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Rhubarb 170, 203 



Pew 17.' 



Hot-beds 175 



Original Recipe 176 



Cooking Vegetables ITS 



Fanners, take a Hint 1 -.' 



Mixing Paint and Laying it on 1S4 



Garden Weeds 1 89 



Lucerne 191 



Family Government 192 



List of Flowers, Seeds, and Fruita. ... 193 



Garden Seeds 196 



Farmers' Gardens 199 



Early Days of Spring 201 



Parlor Flowers 202 



Recipe 208 



Culture of Celery 204 



Sun-flower Seed 212 



Rich and Poor Land 216 



Getting ready for Winter 217 



feculent Vegetables. 219 



Field Root Crops 225 



Cultivation of Fruit-treea 226 



* List of Choice Fruita 283 



The Nursery Business 241 



The Breeding of Fruits 244 



Pruning Orchards 249 



Slitting the Bark of Trees 252 



Downing'* Fruita of America 254 



Letter from A. J. Downing 2G1 



Attention to Orchards . . 266 



Wine and Horticulture 268 



Do Varieties of Fruit Run out ? 271 



Strawberries 275, 281, 286 



Raspberries, Gooseberries, Currants . . 2S6 



Spring Work in the Orchard 2S9 



Grapes and Grape Vines 294, 295 



Autumnal Management of Fruit-treea. 396 

 Pears Grafted upon the Apple Stock . 21*8 



Seedlings from Budded Peaches 800 



Care of Peach-tree* 803 



Renovating Peach-trees 304 



An Apologue or Apple-logue 306 



Select List of Apples 807 



Origin of some varieties of Fruit 823 



The Quince 826 



Cutting and Keeping Grafts 826 



Frost Blight 827 



Seedling Fruits 829 



Time for Pruning 833 



Plums and their Enemies 835 



Root Grafting 33U 



Blight and Insects 841 



Apples for Hogs 846 



The Flower Garden 847 



Preparation of Seed for Sowing 851 



Sowing Flower Seeds Transplanting. 853 

 Parlor Plants and Flowers in Wint . 



Protecting Plants in Winter 3C1 



To Preserve Dahlia Roots 862 



Hedges 863 



Watering Trees, etc 865 



Labels for Trees SCO 



Transplanting Evergreens 8G7 



Flowers, Ladies and Angels 868 



Horticultural Curiosities 369 



The Corn Crop 373 



Potato Crop 3Si 



Potting Garden Plants for Winter Use 890 



Mary Hewitt's Use of Flowers 391 



What are Flowers good for 392 



The Blight in the Pear-tree 393 



Progress of Horticulture in Indiana. . 411 



Browne's Poultry Yard 417 



Close of the Year ... . . 420 



