INDEX TO LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET.—1879 
PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 
A Bit of Experience from the 
South. 99 
A Dry Path for Gardens. 55 
A Floridian Garden. 4 
Acacia. 118 
Amaryllis.85,152 
Amaryllis from Seed. 130 
Ambrosia . 152 
Ampelopsis Veitchii. 181 
A Murderous Sea-flower.-... 97 
Animated Oats. 116 
Annuals.133 
Annuals, half-Hardy. 86 
Asparagus. 69 
Aquatic Bouquet. 149 
Begonia. 118 
Bittersweet. 134 
Bonnet Gourd. 112 
Bouquets. 69 
Bouquet Making.2, 41, 116 
Bouvardia. 99 
Bulbs, Hardy. 152 
Cabinet, my Plant. 3 
Cacti. 102 
Cacti on Rocks. 117 
Cactus.99, 162 
Calla. 115 
Callas. 37 
Calla Lily. 86 
Calla and Cactus. 115 
Calochorlus . 150 
Camellia. 146 
Carnations, How to Grow........ 41 
Choice Plants for Window Cul¬ 
ture. 130 
Chrysanthemums. 84 
Climbers, Ornamental. 166 
Crassula Perfoliata. 86 
Crocus . 115 
Crown Imperial... .. 118 
Cultivation of House Plants. 73 
Cuttings Before Planting. 184 
Cyclamen, Culture of. 6 
Daisies in Winter. 17 
Deutzia. 105 
Deutzia Gracilis. 133 
Dolly’s Experience. 36 
Farfugi Grande. 98 
Fern Bed. 65 
Ferns, Drying.4,156 
Floral Cabinet, Binding. 60 
Floral Experience, A New. 5 
Floral Gossip .40, 54 
Florist, Failures and Successes of 
an Amateur. 83 
Flower Beds Plans for. 147 
Flower Garden, A Remarkable... 147 
Flower Garden. 33 
Flower Gardens, City. 6 
Flower Garden Hints.., . 88 
Flowers, Hints on. 85 
Flower Garden, How to Have a.. 38 
Flower Gardening as a Medicine.. 68 
Flower Pencillings. 70 
Flower-Stand. 161 
Flowers, Early Spring. 20 
Flowers for Amateurs. 88 
Flowers for the Table. 116 
Flowers for Window Boxes. 105 
Flowers, How to Keep. 146 
Flowers in a Hospital. 52 
Flowers in Italy. '.. 150 
Flowers, Liquid Manure for. 169 
Flowers, Something about my.... 53 
Flowers the Lord’s Glories. 18 
Flowers, What I did with. 24 
Flowers, Winter. 54 
Frost Flowers of Russia. 65 
Fuchsias. .69, 130 
Fuchsia Seed. 148 
Garden Hints. 6 
Gardening. 163 
Gardening, Amateur. 57 
Gardening in Alabama . 82 
Garden, Outside the.100 
Garden Walks. 129 
Gardens for Children. 99 
Geraniums.37, 114,134 
Geranium, Ivy-leaf .... . 163 
Grasses. 115 
Greenhouse Plants, Pruning. 3 
Hanging-Baskets.19,138 
Height of Trees .. 97 
Heliotrope. 35 
Hints on Floriculture. 67 
Hints on Plant Culture.. 8 
Hollyhocks. 6 
Hoya. 101 
Hyacinth. 6 , 89,184 
Hydrangea..... 146 
Ivies English. 35 
Ivy, English. 5 
Ivy in Ferneries. 136 
Keeping Flower-slips. 184 
Lichens.67, 70 
Lawn Planting, Suggestions for... 20 
Lilac, Cultivation of. 116 
Lilies.'. 120 
Lillies of Japan. 150 
Lilies, Water. 148 
Lily, Candidum.f.. 118 
Lilies, California. 134 
Lily, Onion. 56 
Lily, The Auratum. 4 
Lily, White Water. 49 
Mosses. 165 
Moss Rose. 21 
My Bay Window. 1 
Oleander. 104 
Orange Flowers. 104 
Orchids.166,182 
Orchids, Our Native. 132 
Ornamental Grasses for Lawn.... 5 
