636 [Assembly 



I. 

 Ice houses, 374 



Importance of veterinary art and science, , 61 



Improvement in American telescopes, by A. Fitz, 103 



Improvement of the mind, , 443 



Improving potatoes, 287 



Indian corn, 119, 128, 424 



Insects in plants,. 141 



J. 



Japan, notes on, by R. L. P., 25 



Japan pea, 338 



K. 

 King birds and bees, 242 



M. 



Madder, 173 



Manure, and its application, 474, 540 



Manures, proper depth for burying them, 176 



Materials for making paper, 338 



Mechanics' club, 563 



comparison between the British and Russian 



rijle, 579 



gunnery, cause of a projectile, 582 



rifle and expanding rifle shot, 572 



rules and regulations, , 563 



Microscope, by G. W. Leonard, 109 



Microscopic existence, 109 



Mushrooms, . 469 



N. 



New harvester, 233 



kind of grass, 454 



Notes on Japan, by R. L. P., 25 



the rural economy of Switzerland, by Hon. N. Bur- 

 chard, 33 



