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Index. 



Sargent, Prof. C. S., articles by.. 24, 28, 



38, 42, 86, 134, 216, 284, 342, 384, 390, 



400, 410, 412, 420, 429, 440, 450, 460, 469, 



472, 480, 490, 500, 509, 514 



Sarracenia, species of 257 



Sarracenias, nvbridizing 353 



Sarsaparilla root 273 



Sassafras, the 116, 428 



Satureia montana 404 



Saul, John, death of 200 



Saxifraga sarmentosa 365 



species of 138 



Stracheyi 94 



Tol miei 53 



Scabiosa Caucasica 424 



Scale, the Palmetto 19 



Schenck, C. A., articles by 232, 242, 



252, 262 



Schinus molle 19 



School gardens and school 



grounds 151,171, 278 



Sciadopitys verticillata 450 



Scilla Hispanica 208 



hyacinthoides 136 



Messeniaca 58 



Sibirica multiflora 105 



species of 1 37 



Scott, William, articles by. . 5, 47, 56, 77, 

 96, 12S, 187, 296, 346, 355, 375, 395 



Sculpture in gardens 112 



Scymnus marginicollis 179 



Seare, Prof. F. C, articles by. . . 23, 103, 



2 74» 356 



Seavey, Fanny Copley, articles by.. 213, 



288, 309, 366, 375, 386, 465 



Sechium edule ... 20, 33 



Sedum album 277 



maximum purpureum 322 



Neviusii 149 



Sieboldii 415 



speciosum 277 



spectabilis 395 



Seed, government, tree distribution 



of 1 10, 190, 280 



Seed-infesting insects, methods of 



destroying 280 



Seedlings, cultivation of 147 



Seeds, sowing 57, 119 



the vitality of 297, 326 



Selaginellas, cultivation under glass 67 



Senecio Pefasites 36 



saggitifolius 24 



Sequoia sempervirens 41, 42, 450 



Welllngtonia 450, 514* 



Shinn, Charles H., articles bv. . 52, 233, 

 263, 3S1, 497 



Shrubberies, the plantingof 1 



Shrubs, American, lor ornamental 



planting 136 



autumn effects of. . . 417, 436, 438, 



447, 448, 458, 4 6s . 47 1 . 472, 478 



early-flowering 159, 1S7 



exotic, effect on landscape. . . 38 



some cool-house 1 56 



some good 316 



the massing of 201 



with leaves of abnormal 



colors 301 



Sicara odorifera 133 



Sicyos lobata 366 



Silene alpestris 226 



Armeria 257 



maritima 257 



pendula 1 6 



quadrifida 226 



species of 217 



Simonds, O. C, article by 282 



Smi'ax Walter i 471 



Smith College, notes from the 



botanic garden of 67,147. 512* 



Smith, Martin R., Veitch medal 



awarded to 60 



Smith, Prof. J. B., articles by 8, 108, 



334. 33 6 



Snake gourds 134 



Snapdragons for winter 2SS 



Snowberry, diseases of the 98 



Snowdrops, the best 94 



Soil moisture, conservation of 49 



plant food in 69 



Soils and potting 127 



Solanum capsicastrum 16 



jasminoides 8 



Wendlandii 223 



Solidago Drummondii 415 



'rigida 415 



sempervirens 412 



Sonerilas, cultivation ct 77 



Sorbus discolor 454 



Sorghum as a forage crop 150 



South Orange, New Jersey, nurs- 

 eries at 228 



Sparaxis pulcherrima 336 



Spigelia Marylandica 273, 278 



Spindle-tree, the 40S 



Spirsea, Anthony Waterer 24, 257 



arbuscula 412* 



a'guta 442* 



Bumalda 3 68 



csespitosa 53 



■ palmata 286 



species of 227 



Ulmaria 273 



Spraguea umbellata 53 



Spraying, directions for 240 



outfits 230 



Spring flowers, early. 131 



Spring garden, preparation for the. 16 

 Spruce forests of Maine, the. .. 259, 269 



- — Patton's 1*, 491 



the Black 481 



the Colorado Blue 103 



the Douglas 39, 83, 103, 292* 



the Norway 103, 4S1 



the Red 481 



the White 103, 481 



Spruces, nomenclature of 149 



notes on the eastern American 62 



Squash, Golden Hubbard 495 



Stachys tubenf era 70 



Stapelia gigantea 424 



Staphylea pinnata 268 



Starch yield of sweet potatoes 318 



Statice elata 346 



Halfordi 7S 



latifolia 346", 395 



St. Croix River, Maine and New 



Brunswick 421, 431 



Stellaria Holostea 196, 207 



Stenomesson aurantiacum 264 



Stephanotis floribunda 237 



