DEC 30 
fHE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Ill 
Corn, seed saving good.418 
— staltc snooker ..(Wo 
Cow stables, noors for.305 
Crops, experimental, influence 
of season nil.T4ti 
— prodnciug, cost of.-I 01 > 
Debt, ruuuiug iuto. 108 
Drain iiemioult.bit 
— wfieti t<. 813 
Draining, tile.. ,. 001 , 851, 713 108,813 
Ensilage congress. 81 
— experience. 14 
— green ami dried corn com¬ 
pared.,SU5 
Farm economy. .746 
Farms ingo.nl heart, keeping-..897 
Feed, snail it be eeoKed l'or 
bugs...,"114 
Feeding Herman tables .-lls 
— trials.333 
— values . 45U 
Fertilizer, ashes os a.109 
Fertilizers, concentrated, Held 
experiments.501 
— experiments at "R. F”.133 
Fertilizing ajalysis, Conn. Ex. 
St a....,,. .008 
Floors for cow suibles.855 
Fo.idcrs, alue ot.323 
Fodder, waste of... 86 f 
Food coinbmationa.188 
— nutrient*, v lueof.a!), 18; 
— Herman tables. US 
Grass, nweet scented Vernal, 
feeding....,,,.•*.) 7 
Hay, clover!.87d 
Hu.ilciug pin.133 
Manure spreader. Vl 
Muck as manure. 14 
— expi nonce with.(Ill 
Plow trial.,,..,. 54 
Plows, draft ou .51 
— left auu right hand. 001 
— sulky.609, 830, bill 
— wluu is needed. 54 
Potato digger.817 
Production, cost of.409 
Seeding, tain.301 
Tile draining... 004, 651, 113, 70S, bl3 
Tools, wood-work, care of. 11 
Wagon, cheap.617 
FARM TOPICS. 
Agricultural appropriations 
128, 184 
— Colleges, cause of failure_573 
— coin mission, Dr. hawes's evi¬ 
dence.151 
— experiments.520 
— iallures, causes.44o 
— papers in Kuglaud .Iu9 
— Station, Conn. Fertilizer an¬ 
alyses.485 
— — New Turk. 8 
Agriculture, Dep t of, a Cabinet 
oflleo. 38 
— English.ins, 470 
— future of.512 
— progress or.832 
American exports. .502 
Animal nutrition...sii 
— wastes. 1 S 1 
Army worm at Rural Farm.183 
— — on L 1., remedy.440 
— — Season lavoring.150 
Ash-burrcl.198 
Asn-barrelft cause of lire.191 
Ashes as a lertiiizer.7011 
Barn pidls, huop l..r.287 
Barns, nay.sou 
Beef, nigh price.323 
Bonanza rnrnUlig..179 
— - oaul setting. ; | 
— — seeding. by 
Bone vs. superphosphates.501 
Building concrete.516 
Buildings, repa.rsof.0s2 
Binder, hund-shcaf..309, 8 «< 
Cabbage crop, to save.312 
— worm... 5 . 
— — remedy. 8 5 
Canada tu is ties.ins 
Carp raising. mu 
Cellars, protecting.313 
Chess or Cheat.251 
Chimneys, Imperfect.180 
Chinch migs eaiihg rye. 21 ) I 
Clover, desti oyers ot. .47 
— red, dark or light colored.. .779 
— separator... 2 iu 
-- si. kileso.56| 
Colorado fanning. Irrigation ...449 
Corn ami ensilage compared...2U5 
— nnd hay drylug. nothing 1 o»l 
At, 
— canning sweet.151 
— drill, ilooslor....27b 
— drying.455 
— exper.meats at Rural Farm,123 
— fodder. ,..813 
— hind iinmanurcd.287 
— meal, gl noose.uw 
— seed. Is 1 ue u pjier of es r mi ire 
valuable man the lower . .812 
— worm increasing .....53o 
Cotton, udiilcrat.ou of.871 
— growing advantage.370 
Crop prospects. 408, 42 1 
— r< port . loreign.5u I 
— — our.402 
Crops and prices for 1881.joi 
— experimental, Influence of 
seasons on... . .740 
— pioduciug cost.109 
— selling and investing the 
money...199 
Cu uvutlou. 637 
— early the best...53U 
Debt, running into.15s 
Drain, Hemlocks. 814 
— when to .... .bis 
— wny lo.713 
Draining tile. 001 , 651, 713, 731, 
10 , 813 
Eggs us food.. ......138 
— eaten, quantity.7&2 
Ensilage.752 
— at Mich Ag'l Col.502 
— convention.tso 
— experience. 71 
— — fa oruble. 01 
— green and dried corn com¬ 
pared,.... ...205 
— In England...8.5 
— quesllou, iilcased with re¬ 
sults... .831 
— Bui'ui's course..oiu 
— value of. 
