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THE RURAL MEW-YORKER. 
873 
— in Australasia. 597 
— — Mass.821 
— Michigan, success of. 6fi5 
— of Denmark.464 
— Scle ce of. 130 
American competition feared. ..415 
Ammonia sails, Sir J. B. Lawes’s 
. ex. 95 
Ashes, 20 years’ experience with. 90 
Barn doors. 515 
— elevator. 715 
Barnyard, covered, advantages. 481 
rinding twine. 415 
Blacksmithing on the farm. . 347,397 
Bone, liquid for reducing.767 
— meal and ashes mixed .95 
raw’, decomposing at home.... 95 
— 20 years’experience with. 90 
Bovs, horses will help keep on 
the farm.561 
Bran and potatoes compared... .681 
Cabbage maggot, nitrate of pot¬ 
ash and slaked lime.149 
Castor pomace, value. 94 
Chain making on the farm.397 
Cistern, build a . 418 
Closet, dry-earth. 811 
Cola st rage for perishable farm 
products. .74 
Compost heap. 90 
-how to make. 90 
— making. 71 
Corn coi> meal. 713 
— fodder, tie for. 23 
Cotton seed meal, value.94 
-oil with lard, dangerous 
mixture . 337 
Daisy and sorrel beneficent.255 
— f arm work, good pay.352 
Debts, farmers’ . 627 
Ditches and ditching. 575 
Ditching, level. 335 
Draining, notes on . 73 
Drain, channels of earth for ... 78 
Drains, peat. 73 
— pole and brush. 73 
— stone.... 73 
Drill opener for seed sowing.. . .250 
Droughts, past, lessons from.... 5 
Economies of the well-to-do ... .705 
Ensilage. 59 
— about.464 
— another handful. ...!.777 
— at the South. 802 
— boom in Wls. 300 
— clover.’.’.762 
— conclusions..299 
— corn fodder....304 
— discussion.]i 09 
— Dr Lawessaysof.680 
— for a dairy herd.301 
— from the whole stalks.802 
— in stalks . 365 
— not favorable to. 804 
— nutritive elements in. 300 
— Special.299 
— stack. 497 
-device..'.’.’762 
— stacking. 365 
— system, antiquitv of. 299 
English Sparrows, thin out.144 
Experiment Station, Cartoon, N. 
Y. Tribune on.112.130 
-if Director, what I 
would do .685,676 
— Sta' ions, experiments for_321 
-hints to . 710 
— --plans for future work.508 
-suggestions from the 
Directors . 5(_8 
Experiments, R. N.-Y...53,89,103, 
_ . 195,523,793 
Farm accounts, difficulties in...651 
— a productive. 214 
— blacksmiths on the.847,397 
— discontent on . 836 
— implements, care of. 897 
— fence.. 
— help...........416.575 
— life, dark side of. 11,27,43 
-English. 415 
— — Is ilaiion of. 57 
— machinery. '198 
— paper, a good.. ]] 77 
— ske'ches. 657 
— telegraph."414 
— thoughts.699 
Farmer does not get the melon, 
who does?. 677 
— what one thinks of the 
Rural. 705 
— why he Is easily duped .”"."779 
-not better off than in 1850 581 
— will it pay him to save gar¬ 
den seeds,... 593 
Farmers and artisans, com¬ 
mon ground. 504 
— are agricultural papers of 
benefit to.604 
— can cooperate.. .. . .273 
— city, what Jerseyman thinks 709 
— debts . 6 7 
— do not get a fair share. . . .. 677 
— education of. 536 569 
— encouraging suggestions for.’677 
— getting swindled. 795 
— homes.. 
— immemorial grumblers..!. 477 
— institutes, practical sugges¬ 
tions .. °. 54 
— lot, a hard one ..!!!.’.’! 198 
— memoranda for.818 
— pithy paragraphs for....’.!!!467 
— rights .. 
— swindled . 74 c 
— talks with. 364 
— weakness. 2 i 8 
— what they want of the Ex. 
Stations. 508 
— why they pay less attention 
to their gardens than to their 
fields.. 
— young, take courage !!!!]"’.!'756 
farming as a source of wealth 57 
— *>>«<* sld „ e of , .284,316,307 
— bright side of. 460 
— does It pay?. 348 
— 40 years ago, then and now‘.l467 
— f r°? ... 
