ms 
THE {tUEAL NEW-YOftKEfi. 
Potato, North Star.200 
— Pearl of Savoy.200 
— planter, efficient .314 
— Potentate.118 
— bc ib, cause.307 
— seed, la Mr. Henderson rlgl)t?.!42 
— seedling of Early Ohio.101 
— seedlings light and dark of K. 
Ohio 101 
— Stalwart . 164 
— Straggler....R0J 
— test .. ,7»u, 841 
— Thorburn.804 
— Sunrise.726 
— Sunset.JUd 
— Superlative .?00 
— Underwood atR. G.85 
— Vanguard...,..,. 726 
— Vick's Karlv.73 
— what would we do without? .691 
— Whipple seedlings.200 
— Wild, decay.sto 
— to yield, enormous.225 
— — premium . U'J 
— — Rural's, Why h» did not 
subscribe for the Rural.55 
Potatoes,cross bred.. .,,..661 
— degenerating, Ohio an excep¬ 
tion. 73 
— depth of seed.675 
— don’t handle in wisL weather-680 
— e&rly and late.151 
— — not a9 largo yielders as 
late.881 
— for seed, plant soundest seed299 
— handling.591 
— large crons, hp w to grow..,, 615 
— largestsrnooTh on record ... 10 
— maximum yield, how to pro¬ 
duce. 45 
— profusion of blossoms.591 
— mulched with sawdust ... . 499 
— new, tests of at “It G.".804 
— — varieties, ex.164 
— no more or them.isi 
— Rural’S trench-mulch system 013 
— scab on. 629 
— — —cause.560 
— seed, bloud wilt tell.149 
— — don’t rub off sprouts. 2-10 
— end, vs. stem end.675 
— — from most productive 
hills.804 
— — — Nova Scotia. 280 
— — pieces taken from best 
hills .. 2 i 2 , 243 
— — selecting.148 
— — — and storlug.184 
— sweet care of.116 
— to prevent rot. 833 
— trench system, mulching, fer¬ 
tilizing. etc .675 
— two kinds of scab.543 
— wire-worms causing scab....149 
Prickly Comfrey .264,727 
Pumpkins, Hugar and mammoth 151 
Root* reverting, bud seed.1,6 
Rye and wheat hybrids, a dis¬ 
appointment. 543 
— — — — at “R. G.723 
— — — — why cultivate.88 
Seed, amount for two rows, 75 
feet each. 40 
— corn....66) 
— firming. 726 
Seeding for grass.661 
8eeds, saving . .331 
Solanum Obrnndll.104 
Sorghum, good word for ..261 
— halapeuse. 56 
... _ hardy. 1 
— — In Va . 77 
— Rural Branching. 73 
— — — for fodder.791 
Spartlna eyuoauroldes. . 401 
Tl • othy and clover,....419 
— for a lawn .579 
— In Neb ..576 
— not for the lawn.680 
Tobacco, Perlquo at World's Ex,512 
— salvation or the South.832 
Trlfollum incarutUum.432 
Turnip pasture .519 
Turnips raised ill Great Britain.541 
Watermelon, Cuban Queen.756 < 
— Ironclad.755 
— Kolb’s Gem.755 
— 75 a 
— priae 01 .- 
— Scaly berk.753 
VjlertBsUpf .120 
Wheat and Chess. 25 
— — rye hybrids a dlsappolnt’C.543 
— — - — at’RQ." .....728 
— — — — why cultivate?.88 
— crop farmer* und..635 
— cross between Dlehl-Med. $2 
for a grain .769 
- crosses at “R. G.” ..723 
— Diamond, Wheat of Taos not 
hardy. ..616 
— Diehl Mod. exempt from Hes¬ 
sian lly . .....515 
— early and lute sown..367 
— flour price of. 85 
— heads found In field ClawsonB79 
— Is It a new sort?,.679 
— large kernel . 792 
— plots and wheat fields.7S8 
— preparation of by pasturing 
sheep on clover .. 70 
— oats, rye. corn, etc,, what the 
prospects are ..447 
— raising, cheap, In Dakota... 134 
— Saskatchewan_240,278,315 
— S. Car. dissolve 1 phosph. tor.592 
— sown 42y'rs Without manure.743 
— Surprise. 743 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Abutllons.845 
Agaves, cactuses etc., winter¬ 
ing .....583 
Alyssum. Sweet.676 
Amaryllis family.724 
AADuragiiH uumis* luma.'-92 
Azaleas ..4U4 479 
Begonia Dontsell.5l2 
— inu tallica.512,592 
Begonias, tuberous rooted 202, 512 
789 .. 
