INDEX. 
Garden work . . . 343 
“ what can be done in a 54 
Gardening, early 56 
“ in Virginia . 134 
“ practical landscape 121 
GasJime 341 
Geese, marking . . . 203 
Geneva . 262 
Gender incorrect 279 
Geological survey of New-Jersey . 186 
Girl, a noble 379 
Girls should learn to.keep house 6 
Glaciers, the ... 20 
Gloxinias, &c. 134 
Goats, Cashmere 293 
Gold consumed in'manufacture . 309 
Golden streams, look out for the 24 
Good, how to do 235 
“ time coming, come . . 347 
Gooseberry, the 263 
Grafted chestnut trees 274 
Grafting . . . .168 
“ a new fact in 150 
Grain, cutting 323 
“ harrowing ... 41 
“ shocking 357 
“ the destroyers of 369 
Grape crop of Ohio . . . 248 
“ gathering 391 
Grapery, profit of the cold 151 
Grapes and wine . . . 151 
“ on Lake Erie 374 
“ preserving in cotton 10 
Grasshoppers, to destroy . . 118 
Grass, orchard 216 
“ Ray ' s " 168 
“ Twitch, for hats . . 344 
Grasses for reclaiming sea-shore 323 
Green corn fodder * 179 
Greenhouse plants . 198 
Greytown affair 347 
Groomsman, the verdant 124 
Growth, quick . . . 330 
Guano, adulterated 274 
“ beware of damaged 72 
“ for insects . . . 281 
“ great fraud in 164 
“ hen-roost 258 
“ mixing salt with . 73 
“ on buckwheat 56 
“ salt, poudrette, &c. 196 
“ the American agency . 172 
“ the other side 195 
Guide-book 268 
Guinea fowls vs. rats . 198 
Gun barrels, cleaning 194 
Gypsum and salt 101 
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Hail storm, a great . . . 378 
Hale, Chief Justice 315 
Half an hour to soon 381 
Hall, Bishop . . . 314 
“ stove and broken pane 316 
Hard times 92 
Hardy shrubs of the South . . 70 
Harness, how to keep 357 
Hay boxes for horses 312 
“ caps . . . 265,322,362 
“ cheap method of moving 338 
“ fork, improved 172 
Heart, how to preserve . . 250 
“ one happy 284 
Hemp, Sisal. 83 
Herd Book, American . 152 
“ “ Davey’s Devon 186 
Hero, a young 123 
Hessian fly . . . .. 355 
High prices and weather iivErtgland 137 
Hickory, various species 167 
Hint abroad ... 76 
“ or two 202 
Hitching post, an honorable 1 123’ 
Hoeing, its principles, &c. . . 307 
Holly, restoration of 119 
Home thrust 252 
Hop culture .... 
Hop growing 26,36,53,68,84 
Hops 217 
Horse, a big . , 122 
“ chloroforming a ' 389 
“ Lexington 138 
“ law suit . , . 390 
“ points of a good 356 
“ the 99,116,131,148 
“ time for altering colts 133 
“ worms in colts 133 
Horses, Abd-el-kader on 275 
“ a plea for . . 356 
“ colic in 312 
“ color of 357 
“ English, in the Crimea . 104 
“ the dead of Paris 356 
“ to prevent bots in 394 
“ trotting and running 104 
Horticultural Exhibitions 214 
“ Society, Brooklyn 85,229,329,391 
“ “ New-York 54,150,182,328,374 
“ “ Rhode-Island 198 
Horticulturist, the 37,294 
Hot-bed, a cheap ... 7 
Houses, construction of 8 
Household, she looketh to 67 
House-hunting and health . 153 
Housekeepers, hints for 249 
“ young 210 
Hovey’s Magazine . . . 21 
Huggins, is your name 364 
Hunt botanical garden 200 
Hurrah . . . 300 
Husband, how to choose 331 
“ I never kept waiting 260 
Hybridization of plants . . 277 
Hydrangea, the 39 
Hydrophobia 402 
I 
Ice houses 277 
Imagination 76 
Impossible 140 
Incident, a little .44 
“ a romantic , 284 
Indian preacher 250 
