^Potatoes. on still , clayey land_363 
— piuehinK terminal shoots.6(4 
— pitting. 737 
— planting single eyes, folly,.. .641 
— scabby, ek pertmentg with,...207 
— seed, cutting . 57 
— — en ., experiment with.381 
— — from end. middle, etc.281 
— seedling. 4i 
— sprinkling with Faris-green .2sl 
— sweet, hoclug.527 
— thinning.287 
— what kind for seed. 31 
— within potatoes.200 
Red-top. 426 
Jtooi crops, harvesting. .6,1 
Root?, difference In dry matter.852 
— harvesting,storing.. ..31 i 
— storing.818 
Rutabagas, prepare for sowlug.465 
Rye and wheat hybrids, plants 
resembling ry>-.181 
— as a green manure..481, 472 
— experience wit a....55s 
— hyenas, three-quarters.415 
— not given aiteuilon.496 
■ 
Soja hisolda .,z< 
Sunflower raising unprofitable..70S 
Timothy from ureguii, wonder¬ 
ful . 491 
Tobacco. Colorado . .',87 
— consumed by European coun¬ 
tries...910 
— culture in Connecticut.till 
— stems ground ....852 
Turnips as a ■catch” crop........ 54 
— — — field crop ..49, 
Watermelons, how to plant.369 
Wheat. Amber and Larulreth.., ,706 
•— and rye hybrids,idi. X8I. 415, 
481, 594. . 
— — — — originated at "R. 
u.”.102 
— Armstrong.. ...545 
— Champion Amber, yield.674 
— Clawson, yield.672 
— crops of tbe w orld.458 
_» erfuapu All 
— culture in South America... 7vd 
— Die bl-al edi terran tan.398 
— — — sports oi.......526 
— economy, profitable. ,592 
— Everett s Hlgh-graoe.706 
— experiments at i'urdue Uni¬ 
versity. 658 
— fleet, California..564 
— -floa s,” experiments.851 
— ground putting In order... .757 
— Glass syu. with bur prise.54.6 
— Martin s Amber.545 
nothing coming 
■ . 491 
Ltnber, y i Id.m3 
vom.286 
» om> .., ..579 
WF 6 ® 1 ? M2 
. ' \ ..Station 6z7 
1 •••1 "1 btation 
Rose, Merveille de Lyon.368, 883 
t— sunset. .369 
— William Francis Bennet. .219 
865, 3s2 
Roses.new... <tfis 
— — ottered by Paul .fc Sons... .svj 
Rods of flowering plants, care.7^8 
Kuellla maeranttiu... 166 
Satplglo-d-...951 
Saida argon leu.. .avj 
— hnrmlhum...882 
seedlings, self-sown.6.M 
Sods, soil for flower pot» ..._MS 
Soil for potting .674 
Solatium cilia turn. 9J 
Stimulants .. ..733 
Tubs tor flowers. .166 
— Summer and Winter.166 
Tulips best kinds.672 
. . a 
verbena- Century.883 
Verbenas, nun 11 moth atraln.838 
Water crass In greenhouses_770 
Watering .783 
Window boxes,...672 
— garden.7aS 
Stock, live, exports......49) 
— notes for .November..., .788 
— from the Central-West.«s8 
— rack, cheap ..750 
— raising Colorado. ,67b 
— rtSOUe of, mini fire.624 
— salt for...217.4,; 
— values in Great Rrlt&lD, de 
cllnc In.497 
— Winter care of.goti 
— yard schema. St. Louis.794 
Stockman scxpei t - nee*,ayouugori 
Sunflower, seed for stock.......252 
Swiss brown cattle.5177 
— tattle.477, ;js 
Vermin on stock, to get rid of,,253 
Water, pure, eat tie must have. .657 
— one temperature of thehodv o9 
Welsh cow...829 
Grounds, Rural, ways and things 
at.....814, 782 
Hammond's Slug Shot..,.568 
Horticultural boycott! ng.32b 
— nomenclature, modern.,.885 
Huckleberries, white, scarce....73d 
Hybrid or cross-bred.561 
Hybrids, cross breeds, correct 
nomenclature........497 
Insect pesis, fighting. 1st* 
lnse. ts, keros, ne and coal ashes! 17 
Labels, new, for plants, shrubs. 
