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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME XXVI. 
ARBORICULTURE. 
Budding Knife and Budding 13 figures). 92 
Cinchona Plantations in Bengal. 330 
Cutting-Grafting (4 figures). 269 
Palm, Lontar. 70 
— Pashiuba. 185 
BIOGRAPHICAL. 
Earl of Dufferln, Governor General of Can¬ 
ada. 129 
Fern, Fanny. 357 
Greeley, Horace. 368 
Oscar II. of Sweden,. 289 
Parton, Mrs. 8 . P. W. 257 
Sclopis, Count. 225 
Sebastian Lerdo do Tejada. 101 
Seward, Wm. H. 257 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Halimeter, Fox's. 235 
Limberger Cheese Molds. 378 
— — Packages. 396 
— — Tables... 390 
— — Utensils. 378 
Milk Aerator. 11 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Method of Cutting Shirts. 318 
Monograms. 120 
Ornamental Scrap Bag or Basket. Ill 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Amblychlla cylindriformis. 237 
Diapheromera fermorata. 237 
Oncideres dngulatus. 157 
Pimpla atrata. 108 
Tremex Coluraba. 108 
Twig Girdler. 157 
Walking Stick. 237 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Corn Marker.. 91 
Neck-Yoke, Another. . 299 
— Yokes (8 figures). 236 
FIELD CROPS. 
Berberry rust (2 figures). 44 
Turnip, Cow-horn. 301 
FLORICULTURE. 
Basket with Fern .. 45 
Begonia and Bracket for Plants. 77 
— Ilaageana ........ . 205 
Clematis, ‘‘James Gould Voitch”. 315 
Clematis Lanuginosa. 509 
Collet in bictononsis.:... 397 
Dicksonla Antarctica.. . 189 
Eucbaris Amazouiea. 219 
Fern, Walking. 397 
Fourcroya longtera (2 figures). 173 
Gunnera Scabra. 281 
Lattice-leaf Plant. 12 
Lilium Leichtlinll. 140 
Lisianthus Princeps. 153 
Maranta Seemanuii. 317 
[ Marantas (3 figures)... 61 
Max Leichtlln’s Lily. 140 
Orchids, Madagascar. 105 
Ouvirandra foneBtralts. 12 
Plant Case (2 figures). 77 
Pteroma Bartnentosa. 41 
Sanchczla Noblis Varlegata. 124 
Sedum vlroscens. 189 
Vase, Dinner-Table Flower. 45 
Venus' Fly Trap. 124 
Woodwardia radieans. 281 
GARDENER. 
Lactarius dellciosus. 13 
Lawn Sprinkler. 348 
Mushroom, Orange-Milk. 13 
Novel Watering Pot. 348 
Pea, Dr. Hogg. 93 
Peas, Saxton’s (2 figures). 365 
Strawberry Trimmer. 301 
HERDSMAN. 
Ayrshire Cattle. 233 
Cattle, Breton Breed. 121 
Head of a Chillingham Bull. 377 
Kerry Cattle. 25 
Milk Mirrors of Cows. 220 
Sussex Cattle. 169 
HORSEMAN. 
Bit to Keep a Mare’s Tongue in her Mouth. 251 
Blair Athol. 137 
Eight-tailed Bandage. 301 
— -Applying. 301 
Horse Distemper, Opening Abscess in. 301 
— — Severe attack. 301 
How to Halter a Colt. 58 
Fox, American Bed. 268 
— Silver . 268 
Lynx, Canada. 364 
— Rufus. 204 
Mephitis Chlnga... 284 
Muskrat, The. 380 
Peteromys Magnificus. 81 
Raccoon, Proi yon Lotor. 156 
Skunk, The Common. 284 
Squirrel, Flying . 81 
Virginia Opossum. 172 
VulpusFulvus. 268 
— — Argents tus... 268 
Wolf, Gray American. 300 
POMOLOGICAL. 
Peach, Ricketts. 252 
INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Meltck’s Straw-Preserving Thresher. 
Wilson Sewing Machine Palace. 
143 
209 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Hai ing, Old and New Methods. 9 
Proposed Universal Exposition at Vienna . 313 
Union Telegraph College. 285 
MANUFACTURES. 
