DEC 20 
Hop vines, training. . 98 
— yield.. 
Japan Clover, Introduction of. .333 
Lespedeza capitata. 411 
Mangels, Long Red..284 
— yellow Globe.294 
Oats, about . 145 
— Ames’s Triumph.701 
— ashes on. 200 
— at R. G .701 
— Australian .114, 701 
— Champion, Black ... .55S, 70b 72fi 
— crossing.476 
— cut green for cattle.457 
— deterioration of...ill 
— ground for . 145 
— heavy or light .760 
— extra cultivation. 200 
— Mold's Ennobled B. Tar.114 
— Pringle's Hulless .284. 537 
— raising 197 
— Russlau White _ 6 , 86 , 136, 197 
— Scboenen White..136 
— Welcome.149,701 
Onions u money crop ... .687 
— Ex tra Early, Bloomsdale.... 149 
— keeping Quality, Improving. 3 
Pastures, fop-dreasing.631 
Potato, Alpha - . ,688 
— Beauty of Hebron.20 
— — — — peculiarity of rela¬ 
tion.,.. .656 
beetle, and how to dose him.S29 
— — combating.898 
— — hand-picking. .... 333 
— Belle.83,177 
— Blush .364, 788 
— — originator.596 
— — yield, large. 8 
— Brook's Seedling. Si 
— Brownell's Best . 2 
— Burbank's Sport. St 
— Champion,.... . 58 
— Chautauqua Beauty.177 
— crops large, how. 56 
— culture, flat.628 
— — in half barrels.551 
— earliest .152 
— Early Ohio.6,638 
— — Household .232 
— experiments.2111,332, 605, 638,7*8 
-BtR. O... .612.701,718,802,808 
— — Queen of the Valley.701 
— Extra Early Feaehblow, best 
early. 9S 
— Faultless .177.262 
— Florence...,.,..,'432 
— Indiana.232 
— indigenous.K 17 
— Jumbo.149 
— Lily of the Valley .,773 | 
Wheat on green growth turned 
under.6.. 24 
— — on poor laud.348 
— plowing for .641 
— Pringle’* Surprise .50 
— Rothainstod experiments . ..894 
— Rural cross-breeds .50 
— — experiments. 2 
— seed. 486 
— — broken. . .no 
— —quantity...596 
— — quarts per acre,. wo 
— Silver Chaff.521 .112 
— Spring, strength of. 85 
— test9 for 1882-3. «nr, 
— — Rubai.. 375 
— WJilto Lovett. .. or, 
— — Towse... 005 
— — Zion. 005 
— Winter, prospool. 200 
— — to prepare ground..686 
— Wysor’s Eureka..50 
— year after year, facts.394 
Watermelon tests . 50 
Yam, Chinese..628 
— Magnum Bonum, our..701 
— Marumi ith Pearl.177 
— murket ..56 
— - N, Y.263 
— Matchless. 177, . 811 ! 
— Mayflower.117 
— New Conqueror. 2 
— Ohio Early. .. . 6 
— Palisade.232 
— Parson’s ProUfle. 17 
— Peerless ..701 
— Queen of the Valley,17,83,9s, 6 ft! 
— — — — — and Bella.197 
— Rose. Early, stem end.6.87 
— Rose's New Seedling.. 2+2 
— Rocky Mountain Rose.232 
— Rosy Morn. 119 
— Rubicund. .U9 
— Snowflake, yield. S 
— seed balls._47n 
— — — ex. 611 
— — cut, treatment.229 
— stalk, weevil. 296, 802 
— st. Patrick. 2 
— tests . 130,703 
— — tests at R. G. .2,83. 177, 232, 612 
— — — — — dlifercnt No. of 
eyes. 718 
— Tyrian Purple,.149 
— Wall's Orange. .6, 98,157,687, 78 s 
— Waverly. 177 
— White Elephant.53.688 
— — Star. 83, 88 S 
— Wild ....286,701 
— from Arizona. 171 
— Wysor's Feaehblow .177 
Potatoes, American or Irish..... 22 
— an acre ..97 
— best .2/15 
— digging as soon as vines die. 5-1 
— experience,failures. ... 98 
— fertilizers, special.148 
— from seed-balls. 19 
— for seed . 592 
— hilling up.412 
— hill vs. flat culture. 761 
— in sand pure ..554 
— keeping . 741 
— - over Winter. 70 s 
— manure, applying.362 
— manured with decayed 
leaves.,,...88 
— mulching.740,812 
— one dollar per pound.r>:>« 
— planting early.161 
— seed end v*. stem.. us? 