etc.591 
flnnohoorluu liiiiscitg .284 
Meadowsweet........ .h(3 
Meions, etc. starting, device for.iftt 
Mole* destroy log.462 
Mulberry Russian.673 
No mencrut ure, mode.rn.. 335 
— the new.. .. vai 
Nurserymen. dishonesty In.<62 
Olive growing In Cal.r,lb 
Pea experimenis at 'K, G '.415 
— tests at ”K. 218 
weevil* pr .teethm agalnst.19, ,0 
Peppermint cultur .267 
Per* Initnon, Japan.491 
!*!•»»« kdl-d by injudicious 
man u ring . Ml 
.. puduKug aud watering.7,51 
Profit object of commercial 
growth .899 
Prunis marlttnia... 1 
l-'uddllngand watering plants..751 
hi!.. 
Pyrethrnm, a valuable Insecti¬ 
cide ....580 
— clncrnnr folium ..85 
Raspberry and blackberry cross. 
r»tt 521 594 
— Brlnckle's Orange In Can .. .'.77b 
— Caiman...621 
— Caroline .G4u 
— Christine.64ti 
— Crimson Beauty.6t0 
— Cuthbert .. .. 640 
— Karhart Everbearimr.73, 134, 265, 
Dairy Ass., British.. 
Dairyman’sCouvehtion, Iowa.! 2 
— — New Vork. 18 
— — Mich.61,117 
Experimental Station, Ohio. 77 
Fair list of State and Provincial 
...... ....583 549 
Partners’ eluh building at Hor- 
neUarllte....469 
— >n*tltu*m.174.269 
rat sioek shoM, KansasC'.iy, ...4is; 
Perm user and c hain. Kxcbnnge. ei 
KloiT*i«'convention.... ... 496,373. 
Forestry, Anier. meeting.496 
Horticultural Society, Amor ,4ifi 
661. 687, 68«, 765, 725. 
— —at Cleveland.MS, 786 
-HI.... 9 
— — Mich... .487 
— — N. V.25, 61, *18, I69 
— — Ohio ... 421 
Illlno't Slate fair.,...M5 
Long Island. Queens Co - fair...,677 
— —Suffolk wt. 6-, 
Michigan state fair. 
Neh. Siam fair. 632 
New Jersey, Essex Co.,,««i 
— York St ull! fair. 682 , 6-6 
— — Wcstehesier co.6sl 
l'ereheron horse show.58* 
Society notes.56), 6 9.8th 
St, Louis fair.7ns 
Teachers of Agriculture.jy« 
Ayrshire cattle.... .889. 865 
Beef best, how to grow.576 
Bogus pedis reel.. .670 
Breeding for d,souse.., ......... 89 
— from mature animals...825 
— good arithmetic of.*56 
— principles of .797, 929, s.N 
— too early, is there danger?. .,481 
Brittany cattle, little ..708 
Bull, device for holding .«.'4 
— good, a practical missionary 717 
— Guernsey.841, 405 
— Jersey...17, 749 
— leading staff for,.478 
— make work.657 
— pure-bred, advantage of 
using . 753 
— selection of... .. 762 
— Short horn.Si 7, 577 
Bulls pure-bred for farmers...8s2 
r 
Calf feeding, misery and com¬ 
fort In.413 
-new milk.35i 
-profitable...,55 
-sweet milk.....887 
— to cow. from.. 
— liberal feed for . 221 
— pay when extru good.735 
— raised under glass.352 
— reared on sklm-mllk.484 
— teaching to orlnk Bkim-mllk.438 
t’arboll • soap recipe.253 
Cattle at. Royal Ex.52s 
— Ayrshire.3*9, b05 
— breeders, points for.417 
— Brown Swiss.,...: .543 
— dlehornlng....718,791 
— fattening.6x7 
— feeding In the West........... 3 
— gradual change of diet,.837 
— Guernsey.225 
— hornless.Sty 
— Import duty on.624 
— in Brazil.656 
-England, decline In value.337 
— large in ancient Britain , .(Ms 
— Long-horn.417 
— polled. 348 
— Winter care.8,806 
— without horns.626 
Colorado beef.....676 
Corn, soaking for feed.... .5 
Cow. a •'Jack-of-axl-trades.” 525 
— - man's forager and nurse. 117 
— and calf, saereaness of. bill 
— and calf-sucking lie vice., . ,s*i) 
— Choking remedy.S36, 543. 715 
— drawing from a well.3sl 
— fairness......523 
— Galloway.797 
general purpose.431 
-In favor of.57b 
— — — uotiaenslcal .462 
— Hereford...1 7 
— hooking, remedy.886 
— Holland. 55 
— Jersey. 389 
— lumping fenees..841 
— kicking.368 
— iuOjCI. 152 
— one that paid. 17 
— Bcruh.846 
— and her descendants...736 
— sense ..‘,25 
— sucking herself, remedy.336 
HORSEMAN. 
