INDEX TO VOLUME IV. 



The asterisk (*) denotes that the sub- 

 ject is illustrated. 



Abelia rupestris 504 



Abies bracteala 614 



concolor 28, 190, 287 



grandis 178 



lasiocarpa 28, 382*, 562 



magnilica 178 



nobilis 382 



religiosa 136 



subalpina 589 



umbellata 143 



Webbiana 544 



Abietiniae 143 



Acacia decurrens 156 



Farnesiana 281, 309 



pubescens 33, 156, 4'9 



Acalthoe caudata 496* 



Acanthads, some useful 56 



Acanthophoenix crinita 68 



Acer barbatum 148* 



grandidentatum 147 



Pseudoplatanus 591 



saccharinum '34*. 148 



Trautvetteri 156 



Vloxemi 365 



Achillea nana 531 



serrata plena 332 



Aciphylla squarrosa 114 



Aconitum Napellus 53 1 



Acorn crop 504, 563,610 



Acrostichum araneosum 449 



spathulatum 449 



Ada Lehmanni 388 



Adiantums, Mexican 448, 449 



Adirondack mountains, forests on 



the northern slope of the 26 



reservation 49 



Adirondacks, railroads in the 265 



Aeranthus brachycentron 365 



Aerides Lawrenciae 401 



■ var. Amesiana 616 



Savageanum 293 



jEschynanthus 236 



splendidus 80 



TEsculus Calif orni'ca 518* 



glabra 517 



octandra 275, 517 



parvifolia 518 



Pavia 251, 517 



Agaricus melleus 492 



Agave Americana 540 



Agaves for bedding 261 



Agricultural Experiment Stations . . 335 

 Agriculture, report of the Secretary 



of 229, 541 



Ajuga Genevensis . 524 



Akebia lobata 137 



quinata 69, 119, 555 



the fruit of 136* 



Alaska, forests of 432 



Alders in the Yosemite 422* 



Aletris aurea 251 



farinosa 251 



Aleurites cordata 47 



Aleuritopteris Schaffneri 520 



AUamanda Williamsii 376 



Alleghany Mountain Park, an ap- 

 peal for 120 



Allen, C. L., article by 46 



Almonds in California, seedling. . . 495* 



Alnus maritima 268* 



viridis 531 



Alpinia galanga 95 



Alps, the French 585 



Alsophilas 128 



Alstromeria aurantica 368 



pelegrina 285 



Alyssum spinosum 144 



Amaranths 316 



Amaryllis, cultivation of 249, 444 



Amelanchier Canadensis, var. ob- 



longifolia 359 



Amorphophalluscampanulafus. .90, 258 



Titanum.... 64 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia 69 



Amsonia Tabernaemontana 284 



Amygdalus Andersonii 255 



Anchusa Capensis 21 



Italica 21 



Andrews, Miss E. F., article by ... . 333 

 Andromeda Mariana ....- 580 



Andromeda speciosa 537. 580 



Andromedas 188 



Androsace sarmentosa 224 



Aneirnias, Mexican 448, 449 



Anemone acutiloba 81 



blanda 141 



: alba 176 



coronaria 36 



cylindrica 232 



Hepatica 81 



Japonica 501, 525 



Japonica elegans 527 



nemorosa 199 



Robinsoniana 368 



sylvestris 319 



wood, the 319 



Anemonella thalictroides 199 



Angrsecum eburneum 46 



fragrans 103, 113 



Lowi 46 



sesquipedale 81, 115 



Anguloa Ruckeri 381 



Annuals, garden . ..212, 356 



Anthericum Liliago 531 



Anthracnose, an orchid 309 



Anthurium Scherzerianum 270 



Anthyllis vulneraria 531 



Androsace sarmentosa 144 



Aphelandra Elanchetiana 304 



Apios tuberosa 351 



Aplectrum hiemale 32 



