Index. 



IX 



Spirosa Japonica 248 



grandiflora 252 



prunifolia 81, 297 



pubescens 297 



Reevesiana 297 



Thunbergii 297,419, 580 



tomentosa 360 



Van Houttei 297, 419 



Spiraeas, notes on 188, 297. 555 



Spooner, W. H., paper by 407 



Springfield, Massachusetts, Forest 



Park, at 566 



Spruce gum 54° 



in England, the Douglas.. 492, 562 



White or Engelmann 562, 589 



Squash family, crossing of plants of 



the 95 



Stachys tuberif era 131 



Stanhopea, a hybrid 17 



graveolens, var. Lietzei 270 



Staphylea Colchica 188 



Statice latifolia 348 



Statices for winter 29 



Statues in Central Park 542 



Stellaria Holostea 218 



Stenoglottis fi mbriata 474 



longifolia 365, 474 



Stipa viridula robusta 111 



Stock upon cion, the influence of. . . 247 



Strawberries 192, 618 



large, old-time 598 



mistakes in growing 391 



the newer varieties of 345 



Strawberry-field, memoranda from 305 



Strawberry season 353 



Streams, the beaver and the flow of. 465 



Streptocarpus, hybrid 258, 450 



Galpini 534 



in winter 92 



Kewensis 69 



Streptosolon Jamesonii 20 



Strobilanthes connatus 98 



isophyllus 56 



Strong, William C, article by 56 



Stuartia Virginica 425 



Sturtevant, E. D., articles by.io. 238, 599 



Succulents for bedding 261 



Sudworth, George B., articles by. 2, 51, 

 165, 233 



Sunflower, an ancient 130 



Sunflowers 414, 522 



Swamp, a redeemed 359 



Sweet Alyssum, mildew on 189 



Switzerland, holiday notes from. 520, 531 



Sycamore 531 



Symphoricarpus racemosus 240 



vulgaris 581 



Symplocarpus fcetidus 550 



Symplocos crataegoides 460 



Synadenium arborescens 362 



Sy ringa Amurensis 355 



— — Chinensis 349 



Japonica 312, 355 



Josikaea 190, 343 



oblata 346 



Pekinensis 353 



prunifolia 193 



pubescens 262, 356 



tomentilla 261 



villosa 262, 354 



vulgaris 191, 341 



Syringas, the home of certain 190 



Tabernaemontana coronaria 92 



Talisia prince ps . .. 126 



Tamarack, the 304, 460, 532 



Taplin, James P., articles by. . . .236, 309 



Taplin, W. H. , articles by 9, 20, 44, 



68, 92, 104, 128, 139, 174, 261, 273, 321, 



344, 391, 404, 418, 440, 452, 486, 500, 524, 



547. 583 



Taste, matters of 253 



Tchihatchewia isatidea 57 



Tea, black and green 398 



Tecoma Capensis 263 



Tecoma radicans 86 



stans . 263 



Tenderness and high culture 379 



Terraces and shrubs 315 



Terry, H. A., article by 82 



Tetranema Mexicana 141 



Texan Red Bud, the 562 



Thalictrum Delavayi 66 



Theophrasta pinnata 126 



Thennopsis Caroliniana 596 



Thomson, Mrs. J. S. R., articles by. 94, 



i54 



Thorpe, John, articles by 8, 125, 129, 



141, 149 



Thrinax elegans 444 



Thuya gigantea 109*, 153 



occiden talis 304 



Tigridia violacea 284 



Tilia grandiflora 598 



petiolaris 591 



platyphylla 591 



ulmif olia 591 



Timber culture act, repeal of 168 



culture law 165, 177 



lands of the United States 468 



redwood 237, 249 



Tests, Government 469 



Tipularia discolor 86 



Tomato grafting 247 



Tomatoes 323 



fertilizers for 560, 619 



points of merit in 226 



under glass 68, 165, 192 



Tomicus calligraphus 62 



Topography and fruits 558 



Toricellia angulata 267 



Torrenia Asiatica 344 



Fournieri 357 



Torrents, the subjection of. 577, 584, 597, 



609 



Toxicophlcea spectabilis 58 



Tracy, w. W., articles by. .153, 226, 261, 

 283, 333, 369 



Tradescantia Virginica 261 



Treat, Mrs. Mary, articles by 13, 62, 



188, 351 



Tree, India-rubber 240 