GARDEN 
! Artichoke, Globe...641, 822 
Artichokes, Jerusalem.822 
Asparagus ...31s 
— Argenteull.,..491 
— early.851 
— lor farmers ....Sly 
Bean, Cleveland Imp. Valentine 
..773 , 822 
— Henderson's Earliest Red.32c 
Beans, family....S22 
— Flageolet.251. 653 
— — o ax.126 
— good.665 
— Limas, premium....162 
— - without poles.I4i 
— Superior.,ia7 
— w hen to pick.822 
Beet. Uassauo ..2,9 
— E lipse. .86 
Cabbage, ashes for.165 
— early...166 
— In cold-frames.65> 
— millers, to destroy.473 
— routs, poisoning.846 
— (Savoy. 358 
— succession or.296 
— Worm, Buhach for.369 
— —lire for... 4 
— — salt atm pepper for,.,. ...6)5 
— —to destroy . 4?6 
Cantaloupe. Golden Jenny.712 
— Netted Gem.752 
Celc-iiau..319 
vel< » . new. , .. . 86 
’Celery, Arlington....lot; 
— blanching In the cellar.ill 
— Boston Market, best keeper..,Jill 
— Burpee's sell-luanehing..36 
— cost Of growing.166 
| —Henderson’s White Plume..., 36 
I — new Rose.. .....86 
1 starting.226 
— seif i lanehlug. 137 
I — W hue Plume, flavor of,. 21 
- — wintering, experiments In....516 
I *. cm. le Bzirghisy.808 
me* .655, 768 
' 2l8 
I — — trarpeOV .286 
— - .,...IU6 
— - Egyptian .213 
— -- Kacquebar fust Cri . >22 
— — j - 1 ■ • f ■ ■ I 1I8 
— - 1 III., o e. .!h , 2.. 
— — Marbiet« j«i l it 1 • . .1. '. 1 
— — ilexican .. 
— — Moore's Ea, b Coney. 2,8 
— — northern pedigree ...*73 822 
— — Rural's Experimej: > . ...213 
— —squaw.655 
.— — Sowell's Evergreen.2 8 
I — -Triumph .218 
I — - 'luWanrii... ........21.*- 
. Uic'ikbu. Giant Pera. ....220.286 
j — .NieboTs iiiunlum, green. 238 1 
I ! — patch, n burr* 1...k»2 1 
Cucumbers for pickles___if>7 
destroying tomatoes, reuiedy.SfrJ 
| Dandelions.333 
■ o,r,ieu. how lo fence so as to plow 
with a team.. 4 
— line, improved.....252 
I — notes .. 65.5 
— —for Dec...808 
— — from Boston ..4r>2 
— —vegetable.494 
Iiorse-ra Jisu. .284 
Kale for Winter.*22 
Leek. Large Flag....234 
Leeks .... ...194. 822 
Lettuce, best varieties...234 
— Deacou. 494 
— — the Whit© Summer.527 
— Early Prtxe Head.234 
— Henderson's New Tortc.. .491 641 
— iu 1 oid-rrames.., . ,..'.t55 
— Oak-leaved...4.G 
— Totnhaunock.641 
Meiou bugs, remedy..............431 
-striped..,4ot 
Melons, squashes, starting de¬ 
vice for.. ....281 
— Surprise,... .653 
Muskinnlonh, best varieties.i>4 
— starling..591 
Pea, Alaska.415, 491 
— American Wonder.286 
— Atlantic.218 
— Bliss's Abundance.213 
— — ever-ueariog...218 
— Bred J s Excelsior.2iH 
— t able .... ,..,.,218 
— Carter’s First Crop.218 
— Clipper...4i6 
— Early Paragon.218 
— Lawton’s Evolution,....,.... ,236 
— i’rldeot America. .215 
— Prolific .218 
— Puget Bound_.,...218 
— tesis.. . ...JJi8 
— trellis. 'AH 
— weevil, to destroy.. 111 
Peas, eany...,......494 
— p.antcd laic,,,.. .1U1 
— btraiagem aud Pride of the 
Market.....574 
— Wu*tto now... 1st 
Radishes In cold frames.658 
Salsify,Sandwich islands Mam¬ 
moth. 822 
Snnp beans .. 819 
