Poetry, Tlie Opening Year.... 6 
_NiloJesperandum. H ; 
_^WlioSets-theFasWons....... 26 
—.-Pansy Show.. ^ 
__ The Gentleman Farmer. 61 
:-In Spring . .. 
-April.. ■••-- ®® 
_The Lilac Walk. 81 
-Spring Flowers -.-.. 86 
_Origin of the Moss Rose... 101 
-^ June.^88 
_Tlie Prize Flower.108 
__ Midsummer..12C 
_A Sermon in Rhyme.131 
_TheGleii’s Retreat.m 
_Daisies in the City.l-io 
_Value of Laughter.153 
_Forget-me-not.160 
_This Life is What wo Make it. 173 
-Ootoher.181 
-Belated.186 
_Things That Never Die.193 
_Falling Leaves.203 
_The Goldbu Flower.210 
-Indian Summer.218 
-Our Gardens..230 
__ To a Little Summer Visitor. .236 
PolnsettiaS'.1*8 
Poisonous Coffee.m 
Pollen, Influenoe Of, Upon Friut. .228 
Pop-corn Trade.191 
Poppy, California.107 
Potato, Iroauois. 63 
—— Mayliowcr. 63 
_Raising, Some Points in 
_Scab.'.. 3 , 162,237 I -Wmterin 
Raspberry Growing,- Successful.. 64 
•-Rancocas...^6® 
Rats in Cellars... 194 
Retinospora argentea.. - 8® 
_tUlcoides.. 80 
_phuuosa aurea. 80 
Retinosporas, Hardiness of.. 90 
Reviving Cut Fldwers. 89 
Rhododendrons, Hardy.HO 
-Planting.156 
Right Spot, The.192 
Rhubarb Cultiu-e.23, 220 
-Liunmus. 23 
-Paragon. 23 
-Victoria. 23 
Roads, Constructing.190 
_and AValks, Construction of . .234 
Root Culture.207 
-Cuttings. 208 
Roots, Digging and Storing.182 
Bose Bush, A Famous.171 
-Madame Margotiu.52 
-The Sunset. 29 
Ro.semary —.103 
Rosmarinusollicmalls ..103 
Roses. . . .46, 148, 169 
-Culture and Varieties.106 
-Fashionable... 71 
-for Windows. 08 
— HaltHardy .. 46 
— in the Garden. 20 
-Month of.101 
-Now, How to Produce. 9 
-White Climbing. 92 
Winter, Inexpensive. 2S 
-Seedlings.226 
-Tremont. 63 
Potatoes, American, in England .71 
-Early... 22 
-Raising.122 
-for Seed.206 
-Harvesting and Storing.143 
-in Pots . -12 
-New. 63 
-Sweet..82, 206 
Pot-bound Plants.188 
-Plants, Sou lor..108 
Poultry Manure.102 
Primroses, Chinese.148 
Private Flower Exhibitions. 91 
Profitable Garden. 3 
Propagating Fuchsias.176 
-Pyras Japonica.176 
-Verbenas. 69 
Propagation ... 52 
-Economical.128 
Prospect Park. lO 
Protecting Young Evergi-eens... .214 
Protection, Spring. 24 
Pruning Evergreens.170 
-Grape. 24 
-Lawn and Forest Trees. 170 
-Melons and Tomatoes. 92 
— Raspberries. ,228 
-Summer, Frui t Trees.124 I 
--— Raspberries and Black¬ 
berries.144 
Pumpkiii-vinc, Bermuda. 171 
Pyrethrum.i87 
Pyriis Japonica, Propagating. 176 
Quinces, Best. 32 
—: Select List of.44 
Radish Fly. 1.12 
Radishes, Summer. 103 
-Winter, Keeping.155 
Rannnculns.. 231 
-aconitilolius, fl. lU. .17 
-aciis, fl.pl. 47 
-bulbosus, fl. pi. 47 
-repens, 11 . pi... 47 
Rapid Transit for Southern Prod¬ 
ucts. 43 
Raspben-ies, A Specific for. 105 
Raspberries and Blackhen-ies .... 04 
:-Summer Pruning.144 
-Planting.. 
-Care of.. 34 
-Hardy.-..;. 434 
-^ Hybrid.. 
-Propagatmg.. 