Ornamental Trees. 65 
Our Conservatory...112 
Pansies. 102 
Pansies in Winter. 17 
Plants, Bedding. 147 
Plants, Care of. 98 
Plant Culture. 22 
Plant Culture, My Experience in. 34 
Plants, How to Treat when Re¬ 
ceived by Mail. 169 
Plants, Forcing. 2 
Plants for Rock Work. 56 
Plants, Greenhouse . 22 
Plants, Love for House. 37 
Plants, Ornamental. 69 
Plants, Remarkable. 168 
Plants, Window. 49 
Pelargoniums.65,162 
Peonia. 65 
Peonies. 84 
Petunias. 115 
Phosphorus Soap for Plants. 129 
Pitcher Plants. 117 
Pressed Leaves. 102 
Primroses.'.85, 83 
Questions Answered.131 
Red'Spider. 65 
Relations of Flowers and Insects.. 181 
Rhododendron. 133 
Roses. 85 
Roses, A Feast of. 114 
Roses, Hardy. 50 
Roses of Pacific Slope. 118 
Rose Slug. 89 
School Gardens. 131 
Smilax. 114 
Suggestions on the Culture of 
Flowers. 66 
Support for Plants. 137 
Sweet Williams. 133 
Talk with Housewives. 74 
The Coming Flower. 69 
The Mistletoe. 180 
Tiger Flowers. 19 
Tuberoses.. 133 
Vegetable Sap. 143 
Violets, English, in Winter. 20 
Window Gardening. 72 
Woodland Treasures. 140 
FIRESIDE READING. 
Answers to Correspondents.185 
A Botanical Usurper. 181 
A Daughter’s Devotion. 14 
A Gigantic Gar-den. 187 
A Glimpse at Jenny Lind. 157 
Answering a Fool. 92 
A Plain Answer. 185 
A Sensible College. 125 
A Severe Reproof. 9 
Christmas Greeting. 177 
Christmas Gifts. 178 
Flowers the Lord’s Gloi-ies. 18 
Going into Partnership. 14 
Guard Well Your Daughters. 125 
Industrial Art in New York. 186 
Laughing, Benefit of. 30 
Letters from Correspondents. 188 
Marcia Graham’s Home. 59 
Moss Rose—A Wedding Among 
the Flowers. 21 
One Woman’s Work. 90 
Sunlight. 109 
The Autoplione. 157 
The Introduction of the Telephone 186 
The Latest Invention. 92 
The Little Count. 141 
The Phonographic Piano. 186 
Two Ways to Help the Poor. 188 
Vassar College. 30 
Walking with God... 92 
Wooing, its Curiosities. 109 
HOUSEKEEPING. 
A Cold, How to Cure. 30 
A Dainty Sleeping Chamber. 27 
.(Esthetic Hints.. 78 
Aquarium Cement. 5 
A Woman’s Advice. 117 
A Word to Young Mothers. 124 
Beef Sausage. 107 
Beef-tea for Invalids. 143 
Bread-Making. 11 
Burns, Treatment of. 11 
Canning. 170 
Canning Fruit.. . 11 
Care for the Sick..110 
Carpets, to Brighten Old. 108 
Chinese Dish... 37 
Christmas Plum-Pudding. 62 
Clove Apples. 91 
Cleansing. 123 
Cocoanut Cake.62,77 
Coffee Cake. 77 
Cologne Water, How to Make.... 142 
Colored Clothes. 170 
Cookies . 74 
Cooking, A Sermon to Girls on... 174 
Cool Cellars. 126 
Corn Cake... 107 
Currant Cake. 128 
Curtain Borders. 138 
Dish of Snow. 62 
Entrees. 189 
Fancy-Work. 29 
Flannels to Wash. 61 
Flies. 33 
Floors and Carpets. 1-12 
Fresh Air.. 97 
Frosting. 107 
Fruit as a Medicine. 80 
Fruit Cans, Howto Utilize. 132 
Ginger Snaps. 74 
Hints for the Household. 43 
Hints on Dress. 126 
Hints on Housekeeping. 13 
Hints to Young Housekeepers.... 10 
Home, A Laborer’s Model. 155 