— good, howltpays in Dak.. ’.’ 37 
— how It pays. 55 
— in 1888 , what’s the matter 
XI w ' th -.. 
— — N. E. 697 
— — the West, hints about .’.’.’.'335 
— the new gospel of. 619 
Farms, high value of against low 
. on ® 8 .693 
-in Mass.. . 385 
— mortgaged, one cause of.... 4 1 
Feed, concentrated swindle 795 
Feeding rack, movable. 335 
Fence laws, what do we need?..776 
— panels for inclosing gardens.250 
— portable. 393 
— posts, to dig holes'or. . !!’. 271 
Fences used in various parts of 
the country. 775 
Fertilizer experiments at “R 
G.”, unsatisfactory. 348 
— experiments, Mr. Bartholo¬ 
mew's . 404 
— potato amount profitably 
used, fifth series of ex 89 
-experiments at “R. G.”.. . 89 
— special. 89 
— sulphate of iron harmful.!.] 89 
Fertilizers, aualyses of . 699 
— available plant food in. ’40 
— better than manure for pota¬ 
toes . 95 
— chemical, do they pay?..’. 91 
-special.] ] gg 
-talk with farmers about.'.’ 89 
— comme cial vs. barn-yard ,430 
— complete, rationality of. 94 
— for potatoes . 4 
— experiments with, necessity.’339 
— for small fruits . 212 
— Investigate value of." 6.35 
— make farmers lazy. ]sp 4 
— nitre gencus and mineral.!. ! 496 
— --- — Woburn Ex.A96 
— Special. . 4 0 
Fish scrap. 95 
Fodder corn, cutting not’profl’tl 
able. 55 
Food complete. ” 94 
Floors, cement .gjg 
Forests and climatic changes.! '?68 
Friendship. Bucephalus Brown’s 
ideas on. 57 
Freeze early in E. Mass !....!!!.’!693 
Frog farming.512 
Frost, freaks of. 6°8 
Frosts, untimely.683 
Fuel question.429 
Gate, folding.477 
Grain, binding.692 
Grounds, Ex. of the R., N. Y.. 
.4, 53, 89, 103, 528, 728 
Hard times.348 
Harrow using the .268 
Hay loader profltable.43 
— rye.489 
— unloader .715 
Hayrack, separable. 335 
HOfis, haneing, device for.296 
House slops, disposing of, on 
farm.631 
Ice-house.661 
Implement, rail, a valuable 694.7?6 
— valuable implement.756 
Ink-stopper.796 
Jersey man’s jottings..661,683,709,751 
Labor, pauper.415 
Land measuring, device for.675 
Leaves, gathering, < art for.796 
Leveler of back and dead fur¬ 
rows.255 
Lice, getting out of the house... 
Linseed cake, how it should ap¬ 
pear.765 
Living, getting a.348 
Loader, Keystone. 576 
Luxury .348 
Ma> hlnery on the farm. 43 
Manure and muck compost, 
valuable .91 
— cow and horse, difference 
between.92 
— effects in dry and wet 
weather.576 
— farm yard, value by analy¬ 
sis . 94 
— heap . 90 
— hen, value of.836 
— more lasting than fertilizers 
for seeding down..40 
— liquid, how to collect.91 
— making.416 
— produced by one cow.94 
— rotted vs. fresh . 94 
— spreading on the snow.187 
— under cover.94 
— value enhanced by covered 
yards. 7S 
— Manures, Ex. at Rotliamsted. 798 
— liquid .. 91 
— phosphatic, need of in the 
West . 91 
Manuring and muching, fol¬ 
lowing nature’s method.510 
Maple sweetness.184 
Market gardener, how John be¬ 
came.711, 762, 778, 811, 830 
Memoranda for farmers.348 
Mortgages, Western . 54 
Muck, best way of utilizing.667 
— effects of manure on .730 
— for manurial purposes.667 
Night soil.476 
-as a standard fertilizer 542 
-utilization of.476 
Nitrocen, how plants take up... 95 
Notions and ideas of Bucepha¬ 
lus Brown.5, 57, 164. 273, 
348, 415, 476, 540, 635, 7:10, 756, 814 
Novelties, desire for.665 
Oatmeal, fee ling to store cattle 320 
Pail, fastening, device for.446 
Paint, skim milk and cement.. .288 
Painting.3,21,38,74, T28 
— colors.128 
— fashions in. 21 
— outride. 74 
— priming. 74 