Spinach. . 4s4 
— iu cold-frames.. . .. _.....655 
— 1 all so w n eas 11 y k 11 led.319 
Squash, Early Orange.773 
Squashes, keeping in a damp 
atmosphere.319 
— to keep.,...758 
Tomato Belle..,..218 
— from Hulluuk & Thorpe .646 
— Curler's Acme.2,8 
— Challenge. .218 
— Early Market.2,8 
— Eclipse...,. 318 
— Exquisite......218 
— itkrquhar'B Paul tics*......84U 
— Livingston's Beauty.846 
— Mikado.. . . 840 
— 'I uruer’8 Hybrid.351, 478, 752 
— Goidon Queen..................840 
— notes. 816 
— Optlmns.218 
— eelocl Cardinal.‘218 
- Tom Thumb...218 
— Turner s Hybrid.53O 
Tomatoes cultivated in Eng 
. land. 21 
— best specimens for set'll .626 
— in Winter.332 
— planted In open ground.381 
— preserving In tile Full.282 
— Potato-leaved .... 732 
Transplanting In dry weather.,436 
Trowc, garden . . 89 
Wntenudous. how. to plant_3 9 
— Mu-letles,...*.. 234 i 
WblUnvla..,! - ...,.*, .V.T-.284 
WJ4-ioof 319 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS, 
Beef, dressed, more.167 
— fail In prices In England.721 
■Meat supply of vew Yore.I 89 
Silk business misrepresentation 
or profits ..770 
— culture an utler failure.337 
— — ladles go slow In. 3 
Sugar making, diffusion proce8o c 9u 
LAW. 
— — — qualities of.57 
— Golden Queon.73, 578. 610, 655, 721 
— Hansel). 6id 
— M acorn tier’s Antwerp.1.511 
— — White Seeultng...461 
— Marlboro.432. I3u. 493, 494, 616, 766 
— — not nearing out its reputa¬ 
tion. 794 
— Meredith Queen..«40 
— Nemaha . h;,5 
— notes ut‘-R. U.”. 461 
— Italia nee...04u 
— Seedling B.Bid 
— Suafferhi.640 
— — color poor. baw 
— — for drying.559 
— Springfield .4i,I 721 
— — same as Davidson‘s Tborn- 
leea.;s; 
— Superb. WO 
Raspoerrlcs, drying in a green 
noute.416 
— flavor of different.,.. ?u 
— for farmers...431 
— In ISsti..........................,4811 
— latter day.,...6-10 
-' A. .eg) 
— Hat.. . 415 
— new.....^14 
— yellow.64,1 
Rhubarb, Monarch. 3 j3 
Rose bush leaves, scented.121 
— crested moss.49.1 
— hardy perpetual, list.lo9 
— La France-.....72l 
— Marshall P. Wilder..575 
Rural Grounds of the R. iC-Y.19.85, 
162. Ml, 219. 2H|, 333. 351. 414, 461, 
4 .3, 569, 52i. 591, 617. 6(0. 761, 76s, 
821.. 
— — way*aud things at....782,814 
— life Uutt-s. 506 
Hu nil's seedlings. 523 
ac u Isiop*’riumta nydfungculdeg.4o2 
Sactidisr'Ciutlon. data, a! . 921 
Seed fuel. «>.a m* ,i . i,= 
Niindbu...., uv*»rf.494 
Shrub*. ueW....23-1 
Slug-shot and Paris green.721 
Snakes, innocent specie* spared.H 5 
Snowball Japanese .64i 
Splru’u utmarla. iSS 
Spraying bellows. 85 
Strawberry, Alley.162 
— Alley s No. 9. 4 
— Atlantic.509 
— Rcimool.493 
— Black Defiance .491 
— bUght.ggt 
— Bom bit. 461 
— Crescent.462, 569 
— Crimson Cluster... .,.482. 511 
— Cumberland Triumph.., .73. 361 
— Henderson. 73 
— Daisy Miller.510 
— Daniel Boone...5iu 
— Dewey. . 162. .509 
— Durand's King Cluster.510 
— — Prince. ou9 
— Golden.193, 509 
— Hilton..... 
