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INDEX. 



Page. 

 Hogg on the trees of tbe Bible and the 



classics 672 



Hominy 199 



Honey affected by light 310 



Hops , 114, 209 



how te save the expense of poles .... 24 



Horse flesh as food 480 



Horses, cure for scratches in 37 



training of, to step high 87 



Horticultural Association oflBcers 606 



proceedings of. . 606-723 



Hotbeds, a cheap substitute for 269 



Hydraulics 337 



Hydrocarbon, a new 447 



Hydrochloric acid 336 



Hydrogen as fuel 313 



I. 



Ice, production of 438 



Imphee 339 



Imports at New York 460 



Incandescence 603 



Iridium, the metal 324, 422 



Initial strains in guns 545 



Ink used by Arabs 447 



Insects 142, 167, 608, 618 



how to send by mail 137 



Iodide of silver 390 



Iowa as a wool producing State 166 



plants 124 



Iron as a fertilizer 251 



cast 547, 661 



letter 455 



plates, protection of 438 



strength of 471 



strengthening cast 379 



Irrigation 238 



Island, movable 340 



Isothermal line of peaches 264 



J. 



Jersey City water works, pipe 



Jersey green sand . . . , 



Johnstown, glove making at . . 

 Juniper 



337 

 363 

 309 

 675 



X. 



Kentucky blue grass 126 



Kirkwood's deductions 349 



Kolinski fur 392 



L 



Lakes in Tennessee, how formed . .\ 



Lamp for petroleum 



Lard, how to extract from cracklings 



Land, removing sod impoverishes 



Lands public, extent of 



Liingdon cultivator 



Lead, erosion of 



Leaves, how to preserve their colors 



Leg, artificial ; 



Leghorn liats 



Leroy's French fruit 



report of committee on, 



Light from fixed stars 



Liglithouse of Cape Cod 



Lightning rods , . ... 



Light of the Curcuj'os 



produced by rapid dilations 



Lima beans, how to raise 



Lime as a manure 



Lime tree • 



Long Island, cheap lands on 



503 

 569 

 171 

 184 

 580 

 184 

 396 

 287 

 394 

 401 

 636 

 658 

 403 

 600 

 332 

 396 

 604 

 187 

 193 

 678 

 IBS 



Page. 

 Loom, a new , 338 



for one of the nobility 596 



M. 



Magnetic action 495 



Magnetism of iron and steel shavings . . • • 496 



Maguay plant in California 25 



Maine laws, water and shade trees 29 



Manure 34, 82, 425 



storing of, under cover 77 



Manuring strawberries 36 



Maple, formation of sap in the '. . 138 



sugar . .' 294 



Market gardens of N. J 403 



Mariotts law 327 



Maritime commerce 464 



Marl, its value 197 



Marsh gas acting on metalic oxides ...... 364 



Martin fur 391 



Maryland, emigration to, 67, 87, 100, 153, 167 



lands and climate of 174 



Matches, Japanese 489 



substitute for phosphorus on. .. . 345 



Mead on the preservation of fruit 641 



strawberry 621 



Meadows, how to restore 186 



spoil 126 



Meat, consumption of in cities 157 



preserving of 56 



Measure worm, account of 700 



Megass, a disinfectant 309 



Melodeons 523 



Mcrritt's tree protector 225 



Metalic coatings 447 



Metals in Michigan 580 



separation of 469 



solid and melted 594 



Metamorphoses in fishes 496 



Michigan for sheep farms 269 



marshes, how to seed . 27 



Millett for sheep 229 



Mineral waters 423 



Mines, steam power in 440 



Mining machinery, ancient 440 



Mink fur 393 



Minnesota, farming in 268 



Mirrors, silvering of 493 



Missouri, inforination for emigrants 200 



Molecular forces 604 



structure 363 



Moles 52 



Moonlight, increased growth of plants in, 69 



Monsters, productions of 324 



Mordant, a new 470 



Motor, gunpowder as a 448 



Z.iuck, its value as a manure. . . 165, 185, 195 



Mulberry , 680 



Mustc, as an agent 492 



theory of 519 



Musical instruments 622, 536 



reeds 325 



Muskrat fur 384 



Must, extraction of 42* 



N. 



Needham's pneumatic way 572 



Nerves restored 357 



New .Jersey, cropS, climate and lands, 194, 218 



Nitrate of soda as a manure 6S 



Nitroglycerin 344 



Nitrous oxide producing ammonia 594 



Nycc's fruit preservatory 271, 281 