— quality of. . 760 
— ra sing under straw. 43 
— rotting, air-slaked lime for. 6, 
62.5 
— Rural seedlings.701 
— salt on...238,295 
— seed .21 >,818 
— — stem end ami middle. .70S, 745 
— — pieces, old.G O 
— shrinking.328 
— store-room .705 
— Storing .592, 6:53 
— strawiug .262,811,328 
— sweei, keeping . 705 
— — raising.394 
— to grow large quantit ies ... .724 
— — store best way. 643 
— under straw ...311 ,639 
— variation or.,.692 
— yield . . ... 130 
■ ! . 20 It 
— yielding seed vs. stem end. ,837 
Rice, foreign duties on.2-1 
Rye os a profitable crop.609 
— for green manuring.70S 
— — soiling purposes..., ....770 
— on corn land..705 
— Thousand-fold..553,725 
Seed distribution, free. 725 
Sorghum Haleponse.502 
— experiment. ... 99 
FLORICULTURE. 
Abutilon, double...457 
Adonis Sprlug .. .. 34 
AJlautux, palin-like effect.130 
Ascleplas tuberosu.118 
Azalca-i, hardy.461 
Begonia Rex. 17 
Begonia.149 
— propagating from leaves.28i 
Botanic Garden at Cam¬ 
bridge...397 
Brugman8la suaveoleus. 17 
Cactuses, Wintering. 3 
Caladlum esculent urn. ... 17 
Caluudrinias.439 
— Wintering. 3 
Camellias, Auht. ..296 
Canker worm..84 
Cauua.s . 17 
-- starting. . 99 
Carnations,... ..771 
Cutehfly s, garden... Ssa 
Century plants. Wintering...... 3 
Chrysanthemums...471 
— segetum— . .471 
Cllauttius Dumpier!.312 
Coleus, seedling...361 
Cold-frames, care of plantain... 34 
— pit?, hew In make. 35 
Cupbi-u hysKoplfolltt.17 
Cycl/uneim, Persian.4?i 
Pesmodium pendula tiorum.688 
Dlabrotieu luiiglcumls....361 
Elephant's Eur.17 
Fence*, taking down.171 
Flowers, Imrdv .553 
Four O’(.'looks, wintering. t; 
Garden Treasures.. . ...558, 726 
Gladiolus from seed.444,457 
Greenhouses, ,cement, stages 
ami walls....... .631 
— — heated with steam.534 
— — shading...535 
— — sprinkling.100 
— — temperature.143 
Uyueriuni aureo-Uneatum. 17 
Herbaceous, plains hardy.230 
Insects, destroying........ 4 
Ivies, Wintering... 3 
l.awns... 290, 231 
Loaf-mold.,. .114 
Lespedeza Ulriata.393 
Llliinn Harrlsll...534 
— piilehcllum fromacetl. 3 
— ten Ulf oil urn. 3 
Lilies from seed. 3 
— Japan. 7>99 
LUy 1'ottd.535 
— Trumpet.5S4 
Marigold Corn .. .471 
Mildew antidote. .. 84 
Mlrnbllts jalaps... 6 
Nepenthes meat-eating plant .... S5 
Nevleusla Alabapicnsis...996 
Oleanders, Wintering . 3 
Fifcony.H8 
— bed. 6sy 
Palmetto, Cabbage. . (SI 
— Saw. 1.91 
PampasGrass,Golden striped... 17 
Pelargonium, James G. Murk- 
land...535 
— James Vick. ..535 
— Peach Blossom..535 
Porslun Insect plant.361 
PerrlwlULkles, lesser- ..MS 
Pliacella i-umpamilnria .114 
Plants iu cold frames, care of... 31 
— rooting. ill 
— Winter blooming.471 
Pond Lily. 535 
Primroses, hardy.296 
Pyrethrnm powder, prepur jug.. 310 
— roseum..961 
Rlcluus from Germany. <60 
— plants. .997 
Rosa rugosa.. 180 
Rose, Artier. Banner..,. 11 ; 
Roses, ever-blooming.105 
— PolyanthB.. 1.90 
Silencs . .328 
Soil, wood, leaf.114 
Squill, Siberian .341 
Ten plant for hedges.84 
Ventilation .84 
Victoria regia. 3 
Vinca rosea.85 
Water lilies. 3 
Whit la via..114 
Wild plants, cultivation.67 
Wintering 
etc..,.. .. 
oleanders. 
GARDEN. 
Artichokes. 
Asparagus.. 
— bed.. 
— management. 
— flowers. 
— seed to sow. 
Beans, Cal Prolific Tree.. 
— Green Flageolet. 
— Lima, extent of roots. 
— — marketing. 
. 84, 265 
.117 
.. 706 
.54 
.Oil 
.264 
.232 
.638 
s. 232 
.49(1 
— — planting .. ...982 
— Jte-pllJB-ultra. 2-0 
— seeds, keeping.67 
Cabbage, ashes wood for.297 
— early. 198 
— pests.52c 
— planting . . .268,297 Cabbage, ashes wood for... 