— principles of coloring. 3 
— styles for outside painting... 38 
— suitable colors, hints.33 
Papers, agricultural, are they a 
benefit to farmers?.604 
— cheap, are they cheap?.705 
Paris-green for potato bugs, 
quantity. 149 
Pay, slow. 45 i 
Peat and muck, nitrogen found 
by analyses. 95 
Phosphates at the West, neces¬ 
sity for . 91 
— decomposing at home. 95 
Planks, driving, device for . .286 
Plant production, breed or feed 
. 744 
— patents for.. 473 
Planter, potato, unpatented.180 
Plaster, action of. 94 
— used at R. G. 95 
Plow, coulter on. 147 
Plowing, relation of harness to 
draft. 147 
— width and depth to draft ....148 
— wheel or truck .. 147 
Plows and plowing. 147 
Plumbing fixtures, improved....659 
Po e three-horse. 779 
Potash, Its attraction for moist¬ 
ure . 216 
Potato hook.667 
-for working young corn 
etc .667 
— wager accepted. 184 
Rail, steel, use on the farm. .694,756 
Rake with teeth of loops.763 
Road implements. 398 
— law. suggestions. 268 
— machinery.266 
— -making special, notes on_325 
-points. 26-7 
-suggestion. :898 
— mending. 576 
— Special.265 
Roads, country.265 
-best. 267 
— Improve the.355 
— in Ill., Fall workon.709 
— stone and plank.265 
Roadmasters’ duty.261 
Roller, home-made hand.630 
Roots better than silos.201) 
Root culture, in favor of.839 
— maggot. Alkalies for.460 
Rural shade and sunshine.720 
— the old .863 
-— and the new.364 
Salt as an insecticide.108 
— good for land. 214 
— in agriculture. 108 
— uses. 401 
— value in dry seasons.109 
— with manure.109 
Seed, does it pay to save.387 
— quantity required for given 
lengths. 781 
— sup* rior, value of.387 
— use the cleanest. 54 
Seeds and plants, novelties in..336 
— prime.farmers won t pay for.387 
Seeding and mulching at the 
same time.693 
Seedsman, points to consider...744 
Sewage of the cities.92 
Silage, advantages during hot 
months. 497 
— another handful of. 777 
— clover.762 
— feeding, advantage of.216 
— grain to feed wuh.803 
— in a dairy herd.sol 
— patent....804 
— stacking. 395 
— — device.762 
Silo building. 73 
-inWis.300 
— filling. 25 
— first built in Wis.SeS 
— Hiram Smith’s. 301 
— in Michigan. 301 
-Ohio.802 
-Penn .303 
-Vermont.301 
— its cost. 77 
— none in Mr. Terry’s barn ... 73 
— using the bay as a. 201 
Silos about.578 
— Canadian.431 
Soil analysis. 756 
-unreliability of, by chemi¬ 
cal means. ,...680 
— enriching ordinary for mar¬ 
ketgardening.216 
Sugar making, sorghum.851 
Sulphate of iron, harmful. 89 
Superphosphate, what is.529 
Table, handy. 446 
Tank, water, neat and cheap_630 
Taxing in full mortgaged prop¬ 
erty, injustice.432 
Telegraph, farm. 414 
Thankful, everybody.796 
Thanksgiving, things to be 
thankful for. 795 
Three-horse pole.779 
Trenching by horse power .. 796 
Umbrella holder for farm 
wagon. 431 
Under-draining, advantages of 451 
Vinegar barrel in the attic. 432 
— making good.201 
— put bread dough into cider..681 
— the whole story .555 
Water pipes galvanized iron...681 
— pumping long distances. 180 
— supply by hydraulic ram-348 
Weather bureau.144 
— Bureau, let it help farmers... 57 
Weeds, apples and sheep.676 
West,hints ongoing.335 
Wind-mill power. 78 
— mills, geared, not satisfac¬ 
tory . 73 
Windows, too many in houses.. 40 
Wire winding, device for. 23 
Wood cutting.429 
— good dry.:.836 
Work, when all .348 
FIELD CROPS. 
Agrostls canina.184 
Alfalfa at Geneva.149 
— chemical composition of_480 
— facts. 835 
— first year’s growth on N. J. 