Sternbergias, species of 157, 386 



Stetson, Thomas M., article by 326 



Stigmaphyllon ciliatum 236 



Stiles, William A., death of... 398, 399* 



note by 494 



proposed memorial to. 508 



Siillingia sylvatica 274 



Stokesia cyanea 307 



Stove plants, new 24 



select dwarf 77 



St. Paul, park system of - . 162 



Strawberries, best varieties of 250 



in England 372 



spring cultivation of 130 



under glass 240,248 



Strawberry-root louse. 93 



show in Boston 258 



weevil, the 170 



Streptocarpus, hybrid 57. 443 



Wendlandii 118 



Strobilanthes amsophyllus 36 



isophvllus 36 



Strong, S. V.' R., article by 278 



Stuart, William, article by 27 



Sturgis, Dr. W. C., article by 249 



Stui tevant, E. D., article by 3S6 



Styrax Obassia 256 



Subaquatic plants, tender 16 



Sugar beet, development of the 468 



industry in the West Indies, 



the 14 



Sumachs, soecies of 137 



Sun-scald and its prevention 371 



Swainsonia dangerous to cattle .... 160 



Sweetbi iers, hybrid 197 



Sweet Pea, Queen Victoria 327 



Peas, new 300 



Pepper- buBh 316 



potatoes, starch yield of. . ... 318 



Sycamore blight, the 257, 2S8, 326 



Svmphoricsrpus racemosus, dis- 

 eases of 98 



. vulgaris 137, 466 



Syringa Japonica 197 



Tacsonia, species of. 236 



Tamarix Chinensis 396 



Tapeionites bicolor 77 



Taplin, W. H , articles by. .7, 26, 87, 106, 

 15 6 . l 7%> 236, 257, 308, 345, 354, 385, 415 

 Taxation tor municipal improve- 

 ments 298 



Taxids, useful, in the United States. 509 



Taxodium distichutn 23, 116, 451 



pendulum 451 



mucronulatum 451 



Taxus baccata 400 



\arieties of 401 



brevilolia 402 



Canadensis 401 



cuspidala 402 



doubt tul hardiness of 405 



Floridana 401 



Teachers' leaflets on nature study.. 250 



Tecoma, species of .... 237 



Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 



horticulture at 258 



Teosinthe and maize, notes on the 



hybrid of 48 



Tests of plants at Cornell Univer- 

 sity 158, 425 



Tetranema Mexicana 36, 77 



Teucrium Chamtedrys 307 



Hyrcanicum 307 



Thalia dealbata 16 



divaricata 16 



Thalictrum dioicum 218 



Thamnocalamus Falconeri 148 



Thermopsis Caroliniana 316 



mollis 226 



Thrinax Morrisii 24 



Thuiopsis dolabrata 441 



varieties of 442 



Thunbergia alala 8 



Harrisii 234 



laurifolia. 107 



Thuya gigantea 29, 38 



occiden talis 23, 440 



Wareana 441 



orientalis 44 1 



Thuya orientalis, varieties of 441 



plicata 441, 458 



Sibirica 23 



Standishii 441 



Thymus serpyllum 256 



Tigridias, cultivation of 424 



Tilia Americana 28 



heterophylla 116 



Tillandsia Dugesii 44" 



Tisdale, William M., articles by. 17, 426, 



493 

 Toad, the habits and food ot the. . . . 240 



Tomato, Honor Bright 455 



Tomatoes, breeding 180 



cultivation ot 26, 37, 206, 327 



Tourney, Prof. J. W., article by . . . 152 



Tracy, Will W-, articles by 455, 495 



Treat, Mrs. Mary, articles by. 313, 341, 

 411, 471 



Tree pruning 71 



Trees, age ot 368 



American, bibliographical 



note3 on 119, 188 



for ornamental plant- 

 ing "4. 5°9 



and shrubs at Arnold Arbo- 

 retum, lectures on 170 



application tor wounds of. . . 19 



autumn work among the 429 



close root-pruning tor 46 



destruction by telegraph com- 

 pany 60 



electrical attraction of 297 



for autumn effects. .417, 428, 436, 



458, 471, 472 



forest, in Nebraska ... 48 



in Canada 507 



in Nebraska 456 



individual character of 328 



length of life of 428 



public shade, in Massachu- 

 setts, care of 180 



roadside 1 1 1 



some Utah shade 356 



street, watering of 488 



the care of park 151, 4S9 



the effects ol wind on 292 



the first account of some 



western 28, 38 



the rejuvenescence of old.. . 311' 



the right way to support 



branches of 274'' 