— profits. .756 — early... ... 
— R. B. ripening in Wlsconslu. 62 — pests. 
— seed experiment-. . 99 _ Worms, aloes for . 
Squash, Butniflu..... .85-paras] tie foes of. mi t 
l mw a Essex Hybrid.67 — — protect ion against. .9 
Sugar enna .218 Carrot, ext ra early..; 19 
yield, best . lib Celery.U8 
Tobacco, General Grant.149 — blanching, tile _..... 281 
ground, rldger and roller — Golden H'earr.weli...119 
lor .. 398 — handling .618 
— banging, advantages of.502 - La Plume Chestnut.118 
— improvement. 197 _ planting.476 
— — lal.b system.502 -- Rennie's Dwarf. 113 
— -methods. ,.,.519 _ Giant.113 
- In England .. 6 — ihree-colorcrt.56 
_ press, good .W4 Corn, sweet.. - 
Turnip pluullug.7o2 — — Blond Red .117 
Wheat and rye, cross.611,721 — — bv selection. (MB 
Armstrong .589,(505 — _ JfoUv Dutton.585 
— ot Kukai.G rounds . 50 _ — eatlv 216 
— B.-b.Ceu. 1 ud Golden OrolD*.7«-— Marblehead'.'.* .'.'.'.inii' 476 
— - - — sendingout. 8 — - Excelsior... ...149 
~ ~ .. Winter.605 — — large ears .. 056 
— bulb worm . 476 _ - Moore’s Early. 
— Cliumplon Amber. due — _ concord 
— crop estimate .364.4<j2 — — origin of 
— brow-bred Diehl-Mod. .. 551, 725 Cucumber, enemies of. 
— E? 1 • ., ..60S - White Japan. 
— Diehl Mediterranean, cross- Gardens . 
bred ... ..66? — cultivation... 
— East Indian-.128 making. 
— i't ..— i?7 Grub-worm preventive. 
— fertilizer for.IK7 Gumbo, laiulslana. 
- Golden Grains and R.-b. Con.fifiO Lettuce, Ferry’s Early Prize 
grow ing iri England. 18 .Mnmu - " for tliogarden. wha 
— — Giant. 
— ihree-eolored. 
Corn, sweet... 
— - Blood Red . 
— — by selection.. 
— — Dolly Dutton. 
— — eadv . . 
— — — Marblehead. 
— — Excelsior. 
— — large ears .....- 
— — Moore's Early. 
— — Concord.. 
— - origin of . . 
Cucumber, enemies of.... 
— White Japan. 
Gardens. 
.328 
. 2 
.361 
..149 
.607 
Hard Australian. 
Harrowing . . 
- effects -. 
Helices. 
hybrids?. ... 
in Russia. 
Land ret h . . 
origin of . 
market, our rivals_ 
new .. 9 
ruim-ation. 318 
making...M2 
Grub-worm preventive.147 
Gumbo, laiulslana... .149 
1 .ett hop, Ferry's Early Prize .149 
.Manure for thogarden, what.?, ..-4-1 i 
Melon hugs, todestioy.438 
— culture..,..332 
Muskinolons, early.472 
— flue ..802 
— Montreal Green.149 
— Persian.M59 
Onions a money crop...687 
— early some . 520 
— Extra Enrly Bloomsdale.... 149 
— Italian.7i* 
Onions, preserving...690 
sets.705 
Pea. Araer. Wonder.149, 286,699 
— Carter’s New. ... 553 
— — stratagem. 149 
— Clevolsn • 's R. N.-V. .551. 537. 725 
— Dampler's Glorv .312 
— Day's Early Sunrise. 119 
— Emerald G cm...550 
— experiments . 358,701 
— Ferry’s First and Best..... .553 
— First Of All.149 
— for home use .. 1 is 
— — seed, selection of _588 
— Henderson's First.of All ....554 
— Horsford’s Market Garden 
.554, 726 
— — Racket .554, 687 
— Lsudreth's Extra F.nrlv. 38) 
— late ..554 
— maturing period .. ..4-56 
— Telephone . 606 
— tests .. 553 
— — at Houghton Kurm.488 
— — — Rural G . 687 
Weevll enten.. .802 
— Weevils . 644 
— wrinkled, planting.368 
Rhubarb cultivation. 99 
— from seed . 3 
Squash bug, remedy.538,808 
— Butman .85 
— Essex Hybrid. 171 I 
— Gem. 67,2-0 
— Tfubhnrd .696,770 
— Little Gem.67,280 
LOW’S Essex Hybrid. 
