INDEX. 



Illustrated articles are denoted thus (*) 



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Abandoned Farms . • 82,616 

 Abobra tenuifolia .... 680 



— viridiflora 680 



Abies Albertiana .... 718 



— amabilis 718 



— Douglasii 718 



— Veitchii 718 



Abutilon Darwinli .... 773 

 Acacia decurrens . . . 435 



— farnesiana* .... 58,636 

 jEcldium berberidls . . . 136 

 Acer dasycarpum .... 310 

 Achillea ptarmica .... 206 

 Achyranthes or Iresines* . 414 

 Ackermann's phyllocactus*"448 

 Aconitum napellus . . . .2 6 

 Aconite, The Winter . . . 758 



Across Lots 569 



Acclimation* 118 



Adiantum marginale . . . 659 



— pedatum . . . 1 54. '75,659 



— cuneatum 174 



Adlumia cirrhosa .... 155 

 Adonis autumnalis .... 570 

 jEscuIus hippocastanum . 143 

 Affaurtit, R. C. Obituary of 490 

 Agaricus campestris , . .412 

 Agave rigida 533 



— Americana* 759 



Agricultural Appropria- 

 tions, United States . 563 



— Colleges, New 488 



— Education, Notes on . . gto 



— Fairs 557 



— Fruits from the Depart- 



ment of 432 



— Progress of 173 



Agropyrum repens .... 264 

 Agrostis vulgaris . . . . .675 

 Aid in Fruit Growing, 



Chemical 490 



Akebia quinata 284 



Alabama, Grapes in . . . 365 



— Peaches for .... 369 



— Vegetables in . . . 54,365 

 Alexander, Dr 685 



Algerian Locusts 316 



Alpine Plants 188 



Allium Neapolitanum . . 773 

 Ambrette, or Musk Plants 56 

 Amaryllis from Seed . . 248 



— Atamasco 773 



— Johnson! 439 



— J. R. Pitcher 314 



— Winter, Care of ... . 56 

 American Association for 



the Advancement of 

 Science 683 



— Association of Nursery- 



men 295 



— Florists, Society of . 486,621 



— Florist 749 



— Park Association . . . 749 



— Seed Trade Association 487 



— American Wild Flower 



Club 558 



— Household 124 



Ampelopsis bipinnata . 28^ 



— quinquefolia .... 147,282 



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Ampelopsis tricolor . . 5,621 



— tricuspidata 282 



— Veitchii .... 155,345,436 

 Anemone 680 



— Japonica . . . .85,206,680 



— patens var. Nuttalliana 262 



Angellus 235 



Anderson, F. W 749 



Angle-worms in Flower- 

 Pots 430 



Angraecum Ellisii .... 558 

 Anj^uillula arenaria . . . 237 

 Aiilialonium fissuratum . 530 



— prismaticum 530 



— Williamsi 530 



Annals of Horticulture . . 504 



— Winter Window with . 780 

 Anthracnose of Currants . 304 

 Anthericum liliastrum . . 206 

 Antigonon leptopus . . . 500 

 Aphides, or Plant Lice . . 271 

 Aphis mall 271 



— of the Rose, Destruction 



of 633 



— pruni 271 



— rosae 271 



— Woolly 300 



Apple and Pear Bark-Lice 697 



— Crop, Failure of ... . 700 



— Instructions 563 



— Maggot 53 



— Orchards, The Old . . 244 



— Scab, Bordeaux Mixture 



for* 241 



— Scab, GofF on 368 



— Scab Remedy, Formula 



for 369 



— Scab, Spray for . . . 243 



— Scab, Taft on . . 



