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AMERICAN GARDENING 



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Lettuce-forcing in Boston. 32 

 Soil for 640 



— Grand Rapids 165 



— Growing Under Glass . 382 



— Grown by Electric 



Light 453*> 733 



— house, Heating a . . 447 



— Prickly 742 



Lettuces, The Newer . . 97 

 Leucothoe, Catesby's . . 293 

 Licorice Tree, The .... 245 

 Light from the Societies . 62 



125, 188, 252,315, 377, 440 

 506, 570,633, 697, 762 

 Liliesamong HardyShrubs 486 



— and Bulbs, Interesting 



Facts about .... 293 



— Easter, Treatment of . 446 



— IncreasingAuratum and 



Easter 53 



— of the Field . . 356,419, 487 



549, 675 



— Planting 419 



— Tiger 468 



Lilium auratum . . .550,561 



— Canadense 29 



— candidum 549 



— Nepalense* 249 



— Philadelphicum .... 29 



— superbum 29 



— tenuifolium . , . . . . 549 



— tigrinum 212 



— Washington! a num. 



Planted Deeply . . 552 

 Lily beds, Annuals in . . 56 



— bulbs, Raising . .116,445 

 Edible 211 



— forcing 549 



— of-the-Valley, Culture of 50 



*49i 



— Summer Bloom 



from 677 



— Tank, A City* 619 



Linnathenum lacunosum . 267 



— nymphaeoides 267 



Limnocharis Humboldtii . 267 



Linaris vulgaris* 469 



Liparisliliifolia* . . .517,520 

 Liquid Manure for Plants. 740 



756 



Live Oak, A Magnificent®. 6 

 Local Fruit Districts . . 2 



London Purple 260 



Lophospermum scandens. 615 

 LufFa petola* 527 



Mahonias, Culture of . . 690 

 Mailing-case, A* . . . 

 Making Tardy Trees Fruit576 

 Making the Window Gay . 685 

 Malva sylvestris® .... 470 

 Mangels, Growing .... 768 

 Manure, Comparative 



Value of 18 



— for Annuals 57,11 



— for Gardening Purposes 5] 



112,237,315,500 



— for Hot-beds 53 



— for House-plants . .57,118 



— Pine Sawdust as . .56,118 

 Maple, R oot - gra ft in g 



Weir's Cut-leaved 



382, 446 



Maples, Japanese .... 410 



— Sugar* 66 



Marguerite, The 423 



Market-gardening .... 146 

 Dr. Hoskins' Meth- 

 ods of 480 



— Near Boston .... 186 



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Market-garduning Profita- 

 ble Varieties for . . 161 



Maurandias 236 



Maybush, California . . 44 



Melia Azedarach 136 



Melons, Cultureof . .188,370, 

 433,564 



— How I Grow Fine ... 288 

 Menyanthes trifoliata . . 268 

 Mice 51,112 



— Girdling Trees .... 55 



— in Hot-beds 112 



Michigan, ABeautiful 



Scene in 43 



Midsummer Gardening, 

 A Boston Market- 

 gardener's Methods 



of 409 



in N. C 408 



T. V. Munson'sWay 407 



Mignonette, Culture of . , 50, 

 111,236,432,625 

 Mildew in Forcing-houses 33 

 Miniulus puniceus .... 586 



Mirabilis . . .... 754 



Mistletoe in California . . 40 



Mitchella repens 613 



Mitella diphylla .... 518 



— nuda* 515, 5'8 



Mold for Flowering Plants 423 

 Moles and Gophers . . . 382 



— How to Kill. . .38,45,112 



— in N. J . Gardens . . . .314 

 Momordica charantia* . . 526 



Monkshoods* 730 



Monte Carlo, Terrace Gar- 

 den of T30 



Monotropa uniflora . . .451 

 Monstera deliciosa . . . .236 

 Morning-glories, Brazilian 40 

 Moss, Dried and Sifted . 292 



— on Lawn 703 



Mound, Building a* . . . 494 

 Moving into Winter Quar- 

 ters 613 



Muck as a Fertilizer . . . 443 

 Mucuna capitata* .... 729 

 Mulberry, Russian . *555, 768 

 Mulching Material .... 51 

 Mulleins, The Cultivated* 630 

 Muriate of Potash for 



Aphis 347 



Musk-melons 162 



Mushroom-growing . . 51,177, 

 309,440 



— Poison Tests 502 



Mushrooms in the Open 



Air 241 



— Packing 512 



— Snails on 448 



My Days are Gardens . . 222 



My University 741 



[SJarcissus-buds Blasting . 446 



— poeticus. Doubling .551 



— Tazetta 550 



Native Plants, Some At- 

 tractive* 513 



— Trees 740 



Natural Grafting 102 



Nature, Copying 623 



Nelumbium luteum. *266, 511 



— speciosum .... *2I2, 266 

 Nerine Japonica* . . . .212 

 Nesaea verticillata .... 268 

 Nesting-sites, Birds' ... 688 

 New Jersey, The Rich 



Flora of 350 



NewOrleans, Gardening in*58o 

 New or Noteworthy . . . 319 



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Night-blooming Cereus, 

 Blossoming of a 

 World's Fair .... 650 



— Plowing 103 



— soil, Composting . 54,115 

 No-fence Improvement, 



The 295 



Law, The ... . 430 



Nomenclature Committee, 



The 552 



North Carolina, Plants and 



Trees in 136 



Notes, A Wanderer's . . .233 



— from the Editors' 