State farm.480 
— fourth year's growth upon 
Mr Thompson s farm.480 
— in Wis .337 
— not thriving above the 40th 
parallel.258 
— various reports.253 
Beans, facts about.318 
Brazilian flour corn.449 
Buckwheat, give it a chance?. ...449 
— Japan . 4o5, 644, 781 
— official figures.677 
— sowing in June.385 
Cabbage cultivation.481 
— harvesting.795 
— maggot, nitrate of potash for.Ii9 
— plants, better transplanted..513 
— worm, to kill .463 
— worms, tar water for.561 
Cabbagis running to seed.460 
— to keep.649 
Cauliflower seed growing on 
Puget Sound..762 
Carrots as compared with oats .2'? 
— valuable food to the acre_289 
Clover and Timothy at the head.369 
— cutting for seed.462 
— haulm, seeding and mulch¬ 
ing at the same time.693 
— Mammoih..462 
— medium.462 
— red, names for our two 
species. 5 
— seed, growing.462 
— silage.762 
— Spanish for bees.767 
— to obtain a good second 
growth.462 
Comfrey. Prickly...131.401 
Corn, Alexander'*’ eight-rowed. 161 
— American Short.161 
— Badger Dent.161 
— Beeale.161, 166 
— Brazilian FI ur.162, 449 
-as advertised.40 
— clover sod advocated.644 
— crop, large.767 
— culture in Alabama .162 
— cutting off tassels to improve.545 
— Early Oregon.161 
—ensitolng better thrashing_72 
— fall and spring plowing for, 
which?.644 
— fertilized with potash and 
burnt bone.166 
— fertilizer experiments at 
‘•R. G.” unsatisfactory.348 
—■ fertilizer in the drill and 
broadcast. 161 
— fodder.163,465 
-an Iowa view of.55 
-cutting by machinery_512 
-experience....,.248 
-thrashing .149, 161 
-when most valuable.4t 0 
— for ensilage.696 
-when to cut.605 
— harrow the .576 
— harrowing young.667 
— Henderson’s Self-husking...166 
— Hickory King.166 
— husking.751 
-and shelling.131 
-by machinery.835 
— Indian for foddecrop, super¬ 
iority of.445 
— Kaffir, thinning. 662 
— listing.163, 281 
— Longfellow.,...166 
— ne plus Ultra. 149 
— worzing different in differ¬ 
ent States.248 
— Pride of the North.166 
— Prolific Short.166 
— prospective chang es in utiliz¬ 
ing.611 
— Putnam’s Improved Ind. 
Ter. ...161 
— Rurac’s report.161 
-Thoroughbred.166 
— seed.558, 611 
-how to select.576 
— — selecting and preserving. .592 
-to the hill.248 
-what, and how to save_558 
— stalks, packing.497 
— “stovtr”.579 
— — analysis of.449 
— Stowell’s Evergreen for feed¬ 
ing.: .163 
— superphosphate as a “start¬ 
er”.271 
— Sweet. Rukal’s report_—. .161 
— thrashing. 149 , 161 
— Yellow Learning. 166 
Crab-grass. 765 
Crop, one, idea.767 
— potato. 814 
Crops . 3 
— fertilizers for. 343 
— marketing. 61 I 
-suggestions .611 
— most benefltedby night soil. .476 
Cow peas, experiments. 713 
-in Iowa . 5*7 
-ripening seed at the North561 
Ensilage, corn.— 696 
Flax culture. 351 
— notes. 677 
Fodder, corn, cutting by mach¬ 
inery.... . 512 
-how to plant. 4o0 
-thrashing.149,161 
-when most valuable.40) 
— large amount on small area. .451 
— tie for.23 
Grain binding, is it business....660 
— elevators, Russian. 512 
Grass. Barn-yard for soiling_ 5 
— gooi comoioaiion. 821 
— Hungarian for soiling. 5 
— mowing, when. 417 
— Orchard. 512 
-and Red Clover...321 
— Quack, place for.184 
— Red-top, value. 184 
— R. I, Bent . 184 
— seed, failure of. 540 
-plowing. 432 
— seeding . 196 
-preparing bed.196 
-what, when and how to 
sow."....196 
— Timothy, time to cut .385 
— Wire, slips, selling.. 416 
Gra ses.252 
in Kansas. 633 
— tame InKans. 399 
Hay crop, about. 463 
— early cu ting, loss in curing 
1* fields ...T.468 
— making in Ill. 463 
— poor quality, no need of. 675 
— crop, Ge-man. 74 s 
-outlook.614 
Kale, Dwarf Curled.463 
Kohl-rabl. 504 
Lucern or Alfalfa.385 
— seed, how much?. 6 
Mangel-wurzeis, raising at Sets. 