in Wisconsin . . . .751 



— Story 121 



— Tree Lice 697 



— Trees of Great Size 395,561 



— Trees, Too much Thin- 



ning of 243 



— Varieties of , 



— .'.iti^Ti and Eve .... 273 



— Benh? 273 



— Bloom'less . 6,*:86,242,62/' ■ 



— Gano ........ 272 



— Garfield 429 



— Kansas Beauty .... 274 



— London 141 



— McMahan's White . . .243 



— Seedless 272 



— Shirk 186 



— Star or Camite* .... 406 



— St. Valery 186 



— Tobias Seedling .... 140 



— Yoik Imperial 272 



— Tasmanian . . 487,494,685 



— Composition of ... . 572 



— Ev.iporated, Warning 



Against . 490 



— for Southwestern Mich- 



ignn 413 



— from Nova Scotia . . . 493 



— in Canada 487 



— in Manitoba 493 



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Apple and Pear Bark-Lice, 



— Michigan, Outlook for , 620 



— in Nova Scotia .... 487 



— l-'hims and Cherries . . 558 



— Tested Russian .... 524 



— Western Notes on* . . 272 

 Apricot, A New 561 



— Etymology of the Word 565 



— Russian 431,645 



— Stocks for 699 



Apron, A Gardening* . . 249 

 Aquatic Garden, An . . . 325 

 Aquatics, Where to Obtain 



Them 124 



Aquilegias 262 



Aquilegia Alpina 205 



— cserulea 205,262 



— Californica 205 



— Canadensis .... 205,262 



— chrysantha .... 205,262 



— glandulosa 205 



— Jocunda 206 



— vulgaris 206 



Araucaria Bidwillii .... 28 



— imbricata 718,767 



Argentea guttata 770 



Arbutus in the Garden . . 87 



— Trailing, Story of the . 86 



Ardisia crenata 621 



Aristolochia Sipho . . 284,436 

 Arazona, Raisin Culture 



in 487 



Arnebia cornuta* . . . 181 

 Arsenites, Foliage, Pastur- 

 ing and Bees .... 52 



— and Foliage 698 



— for Codlin Moth .... 300 



— on Native Plums . . .441 



— upon Fruit Trees . . . 172 

 Artemisia stellaris . . . 438 

 Art, Garden in California* 23 

 • — Japanese Floral .... 25 

 Artichoke, Jerusalem . 315,434 

 Artificial climates .... 155 

 Artillery Plant, How to 



Make Shoot .... 499 

 Asclepias lactifera .... 30 



Asimina triloba 714 



Ascomcetes 276 



Asparagus, Cultivation of . 103 



— Fall and Winter Treat- 



ment 59 



— Soup 434 



— tenuissimus 153 



Aspect of Old Orchards, 



Some I 



Aspidistra lurida var. var- 



iegata 621 



Aspidium acrostichoides* 660 

 Asplenium ebeneum . . . 660 



— Filex-foemina 660 



— ruta-muraria 660 



— • trichomanes* 660 



Association of Nursery- 

 men, American . 376,428 



— Model Improvement . . 505 

 Aster spectabilis .... 584 



Astilbe Japonica 116 



Australian Plants .... 560 



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Automatic Greenhouses 



2II,*6lO 



— Ventilation* . . . . 740 

 Azaleas, Growers of . . . 323 



Azalea Indica 768 



Backhouse, James, Obitu- 

 ary of 685 



Backward Gardens* . . . 637 

 Back-Yards, Those .... 246 



— Yard, The 732 



Bacterial Diseases in Corn 



. 188,312 



Bagging Grapes 441 



Bamboo 430 



— Growth of 



— Utility of 560 



Bambusa palmata . . . .430 

 Bananas 492 



— for the Table ..... 332 

 Bark-Lice, Apple and Pear 697 



— Rough 244 



— Tree 306 



Barry, Patrick, Obituary of 488 

 Baskets, Paper Berry . . 252 

 Bean, Currie's Rust Proof 



Golden Wax . . . .122 



— Mexican Tree 179 



— Mildew, Lima 695 



— A New Use for .... 380 

 Beauty in Sorrow . . 164 

 Bedding, Tropical Plants 



for Summer 251 



— Plants, Sr>me 7=;6 



Beech, The Purple* ... 601 

 Bees, Spraying Trees 



Harmful to 172 



Beetles, Hand-Picking of . 122 

 Beet, Reine des Noires . . 430 

 Beets in Michigan .... 443 

 Begonia, Arthur Malet . . 430 



— argyrostigma 77^ 



— corallina 772 



— Evansiana 691 



or Discolor 772 



— Good Old 691 



— fuchsioides 772 



— odorata 251 



— Rex 117,311 



— Sedeni 31 



— Saundersonii 772 



— hybrida multiflora . . . 772 



— picta 772 



— seniperfiorens, var. alba 772 



— Yellow Tuberous . . . 772 



— nitida, var. alba . . . 772 



— Tuberous, Cultivation of 31 

 Berberis vulgaris .... 500 

 Berlin International Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition* 163 



Berry Growers, Hints to . 562 

 Berries, How to Market . 226 



Betula lenta 366 



Bignonia radicans .... 284 

 Birds in the Garden* . . . 678 



— Protection 120 



Bitter-Svveet* ...... 29 



Blackberries, best .... 121 



Blackberry Bushes, Prun- 

 ing I. -4 