— vine borer .375 
— vines dying...,..H0» 
Tomatoes, Acme.59 
— — canned..393 
— - — rotting.380, 337 
— first to ripen for seed.290 
— green coloring. 721 
— In England, destruction of.. 6 
— Little (Join..67,280 
— Low’s Essex Hybrid...' 67 
— vine borer . 375 
— vines dying.,.. 80s 
Tumutocs, Acme.59 
— — canned,.393 
-- — rottiug.380, 327 
— first to ripen for seed.290 
— green coloring. ., 724 
— In England, destruction of.. 6 
-- Livingston s Favorite_... 5b 
long keeping for England... 6 
Mayflower. 50 
Novelties.>- 
— Rochester...116 
— seeds...726 
— — all kinds.559 
— — old... U 
— soil for...231 
Turnip, Jersey Lily.149 
Watermelons.669 
Anonymous... Hi 
Boss .ill. HU2 
— Bradford. du 
— Carter. .669 
— Crawford Xo. 9. 50 
— Cuban Queen........ .5(1, 669, Hiri 
keeping.802 
culture,new method.722 
1.Hildreth’s lee-rind. 802 
R Uttslun Round. 689 
Scaly-bark. 669 
— tests.50,665 
Wysor's Climax. 90 
\ cgetable, mixing.606 
HERDSMEN. 
Amur, cattle, English embargo,460 
AaluuiG, healing..321 
dig I uiuii 1 -I, difference.JbH 
— form, accidents.237 
— high-priced...56 
Angus Aberdeen polled cattle.., 81 
— — heifers...163 
ladled.145 
A) 1 -shire mid Jersey cross.,438 
— mu. 
— cow.....237,550 
Beef, best. 689 
— Texuu.357 
— Trade, dressed.169 
Bones, cows chewing. 5 U 6 
Breeding, in and in.196 
— principles of.148 
— successful..671 
Bull Ayrshire. 2 is 
— Jersey, Lord Bacon. 50 
— purr.bi'ed, value of.374 
— vmg- ..GU7 
— pulled In herds.55 
— shipping |o the Plaius_..518 
— unruly, hamUing.i-r. 
C'ulf exTHslitlon queer. 3 u 6 
Calves, breaking. 2.9 
— .... 
— early, nbjeetlun.y 
— Eastern i < *r t he West.r v 'ii 
— Full and Spring. 98 
— raising. its, 5:13 
— sucking a heifer. ii -11 
— to halter-break...8m 
Carding stock.Old 
( attic, acclimating. ks 
ul X. V. .State Fair. 615 
— beef.....ili 
— British ranches on Plains_516 
— mis.ness, Western. 357 
— choking remedy.. 75 . 
— death on. the Plains. 1,0 
— discuses, increase of..i 10 
— fat, show, lessons.mu 
from Kansas.77u 
— — Texas.163 
i.ii-ru'i-v. gj 
— herding, barbarity of. 390 
— Improved,dying, to prevent. 82 
— interests, weateru.13(. 
— Jersey, must be housed. is 
— lice on..165 
— on t.lu< Plains - .2:*4 
— Polled..389,756 
— Angus Aberdeen.M 
— nineties. Pad lie Coust.. 19 
— Run.mg Co., foreign.19-1 
— retiring extruded.756 
— sale, auction.non 
— Short tu>rus....642 
— -in Kugland.90+ 
— Swum.HD 
— trade cruelties. 1.72 
— — Western, boom in.670 
t'liaan el I.daud cuttle.Is? 
Colorado live-Htock.. 755 
Corn fodder. 99 
Cow-boys, end coming.590 
— C&tVlllg, feed before and 
alter. 4713 
— Guernsey. 68 
— Jersey. .291,801 
— — Jennie. 639 
— Jockeying.591 
Cows, before driving, care of... .221 
— common, merits of.552 
Jersey Cattle must be housed... 18 
— — speculation.23? 
— cow.294,639.804 
— — test station. ..332 
— grade.. 291 
— importation, valuable . 4 
— sales.343 
— — auction.268 
Jerseys, advantages of.550 
— and Stockman. 43 s 
— at the Guelph Fair. 745 
— giving rich milk . 34 
— intimated, some...761 
— ehewiug bones...50. 
— dairy, soiling.7(42 
— eating si raw . 705 
— high prices. 756 
219, -'1 
— milch distillery, residues 
for.849 
— —cUKiluge for. .23.1 
— or sheep...... 1 , 5 , 
— Shetland. i,;j 
— solliuu. 7,0 
— stable, manure ditch 111 ... to 
-- stables, something about_;i.V 
— Bucking themselves, to pre¬ 
vent. . . . 488 
Cows' bugs, lumps in. 221 
i- iiiI-, i-iH-i n.-rj..,, 132,518 
Dairy cows, bulling. 7 tl 2 
DeVoUb... 