— real.534, 004 
Evener, balky horses....21 
— mathemuties or an.24 
Experimental Grounds ol the 
“ it, N. V. 1 '.502, 633, 660 
093. 713. 715, 312, 847 
ExpHrlmeiits at Rothuiusied... h 0 
Fame boys on the,. ....198 
— economy.. ....710 
— help-.470, 483 
— Hough tun .168 
— implements at Elmira trial..201 
— Improving a poor.25j,b41 
— keeping up. 0-2 
— life us it might be.533 
— machines and their agents.. 533 
— Farm notes, Yokun.39 
— operations. fudll luting.306 
— poor, improving..251,845, 393, 
847 
— products, selling.235 
— stock feeding.833 
— wages average rates In the 
Stales.. . 538 
Farms, Prince Consort’s. • .529 
Fanner, aiding the, what can he 
done.. 391 
Farmers and farm help.172 
— Canadian, hard work.717 
— Cfl ldreu, education of..832 
— Club, Ox/urd,-Ohlo..451, SSL 
747, 831 
— Congress.,...7U 
— English, unfortunate.802 
— family, amusements lor.832 
— frauds upon .871 
— keeping accounts.717 
— sons. .449 
— — truth about..514 
— when they miss It.U)0 
— wives. 784 
— — work of.832 
Farming, Bonanza..179 
— — breaking.68,73 
Farming, liarrowing.137 
— — harvesting.157 
— — seeding. 89 
— book .23, 038 
— Colorado . .235 
— for boys and girts. .11, 86,131, 
194, 2a2, 382, 478, 558, #62 
— growth. 486 
— in Germany.. his 
— Iugci soil on. BOG 
— prolltable for poor man, pre 
ruiunis .. .472, 030, 818 
— starting with Sl,u00..307 
Feeding, t conomic, points in... ,572 
— experiments.191 
— - German tabled. ..221,418, 548 
— trials.322 
— values ..... . 4511 
Fence, barbed wire a terror.... 157 
— — — cheap.74 
— cheap and durable.393 
— law in Ohio, Hue.>99 
posts, gas pipe.100 
Fences .- 68.', 1 
Fertilizer, ashes us a.109 
— burned earth.179 
— leather as a...,.204 
— nitrogen hi form of leather..5<4 
pints at -R. F.".123 
Fertilizers, commercial, price of 
038 
— concentrated, drilled in or 
sown broadcast..572 
— — Held experiments.501 
experinv nts with at “R.F.".128 
— Fairchild's formulas.Sul 
— for the co, loll States.. .799 
— frauds In.640 
— nitrogenous, effects on corn..501 
Fert ilizing corn in the hill.582 
Flour, pa touts upon extortion¬ 
ate .468 
Fodder, green corn, dried corn 
and ensilage compared—205 
— — rye as..486 
Fodders, value of . 322 
FoodB, combinations.138 
— nutrients.137 
Foxtail seed for mil 'll cows.271 
Frauds upon farmers.371 
Garden, making.iss 
Grain, .speoulailon. .501 
Grans lidos, grubs in..121 
— lands, lime ou.438 
— quack buckwheat, to exter¬ 
minate.438 
Harrowing Bonanza furmtng... 137 
Harvest in England .. . .072 
— wliat will It be.402, 424, 125 
nurvesting, Bonanza.157 
Hay barn,..500 
— clover ..515 
— putting up...121 
Help, farm.470,483 
Hug manure making.<51 
Hoop for barn palls .287 
R ugiiton Farm, Injury to..—7id 
Husking pin.732 
Implements, Improved.205 
Insect powder for potato beetles 
3S9 
— year. Is this to be.199 
Irrigation. 419 
— at tho West.4.5 
Kerosene, kllloling with. .. ....813 
Kirby Homestea j , Jottings. ,104, ’>31 
Kami, fresh...781 
— grabbling. 318 
poor. Improving..2d 
— rolling, washing. .t82 
Hands, Wc.-tcrn, arid, reclama¬ 
tion.HU 
Leather as a fertilizer.2ui, 314 
Lightning rods, erection of. 784 
Lime on land, effects.603 