Lacquer 480 



of the Janissaries 85* 



planters, suggestions to 421 



planting in cities 193 



in New England 276 



the wayfaring 378 



Trees, American, in Europe 324 



at Osborne, England 588 



■ at Salem, Massachusetts 278 



^— — class 182 



distribution of some Kansas. 182, 



508 



dwarfed Japanese 143 



for forest-planting 93 



for the shelter belt 84 



fruit in ornamental garden- 

 ing ■ 9° 



in China and Eastern Burma. 88 



in ice-storms, our 87 



in Iowa 83 



in Pennnylvania, famous 519 



laws to protect street 434 



memorial 134 



mulberry, in western China. 12 



names of some North Amer- 

 ican 238 



North American, notes on. 15, 75, 



100, 147, 340, 435, 448, 472 



of the world, sacred 470 



on a lawn 279 



ornamental, in South America 24 



street 432 



— — — watering 238 



Trichocentrum Triquetrum 340 



Tricker, W., articles by 78, 151, 164 



Tricuspidaria dependens 113 



Trilliums 93, 200, 225 



Tritonia crocosmiflora 548 



Tritonias 40, 498, 573 



Trollius Europaeus 237, 584 



laxus 200 



Tropaeoluni tricolor 131 



Tropical plants, low temperature 



for 40 



Tropidocarpum gracile 316 



Truck-farming 156 



Tsuga Pattoniana 28, 382* 



Tulipa, cornuta 248 



montana 96 



Sintenesii 462 



Tulips, notes on 224 



Darwin 545, 588 



Tupelo- tree, the 441 



Turpentine industry, waste in the.. 49 



V 



Ulmus Americana 531 



campestris 567 



f ulva 531 



racemosa 531 



United States Nurseries, exhibition 



at 527 



Uromyces caryopkyllinus 596 



Ustilago Maydis 499 



Utricularia montana 282, 333 



Vacation, the summer 373 



Vaccinium macrocarpon 196 



Vacciniums in Illinois 208 



Vail, Miss Anna Murray, articles 



by 263, 314 



Vanda Batemanni 512 



ccerulea 106 572 



Vanilla 383 



Vanillin 168 



Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler, arti- 

 cles by, 27, 63, 122, 227, 242, 254, 400, 

 429, 494, 506 

 Van Vloxem, Jean Baptiste Joseph, 



death of 492 



Varieties, deterioration of 58, 593 



Vaughan, J. C, paper by 406 



Vedalia cardinalis 112 



Vegetable garden, the.. 261, 298, 453, 560 

 Vegetables and fruits, the cracking 



of 42 



earliness in 210 



in the south, winter 596 



points of merit in.. .226, 261, 283 



Veil ozias 76 



Veltheimia viridiflora 57 



Veratrum album 520 



Verbascum nigrum 356 



Olympicum 342 



Verbena, a new 588 



Aubletia 356 



Vernonia Bald winii 356 



Veronica longifolia, var. subsessilis, 525 



Viburnum acerifolium 296 



cassinoides 296, 444 



dentatum 296 



dilatatum 148* 332 



Lantana 378, 580 



lantanoides 297 



Lentago 296 



molle 29,* 332 



nudum 296 



Opulus , 297, 378 



plicatum 188 



prunifolium 296 



pubescens 296 



tomentosum 593* 



Victoria regia 174 



Village improvement societies 506 



park, a 553 



woods 277 



Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., article 



by 514 



Vilmorin, M. L. de, articles by. ..51, 375 



Vinca minor 92 



Vines and trees, class 181 



Viola cucullata 314 



hastata 76*, 118 



Viola ocellata 51*, 154 



rostrata 118 



striata 118, 225 



Violets, notes on 525, 621 



W 



Wahlenbergia undulata 245 



Walnuts, English 458 



Waluewa puichella 186 



Wardian case, the 223 



Washington in April 214 



Waste places 530 



Water-lily, a new 344 



Watson, W., articles by. .. 8, 16, 29, 40, 

 52, 64, 76, 90, 101, 113, 124, 138, 173, 197, 

 208, 209, 221, 256, 258, 270, 281, 282, 289, 

 3°5. 33°. 34°. 352, 37 6 . 4°«. 4 12 , 474. 497. 

