VI 



Index. 



Iris Paliestina 6 



pallida Dalmatica 236 



Parvar 225 



reticulata Krela^ei 75 



Ri)senbachiana 146 



rul.iro-marf»inata 196 



Siiidjarensis 176 



vulgaris 266 



xipliioides 265 



Irises, notes on 246 



American 286 



Californian 428 



Oiicncyclus 416 



Irrip;ation in Kansas 518, 520 



New England 496 



New Jersey. 518 



of orchards in New York.... 236 



Isotonia longiflora 368 



Ixias, cultivation of 167, 177, 507 



J 



Jack, J. G., articles by 6, 15, 45, 222, 



243. 323. 344 



Jackson Park, Cliicas;o 300 



Jacobinia magnifica 6 



Jasminum. new species 153 



nudiflorum 118, 153 



Jatj-opha podagrica 104 



Johnson, J. E., article by 108 



Jup;lans rupestris 13 



Juneberries, dwarf 500 



Jimiperua pachyphloea 13 



Virginiana 61* 



K 



Kale, Jersey 430 



Kalniia cuncafa 434* 



latifolia myrtifolia 315* 



transplanting..., 347 



Keffer, Prof. Charles A., articles 



by 12, 32, 53, 62, 83, 112, 122, 132, 



142, 152, 163, 182 



Kellogg, George J., article by 298 



Kelsey, Frederick W., article by. . . 319 



Kentia Belmoreana 488 



Kentucky Coffee Tree for western 



planting 122 



Kerria Japonica 104 



Kew, picturesque scenery at 503 



Kimball, William S., death of 140 



Klugia Notoniana 4 



Knight, Thomas Andrew, sketch of 512, 



520 



Kniphofia aloides 435 



Natalensis- 23, 327 



Nelsoni 477 



pauciflorn , 276, 327 



Knot-weed, the Saghalin 67 



Kcclreuterias 280 



I. 