Grounds* . . 19, 94, 149, 

 217, 278, 346, 410, 484, 

 536, 606, 664, 730 

 Nupharadvena 266 



— Japonicum 7 



Nursery in the Far South, 



A* 6ri 



Nurserymen, American 



Association of . . . 507 



— Some Hints to 635 



Nurserymen's Mistakes . 58 

 Nursery Stock from Differ- 

 ent Sections ... .243 



— Trade, Danger Threat- 



ening the 360 



Nut-cracker, Home-made* 59 



— growing for Market . . 56 

 Nuts, Howto Make Germi- 

 nate 61 



— Some Curious 229 



Nut-trees, Bearing Age for 



239, 366 



Nymphsea flava 265 



— Devoniensis 266 



— Laydekeri rosea . . . 504 



— odorata* 194 



— tuberosa 618 



Oak Trees, Ants on . . .739 

 — The Alder leaved* . 436 

 CEnanthe stolonifera ... 7 

 Oleanders iii 



— and Other Shrubs Win- 



tered Outdoors . . .703 



— as Pot-plants 44 



— Propagating 382 



— Winter Treatment for .232 

 Oleasters, Variegated . . 121 



Old Favorites 425 



Olive-culture* 15 



— in California, The* . . 13 

 One Crop at a Time . 377, 561 

 Onion culture. New Points 



in 20 



Old or New 666 



The New 448 



— growing, A. L Root on. 35 

 Prizetaker 108 



— plants in Hotbeds . . .510 

 Setting 435 



— seed 177 



Sown in Hotbed . .183 



— sets, Growing 448 



— sets, planting 181 



— The Bermuda . • ... 119 



— Varieties in England* . 502 

 Onions 161 



— Blishting 640 



— for Winter Market . . 183 



— Keeping 165 



— Making Thick Necks . 384 



— New Points in Market- 



ing* 20 



— Nitrate of Soda on . 118,183 



— Pickling Barletta . . . 383 



— Pickling for Market . . 21 



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Onions Smoked 502 



— Spanish, Marketing . . 512 



— Wintering 699 



Opuntia Missouriensis . . 538 



— Rafinesquii 538 



Orange, Enemies of the .415 



— Hardy, as a Hedge- 



plant 116 



— Hardy, Seed of . .702,766 



Osage 154 



The Hardy .... 430, 497 



Orchard, Tilling the . 303, 639 



— Feeding the 571 



— Fertilizers, Fruit-grow- 



ers Discuss .... 128 



— Filling Vacancies in the 616 



— General Management of 112 



177.433,500,564, 

 626, 691, 755 



— Map 112 



— Observations 423 



— Pasturing the 440 



— Sheep in the 697 



— Vacancies, Filling ... 92 

 Orchards, Crops in . . . 253 



— Improving and Main- 



taining the Fertility 

 of 379 



— Pruning Young* .... 566 



— Old, Making Profitable 508 

 Orchid-baskets* 454 



— Craze, The 425 



Orchids at Home . . . 720 



— Cultureof 50,111 



— for Windows 374 



— Native* . . . 466,513, 518 



Culture of 519 



Ornamental Grounds, 



Taste and Tact in 

 Arranging* . 3, 74, 13*, 

 200, 26?, 327, 390,455, 

 530,588,642,712 

 Ornithogalum Arabicum 307 

 Outdoor Life, Blessings of 362 

 Overshadowed Homes . . 743 

 Over-water, Don't .... 245 

 Oxalis, Culture of .... 176 

 packing-case for Cut- 

 • flowers 319 



— Fruits, Ellwanger & 



Barry 's Way of . . .482 



— Plants for Transporta- 



tion 571 



Palm, Areca lutescensi4o*,46i 



— A Small but Handsome 440 



— and Cycads, Managing 766 



— Avenue, A* 569 



— Chamaerops excelsa . . 461 



— Cocos australis .... 580 

 Weddeliana . 142,440,461 



— Corypha australis . . . 461 



— Cycas revoluta .... 142 



— Kentia Belmoreana . . 461 

 Forsteriana . .140,461 



— Latania Borbonica 142*, 460 



— leaves Dying .... 242 



— Seaforthia elegans . . 461 



— The Parrapee 696 



— The Rhapis . .261,429,461 

 Palms, Cultureof. 142,462,690 



— for House-culture . .140, 



460,557 



— Managing 703 



— Phoenix* 142, 461 



Pampas-plumes 233 



Panax trifolium ... . 516 

 Pansies, Culture of . . 302,369, 



499,563,625 



— Giant 295 



