrangea Culture 180 



Hydrangea in Cellar 100 



Hydrangea in Cellar 82 



116 

 43 

 173 



216 



81 



Ice-house A Simple 30 



Ice Shield. An 62 



Illinois (Western) Notes.. 209 

 Illinoisian, Stray Shots by. 106 



Insect Destroyer, An 76 



Insect Remedies 128 



Insecticide Notes 187 



Insects, Injurious 117 



Insects. War Against 26 



Insects. Damaging 128 



Insects, Tweezers to Kill.. 178 



Intergrafting 14 



Iowa State Society 116 



Iron Sulphate for 5lanure . 147 



Ivy. Festoons of 195 



Ivy, Funeral Designs of... 84 

 Ivy, German, Blooming . 4i 



Ivies, Hardiness of 43 



Ixias, About 200 



J 



Japan Quince Fruit . 24 



Jerusalem Cherry, Growing 103 



Judges, Due to 196 



Juneberry, Dwarf 203 



Kainit Described 64 



Katsura. The 105 



Kitchen Walls, Painting... 181 

 Knife you Use, The 94 



Lamps, Talk About 16 



Lapageria not Blooming.. . 24 



Lawn Roller, The ... 94 



Lawn Edger, Caldwell . . . 154 



Lawn Ed^er, A 115 



Lawn Mowing Extremes.. 103 



Lawn Making at South 68 



Lawn Grass Seed, Foul ... 173 

 Lawn Mower. Care of the. . 33 



Lawn, Groups on 60 



Lawns, Fruit Trees for 110 



Lawns, Nitrate of Soda for. 71 



Law ns. Worms in 140 



Lawns Weeding 179 



Lawns, Weed Killing in 38 



Lawns. On Manuring 55 



Layering Grape-vines .... 150 



Leaf Roller Remedy 128 



Leaves for Fertilizing ... 29 

 Leaves on Flower Beds. 213 



Lesson, An Accidental 43 



Lettuce, Forcing 120 



Lettuce Forcing 81 



Lettuce, Snails Devouring. 140 

 Lettuce, Snails Destroying 146 

 Life Preserver, A . . - . . . 44 

 Lifting, Look well to Roots 204 



Lilium auratum 120 



Lilium candidum FaiUng.. 189 

 Lilium candidum Fail- 

 ing 213 221 



Lily, Wild Yellow Again. . . 94 

 Lily of the Valley in House 77 

 Lily of the Valley. Pink. . . 173 



Lily of the Palace 11 



Lily. Wild Yellow, 61 



Lily. Chinese 160 



Lilies, Cultivation of 22 



Lilies and Lilies 50 



Li'ia Beans without Poles 151 



Lindens, Two Good 60 



Looking Ahead 65 



London Purple Solution . 128 

 Lyndale, Notes from, 6, 22. 38 



Magnolias, The 92 



Magnolias, Planting 8 



Mahonia, Holly-leaved 38 



Mangoes, About 15 



Manure, Sheep 120 



Manure, Water on 5 



Manure for (Jrapes 7 



Manure, Lye and Bone 47 



Manure, Poultry, Care of. . 181 

 Manure, Liquid for House 



Plants 60 



Manure. Liquid . 221 



Manure from Poultry 293 



Manuring a Garden 188 



Manures, Bone, at South.. 110 

 Maples, .Japanese. About.. 125 



Maples, Japanese 146 



Marigolds, (poem) 214 



Marketing. Localitj^ for . . . 160 

 Massachusetts Horticultural 



Society Show 28 



Mass. Horticultural Society 79 



Mealy Bug Remedy 196 



Melons at the Soutn 72 



Mexican Custom, A Good.. 21 



Mexico, (iardens in 154 



Michigan Society Meeting. 96 

 Michigan. Apples for .. 117 



^lichigan Agri. College 169 



Mignonette, Window Box.. 50 



Milla Bulbs, Starting 63 



Mildew Remedies 186 



Mildew, Oil and Sulphur for 9 



Mildew in Grapery 140 



Mildew in Early Grapery.. 145 



Mixed Plantations 20 



Mixed Husbandry 150 



Moon, Planting by the 200 



Moon, Planting by the 180 



Monarda or Bee Balm. ... 180 



Moss Garden, A 114 



Moths and Cedar Chests. . . 121 

 Mound. An Ornamental... 194 



Mount Vernon. Weedy 194 



Muck Field? Havej^oua... 61 



Muck for Small Fruits 14" 



