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INDEX. 



Gooseberry, cultivation of, 171. 



varieties of, 172. 

 Grafting, 207. 

 Grafting wax, 226. 

 Grape arbor?, 15ii. 



borders, 15:^. 



cuttingt;, liJT. 



distances, 140. 



fertilizers, loD. 



horizontal tr< lii^, 1 47. 



insects injnriuiih ti>, i-j8. 



layering, kdO. 



mildew, 163. 



phylloxera, l.'S, 



pruning, 145. 



renewal system, 146. 



ringing, \fi2. 



soil for, 138. 



time to plant, 141. 



thinning, 152. 



training 14;j-148. 



trellises, 147. 



under glass, 150. 



varieties, 153. 



Hedges for protection, 16. 

 HerniaphroUice strawberries, 



184. 

 High culture, 12. 

 Hill-sides, 29. 

 Horizontal trellis, 148. 

 How to plant, 24. 



Influeufe of rural pursuits, 2. 

 Insects injurious to tbe apple, 64. 



clierry, J3I. 



currant, 170. 



grape, 15S. 



peat-li, 113. 



pear, 95. 



plum, 119. 



QuijK-e, VM. 



raspheii y, 179. 



strawberry, 186. 

 Insecticides. 219. 

 Irrigatinn, 39. 



Kerosene emulsion, 22 i. 



Labels, 48, 

 Lawn, 4. 



seed for, 6. 



when to sow, 6. 

 Layering, 200. 

 Leaf blight of pear, 99. 



plum, 125. 



Location of garden, 13. 

 Low grounds, 14. 



Maggot of the apple, 67 

 Mahaleb stocks, 131. 

 Manures, 30. 



cost of, 46. 



from tlie cow, 43 



when to apply, 42. 

 May bug, 133. 

 Mazzard stocks, 129. 

 Mildew of ihe grape, 163. 



gooseberry, 171. 

 Mulching, 27. 

 Muriate of potash, 34. 45. 



for the peach, 103. 



Nectarines, 117. 



Overhanging fruit. 54. 

 Oyster-shell louse, 76 



Pastures for tlie apple, 29. 

 Peach, age of the, 103. 



borer, 114. 



diseases of. 114. 



fertilizer for. Ui2 



insects iiij iirious to, 113. 



on plum stocks, lul. 



pot culture of, 105. 



profit in, 20. 



pruning of, 103. 



soil for IdO. 



varieties. 110. 

 Pear, diseases of, 98. 



dwarfti, 85. 



dwarfs, soil for. 86 



insects injurious Id, 95. 



picking the fruit, 84. 



protit in, 19. 



pruning of, 82. 



ripening, 84. 



varieties, 89. 



soil for, 81. 

 Planting, 26. 

 Plum curculio, 119. 

 Plum, diseases of, 122. 



insects injurious to, 119. 



soil for, 118. 



stocks for, 118. 



varieties 126. 

 Potash, 33. 



Pot culture of the peach, 105. 

 Preparing the land, 28. 

 Procuring trees, 22. 

 Protit of fruit culture, IS. 