 510, 520, 522, 534, 544, 556, 570, 581, 618 



Watsonia densiflora 497 



Weather-plants 24 



Weathers, John, articles by.. 33, 56, 163, 

 177, 213, 234, 369 



Weber, J. B., article by 26 



Weeds, careless distribution of 189 



of California, the.. 316, 328, 375, 



424. 458 

 Weevils in leguminous tree-seeds. 280* 



Weigelia hortensis, var. nivea 342 



Wellesley College, gardens of 46 



West Point, battle monument at.... 50 



Wheeler, Mrs. W. F., article by 370 



White River Forest Reservation, 



the 562 



Wightman, Amy, article by 176 



Williams, E., articles by .. 353, 558, 572 



Willows and Pines, planting 160 



Wind-flower, Snowdrop 319 



Winter beauty in home grounds. . . . 411 



weather in North Carolina.. 574 



Wisconsin, cranberries in 3 



strawberries in 618 



Wissahickon Woods, the 129 



Wistaria in Central Park 264 



Wolf, John De, article by 592 



Woodlands 454 



Woodpeckers and forest-trees 177 



Woods, formation and tending of. . . 393 



village 277 



Woolverton, L., paper by 479 



Worm, the web 291 



Wren, Sir Christopher, as a gar- 

 dener 254 



X 



Xerophyllum setifolium 351 



Y 



Yarmouth, Massachusetts 623 



Year, the old age of 613 



Yellows, peach 84, 118 



Yellowstone Park 122, 589 



Yosemite, a brook in the 422* 



National Park 156 



Yoshida, Prof. H., article by 381 



Yucca filifera 324,396, 532 



rupicola 245 



Yuccas of California, the arbores- 

 cent 135 



Zelko wa crenata 603 



Zephyranthes Candida 174, 497 



Zinnia Haageana pumila floro pleno 356 



Zinnias 212 



nematodes in 453 



Zinziber officinale 95 



Zirngiebel, Denys, paper by 407 



Zonal Pelargoniums for winter 



blooming 164 



Zygopetalum grandiflorum 437 



guttatum 365 



Lindeniae 244 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Abies lasiocarpa and Tsuga Patton- 

 iana on Mount Ranier 380 



Acalthoe caudata 497 



Acer barbatum, var. nigrum 149 



jEsculus Californica 523 



Akebia quinata, a fruit of 137 



Alders, a stream in the Yosemite 



bordered with 426 



Almond, a seedling California 499 



Alnus maritima 269 



Arbutus Arizonica . . 318 



Arctostaphylos Manzanita 571 



AspleniumPringlei 449 



Aster macrophyllus 85 



Shortii 473 



Tartaricus 193 



Bermuda Cedar, the, in Devonshire 



churchyard 294 



harvesting Onions in. 451 



Bessera elegans 123 



Bronx Park, a view in 320 



Bruchus, varieties of 281 



Buckeye, the California 523 



Calanthe, a hybrid 17 



California Almond, a seedling 499 



Buckeye, the 523 



Carphoxera ptelearia 543 



Cedar in Devonshire churchyard, 



Bermuda 294 



Cemetery of the Musee des Monu- 

 ments f rancais 67 



Cereus (Pilocereus) Sargentianus... 437 



Chinquapin, the Water 557 



Chrysanthemums, a vase of 43 



Clematis borer, a 497 



connata 235 



Clethra alnifolia, var. tomentosa. ... 65 

 Cottonwood-tree on the banks of the 



Kansas River, a 187 



Cranberry-field on Cape Cod, Mas- 

 sachusetts 545 



Crinum Asiaticum 283 



giganteum 223 



Cycas pectinata 114 



Cypripedium reticulatum 605 



D 



Dewberry, Bartell's 19 



Douglas Fir, the 211 



Drymophlaeus olivseformis 331 