per bus.252 
Oat crop.163 
-facts about.249 
Oats, common white.837 
— early,sure to be most proflta¬ 
ble.249 
— in Minn.168 
— lessons In. .57 
— planting experiences.168 
— small, per. cent of.216 
— sow lar«e seed.149 
— varieties that yield most_ 258 
Onion culture.13U 
— ground, preparing.258 
— question.756 
On'oosonsame land.545 
— to pull.597 
Panlcum sanguinale..765 
ea vine, hay as a milk food... .649 
Peas and oats.465 
Poa trivialls for sliadv lawns .. .290 
Potato, Benninger’s Beauty._161 
— blossoms, measure of earli- 
ness.446 
— Blush.144 
— — a subscriber’s experience.. 57 
— Cetawayo. 4 
— contest. 336.798 
-decided, Rural’s.725 
-Jerseyman saw the -.683 
-Ladles’ .730, 811 
— — merits of the trench sys¬ 
tem .725 
-Orchard and Garden’s 
mistake.432 
-the whole story.725 
-women against men . .778, 811 
-women’s national.793 
— Crown Jewel...161 
— crop.814 
-in Canada.795 
-caution about.199 
-what the trench system 
has done.214 
— — Rural’s.778 
— cultivation.887 
— Early, i^ak Grove.161 
— enemy, another..614 
— Engle.161 
— experiments at “Rural 
Grounds”.4, 316, 793 
-fertilizers under or over 
seed pieces.798 
-with different fertilizers 
at R. G. 89 
— fertilizers. 4,836 
— — what amount can be 
profitably used. 4 
— Fleming. 16 I 
— Green Mountain.166 
— growing, tendency towards 
making a specialty of.576 
— growth.728 
— judges .729 
— Knights’Red Mountain.161 
— number.725 
— Ohio, Jr.161 
— Pearl of Savoy.763 
— Pecan. 763 
— Polaris.161, 558, 768 
— Red Star .161 
— Rural’s No. 2, reports_725, 727 
— scab, ground beetles cause..4)4 
-no' due to wire worms_74 
-sulphur for.386, 767 
— seed, buy In the Fall.592 
-cut pieces. 730 
— — pieces, Rural’s method.,..432 
— seedlings, Rural’s. 4 
— sweet, culture.72, 248 
— -- plant bed.248 
— Taylor .161 
— veritable black. 4 
— wager accepted.184 
-large yield, Mr. Terry 
speaks .237 
-Mr. Terry speaks, .237 
— — wishes the Ex. on a larger 
scale.237 
— yield, heavy, Mr. Minch’s_286 
Potatoes are exotics. 730 
— oheap, raising, experiment..334 
— cold storage for. 37 
— crop for 20 years. 748 
— cultivation is money. 475 
— cut flowers off from.529 
— seed, exposing to air. 149 
— digging by machinery.575 
— effects of manure on muck... 730 
— experiments with Rural 
Trench System. 729 
-seed-pieces or different 
sizes . 748 
— fertilizers better than 
manure. 95 
-for Rural’s experiments ...89 
-special and complete 
effects at “R. G.”.816 
— for seed, spread out.271 
— good stand, cause. . .283 
— growth under straw..-.78U 
— half acre experiment.729 
— harrowing young.667 
— improved cultivation.851 
— kept in cold storage.252 
— Mr. Rose’s method of cultiva¬ 
tion.288 
— much affected by the season.730 
— mystery about.. 645 
— on manured soils. 730 
— preservation by cold-storage .592 
— Rural’s Contest, criticising 
carpers. 497 
— Trench System.518.726 
— scab of .395,414 
— scabby, cause. 395 
-mixture to prevent.271 
— seed .45i 
-about.*592 
-care of.728 
-managing.481 
-preparing.252 
-size of. .728 
-sprouted or unsprouted...513 
-sulphur for. 57 
— — whole single pieces, etc_851 
-use of. 401 
— seedling, raising and cultiva¬ 
tion .. 53 
— shallow cultivation.887,475 
— sweet story of.2S8 
—J Trench System, unfavorable 
expe ience. 779 
— their favorite soil. 730 
— those mysterious.. .730 
— too much nitrogen .730 
— to pack for shipment.592 
— Trench system In W. Ter.779 
