Index. 



Roses, propagation of 200 



stock for grafting 12 



under glass 240 



Rothrock, Prof. J. T-, articles by. .69, 94 



Rubus Canadensis 336 



deliciosus 336 



hispidus 336 



malifolius 566 



Nutkanus 336 



occidentalis 395 



odoratus 336 



phcenicolasius 422 



simplex 566 



strigosus 396 



triflorus 336 



. trivialis 363 



Rudbeckia bicolor 443 



hirta 182, 255 



Ruellia macrantha 624 



varieties of 624 



Rural improvements, the money 



value of 37 



Russell, L. W., articles by 130, 231 



Russellia juncea 4 



Russian apples, the quality of.. 487 542 

 Rye and Wheat hybrids 434 



Sabal Adansoni 480 



Blackburniana in, 480 



Mexicana 631 



Palmetto 631 



species 356 



Sabbatia angularis 255,607 



chloroides 394, 412 



Saccolabium bellitium 525 



Hendersonianum 444 



Sagittaria Chinensis 313 



Japonica 480 



Montevidensis 480 



Salix adenophylla 370 



aurea 225 



balsamifera 144 



lasiandra 268 



laurifolia 465, 476 



rosmarinifolia 464, 487 



Salsify root, rot of 576 



Salvia azurea grandiflora 574 



coccinea 433 



hians 326 



splendens 574 



splendens, Ingenieur Cla- 



venad 300 



Salvinia natans 480 



Sambucus Canadensis 263, 346 



glauca 508 



racemosa 225, 263 



Sanchezia glaucophylla 252 



nobilis variegata 252 



Sapindus acuminatus 362 



Sarcopodium Godseffianum 416 



Sargent, C. S. , articles by, 16,39, 63, 124, 



164, 186, 187, 236, 248, 260,296, 331, 332, 



344, 355, 356, 404. 4 l6 , 452, 476, 488, 524, 



55i 



Sargenlia Greggii 362, 411 



Sarracenia Clay toni 429 



decora 29 



Drummondii 334, 456 



Drummondii alba 456 



flava 334, 456 



purpurea 264, 456 



psittacina 456 



rubra 456 



variolaris 456 



Wrigleyana 29 



Satyrium membranaceum 18, 1 83 



princeps 18 



Saul, John, article by 195 



Saururus cernuus 334 



Saxifraga erosa 368 



leucanthemifolia 367 



Mertensiana 274 



Stracheyi .... 200 



Saw Fly, the Rose , 151 



Scabiosa Caucasica 325 



Scaphosepalum pulvinare 633 



Scenery, the preservation of natural 257, 



„ , ■ ^ 3I7 ' 354 

 Schinus Fagara 186 



Schizophragma integrif olia 566 



Schomburgkia lepidissima 18 



School-gardens 195 



grounds, planting of 71 



Schools and gardening, our 387 



horticultural 42 



Schubertia grandiflora. . . .368, 445, 452* 



graveolens 368 



Science, the language of 461 



Scilla Anti-Taurica 169 



bifolia 169 



Clusii 478 



Peruviana 478 



trifolia 169 



Scirpus Eriophorum 444 



Scolopendrium vulgare 444, 471 



Sedum Nevii 3n 



Oreganum 382 



pulchellum 348 



ternatum 274, 367 



Seed, earliness with unripe. 355, 392,427 



growing 116 



sowing 6, 33, 92, 289 



Seeds of trees, selection of 589 



Selenipedium caudatum 284* 



Weidlicheanum 634 



Senecio Ghiesbreghti 574 



Japonicus 326 



■ macroglossus 19 



mikamoides 19 



Sephrosia Virginiana 204 



Sequoia forests ot the Sierra Nevada 570 



giant groves of the, 365, 377, 400, 



412, 450 



gigantea 570* 



' gigantea pendula 72 



sempervirens 235 



Shaftesbury as a tree-planter 411 



Shaler, N. a., Prof., article by 57 



Shepherdia Canadensis 145 



Shinn, Charles H., articles by, 46, 122, 

 211, 271, 307, 426 



Shortia galacifolia 228, 255 



Shrubs and trees, early blooming. . 225 



— and trees, winter notes on... 143 



deciduous, use of 270 



drought-enduring 486 



— exotic, in Canada 75 



■ flowering, in England 272 



for dry places 447 



for parks 498 



hardy 168, 296 



hardy, for florists' use 423 



native, in winter 147 



of California 198, 378 



on tree borders 456 



ornamental 553 



wild flowering 463 



Sicana atropurpurea 596 



odorifera 596 



spherica 219 



Sihlwald, the 374, 386,* 397 