Aponogeton distachyon 381 



Appalachian Club, herbarium ex- 

 hibition by 610 



Apple, failure of the Baldwin 384 



origin of the Baldwin 408 



sun-scald of 276 



Apple-tree, a weeping 334 



largestin New England, 120 



Apple-trees, protecting, from insects 264 



Apples, about 546, 600 



choosing varieties of 149 



for home use, varieties of . . . 272 



good dessert 537 



liardy seedling 103 



in 1891 572, 582 



in Maine 427 



in Minnesota 299 



in the North-west 298 



quality of 5 



scarcity of English 30 



uncommon varieties 611 



Wisconsin '. 468 



Aquatic plants 431, 476 



Aquatics in the flower garden 78 



Aquilegia chrysantha alba 344 



coerulea 298, 300 



flabellata 237 



Stuarti 69 



Arabis alpina 190 



variegata 202 



Arachnanthe Clarkei 474 



Aralia quinquefolia 360 



Sieboldii 608 



Araucaria excelsa 24 



Arbor-day in Massachusetts 192 



Arboretum, field meetings in the Ar- 

 nold 204 



near Biltmore, North Caro- 

 lina 613, 615 



notes from the Arnold.. 296, 306, 



. , . 317. 33°. 342. 354. 37 8 



Arbor-vitae, American 304 



the western 109*, 153, 



-166, 242 



Arbutus Arizonica 317* 



trailing 81, 189, 532 



Architect and client 433 



Architectural fitness 385 



Architecture and landscape art 37 



Arctosta phylos Manzanita 565* 



Uva-ursi .160, 565 



Ardisia paniculata 239 



Pickeringia 239 



Arethusa bulbosa 291 



Aristolochia gigas 546 



Goldieana 258 



grandiflora ....,,...401, 425, 546 



Sipho 448 



Arnebia macrothyrsa 57 



Arpophyllum giganteum 201 



Artemisia Pontica 297 



Arum Palaestinum 141, 174 



Arum sanctum 141 



Asarum arifolium 81 



Virginicum 81 



Asclepias purpurescens 309 



Asirnina triloba 448 



Asmus Ernest, article by 405 



Asparagus plumosus 9 



points of merit in 261 



wild 238 



Aspen, the 531, 562 



Asperula hexaphylla 348 



Aspidium filix-mas 168 



Aspidiums in North Carolina 86 



■ Mexican 448, 449 



Aspleniums, Mexican 449, 483 



Aster alpinus 144 



macrophyllus 88* 



Shortii 472* 



Tartaricus 196* 



Asters in October 522, 525 



China 414 



grown by children.... 455 



Astrantia minor 520 



Astrocaryum Mexicanum 68 



Atkins, F., article by 117 



Atkinson, Edward, article by 513 



Aubrietias 202 



Australia, useful plants of 468 



Australian cities 118 



Avena fatua 605 



Ayres, H. B., articles by 238, 530 



Azalea, a hardy Indian 369 



amcena 342 



Indica, Damio 342 



The Mikado 342 



mollis, Mecene 174 



Norma 174 



Azaleas for forcing 497 



Indian 419 



Azolla Caroliniana 192 



Baccharis halmifolia 468, 580 



Bacteria and green manuring 59 



Bacterial disease of Celery 584 



Bailey, Prof. L. H., article by 58 



Balsam, the 589 



Bamboo, seeding of the 386 



Bamboos, hardiness of Japanese. . . 260 



Bambusa arundinacea 386 



Banana flour 300 



Banyan tree at Calcutta 612 



Baptisias 417 



Barbacenias 76 



Barberries in autumn 580 



Barker, Michael, articles by. . 16, 20, 45, 



56, 80, 90, 115, 141. 2 °°» 225, 3'9. 333. 