Bouquets, hand . 724 
Bouvurdlos... 71 
tiro vaiiia Jamesouil.,.M2 
Bulb be Is, care of .312 
Bulbs Fall-planting .724 
— pluutlng ..6*9 
— winter care of.7S» 
Cactte lime rubbish not neces¬ 
sary for. 981 
Callu.676 
— a spotted leaved....... .531 
Calailluins, fancy-leavod. .739 
— green leaved . 749 
Cnnna K.hemnuntL .243 
Gannas, care of . 739 
— growing. . 480 
— lab' Improvement of . 73 
Candytuft, hybrid Gibraltar ...831 
Chrysanthemum artomlsla.381 
— eraxo .. 773 
■ Show . *45 
Chrysanthemums, host.. 881 
— seedling ... . 381 
Clematis . tO) 
— eoceinea... 167 
— Vurloi lc* of 8S 
Cocos Wcddeltanu .528 
Columbines.381 
Crocus planting the.724 
Eulalia Juiionlca zebrlua .167 
Plena elaatlca. window plant.,, .533 
Klower humbugs.-197 
Flower*, cut.724 
— Fall.38i 
— Spring. 239 
Frlesla refracta. ..298 
~ —alba..,..si)6 
White. 
Four oVloeks. 791 ] 
Fuchsias.33| 
Galanthus Elwcsll..645 
Geranium l.ady Washington ....381 
Geraniums, how to manage.261 
Gladioli . 79 m 
— new .. 26. 
Gladiolus ColvlUlt.72, 
— .36, 
— Eugene Scribe.20> 
Gloxinias . 79a 
Idcslu polyenrpa .54)j 
Ipomtea Learll.518,59 
Ipoimea. a summer climber.298 
— noctophyton. 78 
Irises.881 
Lantanas... 3 
Lawn, study of the.7«6 
Lawns, weeds In .. .344 
Lilies.790 
LiUinn auratum,Winter-killed .-417 
— Harvlsll .11 > 
Lily, Easter .‘11 
Lobelia gracilis. 
— secds^.. 
Madeira vinca.<90 
Mignonette White Upright, 
humbug. . 49; 
Narcissus olcoler Ajax,,.361 
— fur Winter bloomtug . .295 
Nasturtium* In Winter ......... 71 
Nlcotlaua affinls. .8?8,381,54$ 
Orchids, cacti and bums at 
World’s Exposition. 71 
Palme dwarf.- v - s 
Pansies, success with.299 
Pelargonium t.n Jeannette.',92 
— Queen Of the Fairies.732 
— Scarlet .. 629 
— Yellow flowered ... . 522 
Pelargonium*. • MS 
Perennials, whv not cultivated.IM 
PhornUum tenax .725 
Phylocaetus - .. . 381 
Plant*, arranging for fairs.. . .724 
— dirty, at fair* . 724 
— hardy for shady places_139.‘5'l 
— Winter care of..789 
Plumbago capensls..644 
— — beauty of. 693 
— Isrpentfl).*44 
Polythene*. 381 
Propagating bed, amateur.TS'.i 
Rlchnnllu -■Ettiloplca.676 
— alba. 584 
Rose, Mabel Morrison, difficult 
to propagate .479 
— Marshall P Wilder.202.496 
— Persian Yellow. -UP 
— William Frauds Beunett... .167 
Roses, budded. 328 
— -planting ...381 
— difficult to proDarate.479 
— Imported budded.. .,..381 
.Salvia patens.790 
Setlla, Siberian .312 
Seeds sowing In boxes.167 
Snow drop. new.645 
Spring flowers . 239 
nock Gtby flowers.381 
SIveptosolen Jnniesonil.5L’, -t"> 
Styrax Japonlca ..293,480 
Sweet Al.v s»U m.676 
Thunbcrgla Qarrlsil a 6ummer 
climber. 
Tlgrldlas.. 
Tobacco plant, new . 
Tuberose*. 
Wall flower. 
Window plants. . 
-over watering. 
GARDEN. 