— uncertainty of the crop.645 
— whole, small for seed.661 
— yield, large. 767 
— yields best at Maine Sta.?85 
— — small average. 730 
Prickly Comfrey.401,633 
Root culture, in favor of.839 
Roots better thin silos. 200 
— how to gather. ’253 
Rye........695 
— conditions for raising good- 
crop.f29 
— good words for.648 
— hay.489 
— high praise for.662 
— raising.662 
— seed to the acre.629 
— why you prefer it to wheat .629 
Sainfoin for forage . 24 
Scab on potatoes.414 
Seeds grown In poor soil. 744 
-rich soil. 744 
— quantity for given lengths of 
Sorghum halapense soid for' 
'■Australian millet”.199 
Sulphurfor potato scab.386,767 
Swedes, when and how to sow 449 
Sweet potato culture.72,248 
Timothy, anaylsis, time to 
cut .131 
— seed, saving.463 
time to cut.885 
Tobacco culture. 23 
— growing in Flordla.464 
— new .529 
— Persian rose Muscalette_113 
— setting.465 
Turnio growing.529 
Turnips, flat .449 
— Purple top White Globe.574 
— Red-top . . . 144 
Weeds, easier to hoe three times 
than once.398 
— eradicating, successful meth¬ 
od of . 676 
Wheat and barley ex’s at 
Woburn.528 
-clover, mulching.676 
-rye hybrids.523 
— best winter. 213 
— Clawson.545 
— corner .814 
— crops British, Sir J. B Lawes 
on .780 
-Indiana..610 
— — large, to produce, whole 
story .524 
— crosses, Rural’s.523 
— ex useless at Alabama Ex. 
. 
— Diehl-Med in Michigan.465 
— Dietz Longberry.591 
— Dr. Lawes’s experiments. .95,216 
— field straw spread over.579 
— Fuicaster.55,591 
— Fultz.513 
— Gol len Eureka.591 
— harrowing in early spring.. .633 
— High-grade .591 
— in Indiana.591 
-the Cumberland valley_489 
— Landreth, (Armstrong) lar¬ 
gest crop at the R- Farm.591 
— Martin’s Amber, virtues of. .4*>u 
— mul hing .577,610 
-benefits .676 
— New Monarch.591 
— outlook in N. Y.432 
— Patagonian.591 
— production, competition_731 
— seed to the acre.649 
— Wyandotte.591 
— yields, good, secret of. 4 
Wheats, do they cross?. 523 
— mixed, sowing.713 
New, some.591 
— Rurals’ first to be introduced.524 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Akebia quinata.252 
Amaryllis from seed.305 
Annromeda poiitolia.871 
Annuals.144 
— kind to grow.144 
— where 10 get seed.141 
Bellflowers.169 
Beets, variegated, try.130 
Biennials, some.169 
Bulbs, hardy, planting.579 
Canna roots.108 
— seed .817 
Cannas, beautiful varieties.817 
Christmas roses. 56 
Chrysanthemum. 811 
— wintering .108 
Cinnamon vine.149 
Cobaea scandens. 4i 
Columbines.169 
Corydalls, golden.169 
Cyclamens.56 
Daphne Genkwa.371 
Florists’ convention.593 
Flower garden, farmer’s_285, 317 
Flowers, summer.144 
Foxgloves. 169 
Freesias. 56 
Funklas, variegated.417 
Grass. Poa trivialis, for shady 
lawns.700 
Greenhouse, a lean-to.179 
-little .179 
— roof, strength for.317 
Helleborus.56 
Hollyhocks.169 
Honesty. 169 
Honeysuckle, French.169 
Hyacinths, open ground cultiva¬ 
tion .579 
Hydrangea, White-fringed.20* 
Irises, Kmmpfer’s.364 
Lagerstrcemia. 371 
Lawn mixtures of seed grass,..201 
— mowers.317 
Leptosyne maritima. 56 
iMoon flower. 11.3 
Mullein Pink. 169 
Mulleins. 169 
Myrtles. Crape.871 
Peas, sweet..169 
-exhibition.597 
Petunias from W. Atlee Burpee 609 
Pentstemons.169 
Phiox Drummondii,;double_131 
Phyeis indlgenella.431 
Plants in the cellar.108 
Plumbago capensls.417 
Popples.169 
Primroses, evening.169 
Propagating case and trays.214 
Pyrethrum eincrarsefolium.130 
Raclnus Cambodgensis. 13! 