the rotation of species of, un- 

 der forest conditions 11S 



thinning, in public parks . ... 37 



veneration for remarkable. . . 459 



with leaves of abnormal col- 

 ors 301 



T release. Prof. William, article by.. 370 



Trichosa tithes, species of 134 



Tricker, W., articles by. ..67, 87, 127, 227 



Trillium for greens 239 



Trimble, Prof. Henry, article by... 202 



Tritonia crocata ... 57 



NanUin 57 



Troll ius F.uropai'US 207 



Troop, J., articles by 46, 53 



Tropaeolum tricolorum 257 



Tsuga Araragi. 49 l * 



Canadensis 490 



Caroliniana 491 



diversiiolia .491* 



dumosa 49 1 



Mertensiana 39, 379. 491 



Pattoniana 1*, 53. 379< 49 1 



Tubercles on roots of leguminous 



plants 240 



Tulipa Billetiana 24 



Greigi 196 



• aurea 174 



Kaufmanniana 154, 167 



suaveolens 167 



sylvestris 196 



violacea 94 



Tulips, species of 197 



treatment of bulbs of 256 



Tumion Calif ornicum 400 



nuciferum 400 



taxifolium 4°° 



Tuskegee Institute, agricultural de- 

 partment of 458 



V 

 Ukiah Valley, California, the flora 



of 223 



Ulex Europa?us 159 



Urginea maritima 254 



Utiicularia Forgetiana 223 



V 



Vacant-lot farming 19 1 



Vaccinium corymbosum 137, 447 



macrocarpou 47 I 



Valeriana officinalis 274 



Sitchensis 53 



Vanda, Agnes Joachim 266 



amcena 4 12 



coi-rulea 434 



Moorei 434 



Van Rensselaer, Mrs. S., articles 



by 359. 37°. 4i6 



Vegetable gardening 59 



Vegetables, cultivation of 25, 36, 47, 



206, 324, 406 

 new 495 



Veitch memorial fund, medals 



awarded by trustees 60 



Verbasrum Delphicum 404 



Pho?niceum 216 



species of 307 



Verbena A ubletia 374 



venosa 374 



Veronica gemionioides 208 



la Seduisante 322 



■ longifolia subsessilis. . . . 307, 346 



pectinata 208 



species of 226 



virginica, the Japan form of. 307 



Viburnum dentatum 332* 



lantanoides 200 



molle 438 



Opulus 396 



Viburnums, American, for the gar- 

 den 137 



Viccia Americana 218 



Victoria medals 294, 299 



regia 283 



varieties of 398 



Village Improvement Society at 



Slockbridge, Massachusetts 378 



Vilmorin, Maurice L de, articles 



by . ii2, 411 



Vinca herbacea 208 



rosea 16 



Vine-hoppi-r the 310 



Viola cornuta 226 



varieties of 216 



Munbyana 177 



Society, National 94 



sylvatica Reicheubachiana. . 177 



Violets, cultivation of. . 178, 284, 356, 486 



in the Pines 412 



new varieties 286 



Vitex Agnus-castus 366 



incisa 366 



Vids Voinieriana 293 



Von Mueller, Baron, sketch of 381 



W 



Wagner's solution for fertilizing 



potted plants 456 



Walter Thomas, sketch of 301 



Warner, R., death of 14 



Washington, proposed forestry leg- 

 islation in no 



Watering of plants, the 35 



Water-lilies, native 227 



raising from see ^ 67 



wintering 67 



Watson, W., articles by .. . .13, 23, 44, 53, 



74, 76, S 4 , 94, 113, 124, 133, 153, 164, 173, 



203, 214, 223, 234, 243, 264, 2S3, 293, 303, 



322, 344, 362, 371, 382, 392, 404, 412, 422, 



432,442, 462, 472, 4S4, 493 



Watsonia iridifolia O'Brieni 264 



Waugh, Prof. F. A., articles by . . 89, 93, 



177, 178, 179, 340, 350, 365, 367, 384, 496 



Weeds in southern New Jersey. . . . 313 



Weevils, method of destroying 280 



Weldenia Candida 32 



Welleslf y, notes from 78, 158, 365 



West Virginia, notes from .... 58, 99, 138, 

 148, 198, 238, 268, 277, 356, 376 



Westringia rosmarinitormis 255 



Wet season, effects of a 387 



What Can be Done in Nine Years. . 351 



Whitmore, O. S-, article by 417 



Wickens, Philip, death ot 130 



Wild Carrot 313 



Garlic 313 



Williams, H. S., article by 22 



Willow pest, a 394* 



the White 115 



Willows at Chico Forestry Station.. 497 



Wind-breaks 210 



on trees, the effects of 292 



Window plants, fertilization of 27 



Winds, Cafion, in Utah 274 



Winter plantation, a 417 



Wintering bedding stock 476 



hardy plants in Vermont 308 



Wistaria brachybotrys alba. 229 



species of 448 



Wodenethe 449 



Woodsia Mexicana 146 



Woodward, J. S-, article by 367 



Woodwardia radicans 146 



X 



Xanthoceras sorbifolia 198 



Xerophyllum in New Jersey 178 



Xylina, damage to apples from 50 



Y 



Yew, doubtful hardiness of 405 



species of 400 



Yosemite Valley, the recession of 

 the 132 



z 



Xanthoriza apiifolia 137, 148 



Zelkova crenata 488 



■ Keaki 40, 488 



Zinnias, a plea for 309 