.293 
.790 
.828 
.790 
.3*1 
. 5-3 
.583 
Asparagus bed new way of 
forming... . W 
— to set out.224 
Bean Header son's Earliest Red 
Valentine.... ..726 
Beans. Bush, planting.. .,3‘2 
— dwarf snap ..105 
— good varieties.329 
— Lima, how (0 start.315 
Beet, Eclipse. 726 
Heels good varieties.105 
Broccoli .223 
Brussel's Sprouts.223 
Cabbage, abuse of.228 
— and Its allies...223 
— culture.149 
-notes from experienced 
growers. . 228 
— early.. 223 
-Ktampes .695 
-to raise.807 
-Wales field. e»5 
— flea, remedy.. .k.226 
— late.....T.223 
— preserving through the Whi¬ 
le .. 149 
— Winning stndt .JJb* 
— worm, a new remedy.133 
-Cheating ...... .224 
-to kill .531 
Cabbages best kinds, cultiva¬ 
tion.105,223 
— on light soils.14 < 
— that split. 226 
Cantaloupe. Bird.755 
Cantaloupes Colorado .343 
Carrots, varieties, best.105 
Cauliflower culture .223,315 
— Leuormuud'x short -stemmed 7*9 
— varieties, best. .IU5 
Celorlac 805 
Celery, blanching with sea 
weed. 78 
— Boston Dwarf .759 
— Golden Hea twell.4, IM 
— Henderson’s Sew Rose.805 
-White Plume .. *'> 
— late-keeping .344 
— Igindou Red.592 
Perfection Hcnrtwell. 105 
— plants, cure of .531 
— r,M.$12 
— not popular .73 
— seif blanching . 4 
to luerease crispness of.483 
— turnip-rooted. 805 
— Whit Plume.4, 105, 121. SCfi 
-how to keep tt.129 
Corn.sweet. {(-Mexican.346 
-earliest.348 
-succession of..329 
-varieties of.1(15 
Cucumber, Early Russian. hfi 
— Green Pro.Uln .105 
— White Japan.P'S 
Eggplant. Dwarf Purple.105 
Kale, curled.:.223 
— growing. 120 
Kohlrabi .120 
Leek culture .wo 
Lettuce, early, to raise .307 
— novelties...l 2 o 
Lima beans, flow to start.HI 5 
Melon. Hackensack.755,156 
vines plurhlug back.86, 148 
Melons, pinching bnck shoots, 
effects . 86 , its 
Musk-ruoiu culture.81.120 
— Musk Ban atm .54 
— Christiana.... .120, 73 
— »o)deu Perfection....I,4) 
.- Hackensack. .130,755, 156 
Water iif seed Dlstrlbut'on .754 
Okra, dwarf .........135 
Onion. Egyptian.813 
Onions, earliest.135 
— keeping . 888 
Pen. A luska .. .755.769 
— Alexander’s Cable......4e3 
— -Prolific.. 463 
-: 1 ml l ax .. 44.1 
-Vermont...,...... ..496 
— Atlantic .496 
Blue tmpetlal.. .........796 
— Wreck's Excelsior .... .468 
— 1 lartor' < Find Crop. 183 
— C'lovelnn t's K NY,.134 464 
— Early Paragon . 496 
— experiments at R. O.. .VS, 196. 543 
— Henoerwui’x First of All.726 
— notes, comparative values. ...18.4 
— Pearl .isS 
— Rural New Yorker.135, 463 
seed. Old, sound.414 
— Sharpe’s Triumph.4*6 
— Smith’s Extra Early.163 
— Stratagem...514 
Peat, do we sow them too 4 ilck.26o 
— earliest .463 
— later new ... ..463 
Pepper. Golden Dawn ..15! 
Pouito sweety yellow yam. .. 73 
Radish Willie tall Scarlet..161, Ml 
Kndl»hes, Winter ., .646 
Rhubarb. Monarch..496 
Salsify, cultivate. 151 
Squash. Little Hum. 55 
— Perfect Gem.151 
— Pine-apple. 531 
— vine borer, experiments 
upon. 68 
Squash vine borer remedy.789 
Squashes.151 
Tomato, King Humbert.660,726 
— plauts, to protect from eut- 
wortUB.848 
Tomatoes. 480 
— good .1’1 
— planting.-. 41 1 
Vegetables, early.61 
— good list. .264 
— list of best. 434 
— selection of garden .829 
Watermelon, Cuban Queen. ... 556 
— Iron-Clad .755 
— Kolb's, Gem .155 
— Orange.7‘>5 
— Pride of Georgia.755 
— Scaly Bark .755 
Vick’s Early. 73 
Watermelons good.120 
HERDS MaN. 
Animal diseases greatly exager- 
uted.'296 
Animals, cruelty to..492 
— -outrageous.... 185 
— dishorning.480,547,807 
— early maturity for the butch¬ 
er. 482 
— for market, tricks In prepar¬ 
ing ..4*2 
— handling. .5jM 
— on the plains, cruelty to.IS! 
