INDEX 
PAGE. 
Pilgrim Rose, The. 50 
Plant and Seed Growers, V. H. Hallock, 
Son & Thorpe. 5 
Plant Life. 334 
Plants that grew in Johnnie’s Garden, The. 18G 
Pleasure of Flowers, The . 42 
Premium Announcement for 1886 . 380 
Queen’s County Agricultural Society, 193, 
250, 304 
Reaping the Whirlwind .. 324 
Reason Why, The. . 58 
Retrospect, A . 268 
Rocks and Rockeries . 36 
Rural Aesthetics. 315 
“ Life versus Character . 251 
Sale of Orchids. 277, 305 
Sally Earle’s Third. 158 
Society of American Florists.. 112, 192, 221, 248 
Soil for Roses . 87 
Soils . 88 
Some Interesting Facts about the Cocoa- 
Nut Palm . 156 
Some Vegetable Poisons. 228 
Spring Fashions . 85 
Steam versus Hot Water for Heating Green¬ 
houses. 238 
Storing Vegetables for Use in Winter. 291 
Sub-Tropical Gardening . 64, 98 
Sudden Cure, A. 132 
Summer Work in the Garden . 178 
Tasteful Sitting-Rooms . 297 
Tea and Coffee Lore. 11 
Vegetable Garden, The, 76, 104, 132. 155, 183, 
209, 241, 269 
Venerable Beech, A. 221 
What is a Cantaloupe?. 209 
What Shall We Plant?. 91 
Where Are the Squash Bugs? . 220 
Whistling Girl, A . 294 
Wild Flowers of Spring. 105 
Wild Garden, A. 320 
Window Gardening Under Difficulties. 259 
Window Plants, A Few Notes About. 128 
Winter Gardens, Our.40, 72 
POETRY. 
Compensation. 135 
Day of June, A. 158 
Dream Flowers. 63 
Flower She Gave, A .!... 48 
Golden Flower, The . 11 
Jack-in-the-PuIpit. 80 
Oracles of Flowers. 215 
Sargasso Sea, The. 186 
Whistle, The . 271 
Time To Go. 296 
Water Lilies . 197 
What the Flowers Say . 281 
When the Gentians Blow . 266 
Wisest and Best of the Two, The . 324 
HOME DECORATIONS. 
Bag for Duster.273 
Blanket for Baby Carriage . 138 
Blotting Books. 53 
Book Pen-Wiper. 218 
Brush and Comb Case . 110 
Butterfly Screens. 189 
Case for Shaving Paper . 20 
Case for Table Linen and Cutlery. 190 
Chapter on Plaques, A. 83 
Children’s Room, The. 110 
Coffee-Pot Holder. 138 
Cover for Upright Piano. 190 
Cover for Wood-Basket . . 299 
Crescent. 329 
Crocheted Border for Shawl.329 
Decorative Notes . 21, 54, 163, 218, 300, 331 
Decorated Slate. 109 
Diamond Edging. 217 
Easter Gifts. 84 
English Fancy Work. 273 
Etching on Glass. 191 
Fancy Stitches, Some. 23 
Hairpin Holder. 189 
Hints for Christmas. A Few. 330 
Home-Made Music Rack. 20 
Home-Made Traveling Bag. 108 
Imitation Stained Glass . 191 
Initial Letters.300,331 
Invalid’s Wrap. 109 
Kensington Painting. 137 
Knitted Knee-Caps . 299 
Mantel Drapery. 328 
Mantel Lambrequin, with Design in Lustra 
Painting, A. 188 
Mantelpieces and their Decoration. 246 
Marguerite Tidy. 108 
Marking Letters.55, 139, 217 
Match,-Safe Banner. 245 
Music Roll.219 
Novel Idea in Plaques, A . 52 
rMit. 
Novel Uses for Skeleton Leaves. 244 
Outline Embroidery. 216 
Painting on Lincrus'ta. 54 
Painting Terraline and Terra-Cotta Ware. 162 
Panel with Small Hooks. 21 
Paper-Holder, A Pretty. 331 
Perfume Sachets . 138 
Pine Pillows. 165 
Plaque Wall-Pocket, A . 83 
Portfolio for Writing-Paper. 82 
Rose Lamp Shade . 164 
Rug, A Pretty. 246 
Scrap-Basket for Sewing-Machine.273 
Shell Pen-Wiper . .. 272 
j Silk Purses. 274 
Souvenirs for the Holidays . 298 
Splasher for Washstand. 53 
Star Calendar. 328 
Tidy or Scarf for Chair . 272 
Whisk-Broom Case . 245 
HOUSEKEEPING. 
