528 
asparagus rust, 208. 
Asparagus Sprengeri, 340. 
aspen, 326. 
asperula, 269. 
aspidistra, 340. 
asters, native, 264, 274, 275. 
Astilbe Japonica, 269. 
Aubrietia deltoidea, 265. 
aucuba, 344. 
auricula, 354. 
azalea, culture of, 355. 
azalea species, 293, 305, 306. 
Baccharis halimifolia, 291, 293. 
Bacterium tumefaciens, 180. 
balm, 460. 
bamboos, 230, 264. 
Baptisia tinctoria, 264. 
basil, 460. 
baskets, hanging, 348. 
basswood, 329. 
bay-tree, 306. 
bean, 459, 463. 
bedding, 228. 
beech, 324. 
beet, 456, 466. 
begonias, 356. 
belladonna lily, 287, 352. 
Bellis perennis, 265. 
Benzoin odoriferum, 293. 
Berberis Aquifolium, 293. 
Berberis Japonica, 306. 
Berberis Thunbergii, 52, 221, 292, 293, 
306. 
Berberis vulgaris, 51, 293. 
Bermuda buttercup, 384. 
Bermuda-grass, 80. 
betula species, 293, 323, 324, 
bignonia species, 314, 315. 
billbergia, 344. 
biota, 336. 
birds, 16. 
bitternut, 325. 
bitter-sweet, 315. 
bitter-sweet, false, 317. 
blackberries, laying down, 138. 
blackberry, culture of, 420, 
blackberry, disease of, 212. 
blackberry insects, 205. 
black-rot, 209. 
bladder nut, 302, 303. 
INDEX 
bleeding-heart, 267, 276. 
blister-mite, 199. 
blood as fertilizer, 112. 
bloodroot, 2€5. 
blue beech, 324. 
blue-grass, 78. 
Bocconia cordata, 263. 
bog plants, 230. 
bolting trees, 149. 
boltonias, 275. 
boneblack, 113. 
bone, ground, 113. 
bordeaux mixture, 196. 
borders, making, 74, 222, 
borers, 199, 417. 
bougainvillea, 318. 
Boussingaultia baselloides, 313, 344. 
bouvardia, 344. 
box, 293, 306, 
box-elder, 323. 
boxthorn, 315. 
bridge-grafting, 148. 
Bridgeman, mentioned, 2. 
broccoli, 467. 
Bromus brizeformis, 245. 
brooks, treatment of, 24, 58, 65, 232, 
broom, 306. 
brussels sprouts, 467. 
buckthorn, 221, 299. 
budding, 151. 
bud-moth, 200. 
buffalo berry, 302. 
Buist, mentioned, 2. 
bulbocodium, 289. 
bulbs, culture of, 281. 
bulbs in window-garden, 345. 
burdock, ornamental, 3. 
Burnette, F. H., quoted, 501. 
burning bush, 296, 
button-bush, 294. 
buttercups, tuberous, 289. 
butternut, 325. 
buttonwood, 326. 
Buxus sempervirens, 293. 
cabbage, culture, 457, 468. 
cabbage, storing, 159, 470, 513, 513. 
cabbage diseases, 208, 469. 
cabbage insects, 200, 457, 469. 
cabbage maggots, 187, 201, 469. 
cactus, 358. 
