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Index. 



Rhododendrons, best hardy 268 



new 2 34 



Rhubarb and Seakale 47 8 



Rhus semialata 3*4. 3 z8 



Rhynchosia menispermoidea 153 



Texana *53 



Ribes Cynosbati 3*5 



Grossularia 3*5 



Jorullensis *73 



oxyacanthoides 3 J 5 



Richardia /Ethiopica 453 



EUiottiana 234 



hastata *74 



Pentlandii 223 



Rehmanni 4. J 9> 420 



Ricinus communis. 223 



Riddellia tagetina 253 



Roads and walks, the aesthetic 



value of 272 



laws relating to 7° 



Robbins, Mrs. J. H., articles bv 122, 



233. 3 8 7^ 4 6 ^ 



Roberts, I. P., article by 66 



Robertson, W. W., article by 138 



Robinia hispida 302, 323 



■ Pseudacacia 384 



Robinson, William, article by 6 5 



Rock-garden, the 185, 236, 285 



Rogers, C. Gilbert, article by 3 6 9 



Romneya Coulteri 4 6 ^ 



Rosa acicularis 236 



alpina 236 



gigantea 265, 303 



grandiflora . - ■ 236 



mu Itinera 306 



rugosa 35o. 370 



hybrids of 15° 



setigera 285 



Sinica 475 



. spinosissima altaica 236 



grandiflora 244 



rpusilla 236 



Wichuriana 102, 329 



xanthina 245 



Rose, American Belle 487 



Augustine Guinoisseau 4S7 



■ Belie Siebrecht 4 68 



Bridesmaid 8 



Crimson Rambler.. .194, 276, 374 



Dawson 227, 306 



Dean Hole 4 8 5 



Duke of York 434 



Gustave Piganeau 87 



Heinrich Schultheis 8, 87 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. .8, 487 



Madam Cusin 8 



Madame Caroline Testout. . . S 



Madame Georges Bruant 304 



Madame Susanne Rodo- 



canachi 8 7 



Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan 454, 



468, 479 



Mrs. W. C. Whitney 487 



Omar Khayyam's..., 264 



polyantha remontant 304 



Waban... 8 



Rose, J. N-, articles by 195. 3 66 



Roses at Tarrytown, N. Y 168 



at the Waban conservatories. 8 



best, of the year, in England. 430 



climbing, in California 499 



cultivation of 100, 136, 227 



forcing 36 



hybrid perpetual, for forcing So 



propagating 507 



Sweet-brier 293 



Tea 120 



notes on 487 



polyantha, cultivation of 96 



wild, near Chicago 322 



Rossiter, A. M. S., article by 308 



Rubus deliciosus 254 



Japonicus tricolor 304 



. leucodermis 465 



Nutkanus velutinus 465 



Phcenicolasius 354> 5 10 



trivialis 29 



ursinus 465 



Rudbeckia nitida . . . 404 



Russia , the industries of 28S 



Russian Thistle 270, 430, 482 



Rust of Carnations 17, 38 



Saintpaulia ionantha 363 



Salix amygdaloides 423 



Babylonica 128 



cordata 423 



discolor 423 



longifolia 423 



nigra. 4 2 3 



vitellina, varieties of 54 



Salvia argentea. 257 



azurea grandiflora 417 



macrostachya 114 



patens 96 



scapiformis 216 



splendens 9^ 



, Clara Bedman 4 J 4 



verbenacea 3° 2 



Sambucus Canadensis 429 



racemosa 4 2 9 



Sanguinaria Canadensis 238 



San Jose Scale 344* 



Santolina Chamcecvparissus iucana 103 



Sargent, Prof. C. S., articles by... 4, 54. 