Silene alpestris 337 



inflata 325 



Pennsylvania 250 



stellata ...... 372 



Silk cotton-tree, the 34«,* 532 



Silphium terebinthinaceum 420 



Silva of New England, an early 171 



Siphocampylos Humboldtianus.. . . 529 



Sisal hemp 136 



Sisyrinchium striatum 408 



Skimmea Formani 30 



Skinner, F., article by 171 



olade, Daniel D., article by 330 



Smilacina stellata 274 



Smith, Benjamin G., article by 541 



Smith, J. B., Professor, articles by. . 30, 

 88, 192, 326, 343, 451, 535, 548, 560 



Smut in Wheat 520 



Snowdrops 145 



Sobralia Lo wii 584 



macrantha 175 



Sanderse 621 



Wilsoniana 584 



xantholeuca 72 



Societies, city improvement 401 



Solanacese, the 364 



Solanum jasminoides 204 



ciliatum macrocarpum 4 



glaucum 16, 150 



macranthum 107 



■ pensile 29 



■ Rantonetii 16 



tuberosum esculentum 200 



Wendlandii 260 



Solidago Drummondii 563 



fructicosa 607 



humilis 595 



lanceolata 466 



latifolia 466 



nemoralis 595 



odora 466 



Ohioensis 595 



puberula.. . . 466 



Riddellii 595 



rugosa 595 



speciosa 56o,*595 



uliginosa 466 



ulmifolia 595 



Soldanella minima 460 



Sophora secundiflora 362 



Sophro-Cattleya, var. Calypso 622 



Sorghum Halepense 124 



Sparmannia Africana 203 



Sparrow, the English 256, 625 



Sphceralcea acerifolia 323 



Emoryi 451 



Sphcerella Fragariae 142 



Spigelia Marilandica 348 



Spirasa ariaef olia 370 



Aruncus 204 



astilboides 228 



bullata 326 



callosa 371 



discolor 370, 603 



Douglasii 371 



Kamtschatika 30 



Millefolium 370 



Nobleana 371 



prunifolia 544 



sorbif oha 370 



Thunbergii 75 



Spiraeas 228, 487 



Spiranthes cernua 607 



gracilis 607 



Sports 162 



Spraying trees 544 



Spring garden, the, 145, 156, 169, 192, 221 



Spring or fall planting 1 507 



Spruce, a California 63* 



Pine 295 



the Florida 402 



the Douglas 206, 589 



the Sitka 206 



Stafford, J. M„ article by 81 



Stapelia gigantea 179, 226 



Stapelias ... 179 



Staphylea Colchica 500 



Mexicana 362 



Statice rosea 4 



Statices 238 



Steironema ciliatum 204 



Stellaria pubera 274 



Stephanandra flexuosa. ........ 464, 503 



Sterculia platanifolia 212 



St. Germain, parterres in the park 



of 294* 



Stigmaphyllon ciliatum 336 



Stillingia sanguinolenta 363 



Stocks, Ten Weeks 289 



Strawberries 346, 347, 412, 516 



an artificial flavor of 519 



in Canada 151 



Strawberry blight 142, 448 



culture 141 



improving the 355 



plants in autumn, setting. . . . 541 



some adaptations in the 189 



Street trees 137 



in Paris 160 



planting 278 



rights of owners to. . . . 340 



Strelitzia Reginse 69 



Streptocarpus 190 



■ Dunnii 30, 261, 608* 



Kewensis 609 



lutea 30 



Rexii 30, 191 



Saundersii 190 



Watsoni 608 



Strong, W. C, articles by 10,382 



Stryx Dubo 626 



■ passerina 625 



Sturtevant, E. Lewis, M.D., articles 



by 355. 434 



Stylophorum diphyllum 240 



Sty rax grandiflora 295 



Japonica 465, 553 



bassia 553 



Suaeda diffusa 632 



Sugar Beet in the United States, the 



cultivation of the 460 



Cane, seeds of 124 



production of, in the world . . 131 



Sweet Alyssum, Little Gem 433 



Sweet Gum, the cork wings on 195 



Sycamore, the blight of the 325 



Symphoricarpos occidentalis 296* 



racemosus ... , 145 



vulgaris 102, 529 



Sy mplocos crafaegoides 529 



paniculatus 529 



racemosus 529 



Syntharys reniformis 227 



Syringa Amurensis 322 



Chinensis 322 



Japonica 322, 340 



Josikaea 322 



oblata 322 



Pekinensis 164,* 454 



Persica 322 



gubescens 322 

 ibirica 322 



villosa 322 



vulgaris 322 



flore pleno 322 



Tacca artocarpifolia 152 



Tacsonla Buchanani 336 