Llgr. -r for corn.(754 
Living, getting by one's wits—189 
Loudon purple, to mix .ill 
Manure applying. .. ...009 
— green, benefit........220 
— — weeds a".732 
— -- hog milking.... .251 
— — orttllige..549 
— — saving.... ..... . 704 
— - weeds as green.732 
Maple sugar adulteration of...235 
Melon bugs, plaster for.698 
Moles. 654 
Muck as manure. 85 
— experience with.617 
— quality, to Judge of.313 
— swamp, specific gravity and 
moisture. 90 
— value of.199 
Mud, marine analysis.209 
Nitrogen in plants origin of....611 
— origin of.199 
Nitrogen compounds.881 
Notes on Bock Numbers.865 
Out buildings wash for.342,686 
l'all barn, hoops tor.287 
Faint for out buildings.342, 086 
Painting out-bulldlngs with pe¬ 
troleum .. 128 
Paris green, bogus. ..360 
— — how to apply.033 
— — mixing. .441 
Pasturage. .322 
Pasture laud, salt on.292 
Pastures, woody, u delusion... .380 
Plow contest...51, 614 
— North Bend.814 
-- Syracuse. 811 
Plowing, Fall. .SIS 
— matches....34, 003,8 4 
Plows..131 
— draft ou . 54 
— left and right hand. 609 
— sulkey.781, Tia, 799, 380, 831 
Portulaca oleracea.ill 
Posts, g spipe. .HO 
Potato beetles.633 
— — Dalmatian I nsect Powder 
— — condition lllustiated by 
growth of... ..106 
— digger...617 
— seed balls ...508 
Potatoes from seed balls, size.. .841 
— billing. 67 
— Importation of.376 
— keeping Indefinitely.3U 
Purslane, seeds of.717 
Hut exterminator. .. 169, 686 
Roll* r, when to use.40 
Rotation.......688 
Rural Farm, Notes from. 123 
Is vain, the.6.4 
— premiums. 472 
— — for com yield.542 
— renders to..752 
— writers for 18S3.818 
Salt on pasture lund.292 
— sowing ..374 
Seed and seeding...i>9 
— distribution.80,128 
— — Tree.....,,,.,.,668,569,819 
— — our next .44i) 
— drill, Matthew's or Planet ... 781 
— germ Inatlon....799 
— weight of, influencing crop. .99 
Seeding, thin. .2 -1 
seeds, choice.313 
Sheaf-bludCr, hand.309 
Shucks, lurgc and small..698 
Silk culture. .3-6) 
— — all about.629 
— - in the U. S.823 
— — profits.... 818 
— — reeling......339 
— producing foods.831 
— worms, Allan thus for.4S6 
Silo, building. 54 
silos. . 731 
Snakebites.#73 
Soil, exhausting.. .. 161 
— stirring.670, 717 
— — Importance.548 
— — while crops grow.470 
Soiling.622 
— rye, Winter. I 1 
— Summer.322 
Soils, classification...816 
of different densities.#70 
Sorghum experiments.438 
— for sugar, time to cut.438 
— in .Michigan.,.,.... 312 
— Into sugar premiums for....486 
Sparrows destroying crops.536 
Stanchions, good points.809 
Stones, removing all—..702 
Straw, rye, use of.344 
Stumps, getting rid of.686 
Sugar, failure to make.533 
— maple, adulteration.235 
Sulky Plows, why not name?...881 
Swindled, dishonesty of being. .323 
— f lly of being.387 
Thistles, Canada.798 
— — to destroy. 170, 618, #82 
Thrashing. 179 
Tillage vs, manure..424 
Timber land to clear, when to 
cut .402 
Tobacco for destroying weeds..69a 
Tools, farm, to protect.SV 7 
5Vagon felloes shrinking. 6 O 5 
Weather, some fa» ts about.46g 
— — — - In Illinois. 6 I 7 
Weeds as green manure .732 
— prolificacy. 717 
Wood work, oil on.48s 
Working too many' hours..27(j 
Wheat pasturing.27y 
FIELD CROPS. 
