INDEX. 



-A.. Page. 



Address of the president 9 



Address of Cyrus Mason at Palace Garden _ 67 



Address, Anniversary, by W. H. Anthon 7l 



American Institute, rise and progress of, by T. McElrath . . 83 



Ashes.. ...108, 362, 453 



Asparagus 109, 125 



Adamson, Rev. Dr., letter from, Cape of Good Hope 110 



do do do 184 



Apples 24:1, 255, 270, 276, 283, 296, 311, 319 



Apples, for stock _. 269 



Apples, preservation of ._ , ._ _ 388 



Ammonia 417 



Apple trees, restoring old ones _ 423 



Air and steam, relative economy of ._ __ 510, 512 



Air, compressed _ ...542, 585, 635, 640 



Air as a motive power ._ _ _ 586 



Armstrong gun _ 570 



Alcohol 617 



Alcohol, remarks on 618 to 626 



Air, compressed for railroads _ 659 



B. 

 Bunting, John A., announcement of the death of, and reso- 

 lutions _ 65, 169 



Bugs 100 



Beans 120 



Birds _. 159, 161 



Broom corn 283 



Barley _ 335 



Bark, Peruvian, seed of 422 



Bitumen, Dr. Stevens on 468 



Bricks 555, 556 



Beer cooler 657 