Mulberry for Hedge 21 



MuIbe'ry.Weepi'g. Russian 201 



Mulberries from Seed 120 



Mulching, Sawdust for ... 100 



Mulching, Benefits of 190 



Mulching With Stones . . 174 



Mulching, Sawdust for 63 



Mushroom Growing. ... 189 

 Mushrooms Preparing. ... 201 

 Mushrooms in Cellars. ... 214 



Names. Reform in 155 



Names, Simjile Catalogue , . 33 

 Names and Point of View . . 27 



Narcissus Blasting 81 



Narcissus Buds Blasting ..,63 

 Narcissus Essay. An Old. . . 25 



Nasturtium Pickles 16 



Neatness and Taste 114 



New York, Western, Meet- 

 ing 97 



Norway Spruce Windbreak 106 

 Norway Spruce for Shelter. 66 



Notes of Travel 168 



Nova Scotia Fruit Matters. 97 



Nursery Stock, Buying 117 



Nurserymen as Teachers. . . 52 

 Nurserymen's Convention. 176 

 Nurserymen's Association 161 



Nut Trees 78 



Nut Culture for Pleasure... 12 

 Nut-raising in the North . . 151 



Nuts, Trees from 6 



Nymphaja or Pond Lily. . . 211 



Offending the Little Ones.. 107 



Okra? Do you grow 39 



Okra. Fried 223 



Oleanders. Scale on 26 



Oleanders, Scale on 47 



Oleanders, Young, in Sum- 

 mer 123 



Olive, The Fragrant 200 



On a Gardener, (poem) 2!4 



Onion Land, Grubs in 120 



Onion, The 82 



Onion Patch. Productive. . 134 

 Onion Fly and Maggot ... 129 



Onion. Wild 64 



Onions, Winter, Raising... 109 



(.)nions, Blight on 24 



Onions, Winter 4 



Onions, Spring to Fall 174 



Onions in Winter 25 



Orange Trees, Scale on 26 



('(range Blossoms in Paris. . 30 

 Oranges as Window Plants 139 

 Oranges and other Citrus- 

 es: Culture 204 



Orchard, Young, Best 



Crop for 211 



Orchard, Renovating an... 25 



Orchard Sites 78 



Orchard Success 9 



Orchard Register. An 38 



Orchards, Manuring 29 



Orchards, Management of. 79 



Orchards, Hogs in 4 



Orchards, on Mis<^. Bluffs.. 86 

 Orchards, on Pruning of. . 86 



Orchards Swine in 130 



Orcharding. Failure in 



Michigan 96 



Orchids, Pacific Slope 115 



Orchids, Something about. . 43 

 Orchids in theTropics .... 35 



Oxalis, An Edible 76 



Oxalis not Blooming .. 125 



Oxalis, Dieppe's 135 



Oxalis not Blooming 160 



Oxalis, Incorrect Names.. 214 



Pfeony Buds Blasting 193 



Prt'onies. Grow Some 11 



Packing, Cork-dust for . 36 

 Packing. Infusorial Earth . . 37 

 Packages, Carting the Gift 215 



Palm, The Cocoanut.. 59 



Palms, Sunlight for 100 



Palms, Sunlight for 82 



Pansy Distinctions 180 



Pansy. On Culture of the. . 124 



Pansies Devoured 120 



Pansies, To Raise Large... 114 



Pansies in the Window 65 



Parsnips, Managing 21 



Parsnips, On Keeping 41 



Parsley Basket, A 6 



Paris (Ireen Solution 128 



Passion Flower Pruning... 320 



Patenting Fruits 115 



Peach Culture 99 



Peach Yellows llO 



Peach Yellows, Starvation 



Theory 131 



Peach Tree Pruning Ill 



Peach Orchard. Natural... 21 

 Peach Orchard Vacancies.. 37 

 Peach Selling, Fruit Exch.. 38 

 Peach not Short-lived, The. 44 



j Peach Trees, Laying Down 25 



Peach Trees, Pruning 20 



Peach Trees. Protecting.. .. 63 

 Peach Bixskets, Carrying.. 213 

 Peacli Trees in Hen Yard.. 224 

 Peach Trees, Rejuvenating 



Old 185 



Peach Trees, Training, to 



Cover 191 