Alfalfa.205,373 
Artichokes. 39 
Asparagus.14, 181 
Barley, growing.329 
— yield. Ex Station.749 
Bean, 1 al. Branch l’ca...2h8 
— growing. .270 
— soja. 9 
— - history or. 9 
Beans as a Held crop. 92 
— effects ou the soil.92 
— harvesting . 92 
— Lima, early starting.169 
— - panting too deep.328 
— planting cultivating. 92 
— seed, keeping... ..107 
— soil foe. preparation. 92 
Beets, cultivation of. 181 
— Improved Imperial..296 
— pitting.518 
— sugar.<180 
Bermuda Grass.213,515 
— — and Wire Identical.200 
— — seed . 472 
Broom-Corn In Kansas.. 37 
— — — the Mohawk.370 
Buckwheat chair, use of.719 
— — Silver-hull.438 
— — thrashing. 749 
Cabbage, European.328 
— ground and manure.91 
— planting.jao, 4W> 
— plants, leggy. 520 
— saving until Spring.670 
— t» protect against cut wonn.344 
— worm to kill.201 
Cabbages, Id ding from the but¬ 
terfly . 800 
Cane, Sorghum sugar.517 
Carrots, white.834 
— Belgian.834 
Celery, Perfection Heart.w ell.. .112 
Chess and Wheat. #41 
Clover, destroyers or. 019 
— hay..306, 370 , 462, 515 
— plaster 011 . ... 5.4 
— seed, dark-colored better 
Hum light-colored.779 
— sick 11 ess..'..561 
— time to cut.622 
Corn. 81 h 
— acreage in 1882 .. 103 
— and potatoes raised togcthcr7l7 
— at llnrai Farm..is;; 
— lien ton at • K. F.”. 134 
— "Bcssurnhla" seed. . 292, 297,328 
— Blount's, acre, husking.-36 
— — five equal plots.836 
— - high price.329 
— selection of. 592 
— trial of (Ol poor laud va¬ 
riously fertilized. 946 
— broom In Molmwk Valley...310 
— - — Kansas. ... ..... 57 
— Chester Co. Mammoth, ear 
<>r.toi 
— collection of largest cared 
varieties. .568 
— contest, Rural.I 80 
— crop. 548 
— crops, advanced Ideas ap 
plied.370 
— cultivation. Rural's method 
256. 592 
— — stirring the soil....... ,18 
— Cuzco.719 
— Egyptian..465 
— experiments of the past sen 
son.123 
— — Rural. 31! 
— — Rural's field lu N. J.4S2 
— fertilizing lit the hill....382 
— — the flower*. .813 
— field at "It. F." experiment. 128 
— flat culture.314 
— for the prizes Instructions..292 
— laud uumtdutrfcd....287 
— loug ear* of.717,120.852 
— longest car.65# 
— manure applied In the Fall. .670 
— - in the hill.344 
— nitrogenous fertilizers oh...001 
— poor, I'l-ee iced...114 
— Root-pruuiug.813 
— Plots of. 698 
— Kiirul's best yields, presents.542 
— contest. 30 
— — corn experhnents.371,4S2,852 
— — Heavy Dent. 96 
— — Thoroughbred Flint.dW. 872, 
720, Sfi'i 
— seed, best...566 
— — from lower ear_....812 
— — — Rural. 96 
— — — Up, middle uud butt.7s3 
— - — ei or... .. .812 
— — Is 1 lie upper ear more val- 
uie k that) the lower?.812 
— — savh .. ;. - 
— — selecting...622 
— Strnwb. rry Gourd seed.298 
— sweet new .. . 79 ; 
— — shrinkage. 714 
— — to get early.318 
— why every ‘talkshouldbear 
one ear.sis 
— worm. Increasing.536 
Cotton. 388 
— adulteration.240,371, 388 
— advantage of home manu¬ 
facture . 388 
— crop of 188!}.. 
— — reports.9# 
— — value. 552 
— growing udvaulage.316 
— improvements in pocking...889 
— profits of factories lu the 
South .388 
— States, fertilizers for. 799 
— the worm, to destroy.3*9 
Cow parsnips..., .200 
— pe-s, S mthern.546 
Cranberry rulilvution. 
— — hnrvesHiig.234 
cultU .I 
— — all about. 238 
— — ditch flume etc.234 
— — tools for . 2 
— marsh, draining.233 
Cropping double,....S39 
Crop prospects. 11 s 
— repurts, our. .102, 425 
Crops for late planting.151 
— hard ground..311 
— producing, cost or.169 
— selling and investing the 
money. 199 
— while growing, stir the soil. 170 
Cucumbers, late.138 
Cynoduu ductylou..213,278, 329.451, 
188,515, 654 
Flat acreage of America and 
Europe.S02 
— cultivation. 828 
Fodder, rye, greeu as.486 
Grass. 11 
— Barnyard.271 
— Bermuda. .. 21 8, 278,32a, 451,488, 
515, 1154 
— — and wire Identical.300 
— — hardiness of.308,4SS 
— experiments...438 
— held, grubs lu.421 
— Foxtail . 251 
— Hungarian at Rural Ex. 
Grounds.270 
Johnson.. . 