Rosa alba.234 
— Alpina.233 
— Banksia.234 
— blanda.284 
— bracteata.234 
— canina.284 
— Carolina.284 
— centifoiia. 234 
— clnnamomea.234 
— foliolusa.283 
— Gallica.234 
— Indica ..234 
— laevigata.234 
— lucida .234 
— Micrantha.234 
— multiflora.233 
— muschata. 234 
— nitlda.234 
— pimpineilifolia.284 
— rublqinosa.234 
— rubrlfolia .233 
— rogosa, foliage of.633 
— sempervirens.284 
— setigera.234 
Rose, Alfred Coiomb..233 
— Ansrele Jacquier.234 
— Ball of Snow, origin of.235 
— Baroness Rothschild.230 
— Bride.230 
-white rose of the future. .337 
— Caroline de Sansal.234 
— Charles Margottin.234 
— climbing, best.285 
— Comtesse de Frigneuse...210,232 
— Crested Moss.234 
— cuttings.108 
— Dutchess of Albany.232 
— Ellse Boelle.285 
— Etienne L*>vet.234 
— Etolle de Lyon.235 
— Gabiielle Drevet. .2 JO 
— Gen. Jacqueminot.282 
— Grace Darling.184, 34 
— Grand Mogul.232 
— grower, death of. 6 
— Her Majesty.2Su 
— Rermosa.232 
— La France.230 
— Luciole.230 
— Madame Cusin.230 
— Magna Cbarta.238 
— Marie Henriette. 285 
— Merveille de Lyon.280 
— Meteor.230 
— Mme. de Waterville.230,235 
-Gabriel Luizet.230 
-G. Hruant.23 i 
— Mrs. John Lalng.230,232,235 
— Niphetos .235 
— notes, commercial.229,234 
— FapaGontier. 239.232 
— Paul Neyron.230,233 
— Perle des Jar-Uns. 1 H 4 
— Prince Camille de Rohan_288 
— Princess Beatrice..230,235 
— Puritan.148.149,184,229,232 
-COSt of.166 
— Silver Queen.232 
— Souvenir de la Malmaison.. .245 
— Souvenir d’Elise Vardon.....282 
— special.229 
— sunset.230 
— Susanne Blanchet.230 
— Viscountess of Folkstone_232 
— Wm. Francis Bennett_)8i, 
.230 232 233 
Roses, aphldte and red spider. ..231 
— averagp prices . 230 
— artificial fertilizers for.230 
— Bourbon. 284 
— budding.230 
— cuttings of.230 
-— when to start.281 
— delicate pink.231 
— everblooming climbing.231 
— fertilizer, best.233 
— hardy, best.229,284 
-climbing.231 
— Hybrid Perpetuals.230.234 
-Teas.230,234 
— in Quebec Province.234 
— insect remedies.231 
— layering.230 
— noisette.234 
— offered by Dingee & Con- 
ard.184 
— on Manetti stock.234 
— — their own roots... 231,238,234 
— planting, distance, etc.231 
— — in open ground.231 
— Polyantha.234 
— pot grown best.. .285 
— propagating, how farmers 
may.230 
—pruning. 232,235 
— soil for, preparing.231 
— stocks used for budding. .. 232 
— Tea .232,234 
-for summer blooming.230 
-or monthly.230 
— white .231 
— winter flowering.231 
Rueltla macrantha. 56 
Sage, silvery.169 
Seaum acre. 169 
Smliax for its flowers.56 
Splnea Bumalda.288 
Slaphylea colchlca.399 
Sweet Williams. 169 
Thrips. carbolic soap suds for..576 
Tuberoses.108 
Tulips and strawberries .633 
Water lily, culture of the.54a 
Window gardening.711 
GARDEN. 