74, 84, 104, 134, 184, 206, 



224. 3°4> 344. 434, 474. 5'4 



Sarracenia Willisi 264 



Sassafras-tree, the 211* 



Sauromatum, species ot 254 



Saururus cernuus "2 



Saxifraga Burseriana "4 



Saxifrages, species of 17 



Scabiosa Caucasica *97 



Scale insect on plums, a 284 



the San Jose" 170, 34+*. 44 8 



white, in orange groves 410 



Scenery, defacement of 254 



Schsefferia cuneifolia 253 



Schizostylis coccinea 445 



Schwalbea Americana 243 



Sciadophyllum pulchrum 5°6 



Scilla lingulata 437 



Scleroderma Geaster.. 82 



vulgare 82 * 



Scott, Austin, article by 389 



Scott, Wm., articles by 86, 167, 



227, 237, 257, 346, 368, 407, 408, 

 418, 438. 457, 467. 47 s - 507 



Scutellaria Formosana 3 6 3 



Seavey, Mrs. Fanny Copley, articles 



by 259, 298 



Sechium edule 160, 179 



Seed and bulb growing in California 148 



clover, vitality of 339 



saving 437 



Seeds buried in the soil, vitality of. . 339 

 distribution of, by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture 381 



slow in germinating 135 



Sedum Sieboldii 418 



Sedums, species of 237, 285 



Selaginella viridangula 324 



Selenipedium Helena 50, 66 



Sempervivums. species of 285 



Senebiera didyma 34 - 



Senecio Ghiesbreghtii 93 



macroglossus 4 



pulcher 4°7 



sagittifolius 174 



Tolucanus modestus 163 



Sesbania Cavamllesii 153 



macrocarpa 153 



Vesicania 153 



Sequoia gigantea in Germany 95 



Shinn, Charles H., articles by. . .52, 132, 

 228, 232, 242, 332, 402, 442, 465 

 Short Hills, New Jersey, Chrysan- 

 themums at 449 



orchids at 238 



plants in United States 



Nurseries 37 8 



Shortia galacifolia 134 



Shrubs and trees about Montreal. . 383, 

 392, 403, 413, 423 

 exotic, for Flor- 

 ida gardens 132 



infertile 323 



Japanese 143 



notes on. . . 195, 206, 



226, 236, 246, 266, 276, 

 2Q4. 306, 315- 326 

 spring-flower- 

 ing, in England 184 



the planting of.. 130 



winter killing of 188 



at Hartford, Connecticut 347 



early spring-flowering 160 



native, for winter forcing 80 



spring-flowering 112, 118, 248 



pruning of 126 



winter care of 7 



Siberia, the forests of 399 



Sikkim-Thibet frontier, vegetation 



of 138 



Silene Cucubalus 3° 2 



Shafta 3°7 



stel la ta 3 02 



■ swertisefolia 97 



Virginica 236 



Sirrine, F. A., article by 449 



Slade, Daniel Denison, article by... 282 



Smith, James B., article by 14 8 



Smith, Prof. John B., articles by — 104, 

 344. 373, 44 s 



Snow Creeper of India, the 35, 50 



Snowdrops 1*7 



Sobralia macrantha 217 



sessilis 123 



Veitchii 324 



Sofia, boulevards in 30 



Soil-moisture, preservation by tillage 56 



Soils, washed 510 



Sola num. capsicastrum 357 



Seaforthianum 88 



sisymbri folium 342 



Soldanella alpina 236 



Solidago, species of 406 



Sonchus asper 102 



Sonerila maculata 3°3 



Mrs. H. Walter 303 



orientalis 3°3 



Sophro-Cattleya Iseta 443 



Sophronitis grandiflora 94 



South Lancaster, Massachusetts, 



notes from 88 



Spathoglottis a urea 204 



Kimballiana 204 



401 



S3 8 

 94 

 94 



25S 



80 



374 



220 



304* 



240 



344* 

 240 



39 2 



Speedway, Harlem, Landscape-art 



and the ix, 3**. 



Spessart, mixed Beech and Oak 



forests of the 218, 228, 238, 



309. 317. 329. 



Sphaeralcea abutiloides 



umbel lata 



Sphaerogynes 



Spinach mildew, the 



Spirasa Anthony Waterer 



argula 



bracteata 



hypericifulia 



longigemma 



media 



salicifolia 



Thunbergii 



Van Houttei 230 



Spray calendar 100 



Spraying of orchards 25, 36, 60 



Spring, preparation for 3S1 



Spruce, Richard, death of. 36, 94 



Spruce, the Muskeag 504* 



St. Louis, Chrysanthemums at 469 



Stachys Florida na 70 



Stanton, J., article by 347 



Stapf, 0-, article by 34 



Statice latifolia 260, 333 



Statues, new, in New York 321 



Stauropsis gigantea 114 



Massaiana 234 



Philippinensis 443 



Stenoglottis longifolia 443 



Sterculia platanifolia 178 



Sternbergia colchiciflora 445 



lutea 3S4, 417 



macrantha 424 



Stigmaphyllon ciliatum 38 



Storage, cold. 352, 360 



Strawberries, best new varieties. . . . 290 



■ cultivation of 56, 317, 497 



forcing 438 



garden 287 



list of market varieties 240 



protecting. 487 



tests with 490 



Strawberry, the Marshall 260 



the origin of the 190 



Strelitzia augusta 247 



Reginae 247 



Streptocarpus Wendlandii 134 



Streptocarpuses 363 



Strobilanthes Dyerianus 54, 37S 



Strophanti! us Petersianus 285 



Sturgis, W. C, article by 38 



Sturtevant, E. D., article by 177 



Stylidium graminifolium. 123 



Sub-irrigation in greenhouse and 



garden 146*, 268, 370, 518 



Summit, New Jersey, plant houses 



at 479 



Sunflowers, varieties of 406 



Suter, H. W., article by 487 



Swainsonia galegitolia.249, 346, 500, 510 

 Sweet peas. . ..96, 136, 149, 197, 296, 480 



potato, Vineless 450 



Swertia Hookeri 139 



Sylviculture in Britain 364, 425 



Symplocos crattegoides, seeds of. . . 135 



decora 214 



■ tinctoria 13 



Symphoricarpos vulgaris 429, 505 



Synedrella vialis 223 



Syringa oblata - 47° 



Pekinensis 3S4* 



vulgaris Chamaethyrsus 360 



- — Verginite" 220 



Syringas, best for shrub plantations 168, 

 210, 224 



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Tabernaemontana coronaria 103 