Apple Turnover and Apple Pie. 24 
Baked Egg Omelette. 196 
Baked Eggs. 140 
Blackberry Pickles. 220 
Boiled Eggs. 140 
Boston Brown Bread. 332 
Bread Cake. 56 
Canned Tomatoes.275 
Chicken Pie, with Oysters. 332 
Chicken Salad. 220 
Chocolate Marble Cake. 276 
Christmas Turkey.332 
Codfish Balls. 248 
Codfish Tongues. 56 
Coffee Cake. 276 
Coffee Ice-Cream.i. 248 
Corn Muffins. 86 
Cream Waffles. 86 
Custard Pie. Ill 
Egg Salad.248 
Egg Sauce. 248 
Escalloped Eggs. 140 
“ Fish.Ill 
“ Potatoes. 166 
Escalloped Tongue and Macaroni. 85 
Fairy Omelette . 166 
Floating Island of Fresh Raspberries. 220 
French Dressing for Fish. 302 
“ Toast..'.. 196 
Fricasseed Chicken. 220 
Fried Egg-Plant. 275 
Fruit Glac^. 332 
Ginger Snaps. 196 
Golden Pudding. 220 
Graham Mush. 196 
Hasty Cake. 302 
Iced Tea. 196 
Imperial Cake. 24 
Italian Cream. 276 
Macaroni with Cheese .302 
Mayonnaise Dressing with One Egg. 248 
Meat Cakes. 56 
Meat Croquettes. 196 
Molasses Cake Without Eggs. Ill 
Oatmeal Cakes. 196 
Old-Fashioned Connecticut Doughnuts_ 111 
Orange Pie. Ill 
Pie-Plant Pies.... Ill 
Pineapple Cake. 166 
Poached Eggs. 140 
Potato Croquettes. 166 
“ Fritters. 302 
“ Salad. 166 
Potatoes Warmed in Gravy. 248 
Pudding Sauce. 56 
Queen of Puddings. 276 
Salad. 196 
“ Dressing without Oil . 166 
Scallops. 56 
Spanish Cream. 166 
Spider Corn Cake. 86 
Southern Pudding. —. 196 
Stewed Pie Plant. Ill 
Stuffed Tomatoes. 248 
Tapioca Cream. 302 
Tapioca or Sago Cream. 56 
Thanksgiving Pie. . 302 
Waffles with Sour Cream. 86 
Word About Icing, A. 24 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Agaricus Campestris. 13 
Anemone-Flowered Chrysanthemum. 47 
Are we Dreaming?. 105 
Asters, Group of. 288 
Bag for Duster. 273 
Begonia Lubbersi. 119 
Bell-Flower. Turban. 263 
Bell-Flowered Iris. 154 
PAGE. 
Birch-bark Music Roll. 218 
Blue-Fringed Passion Flower. 225 
Bunch of Quaint Flowers, A. 39 
Butterfly Plant. 1 
Calochortus. 258 
Campanula Turbinata. 263 
Candytuft. 287 
Case for Shaving Papers. 20 
Case for Whisk Broom. 245 
Chilian Pitcher-Flower. 67 
China Pink. 286 
Christmas Gifts.298 
Chrysanthemum, Incurved. 46 
Pompon. 47 
Cineraria, Perfection, in Full Flower. 129 
Clerodendron Macrosiphen. .. 4 
Crescent Key-Rack. 329 
Crocheted Border for Shawl. 329 
Cypripedium Laevigatum. 176 
Dahlias, Miniature Single. 91 
Decorated Slate. 109 
Design for Blotter. 53 
“ “ Easter Card. 84 
“ “ Invalid’s Wrap .109 
“ “ Kensington Painting. 136 
“ “ Lamp Screen...*. ... 189 
“ “ Mantel Drapery. 328 
“ “ “ Lambrequin in Lustra 
Painting. 188 
“ “ Outline and Appliqu^ Work.... 216 
“ “ Pen-Wiper.-..218 
“ “ Piano Cover. 190 
“ “ Pine Pillow. 164 
“ “ Portfolio Cover. 82 
“ “ Skeleton Leaves. 244 
“ “ Splasher. 53 
“ “ Wood-Basket Cover. 300 
Dianthus Chinensis.286 
Double-Flowering Cineraria. 129 
“ Trillium. . 202 
Edible Mushrooms. 13 
Ftncy Stitches. 22 
Floral Design for Easter. 101 
Funkia Grandiflora. 312 
Gloxinia Gesnerioides. 254 
Gloxinias. 253 
Hairpin Holder. 189 
Helianthemum Formosum. 8 
Helichrysums. 287 
Imatophyllum Miniatum Cruentum. 79 
Ipomoea Thomsonianum. 181 
Iris Kaempferi. 124 
“ Seedling Japan. 124 
Ixia, Sparaxis and Tritonia. 171 
Jasminum Floridum. 231 
Lady’s Slipper, Glossy-Leaved. 176 
Lattice-Leaf Plant. 97 
Licuala Grandis. 145 
Lilium Canadense. 234 
Marguerite Tidy. 108 
Maraposa Lilies.1. 258 
Marking Letters.55, 139, 217, 300, 331 
Match-Safe Banner.245 
Methonica Leopoldi... ... 206 
Miniature Single Dahlias . 91 
Model Window Garden. 33 
Movable Shelf for Mushrooms . 14 
Nasturtium, Empress of India. 150 
Ochna Multiflora.,. 94 
Palm, Round-Leaved. 145 
Passiflora Actina. 225 
Perfection Cineraria, in Full Flower. 129 
Phaltenopsis. 1 
Plantain Lily, The. 312 
Plaque, A Novel. 52 
Pompon Chrysanthemum. 47 
Rack for Sheet Music. .... 20 
Round-Leaved Palm. 145 
Salvia Boliviana . 75 
Santa Claus as a Florist. 309 
Scrap Basket. 273 
Scrim Tidy. 272 
Seedling Japan Iris. 124 
Shell Pen-Wiper. 272 
Sisyrinchium Grandiflorum. 154 
Small Movable Beds against a Wall... 13 
Some Small Hooks. 21 
Spring Flowers. 63 
Star Calendar. 328 
Terraline and Terra-Cotta Vases. 162 
Tissue-Paper Lamp Shade. 164 
Traveling Bag, Closed. 109 
“ “ Open.. 108 
Trillium, Double-Flowered. 202 
“ Erectum. 201 
“ Grandiflorum. 200 
Tropseolum Polyphyllum. 151 
Tub for Growing Mushrooms. 14 
Turban Bell-Flower. 263 
Wall Pocket. 84 
Water Lilies. 197 
What the Flowers Say. 281 
White-Flowered Convolvulus. 181 
| Wild Garden at Weybridge Heath, Eng_ 321 
! Yellow Japan Jasmine. 231 