.. lawn, mixed packages.813 
— Orchard.342,666 
— — in Vt.731 
— Panieum agrostoldes.23 
— — Glbbuin.200 
Grass, permanent for pasture. .484 
— Quack.484 
— - to kill.81, 251,438, 799, 836 
— Red Top.666 
— seed Bermuda..472 
— seeding . 276 
— Sweet-scented Vernal, feed¬ 
ing. 197 
Harvest, what will It be?.. .402, 425 
Hay, clover. 306, 370, 452, 515 
— curing, fttlflclal..520 
— Millet, curing...515 
— putting up.421 
Hops.220, 580, 650 
— all about.213, 214 
— balling.214 
— ‘'cornered”.786 
— drying.214 
— high prices.704 
— planting. 211 
— picking .214 
— management.213 
— second year.214 
Lucerne. ..205 
Mangels, orange-colored... P9 
— pitting . 518 ' 
Melon grow big.781 
Melons good, to grow.392 
— sulphate of potash.799 
Millet tor hay, euilng..515 
oats at Rothaiusted.#56 
— - "U.F.".128,482 
— Chinese Hulless.511, 200, 625 
— experiments, Rural.371,713 
— — iu New Jersey.182 
— hulless.200 
— "hybrid”.537 
— light and heavy.144 
— merits of White Belgian and 
White Russian.306 
— prolificacy ol’.717 
— Red Rust proof. 50 
— Russian White.128,199, 251 
— three kinds, experiments.., 56 
— Washington....56,515 
— While Russian. 128, 189, 251 
— — Zealand.251 
Onions, El Fuse. . , 
— growing.147, 341 
— — different kinds.122 
— i rnprov lug keeping qualities.797 
— Italian. .7S1 
— Queen.197 
— sets, growing...159, 197 
— Yellow Danvers.781 
Panieum agrostoldes.23 
— Crus-galli.271 
— Glbbuin.. .. 2IX) 
Parsnip, cow.200 
Peas, cow Southern.546 
— seed keeping...107 
Potato, Alpha...6,82, 831 
— — earliest. 288 
— — Early.749 
— American Giant.84# 
— Beauty of Hebron at R. G...621 
— Belle. Mr. Tllllnghnst's eard.2Ul 
— Bliss's Triumph. ..749 
— Blush.569, 779,819 
— large yield.849 
— Burbank. 180 , 271 , 346, 373 
— for sandy soil .251 
— - good word for.393 
seedlings. 98 
— Chaim ion. .278, 666, 749 
— crop.720 
— disease.702 
— Early Gem.188 
— Ohio.373, 669. 749, 912 
— — Rose. , 1.5 
— — — Introduction.580 
— — Sunrise.3i2 
English seedling, length of 
vino........ 1)66 
— Excelsior..631 
— experl' 1 euts.......199,179 
— — at Ro hamsted-.1IXS 
— — — Rural Grounds .. .287, 
633, too, 812,846 
— growing.436 
— hills and rows, distance 
apart.373 
Irish, wild state . . .454 
— land, cultivation.190 
— Mammoth Pearl.271 
— McCormick’s.666 
— Ohio.373 669, 749, 812 
Parson#is Prolific.816 
— planting experiments.4>6 
— Queen of the Valley......749, 846 
— Rose, Late. 65 
— "Scotch"..666, 749 
— seed balls,. . ..567.745 
— pieces, deep and shallow 
#70 
seedlings, care of plants.146 
— sweet, seeds of...8i5 
testa.60, mss 
— — at "It. O.” '287,666, 815,846, 850 
— Wall’s Orange..S 12 
wild of New Mexico. ..Ml 
— White Elephant at "R. 0."..624 
— — — largest...8.8 
— — — large yield. 8 
Potatoes, best. . .251 
— big prices. 669 
— potatoes, growing.882 
— cultivating.181 
— cutting for seed.181,184 
— deep planting.791 
— Early Ruse class. I 
— effect, of shade..666 
— European, Imports.292 
— fertilizer for, bran a.f>98 
— flat culture.392 
— foreign, cheapness. 
— from seed balls ..813 
— - - — size.34,311 
— — — Rural Ex. ..745 
— growing under straw.350 
— heavy vims, Dr. Lnwcs's 
opinion. 799 
— howl dug. ...483 
— imp- rtation of.376 
— lu wet soils..329 
— keeping........181,816 
— In the South...'251 
— large, for seed. ',81 
— tops, a good yield. ; 52 
— — — Dr. Lawes’sopinion..799 
— _ yields, where heavy tops 
552 
— leaf mold for..698 
— Nebraska.731 
— planting, etc.190,515 
— — at Rural Grounds_287, 
666, 812, 8-16, 850 
— prices..!40 
— results of planting at differ¬ 
ent depths .699 
— saw dust lu the hills.....622 
— Scotch.666, 749 
— — and Champion,.360 
— seed balls ..,.,.,568, 745 
— — best y ie Id. 622 
— Seedlings.563,745,831 
— — selection of seed....746 
— shoots.. 