Exoniensis 335 



Van Volxemi 335 



Talinum teretifolium 394 



Tamarac, the 60 



Tamarind, the 123 



Tamarix Amurensis 168, 486 



tetrandra 76 



Tapeinotes bicolor 190 



Tapiscra Sinensis 566 



Taplin, W. H., articles by . ... 31, 68, 90, 



102, 156, 168, 190, 215, 240,252,311,335, 



34 8 . 383, 39 6 . 409. 420, 432, 456, 479, 492, 



502, 529, 552, 576, 586, 610 



Taxodium distichum 21,57 



Sinense 2 



Tea, compressed or tablet 327 



Tecoma Capensis 4, 15 



grandiflora 392,* 411, 436 



radicans 436 



Smithii ; . . 29 



stans 4 



Telekia spinosissima 326 



Temple, F. L., articles by 170, 553 



Terminalia Buceras 355 



Thalictmm Chelidonii 633 



Delavayii 632 



purpurascens 334 



Thamnopteris Australasica 432 



Thamnosma montanum 451 



Thermopsis Caroliniana 241, 334 



Thomas, J. J., articles by 71, 565 



Thorn Evergreen, the 102 



Washington, the 102 



Thorpe, John, articles by 92, 94, 181, 



192, 289, 457, 589 



Thurber, Dr. George, article by 104 



death of 173 



Thuya gigantea 494, 631 



occidentalis 60 



Tigridia buccifera , 324 



Pringlei 30, 394 



Tilia Americana 631 



euchlora 430 



Henryana 566 



Mexicana 362 



Miqueliana 566 



Oliverii 566 



Tuan 566 



Tillan dsia amethystina 332 



usneoides 81 



Tilletia f cetens 520 



Tritici 520 



Timber cutting in Quebec, system- 

 atic 601 



lands, wasteful mismanage- 

 ment of 462 



wasteful methods of cutting. 378 



Todea superba , 103 



Tomatoes, Dwarf Champion 276 



cultivation of 96 



Torrey-tree, the 222 



Trachelospermum jasminoides 16 



Trade unionism for gardeners 141 



Tradescantia Virginica 310,368 



Transplanting 253 



large trees 196 



Treat, Mrs. Mary, articles by.. 206, 442, 

 463, 524, 534, 546 



Tree planting 69 



Planting and Fountain Society 



of Brooklyn 401 



Trees and shrubs, early blooming. . 225 



winter notes on 143 



comparative liability of, to 



disease 176 



— ■ deciduous, use of 270 



drought-enduring 475 



early blooming 225 



hardy 168, 296 



hardiness of 589 



improvement of 521 



■ ignorance with regard to 558 



in drought, the treatment of.. 426 



in Kansas 583 



in spring 282 



in towns. 574 



labels for 508 



notes on 298 



— ■ — of Persia 270 



of the city of Washington. . . . 578 



ornamental 553 



North American, notes on .. 186, 



260, 331, 344, 355 



planting street 278 



preparation for planting 449 



selecting the seeds of 589 



spraying 544 



street 137 



in Paris 160 



■ rights of owners to 340 



tender 205 



thick planting of shade 352 



thinning 545 



transplanting large 196 



Trelease, Professor Wm., articles 



by — 195,344.351 



Triana, Dr. J., death of 592 



Trichomanes pluma 117 



radicans 103 



reniforme 432 



Trichopilia punctata 368 



Tricker, William, articles by . . . 55, 324, 

 372, 469, 493, 542, 553 



Tricyrtis hirta 563 



Trillium erectum 182, 240, 368 



erythrocarpum 320, 367 



grandiflorum .. 182, 215, 320, 367, 



466 



nivale 192 



ovatum 215, 466 



sessile 227, 250 



var. Californicum.320,* 466 



stylosum 215, 466 



Tripthleps insidiosus 439 



Triteleia uniflora 205, 208 



Tritonia crocosmiaeflora 442 



Tritonias 442, 600 



Trollius Americanus 636 



Asiaticus 468, 636 



Caucasicus 636 



Europaeus 216, 468, 636 



Japonicus 216, 468, 636 



Iaxus 216, 228, 636 



Tschihatheff, Pierre, death of 604 



Tsuga Pattoniana 197, 494 



Tuileries garden, Paris 98 



Tulare County, Cal., groves of Se- 

 quoias in 365, 377, 400, 412, 450 



Tulipa ciliatula 313 



Greigi „ 141 



Tulip-tree from seed 147 



tree in China 49 



Tulips 260 



Tupelo-tree 485,* 524 



Turnips for autumn 373 



Typha latifolia 632 