— Jersey Queen. mu 
— Jessie.sil 
— Jewell.73, 432, 509 
— Lord'sSeodUng .509 
— Wda.187, 461 
— Manchester...5119 
— May King....333 
— Mississippi Valley.,.510 
— Mrs Garfield. ,..516 
— new, of promise... .527 
— notes from T. T. Lyon.432 
— Parker Earle.482, 461 
— Parry. 73 
— runners, cutter for.869 
— season of 1886.... .r> >6 
seedling No. 65 .5u9 
— — - 87.569 
— —of Mr. Walton.......527 
— Sharpies* .73, 509 
— —who introduced?.527, 578 
— tests... 4 
Strawberries, fertilisers for ex .281 
— fertilising the blooms of.486 
— from need .899 
— hurt witn ultrnle of soda.641 
— In can.494 
— Introduction and improve¬ 
ment. .821 
— new at R G.46i,5o9 
— — too many..593 
— nitrate of sooa for. 6i3 
Tomato tree.. . 234 
Tomatoes planted In open ground 
. .7.381 
'trowel, garden.. 
Transportation,faulty .. ... ...6,'2 
Viburnum plica■ uni .541 
Vegetation In Florida.808 
Bi 'yclo rider, rights of..,*..725 
But ferine. Belling for butler.- < 
■-".hi 1 in murtgiige. 
Corporation, niunlcipalf 11 Vblt- 
ity.,... .E..'.72* 
Election bet....Tr.^.78 I 
Freight ruieB. 
Fruit overhanging u nelght.or - 
Wttll. 557 
Garni,htfieul .. 
Homesteud exemption..6*3. »4 j 
tinllseliotd gondu, inesnlngor, .5* 
Inimigi utlon Act,-constrottloc d!' 
ai*ty. Til 
Land la w.Comm Issloner 81 m rfcs. 1J 
Lands for advertising imr[ -ite. 5? J 
Law. don't go to..7JL.. • T-j| 
Eegi>l ition, 8t ,te, (his ysar.8 ■ 
Mm nine, purr ease. 
Mortgage.. 
Mortgages ot future crqps 
Note signed on Nunday.. 
Oleomargarine, sale ofi... 
Patent, license fee.... 
rroflt or loss, agreement to 
share.; 
Railroad fences ... j 
— law, Iowa. .J 
Uallrosds. fencing. 
Kc.iic.i4iu-. 1 he wife's. jm 
blieep, losses of, by oog*.... M 
Miup orders and cash.AS 
Taxes, arrears of.. ■ 
— asseisniriic of.. 4v*^ 
Wan-r course, uavigabj-.. ■ 
rORICULT L 
.Mes'i|!-.taniicMm_ 
^a.on. Prince of Helibrow 
Rlions, small-Jeuved. 
[unand.-t HendersonU. 
. 
■ c. 
I^Hnsla, RussLid. 
E*paras us cii">mug 
Leuuissimus ..... 
— talk ..,: 
— that pays...513 
— thoroughbred in a herd.417 
— with calf, how to tell...810 
-cawing! . 
— Choking, relieving....(C.'.'Xil'fJo 
— giving extra food while at 
grass,.. .557 
— good -iwurrs do not know It 8fi* 
— pasttici for... . 23z 
,-pasturing.557 
— giving extra food..557 
— Swiss .477 
— throat obstruction.......590 
— working. S 2» 
Devon cattle.718 
Devons against Jerseys.7o2 
— horns of .791 
— points of.596 
— slighted.590 
Dehorning cattle.184. 718 
Fat Stock show, Chicago ...797,806 
— — — Kansas ..797 
Feed, cutting of...46.4 
scalding.793 
Feeding experiments.491 
— frozen roots. . ..89 
— hints on .267 
— In the West.54 
— liberal, economy not ex¬ 
pense . ....„767 
— swill aud pleliro .721 
Fly torment, sponge the anl 
mais .... 636 
Gad tly. sulphur and grease for.Mi 
Galloway’ cuttle .561 
— cow ....797 
— cows crossed with Jerseys. .545 
Gestation, period of. 753 
Urubs, removing from cow's 
oack . 529 
Ouern-'cy bull.841, 105 
— heifer Enid.7ir2 
He:f.-r. Guernsey.71/2 
lien ford.. 9 
— masculine.415 
Hellers, breeding.. 133 
— spaying .718 
Herd, the average.428 
Hereford cow. Ii7 
— heifer. 9 
— on Ayrshire.703 
Hereford!*.577,624 
— English.wi...387 
— -.n the ranches. 15 
Holland cow.55 
HoiBteiu Jersey cow. 547 
— Friesian counterblast.657 
— — group.183 
— Frlesians in Montana.79-1 
Holstelns as beef an am Ilk eat- 
. .. .... 398 
Horn question .525 
Hornless cattle.349 
Jersey bull......17. 749 
— cow. 889 
-injured. .:r,2 
— line nerd of. oil 
— heifer Golden Skin, .6S3 
Jersey* and Alderueys.,702 
-— difference .763 
-J. 1 - - -.. 