“ the Iroquois, or Six Nations 405 
Indigestion, causes of . . 355 
Ink, a drop of 171 
how to take out of linen 245 
writing .... 325 
Insane, gayeties of the 292 
Insects, description of 276 
Instructor wanted ... 59 
Interesting position 171 
Irish bulls 108 
Irishman's will ... 45 
Irrigation i 386 
J 
Jack Rink and the Yankee 123 
Jackson, Andrew 11 
Johnson and Swift 29 
Joke, a rich . . . 140 
Jokes, practical 373 
Judge and the colonel 92 
M 
Kansas bull story . 299 
Kent, anecdote of 267 
Key West, climate of, &c. 375 
Kissing ... 76 
Know Knothing 74 
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Laborers wanted . . 248 
Ladies, hints to 300 
“ Repository 41,170 
Lady, a delicate 204 
Lambing season 69 
Land titles in Kansas 293 
“ use all your ... 73 
Lawns, improving 355 
Language 219 
Lard, statistics of . . 181 
Larks on Long Island 324,354 
Last words of noted persons 60 
Law .... 375 
Lawns 389 
Lead will burn 345 
Legal . . . .110 
Legislators, a hint to 171 
“ wise 245 
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Lesson,the 
92 
Let, to 
171 
Letters, date your 
Libelous .... 
72 
87 
Life, absurdities of 
91 
“ length of 
326 
“ directions for a sh'ort 
268 
Lithographs of Grand Duke & Duchess 57 
Literature, curiosity in 
348 
Little at a time 
251 
“ things, lessons from 
236 
Live, let it 
316 
Loafer, a conundrumical 
12 
Locust, history of 
350 
“ borer, remedy for 
22 
Logic and swimming 
Longer than Jack’s bean 
74 
313 
London, meat in 
281 
Lord's prayer, spirit of 
76 
Love, how to win a simple woman’s 
“ ladies read it 
203 
11 
Lovers, advice to 
348 
“ leg, the 
267 
Lover, still a 
267 
Lucerne, culture of 
m 
199 
Mackerel story 
348 
Madder, culture of 
212 
Madman, how to tame 
155 
Man and immortality 
124 
“ one happy 
171 
Man’s a man for a’ that 
300 
Manure for corn 
52 
Manures, foreign 
33 
“ “ lime 
177 
specific 
258 
Manliness, a short sermon 
39 
Maple and its enemy 
311 
March winds—highfalutin 
60 
Marriage, extraordinary 
379 
Married, getting 
107 
Marshal, an American in Paris 
203 
Marvelous, love of the 
90 
Mary Magdalena 
92 
Materials in their invisible state 
37 
Maternal discreetness 
252 
Matrimonial happiness 
283 
Massachusetts farmers, &c. 
337 
“ visit to Norfolk Co. 
353 
Meadows reclaimed 
84,389 
“ from poor pasture 
392 
Meals, regularity of 
312 
Meanness 
295 
“ does not pay 
261 
Men, and machines 
340 
“ consoling to fat 
332 
“ rarified 
326 
“ transient young 
301 
Metereology, national 
379 
Method . 
309 
Mignonette, the 
183 
Milking, art of 
354 
Milkers, good 
24 
Milk, nutritive qualities of 
180 
“ preservation of 
309 
“ to keep sweet 
389 
Millet and its culture 
180 
“ culture of 
85,229 
Millionaire, how he became a 
12 
Mind 
315 
Mississippi, drouth in 
201 
Mistake, double 
171 
“ rather a 
235 
Miscellaneous Drawer 
168 
Money a medicine 
315 
Moore, Tom 
123 
Mormonism, progress of 
Moss, vitality of Spanish 
340 
137,228 
Moth and beetle hunting 
118 
Mother, duties of a 
300 
“ no 
219 
Mount Vesuvius 
218 
Mouse story 
140 
Mouth, adjusting 
92 
Mowing and reaping machines 
“ machines 153,211,243 
“ “ prizes for 
168 
,323,388 
194 
“ match 
137 
