AMERICAN GARDENING. 



[December 



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Quassia-chips .... 302 

 uestions Asked and An- 

 swered .52,113,178,238, 

 304,381,444,509,573, 

 637,701, 765 

 Quick Returns from Plant- 

 ing 358 



Quince, Wliy Not Im- 

 prove the 475 



— Propagation of 766 



Quinces, Culture of .237,303 



— Heavy Mulches for . . 489 

 Dabbits, A Good Defense 



from 167 



Radishes, Culture of . 112 177, 

 237.370 



— Free from Worms . . .244 



— Growuby ElectricLight 734 

 Ragweed, Getting Rid of* 501 

 Railway Gardening . . . 298 

 Ranunculus, Cortussefo- 



lius* 631 



Ranunculuses, The Hardy*4io 

 R.iphanus sativus .... 387 

 Raspberry, A Fall Bearing 694 



— anthracnose 239 



— Black Hansel! 179 



— Brandywine 219 



— Supports for 424 



— .Cuthbert 219 



— growers, Tool for* . . . 165 



— Hansell 219 



— Lore 633 



— Notes 743 



— tips, Rooting 766 



— trellis* 426 



— Turner 219 



Raspberries, Culture of . 177, 



303,370,691,755 



— Fertilizers for 640 



— for Home and Market . 345 



— forVisconsin 379 



— from Root-cuttings . . 640 



— Red, and Their Culture 219 

 Removing Large Plants* . 313 



Repotting 176 



Resin ishes 315 



Retino? loras, Culture of . 625 

 Revelation of aBit of Road, 



The* 449 



Richardias, Culture of . . 176 

 Rhapis flabelliformis . . *26i, 

 429,461 

 Rhododendrons, Best Ef- 

 fects with 326 



— Culture of 432, 754 



— English 552 



Rhubarb and Rhubarb 



Jelly 226 



— Culture of . 51,112,177,303, 



383,626,691,755 



Rhus venenata 193 



Road-making, A Talk on* 527 

 Roads, Good . . . 321,359, 435 

 Roadside Fences 708 



— Planting* 324 



Rockeries 754 



— on the Lawn 99 



— to the Rear 692 



Rock-garden, A* 122 



— plants, Wallfor* . . . .439 

 Roller and Marker* . . . 247 



Root-grafting 51 



Whole vs. Piece-roots 



in 447 



— knot on Vegetables and 



Flowers 242 



— pruning Craze in Eng- 



land, The .... 244I 



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Roots in Drains 104 



Rosa cinnamomea* . . . 343 



— grandiflora 505 



— rugosa* 343 



— setigera* 197 



Rose anthracnose .... 634 



— Augustine Guinosseau . 216 



— Black-spot of the . . . .634 



— bugs, Remedy for . 383, 574 



— chafers and Spiraeas . . 165 



— diseases 634 



— Downy Mildew of . . .634 



— Eel-worms on 635 



— Garden, A South Caro- 



lina* 129 



— Madame Honore De- 



fresne* 723 



— Marechal Niel . . . 45,115 



— mildew. Remedies for 



57, "5 



— pests. Remedies for . 242 



— Powdery Mildew of . . 634 



— rust 634 



— Seedlings, New .... 49'j 



— slug. Remedy for . . .377 



— The Climbing Prairie*. 197 



— The Large-flowering 



Single 505 



Roses, Annual 630 



— Climbing 498 



— Culture of . 50,111,176,236, 



302,432,499,563, 

 625,690,754 



— and Trees, Compost for 491 



— for the Gulf States . • .163 



— for the South 723 



— Free-blooming . . . .114 



— Hardy 445 



— • How to Grow Fine . . 364 



— in August 606 



— in Cities, How to Grow 393 



— June 343 



— My Hedge of 106 



— Narrow Pots for . . .225 



— on Manetti Stock, Fall 



Bloom from .... 677 



— Outdoor 679 



— Pegging down 229 



— Staking* 122 



— ^ Strong Growth in . . .116 



— Success with Tender* . 360 



— The Most Desirable . . 305 



— The Rugosa Tvpe of* . 342 



— Treatment of Diseased. 703 



— Two New 229 



Rotation in theGarden 188,302 

 Royal Gardeners 172 



— Palm Nurseries* . . . .611 

 Rubbish, A Hole for . . . 695 

 Rubus phcEuicolasius . .538 

 Ruellia macrantha ... 446 

 Rustic Baskets and Boxes 294 



— Bridge, A Fine* .... 297 



Sabal palmetto* 580 

 agittaria sagittsefolia . .388 



— variabilis 268 



Salsify, Culture of. . . . 112 



— Spanish* 284 



.Silsola Kali 453 



Salvia splendens iii 



Sanguinaria Canadensis . 517 

 Sirracenias in Baskets . . 575 

 Saururus cernuus .... 452 

 Sawdust as a Mulch . 181,768 



— Pine as Manure .... 181 



— Value of 240 



Scale-lice, Remedy for 180,243 

 Schubertia, Large-flower- 

 ing* 695 



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Seaforthia elegans .... 461 

 Sedum telephium .... 469 

 Seed-colleciors of the 



Rocky Mountains . 583 



— Industry, The 58 



— nuts. Care of 755 



— packets, Dating . . 297,430 



— pans, Good 292 



— raising in Europe . . . 428 



— saving 433 



— sowing, 50,51.111. 