Asparagus.;.317 
— Barr’s.337 
— bed.249 
-a 20-year old.130 
Bean, Burpee’s White Zulu PoIe,lI3 
— Golden Prize.768 
— Lima, dwarf.697 
— Sleva ...761 
-dwarf.697 
Beans.768 
— facts about.818 
— Lima.574 
-notes.644 
-lpi.of Dreer’s Improved.. 672 
— old and new varieties.213 
— snap, sow until August.529 
-1 pt. of Golden Wax.672 
Beet seed, 1 oz. Early Blood Tur¬ 
nip .672 
— Dewing,.763 
Beets.763 
— time to sow.529 
Cabbage, all-seasons.... .25 
— express.77 
— Rawson’s Early .763 
— seed, 1 oz. Late Flat Dutch...672 
— turnio-rooted.504 
— Warren Stone-mason.763 
— worms, shears to kill.599 
Cantaloupe, Bird’s. . ..805 
Carrot seed, 1 oz. of Early Scar¬ 
let Horn.672 
Cauliflower, seed growing on 
Puget Sound.762 
— Thorburu’s gilt edged. 77 
Celery, banking up.497 
— best varieties of.148 
— care .695 
— dirt death to.148 
— entire leaved. 25 
— growing.148 
— how Mr. Falconer winters...497 
— Kalamazoo, history of the 
business. .630 
— keeping.245 
— seed, oz. of Henderson’s H. 
Dwarf. 672 
Corn, Early Boston.161 
-Dean.161 
-Minnesota.161 
— Ne Plus Ultra.166 
— 1 pt. of Roslyn Hybrid.672 
— Pedigree.161 
— sweet, Concord. 574 
-Early Dean.....763 
-Tremble. ....574 
Cucumber seed, 1 oz. of Nichols’ 
Medium Green.672 
Cucumbers. early.195 
Dandelions.317 
Farmer, "truck,” requirements 
for a su- cessful.672 
Fence panels for inclosing gar¬ 
dens .250 
Garden kitchen, talk over. 25 
— notes timely.249 
Gardens on the farms.250 
Horse-radish.250 
Hot-bed frames, muslin for.199 
Leek seed 1 oz. of Large Amer. 
Flag.672 
Lettuce, Butter-cup. 25 
— frequent sowings ..,.529 
— Hanson.768 
— seed 1 oz. of Large W.Summer 
Cabbage.672 
—Limas, Dreer’s Improved Chal¬ 
lenger .76 
Market gardener. How John 
became a.711,762,778,811.830 
Muskmelon, Burpee’s Emerald 
Gem.196 
— Christiana.763 
— Emerald Gem.113,697,817 
— Hack* nsack.697 
— Montreal....768 
— seed 1 oz. of Surprise.672 
Okra, dwarf. Density.77 
Onion culture.130 
— seed 1 oz. of Early Flat Red. .672 
— — profit of....545 
— Mammoth Silver King.196 
Parsley seed. 1 oz. of Champion 
Moss Curled.672 
Parsnip seed, one oz. of Long 
Smooth.672 
Pea, Alpha.317 
— Aroostook Marrowfat..558 
— Maud S.148 
— Payne’s Conqueror. 113 
— P. Henderson Blue Beauty .113 
— Rawson’s Clipper. 768 
— Sander’s Marrow.118 
— Telephone .558 
— Vermont Wonder.768 
— Yorkshire Gem . 113 
Peas, best for family use.179 
— fertilizing wl'h bone.553 
— for late planting.529 
-market.811 
good .817 
In succession.196 
— 1 p’t. of McLean’s Advancer 672 
Pepper, Celestial.77,113,763 
Plant in rows for horse cul 
tivation.249 
Potato, Sweet culture.72 
Radish seed, 1 oz. of Early 
Scarlet Gobe.672 
Seeds, garden, will it ray the 
average farmer to save?.593 
Spinach ... .. 695 
Squash, Essex Hybrid .196,763 
— Sibley.25, 77 
— Thorburn’s Turban.25 
Tomato,Ex’s of Prof. Bailey... 130 
— Ignotum. ...130 
— plants, home-grown.245 
— seed, 1 oz of Perfection. 672 
— Volunt- er.25 
Tomatoes tested at o. Ex. Sta..369 
Turrip seed, 1 oz. of Early Flat 
Dutch.672 
Vegetable garden.574,695 
— — notes on.763 
-timely care.463 
Vegetables, list of best by Mr. 
Falconer.179 
— sowing seeds, how far will an 
ounce go.672 
Watermelon. Green and Gold_696 
— Kolb’s Gem.697,76t 
— Ruby-Gold .781 
— seed, Phinney’s Early.672 
Watermelons, excellent.305 
HERDSMAN. 
Animal physiologists, neglect of.I9 
Animals, fattening experi¬ 
ments.817 
— spayed and unspayed .369 