Manufactory of the Arion Piano-Forte Co.. 333 
MODES AND MANNERS. 
Apron, Black Silk. 15 
Costumes for Fall.... 321 
Girl’s Dress....... 29 
Ladies' Head Wear (4 figures). 369 
— Parasol. 29 
NATURALIST. 
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American Wild Cat.■. 204 
Canua Lupus Grisens. 300 
Coucnr, or A merican Panther. 332 
Didelphls Virginiana. 172 
Felis Concolor. 332 
Fiber Zibenthicus..... 380 
Flying Squirrel. 84 
POULTRY-YARD. 
Hamburg, Golden Spangled. 316 
Incubators, English. 285 
Pigeon, Ural Ice. 28 
Pigeons, Carrier. 89 
— Runt. 201 
Plan of Georgia Poultry-Yard. 167 
PUZZLER. 
Glimpses of the Future. 56 
Illustrated Rebus No. 1 . 19 
-No. 2. 85 
— — No. 3. 51 
— — No. 4. 67 
— — No. 5. 83 
— — No. C. 115 
— — No. 7. 131 
— — No. 8 . 163 
— — No. 9. 195 
— — No. 10. 211 
— — No. 11. 227 
— — No. 12. .243 
— — No. 13. 259 
— — No. 11. 275 
— — No. 15. 291 
— — No. 16. 307 
— — No. 17. 355 
— — No. 18. 371 
— — No. 19. 387 
Problem No. 5. 275 
— No. 7. 323 
— No. 8 . 339 
— No. 9. 4C8 
READING FOR THE YOUNG. 
Blowing Bubbles. 49 
Infancy... 244 
Japanese Bird Kite. 307 
“ See My Pets.. 385 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Arbor, Plan of Rustic. CO 
Avfariuin, Elevation and Sectional View.... 217 
Cottage Plans, Cheap. 253 
Earthenware Hot-Beds (4 figures). 849 
Farm Barn, Yard and Sheds, Plan and Ele¬ 
vation. 73 
Farm Dairy House,Plan and Elevation (2figs) 297 
Octagon Dwelling PlanB.237 
— House Plans. 109 
Suburban Villa, Elevation and Plans. 265 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. 
/Eollan Harp. 220 
Reading Chair, Simple. 157 
SHEEPJ-HUSBANDRY. 
Ram “Torrent”. 348 
Sheep, Long-wooied Lincoln. 393 
— Shearing in New South Wales.'..*. 57 
— Washing in New South Wales. 57 
SOCIAL TOPICS. 
Birth-Day Morning. 193 
Brown Christmas Study. 401 
Crisis In Courtship.,,. 273 
Marriage of Christino Nilsson. 145 
Mother and Child... 97 
Small Hands doing an Act of Kindness. 113 
The Gleaners... 65 
“ Why, Parson, Don’t ye Know me?”. 353 
SPORTSMAN. 
Two-hook Trout Tackle. 
60 
TRAVELER. 
Hindoo Temple... 177 
Paris Ruins, Theater of Porto St. Martin.... 337 
Paulo Alfonso, The Niagara of Brazil. 33 
Quays of Frankfort-on-tho-Maln. 17 
VINEYARD. 
Grape Trellis, Movable. 17G 
Sulphurator. 381 
WIT AND HUMOR. 
A Blow and a Kiss. 344 
— Doomed Man.... 328 
An Ornithological Discussion. 232 
A Solemn Admonition. 360 
Christmas Aspiration..,. 408 
Conundrum for November. 264 
Feline Rebus. 200 
Good Reason lor not Spelling. 280 
GratlfyiDg Recognition. 216 
Great Sacrifice. 120 
“ Here be Truths ". 376 
Horse Epidemfo—Rough on Jones.305 
Infantilo Innocence.... 312 
“Just Hint a Fault". 248 
Mr. Swelter's Attempts to keep Cool. 72 
On the Beach. 184 
Overture on the Pigano. 21 
Portraits of Prominent Advertisers. 136 
i*ractieal. 416 
— Lesson, by a Storn Teacher. 108 
Sat Upon. 392 
Shanks’ Summer Coat. 88 
Stilts for Swine. 104 
The Ilight of Commercial Morality. 290 
Wringing of the Belles. 40 
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