Index. 



IX 



Orchids at North Easton, Mass 378 



for house-plants 84, 102 



for market-flowers 519 



hardy, for outdoor cultivation 33 



in London 454 



new garden hybrids 42 



• hybrids 226 



Orchis spectabilis 34 



Oregon autumn notes 493 



Oreopanax Jaliscana 303 



Sanderianum 54, 194 



Orpet, E. O., articles by. 18, 33, 93, 145, 



177, 206, 217, 246, 2'77, 316, 367, 394, 415, 



426, 436, 457, 467, 468, 477, 488, 497, 506, 



527> 536 



Osage Orange-tree 524 



Osmanthus aquit'olium 274 



ilicilolium 274 



Osteomeles anthyllidifolia 464 



Ostrowskia magnifica 274*, 508 



Ostrya Japonica 383* 



Virginica Japonica 383 



Oxalis bifida 8 



bifurca 8 



Bowiei 8 



caprina 6, 8 



cernua 6 



Comorensis 8 



compressa 8 



dichondraefolia 162 



filicaulis 8 



imbricata 8 



incarnata 8 



lutea 6 



Piotta2 8 



the Cape 6 



Oxydendrum arboreum 355, 450 



Preonia albiflora. 190 



a variety of 304* 



Smoutii 229 



Pa^onies, Moutan , 234 



single 357 



flowered herbaceous. 304* 



tree " 247 



Palm, Chinese or Chusan 4 



Palms, cultivated, in California 104 



Desert 535* 



in Florida 131 



Pammel, Prof. L. H., articles by. 428, 439 



Panax repens 233 



Pancratium ovatum 93 



Pandanus Baptistii 54 



Dyerianus 54 



inermis 114 



• variegatus 54 



Panicum spectabile gigantea 338 



virgatum 15 



Pansies, seeds, sowing of 328 



strains of 208 



tufted 315 



Papaver aipinum 156, 287 



glaucum 246, 288 



nudicaule 156, 287, 288, 373 



orientate 288 



Pa paw-trees 378 



Pai>hinia grandiflora 484 



Parades in Central Park 241 



Paraguay, enumeration of plants 



collected by Dr. Thomas Morong, 340 



Parish, S. B., article by 313 



Park, a glorified 293 



Algonquin 301 



Central, military parades in. 241 



the design of 331 



Mount Royal, Montreal 523 



Jackson 293, 302, 390, 419 



Lincoln, in Chicago 402 



movement in the United 



States, the 221 



Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne 168 



system, Boston's proposed 



metropolitan 61 



the Adirondack 171 



Parkinsonia Texana 433 



Parkman, Francis, death of 471 



Parks, city, and art societies 291 



landscape-art in public 191 



New England 212 



small, of Philadelphia. . .242, 248 



tender plants in public 371 



the water-front of public 421 



Parsons' pictures of Japan 127 



Parthenium lyratum 393 



Passiflora, Constance Elliott 20 



fcetida 473 



incarnata 272,283 



racemosa , 166 



Peach, Governor Garland 279 



— growing 96 



Orange Cling 520 



the Sneed 279 



trees, pruning of 150 



Peaches at the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion 398 



Montreuil 108 



Pear-blight, cause of 480 



culture 280 



Pears, Anjou 510 



cross-fertilization of 480 



Pears, late-keeping 30 



Peas, early 180 



sweet, exhibition of at 



Springfield, Massachusetts 310 



Mr.Eckford's 408 



varieties of 30S 



Pecan-nuts, cultivation of 190 



exhibits of 449 



tree, the 372 



Pelargoniums, Zonal 474 



Pella?a atropurpurea 403 



Pennisetum longistylum 338 



Pennsylvania Forest Commission. . . 262 



Horticultural Society, Chrys- 

 anthemum show of 479 



spring show of, 137 



Pentstemon Cobaea 64 



antirrhinoides 455 



Peperomia metallica 90 



Perennials, hardy, for cutting ,. 156 



for sub-tropical effect, 45 



Perezia nana 433 



Peristeria Lindeni . , 90 



Peristrophe speciosa 80 



Pernettya mucronata 140 



Perry, Curtis A., article by 258 



Persimmons, Japanese.. 12, 273, 360, 399 

 Phajus amabilis 112 



Gravesii 169 



Sanderianus 42 



tuberculosus 123 



Phalsenopsis Amphitrite 42 



Artemis 42 