Beef, baby .10', 148 ,2 1 
— consumed..835 
— cost of raising on the range 
and farm.J34 
— eaters..<16 
— make while snow falls .805 
— profitable slaughter.148 
— supply . 835 
Booms, strain Ing .<41 
Breeding tor meat.343 
Breeds, different, each has a 
place . 480 
Bull, device for tethering.482 
— Holstelo-Frlcsian . 395 
— Jersey. Exile of St. Lambert .679 
— Shorthorn... 118,819 
— Sussex. 742 
Bulls, beware of..846 
— keeping confined, effects on 
progeny . .547 
— grade. 165 
Cattle, abortion In . 70 
— business in Iowa. 53 
— barons. Gen Brisbln on llie..oMS 
— cob-fed...240 
— dishorning.48/1, 547, 807 
— disease convention 111 III., ...328 
-In 111., fighting.644 
-more about .296 
— dying from eating smut. 2 
— fattemug In <> luter.. 805,828 
— feeding experiments In.......579 
-In the West..828 
— on the plains . 54 
— free trade system.102 
— Galloway . 823 
— growers, association. ... 226, -885 
— •• grubs ’’ lu backs of.547 
— health..6 6 
— Kyloe or W Highland.593 
— live, exports of. “ Stoekiuan’’S6l 
— loss of by disease.514 
— most beautiful. ..513 
— native..164 
— on the plains. 593 
— polled. ..807 
-” butting”.27« 
— Swiss .575 
— trail, proposed .1US 
— turned out In Winter .225 
— Western, cruelty lo.195 
— Winter fattening.805 
Calf feeding .— —579, 6.6 
Calves, overloading stomachs 
of . 386 
— raising by hand.629 
Cattlemen In the West .593 
Collie. Scotch.519 
Contagious diseases. Undue ex¬ 
citement about.296 
Corn-anil-cob meal, rs corn 
meal .... .848 
Cow calving In the Fall .792 
— economical rations for.67 
„ .. IM, son 
— Jera v, Fatih of Oaklands ...643 
-MolUe Garfield .is 3 
— prolific. —273 
— Short-horn, Leila . n 
— the nat on’s steo-motber.380 
Cows drinking soft water cause 
of bone brittleness.101 
— Red Polled.330 
— B-rub ..433 
Corn, grinding entire ear for 
cuttle..:240 
Cracklings feeding .791 
Devon cattle for the South. 119 
— -good beef . . 51 
Devonshire cattle ....102 
Disease*, cat tie. eon vent Ion. .323.9:15 
-fighting . 641 
-more about.....2 W 
-undeveloped.. 49ti 
Dishorning. 180,547,907 
Dog, Collie..519 
Early maturity craze.. . .2y6 
Fat stock and dairy show.731 
Fattening cattle at the West. , .928 
Feedlug calves. ....573, 616 
— experiments ..S43 
-with steers .881 
-*tal l system. ..511 
— stock tn the West.743 
— value inlbrewers* grains. 24 
— variety La.. 791 
Fencing for stock .... . 54 
Fodder, ooru. .811 
— views old and new. What 
becomes of.,.,,...,,...812 
Galloway rattle . 328 
Goat feeding .847 
Herd hook nuisance..181 
Heifer, Short horn .. ..699 
Herds, ruturo where to raise.560 
Hereford* to tho from. 661 
Holland cow Atuleto ..416 
Hollands, famous .416 
Holstelu cow and calf ..880 
— —Boutje.ldl 
Defense.347 
— Friesian bull., .395 
-registry. 695 
Horns, why should cattle huvo.. 7 H 
Cattle, feeding experlmen. s ...,86l 
Jersey and tho Jorsovs...73 
— beef . Si 
— bull Exile of St. Lambert.678 
— cattle at home . 4 5 
— cow, Faith of Oaklands.643 
-Mollle Garfield . 1S3 
— craze, filial results.24‘) 
— crossed with Ayrshire.235 
— heifer ■* Cream of Jersey”. ...593 
— herd, Mr. Dye’s are souud_39 
— steer....695 
Jerseys advance of.. Bit 
advantages .513 
and Short horns, fitness of 
things . 4:13 
— as imtter-ninkcra. 433 
— beautiful.. 795 
plain (ulk about.416 
staying quolltcs of..538 
— under the hammer ............839 
K.vloo cattle...598 
Lice on cuttle, remedy.. 57 
live-stock region of the South..M4 
Maturity early', erase for .396 
Meat, mountain .661 
Milk, skim, value of for feed..,. S3 
Oxeu. working-. ........859 
Pea straw for stock.2U0 
Polled breeds, disadvantages of 72 
— cattle “butilng ”. 276 
— hud fer, e ross-bred, . 433 
— Red, cows. ....880 
Pump, cattle, Belt-operating 56 
“ Scrub ”,.S62 
— cows.432 
Shelter, winter for stock ....630 
Short horn breeders, good advice 
to .330 
-rules for.695 
-bull.118, 819 
— —cow l.ella.... 77 
-heifer.699 
Short-horns In Amer, good dairy 
cattle.102 
-the U. S.430 1 
Short horn*,not butter-makers 432 
— —red color of.791 
-white better than red. 25 
Smut killing cattle. 2 
Stall feeding system ...515 
Steer feeding, experiments .831 
Stock barn, cheap.941 
— diseases . .236. 828 , 480,04 4 
-Stockman's reply.20<i 
— feeding at the West..742 
-- hard... . .. 70 
-other considerations .496 
— Interest*growth of. 544 
— nailvo, '’scrubs”. 165 
— notes.161. 630, 791 
— SVhy we feed .3.1 
Stockman, Is he a breeder or 
dealer? ..432 
— Notes by.. 