Lactuca Canadensis 223 



Ludoviciana 223 



Lcelia anceps 517 



autumnalis 17, 54 



piirpurata 54 



Laclias, cultivation of 17 



Laslio-Cattleya callistoglossa ignes- 



cens 4S3 



Ingram! 504 



I.agerstrccmia Flos Reginas 479 



• Indica 457 



Lake Keuka vineyards 408 



Lakes, disappearance of western.. 482 



La Mance, Lora S., articles by.. 98, 179, 



329, 389 



Lamourouxia Pringlei 273 



Landscape and utility 2 



art in the militai-y parks 4S1 



gardening 2, m, 199, 241, 271, 



30S, 361, 391 



work,overcrowdingin.28, 291, 311 



Lantana delicatissima 428 



Lapagcria rosea 216 



Larcli, an enemy of, on the High 



Alps .'.. 23S 



substitutes for 483 



Lasthenia glatirata 256 



Lathyrus latifolius 327 



splendens 327 



Lawson, George, death of 490 



Leaves, autumnal changes in. ..383, ^^92 



— autumn color of 462 



Ledger, Mr. Charles, sketch of 520 



Legislation against plant pests 41 



Lcichtlin, Max, articles by. . 188, 327, 477 



Leiophyllum 493 



Lemons in southern California 168 



Leonotis Leonurus 437 



Leptosyne gigantea 47g 



Leschenaultia biloba major 234 



Lespedeza bicolor 334 



Sieboldii 446 



Lettuce, cultivation of 46 



forcing 138, 270 



Lettuces, Cos 90 



Leucojum vernum 134 



Leucothoe racemosa 463 



Leucothoe acuminata 479 



Leucothoes 492 



Lewisia rediviva 218 



Loycestci'ia formosa 3S0 



Licuala gi'andis 466, 488 



Ligustruin Ibota 285 



ovalifolium 315 



Lilac, Souvenir de L. Sprith 234 



Lilacs, notes on 224 



. -for I'orcing 157 



in tlie Arnold Arboretum.. 230, 238 



Lilies 7, 17, 115, 276, 426 



Easter 136 



Japanese 394 



Luther Burbank's hybrid.... 328 



Lilium, Alexandrje 115 



auratum 17 



and varieties 115 



Coliimbianum 277 



croceum 277 



elegans, forms of 37 



Gray) 17 



— Henry i .. .7, 115, 254, 396 



Ncpalense 7 



Philadelphicum 17 



testa ceum 277 



Wallace! 17 



Wallichianum superbum.. .7, 115 



Lily, Melpomene 438, 478 



of the Valley, Fortin's variety 205 



Limnocharis Plumieri 333 



Linaria Daimatica.. 397 



Lindera Benzoin 174 



in eastern Asia 500 



Liparis liliifolia 422 



— Lo^selii 283, 422 



Lijjpia citriodora 180 



Liquidambar styraciHua 440, 446 



Liriodendron tulipifera 364 



Litsea geniculata 374* 



Littonias 317 



Lobelia heterophylla 358 



Locust, the Black, in the west... 62, 503 



— ■ — the Honey, in tlie west 112 



Lodeman, E. G., articles by.. 159, ^36, 



^39S 



London, open spaces in 10 



Lonicera flava 274 



f ragrantissi ma 25 



Hiidebrandii 263 



orientalis - .... 405 



Rupreclitiana 296 



seinpervirens 346 



Standishii 25 



Sullivantii 274 



Lotus in Egypt, the Sacred 378 



peliorhynchus . 290 



Lour^'^a campanula fa 14 



Lowe, Victor H., article by 314 



Luculia gratissima ". 17 



Luddemannia triloba 483 



Ludwigia alternifolia 362 



Luffa cylindrica 41S 



Lumber industry in Maine, the 300 



meaning of 100 



Lumbermen and forestry 102 



Lyall, Dr. David, death of 310 



Lycaste Skinneri 156 



Lychnis Chalcedonica 397 



Cceli-rosea 314 



vesperttna 367 



Lycopsis arvensis 214 



Lycoris squamigera 84 



Lyonothamnus fior ibiindus. 479 



Lysimachia clethrioiiles 3-^7 



Lythrum Salicaria ..278, 330 



MacElwec, Prof. Alexander, article 



l>y 475 



MacMillan, William, paper by 82 



Magnolia Campbelli 153 



glauca 493 



hypoleuca 161 



macrophylla 161* 



parviflora 170 



stellata 195 



the Swamp 260 



Magnolias as garden plants . . . 161*, 166 



Malope malacoides 305 



Malva alcea 367, 397 



' fastigiata 314 



Manning, J. Woodward, articles by 366, 

 396, 406 



Manure, stable, value of 90 



Maple, the Norway 450 



the Striped 396 



trees, sap of 150 



Maples, Japanese, in California.... 302 



Marantas 407 



Maricacosrulea J46 



Marsilia quadrifolia 304 



Martinezia carvota^folia 466 



Masdevallia Forgetiana 454 



melanoxantha 144 



Massey. Prof. W. F., article bv 3S5 



Maurandia Earclavana '. 117 



Maxillaria Lindcnire 124 



■ sanguinea 144 



Medics in Texas 193 



Meehan, Joseph, articles by. 118, 217, 518 



Mellichamp, J. H., articleljy 139 



Mertensia Virginica iqg, 207 



Mesembryantiiemum pomeridia- 

 num , 256 



Mexican travel, notes on 272 



Meyenia erecta alba 486 



Micromeiia rupestris 327, 470 



Microstylis macrochila 354 



Miila bitlura 107 



Miller, Wilhebn, article by 466 



Miltonia Clowesii 496 



vexillaria 227 



virginalis 234 



Fairy Queen 194* 



Miltonopsis Eleuii virginalis 234 



Mimulus Cleveland! 135* 



ringens 363 



Mina sanguinea 117 



Mische, Emil, article by 497 



Missouri Botanical Garden, notes 



from the 497 



effect of the winter in 179 



Mold, the cherry fruit 137 



Monarda didyma 327 



Monolepis clienopodioides 193 



Monuments, public, inscriptions on. 87 



Murina elegans longifolia 297 



longifolia 327 



Mormodes Rolfcanum 53 



Morus rubra 223 



Muhlenbeckia complexa 166 



Mullein-plant for ornamejit, the.... 299 

 Municipal improvements, taxation 



for 218 



Musa Sapientum rubra 454 



Muscari Scoviizianum 169 



Museums in Kew Gardens. 224 