Dutch cattle, Dutch decision. ..Ill 
Feed. •' roUgUhaKs ”. 778 
Fuelling flax seed.:nn 
— meal, loss In. .82<i 
Fodder, corn.... 98 
Food and manure,.. 435 
— uniiiiaK digesting.486 
(7uenon sygtem....671, 7.0 
Guernsey cattle. 68 
cow.ok, 5:u 
Ilelfur. letting calf suck. 611 
— short-horu. 33 , inn 
Hetfcrs, raising.538 
Herefords . ,,l 
— at Gio Chicago Fair.694 
— for *-reaming_ , . 
— — the Plains, advantage... ,i .7 
Hols tel us.376, fifip 
— choice. 826 
— good qualities of. . ! 457 
‘ Imported,proper useof Word Itl 
Jert&y bull. Lord Bacon..vi 
— Cuttle Club, chnnge In rules 47u 
— -special meeting........622 
— — in the Gulf States.34 
— Stockman's opinion ol".51s 
Kerry cotvs . 34 
Lice on cattle.165, 488 
— — stock, remedy. .4So 
Live-stock, Improved, value of.. 82 
— — In Colorado. 755 
—-Kansas .7.15 
Meal fCeiling. 1083 Bi.... . 326 
3teat production, law of growth 
iu..720 
Milch Cows, Full feed. 756 
Milk, flow of, milking Increas¬ 
ing .4S7 
1 'll meal, new prices.326 
Oxen on the farm.... 84 
Pastures, water and shade In...458 
Pedigree, abuse Of.196 
— question. 37.3 
Polled Angus. 145 
— — at Chicago Fall - . 694 
— cuttle, group of. .889 
Quarantining, a farce.322 
Repose.857 
Rural scene. 533 
Salt rock for stock.. .130 
Suiting of stock, spasmodic.is 
Shade for stock In Summer.... 6 
Short-horn heifer.33, ISO 
Short -burns.. 115 , 612 
— increase of flesh.557 
— -- In Fug laud.sol 
soiling, experience lu...H« 
Sporting in wild life__82 
Sorghum feeding. .806 
| Stables, cow. aomethlug about .,358 
Stanchtous, about.1.1.1 
— convenient. 437 
— — for animals.487 
- gmiil word for... . 147 
Stock-breeding, urt of..279 
— fat, show. .. 33, 760 
— fed, 1 -ut corn..130 
- good, getting cheap..513 
— Improved . 196, 279 
— — flesh, quality of. 11,1 
— -- value or... 82 
— intended for fattening.770 
— lower prices lu.591 
— native, rouuduttoti of im¬ 
provement. . 67 
— notes from lUls-P-Hippi.438 
— raising in Hie Gulf States.. 31 
OU public domain.40 
— salting, spasmodic.93 
— speculation, keep out of. 92 
— young buying,,....771 
Stockmen in Texas.«;i 
— rights or. 294 
— Western illegal occupancy.. 173 
Swiss cows. .770 
I Teuts,to lengthen .439, 519 
Thoroughhi-i-ds. 32 
HORSEMAN. 
Bit, eold In mouth.... 6 
limn mash In Winter. .72 
Breast-strap. 310 
i 'lydesdale Horse Association.. .805 
— stallion. 196 
Collar, proper Ilf of. ‘JM 
Cult, must have good care.426 
Dexter’s relatives. .77:1 
Feed after a hard drive.. 72 
Horse breeding, reversion In...676 
— fast, uctuai value... t.h 
— or steer... .114 
— t rut lion ul fairs.391,564 
w lib sore .-.hi. aider*, remedy, 29 ; 
Horses, Anier., for France.622 
— farm. .... . .277 
— for general purposes.115 
— Intelligence uf.. 7 H 8 
large and sulky plows.22 
— light. .326 
old. feed for.2H4 
- raelng at agr'lfairs.391,561 
- raising.. 326 
— bhlre.,. 6191 
unruly.. 705 
Mule, that ■'darned "..764 
.Mules, raising.622 
Norman horse-breeders .805 
Pere heron horse-breeders. 805 
— Norman stallion.68 
Ponies, Shetland.277 
Knee-horse.196 
Racing at agricultural fairs.331,564 
Scratches In horses,....281 
Shire horse«. .660 
Shoeing Vanderbilt’s horses_7n6 
stable suggestions.54 
Stallion. l’erehcron-Nonuau_68 
Trotters, earliest. 7:18 
— speed, maximum In..OSH 
Winter feed after Imril drive... 72 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Artichoke. 84 
Asparagus bed,management.... 54 
— mule .. 3 
iseann seed, keeping.67 
Barberry. 231 
Blackberry, Col, Wilder.2+9 
— crimson Beauty. 53 
— Crystal White —.248,<538 
— Dorchester. 248 
J)r, Warder.. ..248 
— Early Harvest. 265 
— Kit tali any.218 
— Law mu.248, 683 
New Rochelle...2+3 
— Sable Qlloou. 323 
— Snyder...213, 638, 802 
Stone’s Hardy.,.6,9 
— Taylor'sPruUfio.24s, sw 
— Weak Thorncd . , 535 
— Western Triumph. .24.8 
-- Wilson's Early.2+3, 633 
Blackberries..24 s 
— li t K. G.>02 
— lu Michigan. 61-8 
— rnal on. 3 
Blueberry...656 
Budding.422 
cabbage pests .5 >0 
Carakuna ebaudugu. 17 
Celery..1 13 
White Walnut. ’. 154 
1 , 
Chicory . 178 
Chinese pea bush. IT 
ChtonantlHis Vlrglulea .... . 622 
Clematis best..260 
Cranberry culture, ull about_766 
mulberries lu England . .130 
Crous-tirei'dliiK, __ 4:19 
Currant, Black Champion.53 
Cherri_ ... 