grandiflora 519 



Schilleriana ' 519 



vestalis 113 



Stuartiana 519 



telraspis 226 



Philadelphus microphyllus 60 



Philageria Veitchii 29 



Phlox Bride , 229 



divaricata 222 



ovata 2S7 



Sadie 229 



subulata Atropurpurea 199 



Phoenix Senegalensis 72 



Phosphate for truit 121 



Photograph monopoly at the Co- 



lumt)ian Exposition 292, 462 



Phyllophaga quercina in lawns 357 



Physalis Aikakengi 470 



Phyteuma Charmelli 288 



Picea Ajanensis 468, 494 



bicolor 494 



Breweriana 253 



Engelmanni 458 



a fastigiate form of . . 377 



Glenhi 494 



Morinda 14, 248 



orientalis 458 



polita 468, 494 



pungens 63, 458 



glauca 394 



Sitchensis 14, 458 



Smithiana 458 



Picrasma ailanthoides 112 



guassioides 112 



Pike's Peak, botanical aspect of . . . . 452 



Pinaropappus roseus 283 



Pineapples, cultivation of 470 



Pine, the Table Mountain 204 



White, for lumber jo6 



forests of Minnesota.. 348 



in Pennsylvania .... 160 



plantation of. 69 



Pines in October, the 443 



late summer in the 382 



summer in the 314 



true, fruiting of 492 



White ir 



Pinetum at Dropmore, England 14 



at West Chester, Pennsyl- 

 vania, the 458 



Pingree, David, article by 69 



Pinks, Cyclops 395 



Pinus Austriaca 458 



Banksiana 252 



Bungeana 4 58 



contorta 252 



densifiora 458, 493 



excelsa 248 



insignis 14 



Koraiensis 458 



Lambertiana 253 



Laricio 458 



monophylla 313 



Monticola 458 



parviflora 494 



pentaphylla 494 



Peuce 458 



pumila 65, 494 



pungens 204 



Strobus nivea 458 



sylvestris 458 



Tfeda 220 



Thunbergii 468, 493 



Pinxfer-flo wer, the 230 



Pittosporum undulatum 166 



Plains, the treeless 81 



Plank, E. N., articles by 15, 162, 242, 



272, 283, 332, 392, 433, 472, 513 

 Plant certificates 9 



house, a tropical 408 



decorative, in winter 18 



Plants, experimental work in the im- 

 provement of useful 261 



for home-grounds 471 



Plants from Mexico 389 



hardy, in California 267 



in bloom - . .227, 288 



at Passaic, New Jer- 

 sey 229 



in the Columbian Ex- 

 position 289 



on the Pribyloff Islands 373 



recently discovered in China. 522 



winter flowering 18 



woody, for winter flowering. 8 



Platycarya strobilacea 343 



Platycodon grandiflorum 346 



Playgrounds, city 510 



Pleurothallis punctulata 10 



Plum, Perfection 380 



Plumb, Prof. C. S., article by. .. 126, 537 

 Plumbago Canensis 8, 320 



Lady Larpent's 370 



Larpentse 199 



rosea-coccinea 8 



Plums at the Columbian Exposition 398 



for the cold north 526 



Japanese 194 



Poa Letterinani 453 



Podachjjonium Andinum go 



Podocarpus macrophylla 474 



Nageia 474 



pectinata 54 



Poems of nature 509 



Poinciana regia 445 



Poinsettias 18, ig, 367, 506 



Poisonous plants in the United 



States 150 



Polemonium coeruleum 257 



humile, a form of 453 



reptans 257 



Pollen, impotency of 



Polygonum cuspidatum 392 



polyslachyum 464 



bachalinense 333, 392, 428 



varieties of 141 



Poly podium vulgare 207 



Polystichium angulare proliferum. 367 



Ponds, heating for water-lilies 398 



Poppies, Iceland, double-flowered. 326 



Oriental 257 



the Shirley 288 



the Tulip 288 



Poppy, Blush Queen 245 



Popufus angustitolia 452 



Euphratica 330 



Monticola 190 



suaveolens 404 



tremula villosa 404 



Porter, Prof. Thomas C, article by.. 204 



Potash in agriculture 189 



salts for Pine-trees 340 



Potato exhibit at the Columbian Ex- 

 position 409 



Potatoes, a test of fungicides upon 297* 



from Norfolk 300 



grown under a mulch 400 



relation of yield to weight of 