Mushrooms, cultivation of 27 



Myosotidium nobile 323 



Myosotis palustris seniperflorens. . 397 



species of jo6 



versicolor 213 



Myrosma canntefolium 229, 3S9 



Narcissi, hardy 166, 167 



Narcissus Bulbocodium monophyl- 



lus 44 



Corcyrensis 429 



notes 2C7 



triandrus pulchellus 220 



Nature and American literature... iSi 

 Nebraska, ornamental shrubs for. . 46S 

 stale horticultural society, 



meeting of 47. 57, (>7 



Nehrling, H., article by 67 



Nelumbium speciosum. 333, 378 



in Egyptian tombs 338 



Nelunibiums, culiivalionof 97 



Nepenthes bicalcarata 220 



Nephrolepis exaltata plumosa 475 



Nephthytis picturata 499 



New York botanical garden, the. . .. 261 



■ chrysanthemums in. 469, 



48a 

 Cut Flower Company, 



tlie 452. 462 



woodlands, notes on 



western 342, 382 



Nicholson, George, article by 173 



Nicofiana affinis 106, 147 



Nigella Damascena 314 



North Carolina, gardening in 3S5 



Netting, Pierre, death of 500 



Nurserymen at Indianapolis, con- 



vention of 259 



Nuts, Souari 5'ig 



the germination of . . 6, 44S 



N3'mpb0ea flammea 176 



• Laydekeri rosea 198, 249 



liliacea 276 



Marliacea ignea 1S5 



Q'Marana 96 



Robinsoni 276 



Nymphaeas, hard}' 267 



Marliac's hardy 333 



Mexican 237 



tender, wintering 437 



Nyssa sylvatica 375 



O 



Oak, a new Iiybrid, in the Indian 



territory 463 



forests, scarcity of 370 



the Cork, the fructification of 52 



the English 362* 



the Live, at Drayton Manor. 232* 



the Red, in Wisconsin 290 



Oaks, hybrid, in western ]\lissouri. 52 



Oberholser, H. C, paper bv 112 



Ochna multiflora 176 



Odontoglossum aspidorhinuni 414 



coronarium 04 



Wattianiun 354 



GEnothera fruticosa humifusa 283 



Missouriensis.. 207, 256, 27S, 2S5 



riparia 256 



CEnotheras on the prairies 253 



Oliver, G. W., articles by. .156, 179, 198, 



208, 217, 237, 247, 337. 347, 35S, 368, 37S, 



407, 408, 417, 457, 498, 5t6 



Olives in southern California 168 



Olmsted, Frederick Law, papers by 192, 



Ompbalodeslinifolia 255 



Oncidiumdichromum 454 



Forbesii 464 



h^-matochilum 246 



varicosum Rogersii 467 



Onions, cultivation of 318, 336 



Ononis .... 314 



Onosma stellulatum 138 



Opiicopognn spicatus variegatus. . . 508 



Oplismenus setarius 193 



Opuntia tulgida 324* 



Opuntias 324 



Orange groves, California 78 



Osage 502 



Oranges in southern Mississippi... 138 

 Orchard notes from western New 



York 215 



Orchards, air drainage in 306 



— irrigation of, in New York. . . 236 



planting go 



Orchid baskets and plant tubs, new 67 



societv, need of, in America. 38 



Orchids at Short Hills, New Jersey. 37 



■ disease of 433 



hints on potting 127 



native 412, 422 



new, in England 394, 414 



Orchis latitblia , 228 



spectabilis 412 



Orcutt, C. R.. article by 428 



Orgyia leucostigma, the tussock 



moth 308, 314* 



Orobus vernus 216 



Orpet, E. O., articles by.. 17, 36, 38, 56, 



57, 87. 115, 127, 138, 148, 156, 166, 167, 



1S7, 207, 208, 227, 257, 288, 297, 387. 398, 

 426, 447, 467, 478, 486, 517 



Osmanthus fragrans 115 



Ostrowskya magnifica 266 



Ostrya Virginiana, for tanning 293 



Oxalis Eowiei 176 



Osydendrum arboreum 495 



Pseonia tenuifolia 209 



Witmanniana 240 



P^eonies, Iierbaceous, at Kew 264 



the Tree 127 



transplanting 127 



Palisades, to preserve the 31 



Palm-houses at Washington, the.. . . 408 



Palm, the California Fan 472 



Palms in New York 479 



Pammel,Prof. L. H., aiticlesby. .28, 67, 

 228, 279 



Pandanus Baptistii 334 



Pansies, cultivation of 147 



Papaver alpinum ig6 



bracteatum 2g7 



fugax 255 



■ involucratum maximum 254 



orientale 237 



Papaw, the 494* 



Papaws. the, in California 388 



Pardanthus Sinensis 334 



Paris green 390 



Park, a great battle 371 



Jackson, Chicago 300 



versus gro\'e 152 



Parkman, Francis, a memorial to 



151, 162 



Parks and park-planting n 



• architectural attack on rui-al. 351 



■ care of urban 82 



city, special attractions in. . . 431 



■ defacement of city 231 



for Essex County, New 



Jersey .' 141 



in Buffalo, defacement of. ... 71 



London, planting' in 430 



metropolitan, of Boston 171 



parkways and pleasure- 

 grounds 192, 202 



public, and city engineers.. . . 91 



small, for New York 222 



Parsley, false, poisonous principle 



of 172 



Parsnip, wild , 228 



poisonous principle of 172 



Passer domesticus, naturalization 



of, in America 112 



Pastinacasativa 228 



Paulownia imperialis 343 



Pavetta Borbo'nica 49S 



Pavia, dwarf red 274 



Pea, Nott's Excelsior 268 



Peach-growing in Connecticut 349 



in Georgia 24S, 349 



in Nebraska 348 



• • in western New York 69 



1 he Crosby 1 20 



the Triumph 20 



trees, protecting 7 



yellows 34 



Peanuts, cultivation of 80 



Pear blight 79 



the Vicar 60 



Pears, injuries to, by IVost 417 



keeping, tor winter 388, 410 



Peas, cultivation of ^57. 31S, 336 



tVrtilizalion of 520 



Sweet, cultivation of 116, 1S8 



Pelargonium, Henry Cox 124 



Pelargoniums 226*, 294, 474 



at Welles] ey 217 