— success with.....231 
— sweet.421 
— — growing. 547. 698 
— — harvesting.750 
— tariff of..172 
— tested at the Ferry Gardens. 702 
— test trial . ... ........iso 
— wheu to dig...550 
Potato, w all's Orange.866 
Pumpkins and squashes. 5 
— keeping..., .. 65 
— Large Cheese.329 
— ovary of.625 
— sugar . 452 
ouuek Grass for posture.484 
— to kill. 251 
Roots for cattle.181 
Rural seeds, reports,..,.25 
Rutabaga Purple-top...-296 
Bye, chinch bugs eating.Sou 
-- Fall, crop.666 
— new k inu. 563 
Spring.873 
Seed and seeding.89 
— distribution ot the Rural.... 96 
— germination of.799 
Seeding...89 
— to grass. 276 
Seeds, weight of. influencing 
crop. 799 
Soja bean at "R. F.". 9 
— — history of.. 9 
Sorghum cane as fodder.200 
— — sugar,.517 
— — time to out...583 
— culture and manufacture.... 880 
Sorghum, halapense.35 
— Rural Branching.80,815 
— — — vs. Pearl millet.797 
— seed. 23 
Spinach.694 
Squash. Little Gem. 96 
Squashes, keeping....799 
— Winter, when to plant.357 
Tobacco, cost of raising.850 
— covering..... 57 
— Domestic Havana. 39 
— growers, needed relief.18-1 
— growing, manure... .. 138 
— — notes. ..39, 57, 107. 188, 199 
271, 356 
— frosts ln.| uring, warning..... 656 
— packing.57 
— seed . 199 
— — amount-per acre.199 
— what will the harvest be... 402 
— White Burley. 39 
Turnip seed, sow.622 
— White Egg Fall.288 
Turnips a poor fond for cows,. .296 
— Fall, when to sow.. 341 
— for Fall feed.437 
— sow lug, keeping, marketing 
497 
— value of the crop...498 
Wheat, American, foreign mar- 
ki-ts for.. 61 O 
— and chess..641 
— — corn lu farmers’ hands....56 
— at the Kural Farm. 482 
— — — — Grounds, N. J.846 
— Bill Dallas. 41, 5BU 
— Black-bearded Centennial 
3, 297, 456, 530, 563, 669, 621. 699,849 
— — - _ — , - ; 1 -1 Golden 
Golden Grains at " R. G." 558 
— Champion Am• er.517, 6 H 
— Crop or Great Britain.800 
— - the country. 666 
— cross breeding.716 
— cultivation...638 
— Dallas.41,278,530 
— describing.. 704 
— Dr. LaweV*.482 
— East Indian. ..392 
— fields or the N. W.184 
— FuBzo-ClHW 8 on.......... .96, 521) 
— Golden Grains.625 
— — andli.B.Cen , letters. 40 
— growing then and now.764 
— harrowing lu Spring,.,.834 
— harvest outlook. .256 
— Beige's.633,731 
— — tor sale.610 
— — Prolific ...... ............633 
5 - in Kansas..5 0 
— — — yields....483 
— Isosoma.263 
— is the price unduly high.292 
— Lawes's......563 
— longest head seen. 112 
— Lovett Winter.625 
— machine to sow one grain at 
a time. .550 
— Slat tin's Amber... 666 
— “Mlxlug”. 587 
— mulch for.779 
— muriate of potash on. 220 
— new...... .....635 
one acre.841) 
— per acre.594 
— planted one foot each way. .568 
— plots, Rural’s....672, N46 
— pre pa ring Seed-bed.3 1 1 
-soil. .941 
— price not unduly high.307 
— Professor IngersoU’s Cress.. 638 
— Rural 'a Cross-breeds..482,563,81 2 
— test plots...846 
— Rus* Ian Black-bearded. 3 
— seeding.781 
— seed, per acre.584 
— sheep grazing on.654 
— Shumaker.96. 256. 278 
— Silver Chaff .4, 184. 633 
— Spring, problem.730 
— — sown Winter.271 
— statistics. ...184 
— Surprise.96 
— test plots, Rura"s.6-16 
— triaig at Mo. Ag’l College. . 699 
— two new. 5 ;») 
— what shall the harvest be.. .400 
— White Towse.672 
— Winter sown In String.251 
— without manure Dr (.awes..292 
Vegetables, best-.54 
— late-sowed.393 
Yam, Chinese, digging.23 
FLORICULTURE. 