— Fay ’s Prolific.441,520 
— Vcrsnlllnlse ... 540 
Worms, to kill. 42 ; 
Currants. 539 
coal ashes around,..620 
Cuttings.. 54 
Dont/.Ju parvlllora .471 
scabra . 39 s 
Dewberries . ...648 
Lxoehnrdrt grondltloru .623 
Forsy till a vfridissuua.ft >2 
Frull farm, Colorado.593 
notes, small, .353 
— pits, planting.67 
— small In Ind. 433 
— - — Texas. 59 
selection.169 
Golden Bell..622 
Grufling.236 
cions for. 18 I 
Grounds, Ex. r.f It. N. V.146, 
k.539, (913, 62-. 687,669, 718, 720 
Orub w-orni preventive. 117 
Hardy filuril. Barberry us a.-I t;) 
— plants, cutitngs of.773 
Honeysuckle, Hall’s. .85 
Horticultural entomology. 61:1 
llot-bedmaking. ... . 99 
Huckleberries, improving.,,,,, .412 
Hybrids and sports.281 
Hybridization.439 
Hydrangea, climbing . 628 
pnnlcuiata grandillera.622 
Insects, kerosene for .779 
Japan Snowball.. .584 
Kalinin tall folia. . 230, -U2 
Kerosene emulsion for insects..776 
Labels, zinc. . 3 
Laurc). Wild.240 
l.llae, Mantetnirian .172 
London purple for melons..125 
MagnoLia speuiosa . 73.7 
Mlor<>scope, handy. . .173 
Mole traps .670 
| Moles, eot chlng.155 
Mulberry trees....399 
Mulching. 54 
Muskmelons. early...172 
Novelties, praise, extravagant.. (38 
Nurseries iu the west.520 
Peurs, tiug eateu.i3i 
non urine, period. 4S6 
Fcrslmuion, .lupun hurdluess of 
.,... .G28 
l'hiladelplnts. ... 85 
IMnus MaaBouiuua aurea.539 
Raspberry, Antwerp. ni 
— Adirondack..688 
—> Brandywine.038 
— Caroline. 188 
— Cl imson Bcautv...5S 
— Cutlihert...688, Tnfi 
— Davidson Thornless. 327 
— election . . 092 
— Everlasting. . , .589 
— Hnnsell. .17, 444 , 160 , 4R8, 606 , 
..638, 825 
— hardy, tw o . .S27 
— Hudson River Antwerp.... 51 
— LU tie’s Prolific ..633 
— Marlboro. .51,53, 49s, 460. 6b2, 778 
— — at R, G . .252 
— Mulitclnlr .G’,8 
New KocheUe.392,1243 
— Niagara .638 
— Ohio.282, 638 
— — Black-cap, .123. 488, :stl. 
...835. 589 
— — growth.724 
— Parnell.638 
— Shaffer's Colossal .460, 49'2, 
.589, 638 
— — — growth.724 
— Souhegan.265, 444, 639 
superb.1S9,492,688 
— TftlCOtl.44*5, 639 
— Turner ..498 
— Wctherbee. 638 
Ruspberrles at R. G.809 
— curly.489 
In nil the States. 698 
— — different States.673 
— — hills...283 
- -Michigan.638 
Mar! Intro and Crimson 
Beauty. 53 
— rustou... 3 
— selected. 84 
Rhubarb from seed. :l 
Rosa rugosa.tSO 
Rose bogs.+28, .799 1 
— — lighting.441 
Kerosene emulsion.413 
remedy.811 
Mareebal Nlel.X+1 
— ot Sharon. .1119 
Ruses, Dtp gee and Conurd.539 
hardy.. 1&1 
Polyoniha ....ifiQ 
Rust on blackberries and rasp¬ 
berries..... 3 
Soblzuphrugmn h.vdrangeoldes 
, .624 
Seed breeding .455 
— <leterloraling.470, 670, 724 
— Instructions.558 
Seeds, small uud delicate to 
him . . 132 
shrubs, propagating.422 
Rural’s selection.,.,622 
Silver bell.. 172 
Splra-u prunlfidla...623 
Thun berg’s.313, 623 
Siak«?r.Ii4 
Strawberry . Agriculturist..535, 1 H 7 
— AruohPs I’nde.687 
— Atlantic.424,428,456,133 
— Autumnal. 6+9 
— bed, to make.296 
— l+ldwell 17, 146,116, 588,530, 
. 97 
— Big Bob. 17, 456, 505, 52a, ®», 
.538,627 
— Bright Idea. .lid 
— BrllllaUt.146 
Burr’s New Pine.146 
— Cup.Jaek. 505 
-- Caroline. 