112,236,433,754 

 Seeds, Good, A Jersey man 



Believes in .... 35 

 Seedsmen Again, The 



Rascally 108 



Seeds, Sowing Small . . . 310 



— Vitality of 383 



— Why Soak 223 



Selection, Improving 



Plants by 227 



Senecio Kaempferi .... 8 

 Sequoia gigantea .... 495 

 Setting Plants in D r y 



Weather ... • . . 540 

 Shade-trees, Care of . . .111 



and Winds 680 



Death of 312 



Best Twenty-five . . 155 



Shakespeare as a Gar- 

 dener 632 



Sharp Eyes, Work for . . 279 

 Shrubbery, A Golden . . 653 

 Shrub-propagation .... 376 

 Shrubs, A List of the Hard- 

 ier 242 



— Culture of 754 



— for Forcing 625 



— for Kentucky 306 



— Hardy Flowering, B;st 



Twenty-five .... 156 



— June Pruning of . . . .358 



— Pruning. .110,111,302,369 



Silene Virginica 486 



Silkworm Eggs 56 



Sium Ninsi 8 



Slugs or Snails . . • . . 486 

 Small-fruits, A Select List 



of 156 



D.o Thev Pay . . . 1S9 



forN.W. Missouri .447 



for HomeUse . ... 64 



in Maine 389 



in New England . .351 



Smilacina racemosa . . .5:6, 

 5 '8* 5 19 



— stellata 518 



Smilax, Culture of ... . 409 

 Snails, Remedies for . . . 564 

 Snowdrops, Cultivation of 



446,616 



— in the Window . . . .423 

 Socialism, An Example of 171 

 Sod-cutter, Home-made* . 492 

 Sodding, Economical* . 679 

 Sod-forming Plants . . . 697 

 Soil after Rains, .S irring . 508 



— moisture and Manure . 570 

 Soils and Situations, Ef- 

 fects of Different . . 312 



Solanum jasminoides flori- 



bunda 319 



Solidagos, Native Amer- 

 ican* 582 



Soot for the Lawn .... 180 

 Spading Hard Ground* . 438 

 Spinage, Culture of . 370,500, 

 564,626,691,755 



— Fertilizers for 607 



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Spinage Grown by Electric 

 ^ Light 735 



— house 445 



Spiraeas and Rose-chafers 165 



— Golden-leaved .... 654 

 Spiranthes cernua* . . .467 



— gracilis* 466 



— graminea 466 



— simplex* 466 



Sponge P lant-leaves 



Freely 248 



Spraying and Bees . . . . 127 



— the Grape 353 



— machine, New* .... 692 



— mixtures, Points in Pre- 



paration of 280 



— New Points in 177 



— the Peach 353 



Pear 353 



Potato 353 



Raspberry 353 



Strawberry 353. 



— to Prevent Harm from 



Frosts 22S 



Spruces from Seed .... 24^ 

 Squash-borers, Trapping 434, 

 Squashes, Advertising by 501 



— Culture of . 169,303,370,433, 



500,564,626,691 



— for Market 161 



— Large Yield of ... . 760 



— Wintering 102,565 



Stable-manure, Compost- 

 ing 767 



Stachys affinis 388 



Stachys Sieboldii .... 429 



Stakes 690 



Staking and Tying . . . .432 



Steam Heating 693 



Sterculia planifolia . . . .137 



Stock and Scion 253 



Stocks, Culture of ... . 499- 



— for Root-grafting . . . 755 



Stones in Yards 236 



.Stove-plants 369- 



Strawberries, California's 



Wild 254 



— Cultivation of, in Ohio 541 



— Culture of . .51,112,177, 



237.303.370,433.564. 



6.6,691,755 



— for Indiana 307 



— for '92, The 486- 



— for Small Expense, 



Plenty of 222- 



— Growing Seedling . . . 424 



— Honey 565 



— in Canada 544 



Kentucky 543 



Louisiana 179 



Missouri 543 



Wisconsin . . 379,540,751 



— Marketing 539 



— Mulching 429 



— Native and Foreign . . 63 



— New and Old* .... 539 



— New Varieties in Ohio . 542 



— New Varieties in Indi- 



ana 542 



— Nitrate of Soda on . . 183. 



— on Turf, Rooting . . .503 



— Preparing for Planting 63 



— Sex in 184 



— Varieties for Illinois . . 543 



— Winter Protection for . 447 

 Strawberry, Alpine . . 768 



— Aftermath 54o,688 



— Barton* 541 



— bed. White Grubs in 55.i8r 



