INDEX. 



371 



Manures, Green Crops as 37 



Peruvian Guano . . - 34 



Preparing Guano, Etc 38 



Hops, iiefuse 33 



Horn Shavings.. 34 



Horse 33 



Lime 42 



Marl 42 



Muck 40 



Night Soil .- 35 



Plaster-- 43 



Poudrette --- 40 



Salt as 40 



Sugar-house Scum 34. 



Whalebone, Refuse 34 



Men Suited to G ardening 13 



Monthly Calendar, January .. 358 



February 360 



March '. 360 



April 362 



May 362 



June 363 



July 364 



August 365 



September 366 



October 367 



November 367 



December 369 



Number of Plants to an Acre. 113 

 Plants for Frames, When to 



Sow 44 



Plants propagated from Cut- 

 tings, Do they Vary ?. _ 273 



Profits of Gardening 20 



Rosebuds, Boston 273 



Rosebuds, Madison 273 



Seeds and Seed Raising 89 



Cabbage become Annual. 105 

 California, Seed Growing 



in '- 91 



Celery, Success in Sowing &4 



Failing to Germinate 94 



Feet, Use of, in Sowing .. 93 

 "Firming" the Soil over 



Seeds 98 



How, When and Where to 



Sow 103 



Indiscriminate Sowing ... 103 

 Quantity to Sow an Acre . Ill 

 Quantity for a Given Num- 

 ber of Plants 113 



Soaking of 95 



Soil for Sowing 107 



Sown in Dry Weather . . . 94 



Testing 89 



Vitality of, Duration of . - 92 

 Wrongly Blaming the 



Seedsmen 104 



Situation of Garden 24 



SMALL FRUITS. 



Blackberries 334 



Culture of 325 



Kittatinuy 336 



Lawton 386 



Wilson's Early. 336 



Currants.. o39 



Black 339 



Cherry 339 



Fay 339 



Red Dutch 339 



White Dutch 339 



Gooseberries 339 



Downing 340 



Houghton 340 



Grapes.. 340 



Age of Vines 340 



Planting 343 



Brighton - 343 



Champion 343 



Concord 344 



Martha 343 



Moore's Early 343 



Niagara.. 343 



Salem 343 



Wilder 343 



Raspberries 336 



Covering in Winter 333 



Brinkle's Orange 337 



Caroline---.,-.. ..-- 337 



Cuthbert 337 



Gregg (Black-cap) 337 



Hansell 337 



Hudson River Antwerp . . . 337 



Strawberries, Forcing 81 



Forcing, Kinds for 83 



Layering in Pots 327 



Open Culture 325 



Strawberries, Varieties of 328 



Bidwe.ll 332 



Crescent 333 



Crimson Cluster 329 



Downing 332 



Henderson 328 



Hoffman 332 



Jersey Queen 333 



Jewell 333 



Parry 333 



Sharpless 832 



Wilson 333 



Soil, Preparation of 31 



Resting the 110 



Selection of 25 



"Sports". 273 



Southern States, When to Sow 



and Plant in 311 



Asparagus 311 



Beans .. ..311 