Lice on cuttle, remedy....152 
-tobacco for.835 
Live stock, display at Woetern 
fairs.688 
-sea transportation of.641 
— — trade, Cincinnati's.766 
Pastures wa,ilag ut the West-..796 
Pedigrees, bogus..,,..,.7x4 
polled angu*........ 349 
— cattle..819 
Polls, against.703 
Kuncaett, economy, free meals. .763 
Kanenman and eo„ boy must go 670 
Redpoll andDevon cow.350 
— polls..., ...«H\ 
Rutabaga* from fattening food 260 
8«lt for stock...637 
Balling stock..645 
Scrub the..637 
short-horn bull.sil, 57; 
Shorthorns. hr, 577 
-crossai with Hereford 
bull.2*2 
— — for milk.341 
biaught rijig, public coudcm'd.816 
.Spaying heifer s . 71 g 
stanchion, fastening .. ...Ut5 
starvation, r.isull u f. . 78 
blutisllcal huriioug. 687 
Sti.-. rs, Western, feeding,profit. 8 
Aioiig lu'oeders, frauds of_487 
— buyers in large niarkskACaii- 
• turn pi ., . ......657 
farm- CAM Mid piana»emi>iit'25i 
— .faitiiujnci glvjug Jrttle. wu- • 
tc*' 4-..V........*,..., 
— fecdtft!’ , I)»Hie 5i- 
— »n iitiMiosAyruB....7 ..6-'ir 
MISCELL AN 
Birds, slaughter ox. .. 
Catalogue*, etc., received. ...8|, 
,U» 125. 134, tiff. 173, JtoL at. .-J 
241,2-1. '3, 289, 8IW, l« 
8’9, l-i|. » 4 i, 4.K ' J _. 4F7, '■ , 
r.G, Mi, ti.-.i. IKu, 6,7. Vas, jHl 
757. 731. 31 824. *66 
Cats as rabbit axtermjaaton.- . . 
Dogs, ruuzzllng.<91 
Editor, the poor... 
Farmer. Rural’s Thanksgiving 
greeting.<95 
Game, sl.4ugh*<• ring.7W 
I'ri mtiiin list.. *»7 
Public domain .8-U 
Spurrciw xxi pest even in England. 8 
Kullroad regulation.Oil 
Silver question.841 
Success, way ... 
Teuiperunce cause. II I ping.646 
— ngure*. loT 
Kracnyod'ue m <r<>1 |.v . : 
BrowalUa . a- 
Bulbs, Dutch. 73 
— Iu the house . 
Cactus, use of spines.16 
Cactuses.75 
•Jaiudiuins in doors and out_72 
cal In, spotted.to 
Camiu Efitmanni.ik 
Ceu tra n t h us.. ... 23 
Cnutuiy plant,.,.....,.,. 6.3 
I’hlnese primrose.65 
Clematis cocclnea.13 
Cut flowers, refrigerator basket 
fur..... 
— — to preserve. 
Cyclamens. 65- 
C'ur<santhemum. Amy Koso- 
mondu.6S 
— Christmas Eve..lit 
— cultuiu .69, TO, 7i 
— Frank K. Wilcox. 6! 
— LbHe Burgess. t! 