Peaches, What Kills 200 



Peaches and Potash 91 



Peaches, Yellows in 44 



Peaches, Yellows in 4 



Peaches. Yellows in 82 



Peachns, Wood Ashes for. . . 72 



Peaches, Pitting . . 5 



Peaches. Treating Budded. 36 

 Peaches in West Virginia. . 140 

 Peaches in Cold Grapery.. 180 

 Peaches in West Virginia . 145 



Peaches, Early 206 



Peaches, Wood Ashes for.. 27 



Pear Blight, Preventing 91 



Pear Trees, Pruning, etc. .. 103 



Pear Trees. Unfruitful 21 



Pear Slugs 5 



Pear Blight and Culture. . . 171 



Pear Blight 154 



Pears for New York, Best. . 64 

 Pears. Bartlett, Keeping... 37 



Pears, Best Market 48 



Pears, Gathering 191 



Pea, White Everlasting 194 



Peas, Growing Green 12G 



Peas and Potatoes 134 



Peas for Seed 180 



Peas, Fall Sowing of 47 



Pelargonium Culture 146 



Pelargoniums 135 



Pennsylvania Fruit Notes. 209 

 Perennials for continuous 



Bloom 63 



Perennials, Soil for 100 



Periwinkle, Madagascar... 95 



Perillas, The 77 



Persimmons, No 193 



Petunias in the Window... 195 



Pine Pillows 45 



Pine, Swiss Stone . . 174 



Pines. Summer Pruning 



for ... 211 



Plant Auctions 14 



Plant Boxes, Casters for.. . 45 



Plant, A New Window 19 



Plant Culture under Glass . . 29 

 Plant Stand. A Reader's... 74 



Plant Management 183 



Plant Lice Remedies 186 



Plant Lice or Aphididae 128 



Plant. What to 170 



Plant, Honor to a 44 



Plant Lice 206 



Plants, Perennial 109 



Plants. Keeping over 24 



Plants. Evergreen Hardy. .. 82 



Plants, Red Spider on 82 



Plants. Tin Cans for 118 



Plants. Pot-bound 80 



Plants, Charcoal for . 10 



Plants, Well-water for .... 3 

 Plants, Soot Water for. . . . 11 



Plants, Study your 9 



Plants, CoM"Water for. ... 48 



Plants, Frosted 46 



Plants for Health 33 



Plants, Insects on 62 



Plants, Mailing 183 



Plants Improve Rapidly.... 49 

 Plants in Living Rooms. 67 

 Plants not Aristocratic . . . 7C 

 Plants. Lime Water for 52 



Plants, Taking up 218 



Plants, Wintering Tender.. 221 



Planting 119 



Planting Early 115 



Planting, Depth of 72 



Planting, Autumn 9 



Planting, Fall vs. Spring. . . 4 



Plantain Lily 50 



Plan Before Planting 83 



Planning Before You Plant 153 



Plum, Mildew on. 200 



Plum, Wild Goose. 5 



Plum Culture in far North. 126 

 Plum, Niagara or Mooney. 135 

 Plum Gouger Remedy. ... 128 



Plum, Niagara 140 



Plum, Mildew on 180 



Plum. Marianna, About.. 168 



Plum Culture 178 



Plum and Apricot Stocks.. 161 

 Plum. Wild Goose, The ... 95 



Plums, Points about 232 



Plums, Site for 76 



Poetry Wanted 11 



Poisoning from Plants 154 



Poisoning from Plants 194 



Poinsettia. The 41 



Pollen, Inlluence of 184 



Polar Flowers 26 



Polyantha Roses South ... 8 

 Pomological Division, Aid. . 65 



Pomace as Ensilage 170 



Pomace for Feed ... 214 



Pomegranate not Blooming 8 



Popcorn in England 58 



Postage Reduced 177 



Pots. Ordering 62 



Pots, Large, Evil of 60 



Potting Firm 214 



Potting Soil , Sand, etc 27 



Potato Culture, Points on. 90 



Potato Sketches 110 



Potato Rot Remedy 184 



Potatoes in Barrels 114 



Potatoes Running Out. ... 130 

 Poultry, Selection Of 32 