..54, 200 , 240, 296. 309, 480, 54-1 
— reply to..282 
— —to Dr.Salmon ..296 
Stockman's articles, protest 
against. 148.20t 
— mistakes .. 407. 417 
— reply. 200. 380 
Stockmen's Nat'lConvention.. .551 
— Western. leasing land.54 
Su-sex bull. ..742 
Swiss L" ttle..575 
Western stockmen leasing land 54 
5 ards. covered. .828 
HORSEMAN. 
Cleveland BayC’oachingstallion 295 
Colts, care the first Summer_595 
— raising..135 
Clydesdale, Royal Duke. Set 
Donkeys at Central Park.851 
Feeding four times a day....185 
— grass or hay only.695 
Flies in stables.547 
Food for l.tJW-poiind.280 
Grain, feeding to horses.25 
Hackney mare. Princess.678 
Horse that is stiff, treatment of .262 
— Boot the.. 
Horse’s hoof..,., —.499 
— stomach, capacity of.663 
Horses not requiring water-135 
— overfed... 135 
— shoeing .578 
Mare, good, to breed from.401 
— a good. 8il 
— spavined, don't breed from. 595 
Morgans.135 
Mules In the South ...77S 
Nornmtt horses, group of.70 
Normans gaining popularity... 276 
Ponv. Snrtland, Little Giant.... 363 
Pyrethreum, sponging horses 
with a solution of .. 630 
Shetland pony. Little Giant.... 363 
Shire home, Prluce William_282 
Shoeing. 578 
Shoe that conic* on and off.Ill 
spavin, treatment....... .562 
Stallion, Cleveland Bay.295 
Stiff horse, treatment of... .262 
Stomach of horse small.695 
Turpentine for horse wounds...547 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Amelanehter Canadensis va, ob- 
lotiglf jlia-.592 
Arslla splnoea... 25 
Asparagus, to set out.224 
Azaleas, deciduous.,417 
Berries In Bt . Notes on...592 
Blackberry, best.660 
— Brunton.....,^715 
— Crystal White.770 
— Early Harvest .. .24, 343. 715^ oO 
•- Evergreen.515,593, 629 
— Snyder. ..<<0 
' — Stone's Hardy.715,770 
— Taylor..715 
— Waehusett.770 
— Wilson Junior.770 
Blackberries, comparing differ¬ 
ent . 678 
— discussion.,.715 
.-mu tied rows. .-'Hi 
Cabbage Maggot ..4,8 _ influence of dltteren' 
- _ rem6dy ’ Vi,! Iff - Kalntt. a fertilise f 
— — remcdle*.740,741 
— — Jce-wnter does not kill. .592 
Cercls Jnpoi.ien.629 
Clematis oocctuea.167 
Clematis, varieties of.38 
Clematis, yellow.236 
Curraut, Block.. .$ 6 
-Champion ..7-lu 
-cultivation, best kinds, 
etc..739, R«5 
-Grape .906 
-Lee's Prolific.789 
— — Naples.739, 806 
-valuable. 806 
— hushes, mulching.S44 
— Fay’s Prolific._56, 202 715,770 
Currants and gooseberries 
mulched with coal ashes.... .592 
— Asiatic...:W5 
— best varieties.275 
— pear-shaped .365 
— seedling.— 275 
Cyclone uozzlo.496, 5«7 
Dewberry. Luc ret I a.7V7, 715, 770 
Dodder, handsome.629 
Dogwo*id, native.430, 433 
Elderberry. Russian..343 
Exoehorda «ruudi flora.312 
Experimental work at the N. Y 
Station . 88 
Fruit for Canada.531 
— Immediate action of pollen 
on. 4i*4 
Fruits, Now. an expert to try . .806 
-worthless, now to get rid 
of. 383 
— of North-West....»*6 
— packing mid shipping.806 
— small, fertilizers lor..6;9 
--special number_619 
— Notes from lnd.529 
Fungi.Injurious .... 576 
Gooseberry, DoUgall.101 
— - seedling. .7711 
— Rural Weeping .tol 
Gooseberries, hybrid.149 
— new.101 
— raising from seed.419 
Graftlug .. 99 
Urouuds. Experfmental of R. N. 