357, 368, 381,389, 392,417, 501, 512, 525, 

 537. 54 8 . 59 6 « 6o8 > 6, 9 



Barnstable, Massachusetts 622 



Barron, William, death of 228 



Basket plants 344 



Basswood in Mississippi Valley.... 531 



Buuhinia Galpini 305 



Baxter, Sylvester, article by 362 



Beans, cultivation of 153 



Lima 248 



Snap 283 



Bee-keeping in Florida 516 



Beet-sugar '. 168 



Beets 284 



Begonia Baumanni 372, 512 



Bertha McGregor 428 



Boliviensis 606 



cyprea 428 



Davisi 606 



discolor 608 



Dregii 608 



Evansiana 428 



geranioides 606 



glaucophylla 344 



incarnata 583 



Louis Closson 213 



martiana gracilis 608 



■ ■ metallica variegata 428 



octopetala 608 



Pearcei 606 



Scharffiaua 69, 428 



semperflorens 237 



■ atropurpurea 428 



Souvenir de F. Gaulin 428 



Begonia Sunderbuchii 428 



Sutherlandii 608 



Triomphe de Lemoine 213 



velutina 428 



Vernon 5<4 



Winter Gem 80 



Begonias 419, 498, 527 



Tuberous 23, 249 



Bellis perennis 141, 5 8 4 



Bennett, Dr. Henry, death of 408 



Benthamia Japonica 287 



Bermuda Cedar, the 289* 



gardens 254 



in May 262 



Onion, the 45' 



Palmetto, the 302* 



Potatoes 5" 



Bessera elegans 124* 



Bessey, Prof. Chas. E., article by .. 466 



Betula lenta 45 6 



lutea 53 1 



nigra 53* 



papy racea 447 



Beverly Commons, Massachusetts.. 550 



Birch, the Black 460 



the Canoe 462, 531 



the Gray 53 1 



the River 53 1 



the Yellow 53 1 



Birds in Indiana 480 



Blackberries 420, 536, 572 



Blackberry crop, the 404 



Blechnum occidentale 483 



Bocconia cordata 5 2 5 



Bog, Bristol Pond, plants of 290 



Bolle, Dr. C, articles by.. 154, 177, 3 2 ' 



Bomareas 618 



Books about nature published in 



America 59° 



Bordeaux mixture 60 



for Potato disease. 534, 581 



on grapes 468, 470 



Boronia heterophylla 57 



megastigma 57 



Boston public garden, the 454 



spring flower show 167 



Botanic garden, notes from the Har- 

 vard 80,90, 141, 319, 333, 368. 608 



Botanical discoveries in China and 

 eastern Burma, recent.. 74, 88, 98, 123, 

 135, 219, 267 



garden at St. Louis . . 225, 284, 310 



scholarships in. 564, 



■ 601 



Botany at Barnard College '. ... 494 



the evolution of 456 



the study of 551 



Bo-tree of Ceylon, the sacred 420 



Botrychium Virginianum 483 



Bougainvillea glabra 92 



Bracnystelma edulis .... 98 



lineare 36 



Brandis, Sir Dietrich, article by . . . . 381 



Brassia verrucosa 381 



Brassica nigra 316 



Rapa 316 



Brewster, Massachusetts 623 



Britton, Prof. N. L„ article by 202 



Brodiaeas 214 



Bromus mollis 604 



Bronx Park, a view in 314* 



Brooklyn Society for Parks and 



Play -grounds 72 



Brown, W. F., article by 560 



Brovvnea, a hybrid 126 



Bruchus, varieties of 280* 



Brunella Webbiana 524 



Brunsvigias 104 



Buckeyes, the American 517* 



Buckhout, Prof. W. A., articles by. . 69, 

 106, 447 



Budd, Prof. J. L., article by 83 



Budding and grafting trees 298 



Buddleia officinalis 240 



Bulbophyllum comosum 98 



■ denticulatum 484 



inflatum 162 



nigripetalum 484 



Bulbs, Cape 270 



for winter-flowering 500 



hardy 487 



planting hardy 475, 463, 488 



spring-flowering 403 