— CUas. Downing..'. 19 , 380, 157, 
.520,588.797 
— — effeetsof. .442 
— — — in ill .505 
— Crescent. Seedling.53, 489,Sis 
.787 
• ryatal Cllj . 156,60S, 787 
— culture. 433 
— — suecew in .413 
— Cnnihcrlan.l Triumph. .528, 797 
— Daniel Boom-.515,554 
— Dark lteadty .505 
— Downing .524 
— Dnneun ... ..505 
— electi"i> . . .602 
— faultlevK wanted.60K 
— Finch’s Pi*Ollllo.505 
— Gardeji. lit; 
— GebharC.s Favorite.5u5 
— lilpsy.. .456,505 
— Great Artier..737 
— Green l*roUlle. 535 
— Hurt's Jflnuesotu.........116, 1,16 
— Hathaway’* No9.505, 637 
No. 5 . .... ..505, ( 
— No. 3 . .505 
— Helen.146 
Hervey Du vis.146, 538 
Hr 1 ve v..490 
— Huddiesion'8 Favorite.140 
Indiana.456 
— Iron chid.605 
— Jorocs I7h 3 rn, 112 . in. I.'.. 
. - 554.637 
— Jersey Queen.53, 19s, <.'65,505 
..787 
— King or Barilos.......i rfi 
— KLrkwiiod .539 
— Is-gul Tender..156 
— Lincoln.116 
— Gong John ..1-16 
— Longfellow....,146, 438,538 
— Maggie.116, b3? 
— Manchester. .17, 146, 263,457, 
... . ,.,V3, W-, 539,787 
— Marvin.. .137 
— Miller’s Mammoth.116 
— Prolific.116, 7H7 
— 511 Vernon ..116. 414, 451) 38», 
. ,, 661 , 787 
— new.421 
— Nigh’s superb.605, 6;IT 
— notes....436 
— Ollier fl Idsmlth.^.... 11*7 
— old 1 hnmpkm.‘.-Vi 1 
— Orleiil.4.16,: 01 
— Pnrr.v. ..506 
— I’boto. U6 
— Piper’s Seedling,..146, 416 
-- Prlino.156.506 
— Prlnccof Berries.456,722 
— records ..-.... .673,676 
■— Rockett. . 505 
runners, cuttlug.425 
— Royal Haiitbols.500 
— Satin *4loss .. 1-16,466 
— seed, to save. .. 128 
— seedling of W. D. Gunn.134 
— Setiee.i Queen.KM 
Bet-h Boydcu 1 
— Sharplr s- , ,116. 296, 319, 456, 
. . . .4C. 198.039,520.589, 1ST 
— Sue ker Stu te.1 49 
— tests ni K.G.146, 637 
— Triple Crown. . ... .’.39 
— Trlumplie de Gand.535, 6.13 
— Turner's Jienuly. ,.101 
— Vineland Seedling.ion 
— Warren ,.116,456 
— Wilson ... . .45(1 
— Woodward ..146 
Strawberries, among the. 121 
— and irrigation in col. 1 ; 
— besi varieties. II, 
— choice.• * . 380 
Strawberries, c vcrlcg. 
— early and late.: 
— from seed.. 
— — — how to raise. 
— green tipped .! 
— iu ull I he stales. 1 
— — Ark. . 1 
— — different Stub's. 1 
— — Mich . . • 
— — Noli...... * 
— Mr. Wilder’s . 1 
— “ew.413,7 
— on t he Hudsun.tl 
— pistillate parent of varie¬ 
ties .Ill 5 
— — varieties . . 
— potted plants. -I 
— raising. 1 
— seedling.s 
— selected.. 
wire-worms destroying.396 ,1 
Btnarthi pentagyun. .1 
Slyrax Japordcu. 1 
Syringn Antureimls. . 4 
Til) plant for hedges. .. ... 
romato, cut Hugs lor late crops 4 
— green,coloring. 4 
— in a poor soil. . 
— Sinker... 1 
Vtburunm pUeatiun.581,"6 
Yam.Chluese. 6 
HYGIENIC. 
Chills and rever remedy. 81 
Cream for babes;. : 
Disease, new . 8 ! 