— monstrosity.8t 
— Pittl Bing.Cii 
— sec-iilogs...... 61 
— show. N. Y. 73i 
Ctirysantucruums.69, 761 
Mr. Allen'* .09 
— muslin covering for. 6'J 
Daisy. Bwau K<ver.234 
Dapliiion Cneorum.sail 
Jlapbno Geukwa.. .856 
Drachmas. . 763 
Eulalia, Jupontca.ls5 
— zebra-striped.184 
Fern cases.768 
. — Hi xg'sHora.166 
Ferns . 703 
Florist*' convention.675 
Flower garden.664 
— pox, new .822 
— p,ts, size- of. 162 
Flowers anil small fruits.627 
—cut, competition.........l<u 
— for the fair...,575 
~ *priQg . .462 
Friesla refrucla alba.188 
Fuchsias lor *nady place* .853 
win den, laying out, planting_639 
— popular, the.689 
— . reasure.-,.. 7 <3 
— wiudow plants, for .«s 
German Ivy.t,. - -! 
Gras* for J awns.464 
Green-douse benches, covering.JIM 
— - care .769 
— — —Fall...6 72 
— leaved plants, good.,.,.7*3 
Hot ned heated oy a furnace.... Ati 
House plant;, ten.1.74 
Hyacin nsfor tue holiday's.... 672 
Uy iumtbux ennuicaos.529 
Insects,... .788 
Irises, K'einpfer's..462 
mind»eape tlfecc.639 
l.<xtniia Hurt* mica..54 
Lawn, care of..... 65< 
— grass for. .,..,.,..268 
T.iwmt. Kx'd top for....462 
miles, Knistor..672 
Lily-of the Valley.73i 
iHinlPw,sulphide of potash for ,.s78 
oxalls versxoolor .133 
Paints.768 
Pelargoniums, cuttings for 
Winter aud Spring bloom. . 562 
— Importation irom Europe. ...Ij8 
— zonal cuttings, vitality.. <33 
— — vitality of..133 
— hardy...Ur.i 
Phaeeiia .284 
plaui*. air necessary for__ .462 
— for the .w indow..,..*?2 
tender . 6V> 
Platycerliui....166 
Hot .ng.672 
Primrose, Chinese..,...831' 
J’teruKl»raxlil»pldj<m,.. *.8511 
H >MOLOGICAL. 
Apple, Anls Alul.,.542 
— — lamilyoitbc.542 
— Arkauxas Black .319 
— Uar. lice.3 .2 
— Ben Davia.837 
— Uerhoff .....<41 
— beat lor N. England, aud Why WHO 
— crab. Manila.281 
— - seedling...1*4 
— Excelsior.. ......134 
— uraudiitherSuiIth'sFavorite* 7 
— Hawthorixden.213 
— Hlgalacd B Jill ly.<65 
— Hull Co. Seedling....263 
— Uubburdxlou Nonesuch.72 
— - ripi-ln ..... . |2 
— Llckly.351 
— Maun. ,...a93 
— market.104 
— Newp-ot Winter Sweet.7.(6 
— Popoff's Streaked..... ........673 
— Pmaa.7a- 
— K 1, Urci-ntng on a sweet ap 
pie stock.,......'......816 
— St. Peter'S .673 
— scarlet Cranberry.593 
— Slilaw«ms*e ix-auty.267 
— Sweet Paradise .. an 
— Tetofsky as a < lock.593 
— tree spraying with London- 
purple.. .....321 
— tree, grand old ... 1 
— Wagoner In fulfornlfl. 1 SJ 1 
— Yellow B4'llrlow><r... ~>i 
• Kolotoreff..646 
Apple,, tor Minnesota...465 
—. province of Quebec.841 
— good selection.......674 
— Hi California...386, 826 
— Injured In Canafl*......_,.6M 
— keeping. . S- .433 
-- Russian lnguHSPL.646 
might, j>ear.JJtoT. 109 
Codling tooth, ilghtin*-..263 
— — Louden Purple tor.321 
-spraying who Pnrlsurcnu 137 
Cold Storage iKiurf, cheap. 498 
Crab apple. Martha.2.-.1 , 
-needling . .it-. 
Fruit.beauuful appearing. ia 
— canning til Cal (ifor nta.976 
— growers of, Michigan.469 
— house, si nx pic...308 
— In WIscouaIii ... 80 S 
— keeping. 433 
— inarKvung, false pretenoe lu 56 
— in uKen*, olstunt, about.672 
— nomenclature, new.....336 
— note* tr. m x (anoxia . 654 
— over the boundary.642 
— picker, a new..6,*; 
— ripi'olng and preserving of .432 
— retail In Nevr Vork...lo* 
— Irens lu the East aud Califor¬ 
nia, difference in growth....781 
-xarrod paper around.*21 
— Western ex., with..2s 1 
Frulu, hnnlhu-iKof. .283 
new, the kinds wanted. an 
— old. uuderixew names... 164, 125, 
219, 2bi 
Grafting, the whoto story.217 
Jo wa fruit list.233 
Ladder fruit....484 
— platform..,.6M 
Milsket thoughts. 10* 
MulberrJ,, Downing, Ev,-rboar- 
lug. . ..'. ,'2Sl • 
— RtLsflaix,.. .873 , 
Oliva growing Hi Callfh.ruI *. 