Abutilon. Blood-red. ..831 
— Rolilo de Xiege.689 
— Fire King.834 
— Ulaci-um album....123 
— rosa-tlori.h 5 
— Sidlowaotum niurmoratum.355 
AbUlth Its. .355,393 
Acalypha. ...355 
Acacias Australian.. . .372 
Aeonitum Xapelhts.237 
a corns Japonicus varlegatus.. .Ml 
Adam’s needle. .. .276 
Agerutum Mi-xicnnum.123 
Allainanda . . 183 
Alternanthera paronyeoldes. . .831 
— red, new. 1 
Alyssum, whit-e. .884 
Am niobium alumni grandi- 
floruni.90, -ins 
Anemone, white Japanese.55 
Antirrhinum—.45 
Aphios tuherosa....288 
Aquib glachrysantha.. 91 
Architecture and stone work...566 
Asclcplns eurassnvlca. 2 
— lurtdn vnriegnta. 831 
Balsam seed, age .. :.170 
Beds of hardy vines.766 
Begnnln tnanlcuta.237 
— necklace ..237 
— Weltoulensee.. 689 
Begonias, beat.689 
Bellflower.121 
Bouquets for Winter.159 
Bouvardla Alfred Neuner, prop¬ 
agating.288 
- Hnmboldtll.689 
Brown Ilia Roeztcl..498 
Bulbs, care of.....714 
— Dutch..,,.... 714 
— Spring mulching.807 
Cactuses, charcoal water.25o 
— list of.... !..... 55 
Cab eolarias shrubby :......689 
Ca'viidula officinalis.128 
Canterbury hells .498 
Carnation Firebrand. 250 
Carne tloue, best...555 
— Rural.. 627 
Carpet bedding at Newport.633 
Col>ioaseamlens. -. 288 
Cold-frames.....714 
— mats for. 2 
Columbine, gulden.91 
Columbine., tn rocky places....106 
Crocuses, planting.714 
— planting Spring or Fall ....189 
Grown Imperials..714 
Cuttings, care or..2is 
Cyclamens...668 
Cytlsus, Oanarlensls.SC6 
Dahlia roots, storing. . 714 
Dahlias, single-flowered... .338, 689 
Dal«y. Paris .. 193 
Day Lilies...189, 197 
Epiphyllum. 21 
— trunoktum.123,307 
Evening Primrose.170.. 
Everlastings .498 
Flower beds, too small..........565 
— seeds, small,planting.139 
Flowers for Winter ornutucn'g.l59 
— wild in Spring . 76 
Foxgloves. . 193 
Fuchsia, Karl of Ileaconsfleld.. .608 
Funklas. Mil 
Geranium.bronze ..689 
— HenrvCanncll.668 
— New Life.668 
— scarlet rose....t)S9 
Geraniums, best double.668 
Glllardla, pteta Lorenziana.498 
Gladioli, planting. 55 
Gladiolus, fine, John Torrey....SS4 
Glazing a greenhouse.834 
— how....738 
Gloxinias.668 
Gloxinia, seedlings.372 
G een ho so, S>. rlnXlings.866 
Green-h use to glaze.834 
nelichrysuni ..198 
— glganteuin. 92 
Hollyhock, Rural Chafer....96 
Hot-bids.215 
Hyacinths for Christmas.,_670 
— hi glasses..717 
— plant ng... . 714 
irises, bulbous.711 
ivies, English.3:18 
Ivy, Coliseum.91 
— Kenilworth... 1 
Knotweerl CHaut.398 
Lain annas..668 
Lawn, farmers' cheap.170 
I.eptORjne marltlma.372 
Lilies, Californian.2, 92 
— Day.197 
— experience with.517 
— hardy..60S 
LHium ciindldum..815 
— IVashingtonlantim...... 92 
Lily bed, care of.92 
— best.815 
— or the Valley. 45 
— pond, blue-flowered,.215 
— — pink.215 
Mnrlgold, Meteor. 123 
Marigolds. English.493 
51 Ilk weed, wild. 2 
Monkshood . 237 
Myrrh and Bell-flower. 121 
Narcissus, planting. 714 
Nasturtium, !■ mpress of India, .498 
NIcotlana atfinls. 498 
Nympluea DevooieDsis.716 
Oenothera..170 
tipnntfas, list of. 55 
Ofbonnu crasaifolln .. 91 
Pansy, fine flowers.734 
— veed Irom Europe. 338 
Parsnip, cow, giant. 92 
Passitiora Arceueel..668 
Persian insect powder. 170 
Petunia and 01 her line seeds, 
Phlox Druuiniundii, etc’.'. etc".l'. 123 
Plants, potting for Winter.667 
Plumbago, Rosea.237 
Polnsettia. 307 
— pulchcrrlwa. 105 
— white . . 