tuber planted 126, 200 



second crop of 82 



Potentilla glabra 140 



grandiflora 156 



tridentata 288 



Powell, E. P., articles by 10, 45, 168, 



244. 307 



Pratt, H. G., article by 528 



Preparatory autumn work 375 



Pribyloff Islands, plants on the 373 



Price, Miss S. F., articles by 99, 403 



Primroses as house-plants 477 



blue 164 



Chinese, at the Columbian 



Fair 94 



Primula calycantha 90 



capitata , 395 



Chinese 102 



denticulata 217 



nivalis 217 



Forbesii 124, 508, 537 



glutinosa 47 



imperialis 350 



obconica grandiflora 186 



Poissoni 334 



rosea 217 



Primulas, Chinese 18 



hardy 186 



cultivation of 307 



Pringle, C. G., articles by.. 172, 182, 203, 



223, 242, 263, 283, 303 



Privet, the fruits of 508 



Prosopis iuliflora 503 



Prospect Park, Brooklyn, the battle- 

 ground in 26* 



Protection of plants in spring 244 



in winter 226,518 



Pruning shrubs 251 



Prunus Avium . . 467 



Caroliniana 162 



Davidiana 200, 370 



demissa 313, 368 ^ 



Grayana 194' 



Lawrocerasus 227 



Maximowiczii 193* 



Mume 193 



Padus 194 



pendula 193 



praecox 90 



Pseudo-cerasus 193 



pumila 15, 389 



Salzeri 90 



serotina, weeping variety of . 377 



Prunus Simonii 206 



Ssiori 154 



subhirtella 193 



triflora 194 



Pseudolarix Kicmpferi 382 



Pseiidotsuga taxifolia 14 



Ptelea angustifolia 242 



trifoliata 15, 242 



Pteris Cretica 367 



albo-lineata 367 



magnifica 367 



cristata 54 



hastata 367 



Regina 54 



semi-pi nnata .... 367 



tremula 367 



variegata 54 



Pterocarya rhoifolia 342 



Pterostyrax corymbosum 273 



hispidum 260, 273, 377 



Ptychoraphis Augusta 54, 454 



Public grounds, improvement and 



care of 371 



Pueraria Thunbergiana...227, 350, 504=1= 



Purdy, Carl, articles by 35, 106, 159, 



258, 408, 497, 498 



Puschkinia scilloides 218 



Putnam's Wolf-den, Pomfret, Con- 

 necticut 212* 



Pyrethrum roseum 156 



Pyrethrums 268 



cultivation of 277 



Pyrus angustifolia flore-pleno 59 



arbutifolia, the fruits of 507 



aucuparia 213 



baccata 231 



gracilis 213 



Japonica alba 206 



atropurpurea 206 



cardinalis 205 



rosea 206 



lanata 213 



Malus floribunda 231 



Maulei 206 



Miyabei 214 



Parkmani 232 



sambucifolia 213 



Sinensis 214 



spectabilis 231 



Toringo 214, 231 



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Queen's Cottage at Kew 463!* 



Quercus acuta 385 



coccinea spiendens 455 



crispula 385 



cuspidata 385 



Daimio 383 



densiflora 182, 199 



dentata 377, 383*, 469 



pinnatifida 384 



Durandii 372, 524 



germana 203 



gi'va 385 



glandulitera 385 



glauca 385 



grosseserrata 385 



Macedonica > 90 



Mongolica 385 



Aluhlenbergii 499 



Schochiana 90 



. serrata 385 



undulata Gambelii 452 



variabilis 385 



Virginiana, Chelsea Planta- 

 tion, Beaufort County, S. C 2* 



Quince, history of the 420 



Radish, Ne Plus Ultra 227 



Railroad station gardens in Cali- 

 fornia 413 



Raisin grapes, Californian 265 



Rand, Edward L., article by 105 



Ranunculus Carpaticus 55 



Lyallii 464 



Rape-plant for fodder 290 



Raspberries and blackbeiTies, cul- 

 tivation of 466 



autumn bearing 466 



crop of 347 



cultivation of 169 



of in Indiana 346 



diseases of 486 



harvesting and evaporating. 368 



varieties of 176 



winter protection of 168, 428 



Ravenala Madagascariensis 306 



Recreations in botany 449 



Red Bud, American 474 



Chinese 474* 



Regina alba 290 



Reinwardtia trigyna 8, 536 



trigyna 536 



Renanthera matutina 326 



Retinospora ericoides 378 



obtusa 468 



pisifera 378 