Orchard, old, ty njayvafe.. . , l#i • 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Azaleas, hardy, treatment of....350 
Beriows. spray ing.. 8 j 
Berrr tray . 38» 
blackberx-y, Buynard.6i2 
— vryslal iVniU,.56ll, 591, 673 
— Early Harvest....76, 516, 591 
— Erie.. .. 165 
— ave. green.so 
— txardy.lOi 
— Lincoln. 2l 
— Minuewaaka...351, 5tU, 6tl 
— Snyder.59x 
— —In Illinois...,.,.,.....194 
— — — Kansas..............542 
— tender.437 
Blacg berries.... .>91 
blueberry culture, about........254 
Bun sou......... . 85 
— ror cab bag 1 worms.21 
Cabbage worm, Buhach.513 
Cabbages troxix cuttings, proa- 
pea...382 
Celery, wintering, experiments 
in..510 
cnio-rra m»s.....- ins 
Curnint. hustles, old. Improving.u.9 
— worms. p> gill.<.....369 
Dewberry, Lucretla.234,527, 512, oc, 
64;. 69 , (Oo, 641 
— — proper way to train.642 
Fertilization and cull lira, high.. 89/ 
Forsytiuu Fortuutd and vxri.us 
Fig trees.. Ml 
stma... i9 
— ou a hill side....... 102 
Fomy turns.. 19.111.1 
Fruit growing. Southern. ,.i«2 
— house, simple...,.. ..8U3 
— in Kansas... '2*4 
— i-'ooxoln...068 
— marketing, overproduction 
or uuo iu t .500 
— m., tki-Io. uistiux!. 6(2 
— nomenclature. h.u 
— packages, ’»uide”.........137 
mi tali, notes......49s 
. sold in under.sized boxes.463 
Fruits, uew, wuai xo try. 96 
— small profit..<69 
Garden line, improved.*58 
Glazing sue.lt, new method.770 
Gooseberry. Cayuga ..493 
— Doixgai No. *.....493 
— — NO. 16..., ..193 
— Industry.106, <34. 493,611 
— Grange,.,,.*98 
— Triumph ............ .4113 
Gooseberries at “R. ft ”......499 
*<V«Ixlifg. Mr. HeQiett'p pxethod.s27 
— Miffwntiin ituryi..217 
GToalul *r Ekr ofji. N,-Y a ... 19, 85, 
*i I'd, V 6. 2TV*J, 333-jm, 4U. 461, 
HYGIENIC. 
Consumption, new treatment 
for.841 
r-llpeby .o36 
Egg for hums, dysentery..690 
Disinfection .. ...401, 4U2 
Germ theory.776 
Grupi*.>, exiling seed*, ..«3i) 
Hat anil hair iu heuith .28r» 
Health bobules .—..5)4 
Hydrophobia...... 5 
M-Rusuiur .32! 
Malaria, farmyard. .5u) 
Milk, » perfect food for infants 
only....is 
— bollc ! aud unboiled, digest 
lbtllty of.........706 
— diseased.06 
I'nsteur'* new quarters.512 
Bail in food, use of.,...,465 
Sunstrokes, to avoid, , 339 
Typhoid fever, lowering the 
temperature of room .706 
r Kill 1»<«xd**loUbJXs nettT Boston. .192 
.,.T38 
l rrtii txl tdi rnaculata ....... 166 
"iv* ApteeXcagBeauty,.I2u,308,382 , 
‘ %U<*r a, Sflkiy fl4y*.. .. .3*2 
. — HcMw ... ...21 ,*268, 3*2 
7 »^s* J rv«4apMpgii.>jr ,i . .498 
,, A.«A.V<•.,,, .T21p 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Agricultural show or England . ,528 
— society. N. Y.... 77 
Agriculture, Conn. Board of_61 
— Fa, tltate Board . hi 
Bay State Agricultural fair..6*7,70') 
Bee keepers Society. .26, 5b, 7Jti. ,92 
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