Polygonutura miilUfioutn.288 
Polygonum cuspidal uni.398 
Pond Lily, blue flowering...215 
pink. ;-215 
Portulaca double, seeds.241 
— grown from cutting.-. 122 
— telling Its flower*... .307 
Primrose, Chinese, keeping... .668 
Pyrethruin.--.170 
— lu open ground. .329 
— roseuni, flower of. 420 
Rock* rles, plants in.338 
Rose, briar.307 
— hug . 250 
Roses, climbing.684 
— cuttings, greenhouse care. ,^°38 
— for forcing .634 
— list, classified .. 55 
Rubus rosrofollus.307 
Saxifrages..372 
Snapdragons.. 45 
Snowdrops. 714 
Solomon’s Seal. 2..S8 
Squills, Siberian.714 
Succulent plants,charcoal w»ter215 
SVnflower to be cultivated.. .784 
Sweet flag, Japan, variegated. .834 
Tropreotum, Empress of India.. 93 
Tuberose, Diamond...,.. 2 
Tuberoses.60S 
Tulips, planting. 714 
Victoria regia. In the open air. .738 
Violets.... .668 
— European Dog-toothed.711 
Walks, Too many.566 
Water-lily hybrid.716 
Wild Flowers, beauties of.S67 
V ucea filamentosa...276 
Zinnias. 441 
GARDEN. 
Asparagus. 74 
— bod. 90, 181 
— — how to prepare. 9u 
— blanched. 360 
— planting, etc..129 
Deans, best.121 
— Black wax.236. 270 
Brancliin g Cal. .... 2 S 8 
— Dreer’s Lima. 270 
— dwarf or bush, planting.135 
— Early Fejee.236 
— - Mohawk.236 
— Flageolet.. 
— for pickling..., .169 
— Giant wax-.270 
— Golden wax.169 
— growing. 270 
— Lima... 
- — planting.393, 435 
— — — too deep...328 
— — starting. 169 
— seed, keeping ....107 
— string wax or butter-.129 
— white wax.236 
Beets, Extra Fairly Blood.. ... .270 
— Long Blood Improved.370 
Cabbage experiments.638 
- 94 
— Marble Drumhead. 129 
— tomatoes, etc.,protecting...314 
— worms . 854 
— — to destroy. 1:16, 421,815 
Cabbages, hiding from the but¬ 
terfly.. .900 
— planting. 486 
Celery, Golden Heart well.750 
— keeping. .129 
— Ferfectlon Heartwell.112 
— seed, sowing.129 
— trenches tor wintering..750 
Chard, Swiss... 169 
Chicory.170 
Corn, best. 121 
— black Mexican.241 
— Egyptian .237 
— sweet Early Minnesota.619 
— — new. 797 
— Washington Market..287 
Cropping Doable... .839 
Crop for late planting.,..,,451 
Cucumbers. Early Cluster...270 
— — Russian. . .. .122 
— for pickles. i28 
— late. 438, 451 
— Tailby's Hybrid .619 
Cut worms.435 
— protecting from.344 
Egg plant. 170 
Garden spot.—.122 
— talks.159,270,307,339,451, 
the children's. 
Garlic... ... 
497, 547 
. 161 
..lTu 
Horst* ra<lish. 
.170 
Lettuce, best. 
. 122 
— Cos.. ..- . 
— mildew attacking. 
.417 
- to force . 
.417 
Market gardening. 
Melon growing. 
-,...7Sl 
— Icecream.,..,..781 
— Mountain Sweet.,.., ..781 
— vines, pinching.731 
Melons, indoor.. 634 
— sulphate of potash.799 
Onion, K.l Faso..781 
— growing, kinds. 122 
— Queen.197 
— sots, growing. 179 
— — — In N. J. 197 
— Yellow Danvers.781 
Onions, growing.197 
— Italian.. 
Pen, Amer. Racer. 562, 650 
— — Wonder.9S, 236, 373,482, 
(jog 
— Carter’s First Crop..'.581 
— — Extra Early Premium 
Gem ..650 
— — Stratagem... 562 
— f’hampion of England.531 
— Dean’s Dwarf Sl&rrow.562 
— Early Sunrise. 184 