Y.. _101, 164, 199, 163 496, 804 
Uuu, alarm.161 
Hoe.scuffle .. 734 
Horticulture, experimental. Ell- 
wauger X Barry’s work. 61 
Horticultural advances.225, 293 
Horticulturists, pioneer, houur 
to. 3 
Huckleberry. Improving.....591 
Japan quince.224 
Juueberry, fruit of.592 
Kertweue emulsion...420 
— soap mixture.181 
Labels, sine . 331. 513 
Laurel. Mouutalu.546 
Lotiloora htsplda.,.417 
Mortis Fufclva.J276 
Mulberry, Dowulng’s Everbear 
lug. 23 
— Russian....567,679 
-not hardy.433 
Mushroom house. 61 
Mushrooms, growing. 61 
Peanuts, raising on'L. I , prise 
for., .226 
Pea notes, comparative values. .1S5 
Peas, weevil eaten germinating 367 
381, 176 
Poison vine, killing. 645 
Pollen, Immediate aetton of on 
fruit . ...4t>i, 418 
Prlnos v rtlclllala.328 
Primus PDaardl.479, 529, 933 
Raspberry, black.273 
— “Carman 1 ' . 199 
. 
— Crimson Beauty.660, 715, 77<> 
-same as Imperial?. .....196 
— discussion..715 
— Doolittle..,148 
— Earhart Everbearing.isy 
— election.217 
-Rural.,.,.,,385 
— Everbearing.770 
— G ddeu Queen.529, 711, 769 
— Gregg.561, *70 1 
-bardlnesssof.84- 
Raspberries Hansell.529 
— Marlboro .715 
-In Kansas. 28 
— — Mr. Caywood’s letter.54 
-Pres Wilder’s experience 
with. 514 
— Montclair.770 
— Nemaha. .202 
— Ohio.770 
— pest. f 61 
— Raneoeas.711, 715,769 
— Shaffer’s Colossal202,225,2 6.32*, 
6IJ, 716. 769 
-- hardiness of..384 
— Superb.,... • 769 
— Shaffer. .276, 631, 715 
Raspberries and blackberries, 
pinching back.516 
— best, two ..247 
— in Vt ..561 
— two for home and market... 247 
Rlbes Alpinum.. -865 
Rosa rugosa.417, 546 
— — and its varieties. 164 
-double.161 
Rose Marshall P. Wilder.202,496 
— bug remedy.203 
— — Buhaeli for.420 
— Persian Yellow .480 
— Queen’8 Scarlet.48') 
— William Francis Bennett.167 
Roses, budded, planting.S91 
— Hardy..202 
Rhubarb. Monarch.496 
Seed distribution, national.599 
— — Rural.7'-5 
Sh'ubs, a dozen hardy.,.276 
Snow line, protection at.26-1 
Sparrows eating buds.226 
t plrtea laevigata . 417 
— Van Houttes ..417 
— Yarrow-leaved.417, 546 
Spt'teas. 546 
Sport, what Is a.. 3*3 
Strawberry, Amateur.. .463, 5<<, 592 
— and Raspberry culture, soil 
not adapted to.515 
— Atlantic. 592 
— bed prepa Ing for new.531 
— Black Defiance. 592 
— Bonanza . ..463 
— Charles Downing.531, 592 
— Chilian..263 
— Crawford’s o. I. .392 
— Crescent.592, 715 
— — seedling of i'O years ago...405 
— Crystal City, early.592 
. — culture, outlay and Income..344 
-profit*.561 
— Daisy Miller. 529 
— Daniel Boone. 55 , 463. 592 
— election.247 
— — Rural,...£65 
— fertilizers. .574 
— Hathaway's No. 9.563 
— Henderson. 463 
— James viek. ff*2 
— Jersey Queen....182,592 
— Jersey Queen, large berries..514 
— Jewell ...463, 511. 592,594, 029, Til, 
767, 806 
— leaves, rust on.263 
— Manchester. ... 132, 592,628 
-effects of different pollen.567 
— Mrs. Garfield.55, r2S 
— mulch of pine mtedles.3-19 
— notes...561 
— Parry.....463, 592, 769 
— plauts the first year.343 
— Prince of Berries... ... .592.59) 
— seedlings, to raise..43i 
— Sharpless.592 
— tests at “R. G.".463 
— Wllsou.... . 592 
— Windsor Chief. 118 
— yarns, big.....715 
Strawberries at tne Ohio Ex.- 
Statton.. .594 
— dressed with potash, effects. .619 
— from seeds not re« erting to 
wild strawberry.592 
— how far north can they be 
grown?. 514 
— bow to set out.224 
— In Boston markets.5s7 
-niutted rows, «>v{|8 of_.544 
— influence of din cron 7 pollensAAs 
— Kalntt. a fertilizer for.25 
— mulching. £44 
— multiplying the varieties too 
fast.364 
— notes on newest . .592 
— of the North . .... .314 
— Old Imperial and Crimson 
Beauty .545 
— pistillate. Influence of pollen.62‘J 
— not planted with perfect.... 530 
— pollen on. Influence of.715 
— potency of pollen..773 
— sandy and clayey soils for. ...544 
— seedling, raising.628 
— Spring cultivation of.367, 4-6 
— two for home and market.. 247 
Stuartla Japonlca.546 
Styrax Japonlca.. ..298. 177. 480, 546 
Teratology... 592 
Testing, need of. 