Tacca cristata 224 



Taft, L. R., articles by 317, 437 



Talauma Hodgsoni 293 



Tamarix Indica 334 



Tannins, the 439 



Taxus Canadensis 4 2 4 



Taplin, W. H.. articles by. .6, 37, 86, 88, 



97, 125, 166, 207, 227, 247, 258, 308, 357, 



39 6 « 437. 4S7 



Taxacege, the genera of 19 



Tchichatscheffia isatidea 124 



Teak-wood in lower Burma 300 



Tecoma grandiflora 326 



radicans 3 2 ^ 



Smithii 164 



stans 103 



Tecophilea cyanocrocus 157 



Temperate house at Kew 363 



Tephrosia Lindheimeri 23 



macarantha , 153, 173* 



Virginiana 3° 2 



Tetrathesa ericoides 154 



Texas, botanical notes from. 23, 112, 153, 

 203,222, 253, 283, 313, 342 



Thalictrum debile 343 



Fendleri 257 



Thermopsis Caroliniana 257 



Thevetia nenifolia i°3 



Thibet, flora of central 263 



Thistle, the Russian 43°> 5 11 



Thorns, North American 292, 312 



Thunbergia grandiflora 363 



Thuya occidentalis 4 2 3 



Tigridia Dugesii 307 



Timber-cutting on state lands in 



Minnesota 18 



■ in Nebraska 40 



wasted in sawing 60 



Tissa marina 342 



Todea barbara 394* 



Tomato-blight, the southern 368 



Tomatoes, cultivation of. 47, 160, 257,407, 



42S 



novelties in 70 



productiveness of 150 



ripening late 480 



Torenia Fournieri 108 



compacta 19 



Tournefortia cordilolia 453 



Toxicophlsea spectabilis 5*6 



Tracy, Prof. W. W., articles by. 137, 147 

 Transportation of vegetables and 



fruits 380 



Tratman, E. E. Russell, paper by.. 348 



Treat, Mrs. Mary, articles by. ..102, 142, 



212, 243, 302, 458, 482 



Tree-guards, wire-netting for 10 



plantingand Fountain Society 



of Brooklyn 130 



method of 39 



pruning 166 



Trees and shrubs for Florida gar- 

 dens, exotic 13 2 



in England, 



spring-flowering 184 



infertile. ....... 323 



Japanese 143 



native, about 



Montreal, Canada. ..383, 392, 403, 413, 



423 



notes on ... . 195, 206, 



226, 236, 246, 266, 276, 294, 306, 315, 326 



the planting of. 130 



winter-killing of. 1S8 



covering bruises on 480 



deciduous, in winter 501 



For street-planting 21 



indemnity for mutilated 222 



insects injurious to 450 



longevity of 88 



mutilation of 491 



of Nebraska, the.. 389 



of Worcester 479 



planting in Florida 13 



street, in cities 90 



text-book of the diseases of.. 488 



transplanting 218, 431 



winter care ot 7 



Tribulus maximus 202 



Trichocladus grandiflorus 324 



Trichocoronis rivularis 2S3 



Trichopilia sauvis 133 



Tricyrtis hirta 418, 429 



Trillium grandiflorum 37° 



Trimble, "Henry, article by 49 s 



Trollius Asiaticus ■ 190 



Europaeus 190, 217 



Japonicus 190 



Tropical products in Florida 3S0 



Tsuga Brunoniana 139 



Tulipa Gesneriana 74 



Greigf 197 



Kaufmannii. 143, 176 



violacea 176 



Tulips, cultivation of 176, 224 



history of 460 



the Darwin 74. ^7^ 



Tupelo, the 273* 



Ulmus alata 50 



Americana 413 



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Vaccinium corymbosum 295, 444 



-species of 294 



Valeriana subincisa 173 



Vallota purpurea 434 



Vanda Cathcartii 133 



Roeblingiana 303 



Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler, ar- 

 ticles by 7 8 > 397 



Vases for cut flowers 371, 397 



Vegetable garden, the 257, 428 



sculpture in China . 92 



Vegetables, best varieties of 116 



cultivation of 26, 56, 124, 147, 



17S, 1S0, 317, 328, 418, 478 



introduction of Chinese 280 



for family use, preservation 



of 440 



Vellozia elegans 297, 374 



Verbascum Choixii 2S6 



species of 97 



Verbena Aubletia 3 T 4 



Vernonias, varieties of 407 



Veronica Buxbaumii 128 



cercaeoides 237 



gentianoides 217 



longifolia subsessilis 35 6 



repens 2I 7 



spicata 3°7 



Viburnum Awafuki *3 2 



cassinoides 384 



dilatatum 454 