Diseases, rural.. 
3111k, cause of diseases.?i 
— hot. a stimulant. 4 
Oat meal for babes. 1 
Parasites in meat... 3 ; 
IMPLEMENTS. 
Cultivators, riding and walking. 117 
— spring-toothed ., S29 
— BUIk.V. . ,. . 6 , 215, 217, 329 
— walking v .riding ... 360 
Drill, grain. Buckeye Caster. 49.9 
Harrow sulks. 21.1 
narrows, about. 806 
Hay-rake, to utilize . 777 
Implements, best, the.. 101 
Plow, subsoil..117 
— sulky, causady .298 
Plows, fenders on for corn_ 553 
— Bulky.Iff, 46,117, 329 
— -iuN. Y..........455 
— — not approved. 502 
Roller, home-made, Improve¬ 
ment lo.(K 
Tobacco press, good.806 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Agricultural convention, Chi- 
ago... 22 
— Ex. stations. National and 
State . 24 
— folr nuisance...70S 
— fairs, trot Gug ut.517 
Canada’s fair . . . .. 661 
Contagion eon vcuilon, uutlonul .793 
Chicago Ag’ I Cun von thin.22 
Clydesdale liorsc association 805 
Exposition, Southern.896,509 
— World's. . 741 
Fair list for 1883 ..+15, 525 
— Number of the R. N. Y. 596 
| Formers’club, practical . 5 
Horse-show at Madison square 
den . 540 
— at Chicago.805 
-7- — association.390 
— — National .7S9 
Illinois Hurt. Society. s 
— State Fair....677 
Michigan Fulr. 61 a, 693 
Mississippi Valley Hark Ass.194,195 
Montreal Horf. Society.679 
Neb. State Hurt Society. ioo 
New Jersey Fair..166 
New York Fair .640, fii5 
North Carolina Fair. . 7+5 
Nurserymen, convention of.429 
Ohio State Fair . 629 
IV-rcheron-horse Association... .'05 
Pumo. Am. meeting ut, Phllu . 662 
Society America 11 645, 677 
Pomology at Mlchiguu Fair.679 
Louis fair. 
Smlthlleld fat stock show. .. 33 
Southera Exposition . .5U8 
— — nt Louisville ... . 761 
Stock, fat. show .33, 760 771, 829 
— — Chlcagu notabilities..771, 
_ 792 
— - — Kansas.777 
Swine-breeders’ Convention....703 
Vermont State Fair.646 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Beet-sugar enterprise.261 
Canning fuetorles.... .612 
Corn, evaporated..218 
Potato starch, manufacture of, .3(81 
silk culture lu Paris.220 
— — the I*. S. 439 
— cullurl.-ts, hints to.130 
— worms eat ing Osage-Orange. 19H 
— — rearing . 846 
Sorghum in cl ua try.218 
— sirup and sugar. 229,246 
Starch, potato, manufacture of.560 
Sugar, beet, enterprise.261 
— maklug, sorghum, experi¬ 
ence .... ... _229 
— sorghum works. Investment. i72 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Advertising, extravngnnt claims 
In. 265 
Cat. books, etc , received ..5, 89, 
30, 89. 101, l ib ISO, Oi l, 249, 265, 
291, 813, 829, 360, 409, 123 
473, 537, 1961, 612, 657, 745, 772,806 
Bread, white and brow n. _712 
Cltieo, how they are built up_729 
English capital In Amur. land... 8 
Evacuation day. .776 
Gun, Hinsdale 1 heap..348 
Indian Territory, shutting up... 
436, 191 
Law, hints on.473 
Little tilings.478 
Manitoba, discontent uf.828 
Mississippi River .. . .152 
Monopoly .. 708 
plague of . -.38 
Illisillipulou--. 793 
Ohio floods 130 
Pauper Immigration. . .... 133 
President and tanners. 
Prohibition nol u failure 329 
l’roteellou III Cniindn . 792 
Uuku N Y.,esiim«tlon of all...559 
Seed*,, | h isl age . . 34 
Swindlers and dupes. toi 
Well, driven, trouble.184 
Yellowstone National Park . . 130 
THE NATURALIST. 
Gophers...+10 
In Wisconsin.536 
Mastiff .Tail 
Pickerel. 179 
pike. 179 
ro MU LOGICAL. 
Aphides treated with Paris 
green. .sg 
Apple. Amer. Golden Russel.99, .501 
— Sommer Pearnimn.5ul 
— Baldwin. ....501 
— — losing flavor.162 
— Ben Uuvis. 6.5,21', 
— for evaporation.131 
— Belmont.504 
— Renoui .501 
— Blenheim Pippin.162,216, M l 
— Canada llolnotte.501 
— Clark... 76(1 
— Cogswell. . jni 
Common Penrmaln.874 
— Crab. Lady Elgin.6, 