Tomato abnormal.592 
— worms. 531 
Varieties, new, testing, society 
for,etc. 4S7 
Viburnum rotundirollum.417 
HYGIENIC. 
Bowel trouble remedy...515 
Butter-milk, more general use 
of advised . 330 
Cholera, persons who are vic- 
tlunsof .646 
Consumption, contagiousness. .577 
Fruit, t-nt. 728 
Huy {• ver.. 530 
Health, good. 6:17 
Honey g od for children.831 
Malaria, remedy...578 
Meat, diseased. 694 
underdone.S61 
Water, hard more who’esome 
than soft . 778 
Whooping-cough, cure.663 
INDUSTRIAL IMPLE¬ 
MENTS 
Cotton picker... . 631 
Mill, Scientific. 244 
Mills, grinding .. .244 
Mower, Crown.335 
Potato Planter, efficient.814 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Beef canning Industry.833 
— cost of raising on the range 
and farm .. 134 
— supply .. . 835 
Carp culture, all about.535 
— — great increase.40 
Maple sap spouts, expiring pat¬ 
ents - . . 87 
Silk culture craze .. 57 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Agriculture. Conn , board of . 23 
Convention, Cum. Column’s. 487 
Cattle disease convention in 111. 82* 
— growers' Aooocl it Ion, . .226.853 
— — National.747 
Connecticut Board of Agricul¬ 
ture. 23 
Dairymen’* Association, ill ... 38 
- x Y. State .. '2 
Ensilage Congress... 23 
Fair list tor IMW. 531 
— — — State and Province .439 
Farmer’s r 'lub, American Insti¬ 
tute, meeting of .23, 129, 191 
Gambling at fiilr*.727 
Georgia Horticultural Soeiety.. .551 
Holstein Friesian Association 
of America , . 837 
Horticultural Society of Miss... ,'3 
— — —New York ... 23 
— — — Western New York.... 1'W 
Illinois state fair.667 
Mississippi Horticultural Soele 
ty, meeting 23, 93,109 
Nebraska at the Kxflooitton .... 01 
New Orleans International Ex¬ 
position . 
2> S3, 61 98,109,129, 139, 15 , 191 
New York Horticultural Society 28 
— — State fair... 667 
Nurserymen, American Assoeia- 
tlon, meeting of . 464 
Pomologlcal Society American 
convention.6-I5. 651 
Poultry Association American .28 
State and Provincial fairs for 
1BS5. 439,551 
Stockmen, National ronventinn551 
World’s Exposition, dt-eusslun 
on new fruits, worthless., 383 
World’* Exposition at New Or¬ 
leans. ..22.3* 61,93. 
m 129, 139, :55, 19!, 267,319,335 
— — experiment work exhlb- 
tlon. 191 
— — Government bulldlng8,l29. 
. .... . 191,267.380 
— — orchid, cacti and bulbs at. 71 
— — Perlque tobacco at.......319 
Stock, fat snow at Chicago.851 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Agricultural Implements in 
Russia.S46 
Agriculture, Department of, 
fund* exhausted.. ...383 
American Agriculturist's atta’k458 
Bison, lost, the.562 
Catalogues etc., received—13, 
26,62, 104,119 155. 173.915,231, 
231. 264, 280, 303. 319 , 346 ,871, 
407 , 428 139. 465 . 551. 584. 599, 
»20,836.668,681,699.7 16 ,919, *3a. 