Home, How to Make it Pleasant.. 106 
Home Items. 91 
Home Life. 155 
Housecleaning. 189 
House Decoration. 58 
Housekeeping in Arkansas. 75 
How I Arranged my House. 26 
How Plants Defend Themselves... 181 
How to Can Fruit. 126 
How to Make a Shirt... 29 
Huckleberry Dumpling. 107 
Ice in the Sick-room. 142 
Improving a Home. 34 
Ingenuity in Housekeeping... 42 
Jelly Roll. 62 
Kitchen, My.. 174 
Kitchen, My Grandmother’s. 159 
Lace Curtains. 159 
Lambrequin. 138 
Leaves from my Scrap-book.154 
Lemon Pie..... 62 
Mealy Bug, Cure for. 5 
Mildew on Roses. 112 
Mince Pie.. 62 
Moths. 75 
Moth, The Buffalo. 19 
Mother’s Room. 138 
Muff, A Young Lady’s. 158 
Omelettes. 62 
Our New House.. 93 
Painting Walls.. 158 
Patching. 164 
Perfume, Its Effect on Health.... 121 
Polish for Furniture.165 
Potatoes, How to Cook. .. 110 
Pumpkin Pie. 174 
Rag-Carpets. 165 
Red Spiders. 19 
Remedy for Bed-bugs. SO 
Remedy for Dandruff... . f0 
Rice Dishes of Iialy. 189 
“Robe deNuit ” Case. 28 
Rustic Seat. 114 
Sewing, Some Suggestions on. 139 
Shelf Drapery. 27 
Sitting-room, The Family. 58 
Snow Custard. 174 
SpongeCake. 62 
Starching. 170 
Suggestions about Sewing. 28 
Sulphur for Scarlet-fever. 30 
Summer Drinks. 126 
Table Furnishing. 108 
To Clean Brass. 94 
To Keep Lard Sweet. 94 
To Remove Grease from Wall¬ 
paper. 13 
Water for the Eyes. 30 
Worms in Pots. 46 
Vegetables, How to Keep.110 
Vegetable Wax. 107 
Venetian Bar Stitch. 139 
HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES. 
A Cheap Tidy. 74 
Afghans. 26 
Air-Castle. 44 
An Enclosed Window Garden.... 180 
A Miniature Aquarium.188 
Basket, Cheap Hanging. 25 
Comb-Case. 29 
Coral Frame. 46 
Corner Bracket. 60 
Cross. 44 
Cross, A Natural Easter. 145 
Crystallizing Flowers and Grasses. 62 
Decoration. 172 
Diaphaine. 13 
Fancy-Work in Podunk. 122 
Feather-Work. 138 
Fire-Boards. 172 
Gelatine, Patent. 142 
Home Adornment. 77 
Home Attraciions. 44 
Home-made Articles. 27 
House-Furnishing. 45 
Household Adornments. 10 
Household Ornaments. 46 
Howlngenuiiy Took the Place of 
Money.. 94 
Hyacinths, Tissue Paper.140 
Italian Painting. 61 
Ivory, Laying Imitation. 139 
Japanese Vase. 46 
Lamp-Mat of Feathers. 76 
Lamp-Screen. 29 
Lamp-Shades. 33 
Landscape. 61 
Lawn Basket. 17 
Match Receiver. 29 
New Fabric. 186 
Novelties in Decoration. 186 
Our Family Room. 12 
Pansy-Mats. 140 
Paper Ornaments. 29 
Picture-Frames. 42 
Pictures, For Home. 154 
Rugs. 26 
Rustic Cross. 124 
Satin-Covered Fan. 188 
Scarf, Knitted. 156 
Scrap-Book.. 106 
Shoe Bags. 28 
Spruce Work. 164 
Straw Vase. 29 
Swiss Hamlet. 156 
The Artotype. 186 
The Gay Deceivers. 76 
What-not. 46 
Wreath, A Pretty Winter. 12 
POETRY. 
An Ancient Christmas Carol.179 
Come Unto Me. 173 
He Leads us on. 92 
Myrtle-Love. 3 
Slander. 125 
Sunbeam.; 157 
The Blue and the Gray. 21 
The Chief Idol . 46 
The Song of the Mystic Valley.,.. 141 
To a Rose-Bush. 102 