•SI6, 872 
Florida Land Frauds............847 
Food, chemistry of ...166 
Hammond’s slug shot.862 
Market Thoughts.871 
Premium list of R. N. Y.757 
Premiums, Rural rewarded... .387 
Pres't Cleveland’s sister.279 
Sad case, a.458 
Sparrow.* must go . . 260 
Tobacco, income tax.225 
Traveling.367 
NATURALIST. 
Blue Pouter . 594 
Monstrosities, fashionable. 594 
Ornithology, Economic, Dept.,..645 
Robins.. 529 
Sparrow, English. .644 
Sparrows must go...260 
Trumpeter, black mottled.594 
PISCICULTURE. 
Carp culture. 535 
-in Europe.535 
— growth and fecundity.535 
— Importation In Cal.535 
— ponds, construction.5S5 
— table qualities. 535 
POMOLOG1CAL. 
Apple. Argenteull seedling.360 
— Autonooba.H9 
— Banana. .. .278 
— Beauty of Kent.313 
— cen Davis. 24 
-grafting seedlings wlih,547 
— Breskovka. 576 
— Buff.103 
— Cellini.677 
— Centennial Russet.366 
— thailottentbaler...119, 200 
-Crab. Gibb.678 
— — seed of .225 
— — Whin ey’s No. 20. 678 
— crop. Wester.741 
— divarf.264 
— Early Joe. 73 
— ex. at the World’s Exposi¬ 
tion. 93 
— export....,. 85 
— FaUawntcr..313.418 
— flea beetle.520 
— For. at ... 366 
— KmuMtUeg*__ 529. 
— Gibson'* %wcet. 166 
— Gi-eoo .39, 677 
— GlUSeedlDig. 366 
— Grnvensteln.593 
— Greening. NoTthwcrem.,.. . 450 
— Green Crimean... 24 
— Grimes's Golden.242 
-hardy.. .677 
— hardy, origin of .298 
— Hollister Sweet.S66 
— Isham Sweet.24 
— Indian. 71 
— Iowa P.usset.512 
— Ironclad .5i2 
— Jacob', Sweet.677 
— Jefferson.434 
— Johnson June. 529 
— Kerr's Greening.1>5 
— Lou. 677 
— Long field....199 
— tnaegot.86,740 
— Eagog Red Streak.24 
— Mann. 677 
— McMahon’s White.677 
— Montreal.383 
— Mother, best Auiumn fruit 
for Pa. ... 73 
— Northwestern Greening..i50, 677 
— Northern spy . 166,242 
— Nothingham Brown. 366 
— Ostrek it's Glass.593 
— — Pippin, No.--6L.598 
— Patron’s Favorite...545 
— Pearl of Montreal_..........512 
— Reuaud Seedling.S66 
— Repka Sweet.576 
— Roilip's Pippin..24 
— Salome. 677 
— Scott’s Veteran. 24 
— Shannon.201, 4.7 
— Slast.... .677 
— Southern.103 
— St, Lftw-rence..M2 
— Tomahawking.242 
— top-grafting. —.545 
— tree record, big...56 
— Upton Russet. 829 
— Vermont Greening..818 
— Walworth Pippin.3s6 
— Wealthy.24,313 
— — keeping qualities.102 
— Whitne> ’a Seedling.;.298 
— Wltiteraput. ...119 
— Wo f River. .677 
— Wright’s Favorite...138 
-Yellow Bellflower.108 
— — Transparent. 119. 185. 570, 677 
— — — fruit hanging on until 
September.....,.,.,...200 
— — tn Minnesota ... .203 
Apples, American in England.. 89 
— bur' Ing to keep .. .808 
— choice, f r the North .........855 
— crab lor Northwest.£06 
— early for the North.576 
— from vt “l» an hillsides’*.149 
— fungoid growth on.511 
— hardy after a cold Winter_512 
— - new .366 
— injured by plum weevil. 545 
— lessons afier a hard Winter..512 
— Mr. Hove.v's list of.330 
— nomenclature. 93 
— Nova Scotia.. ......148 
— packing m barrels. 773 
— pre i ervlng ....... .?27 
Russian.119, 248. 382, 591. 678 
— — bloom on .313 
— Prejudice against...149 
-Windfall..711 
Apricot. Russian.263, 779 
Black knot, remedy ..512 
Blackberries Agawam.868 
covering the Wilson.862 
— F.urly Cluster.S68 
— — Harvest..868 
— Lincoln...868 
— Speotal Number. .. 867 
— Stone’s Hardy.868 
— Taylor’s Prolific. 868 
— Wil on Jr. ..863 
Blight. 726 
— irutt tree, remedy .24 
pea- .... 726 
- — a* hes for . 55 
Canker worm, fighting. 6.45 
Ctierry, a new.225 
, - common aud Mrd, grafted— 55 