-^Pruning...228 
--Select List of.. 44 
.187 
Rothschild’s Wonderful Orchid... 31 
Rough ou Flowers.107 
Rules, Fixed.... 2 
-for Naming Fruits. 4 
Russia, Horticultiu-e in.132 
Riissiau Apples. 4.5 
Rye, Mamu-ing with.183 
Salpiglossis.107 
Saltpeter agaiust the Squash- 
borer.142 
Salvia Cultme and Varieties.167 
Sand-binding Plants in India.1.51 
-Value of. 48 
Saponaria ofiicinalis.196 
Scab-in Potatoes. 3,237 
Scale Insects. 84 
School Gardens in Austria.171 
SciUas : :.....231 
Seed. Good and Bad.213 
Seedlings, Potato.226 
-Tree, Raising. 70 
Seeds .;. 2 
-Covering. 86 
-Duration of Vitality of. 22 
-Raising. 162 
-Starting. 128 
-.Sowing.86 
-Testing. 22 
.Selling l'’ruit8... .228 
Shade and Shelter, Trees for.214 
Siiallow Cultiv.ation. 102 
Shrubbery, Grouiiiug of.. 190 
Shrubs, H.alf .a dozen Good . 136 
Sicily, Grapc-gi-owing in. 91 
Slips, Soil for Stai-ting. 15,5 
.Slugs in Gardens. 126 
Small Fruits vs. Tree Fruits. 4 
-Places. 06 
Smilax for Windows. 49 
Snowdrops. 231 
.Soapwort.. 490 
Societies, American Florists’. 162 
-American Association of Nur¬ 
serymen. 443 , 452 
-American Institute. 113 
193, 217, 230 
-^—Farmers’ Ciub.._..236 
-Iittcrmitional E.xhibltion of 
Fi-uits and Plants.31, 162 
-Massachusetts Horticultural 31 
71,91,133,163 
-Michigan Honicultni-al. 2.30 
—Mississippi Valley Horticult- 
.108 
.155 
Ural. 
. 11, 236 
Now .lersey I-Iorticultiiral.li, 31 
—-New Jersey State Board of 
Agriculture.. 34 
Societies, New-Orleans Worlds Ex 
position. ’ 
_New-York Horticultural... 10, M 
61, 71,91, 113,193, 217,236 
-Tree-planting... 
-Village Improvement... - • • • ■ • 
-West Tennessee Horticultiu aM^ 
go 
Soil. Aeration of the. - 
-for Flower Beds.-^6’ 
_House Plants. 
_Pot Plants. 
-Stai-ting Slips. 
_Diflnenceof, On Strawberries. 104 
Solamimjasminoides. 88 
-The Climbing ... 88 
Sorrel, Exterminating.H2 
Spading Forks... 82 
T 081 
Sparaxis.. 
Specific for Raspberries.105 
Spinach.63,162 
Siiirma, The Golden.130 
Spreading Maniu’C in Winter.226 
Spring-flowering Bulbs—87,210, 231 
-Protection.. 24 
Spruce, Rocky Mountain Blue.... 30 
Squash and its Culture.227' 
-Beetles....... H® 
-Borers.122,142 
-Saltpeter Against.142 
Squashes and Melons Dj-iug.115 
-Keeping...206 ■' 
Statice Limonium. 7 
-Suworowii. 7 
Stephanotis floribiuula.49, 92 
Stigmaphyllon oiliatum.;. 08 
Storing Apples. 165 
-Bulbs.230- 
Str.awberrics .64, 84 
-Covering ..208 
-Early. 116 
-Extending the Season.184 
-Fall-planting.209 
-Influence of Soil on. 104 
-Late. 92 
-Pistillate.144 
-Planting.164 
-Planting in Midsummer. 124 
-Potted Plants.124 
-Pi-eparatlon of Ground for.. .124 
^- Select List of. 44 
— Watering. . 8.6 
Strawberry Beds. 24 
-—^New.144 
—- Fertil i zers.228 
—-May King.209 
-Mrs. Garfield. 66 
-PaiTy. 146 
-Plants Shipping Great Dis¬ 
tances . 62 
-Season, E.xtending the. .164 
-'Pi-ce. ..192 
,Strepto.solcn Janiesoni.6 
Suburban Homes. ..216 
.Sugar-corn.!. 82 
-Production, The World’.s.134 
-Suiiply, ’The World’s. 51 
Suggestions, Some... 41 
-Transplanting in... 122 
Sunny E.xposurcs, Plants for. 62 
Sweet Gum....234 
-Peas tor Cuttbigs. 87 
Sweet Potatoes, Early Golden... 3 
-Potatoes.82, 206 
Syringa. 130 
'Tal)le Decoration, A Dainty.61 
'r.amnrinds. 454 
Tarragon. 403 
'laxus clegnullssimus. 30 
Teasel. 92 
'render Plants. .43 
'Tennis, Lawn. 99 
'Thanksgiving Bouquet. 231 
Thinning Fruits.. 
-Peaches. 
Tiarella cordifolla.. 
Tlgridias. 6,106 
Tomato, King Humbert. 432 
-Livingston’s Perfection. .23 
-Mayflower. 23 
-'The Best. 
Toihatoes ill Winter . 
-Pruning, -. -. -. -. -.. • 
'Top-dressingLawne.. 
Tradeseantia •. 
Training Trees- 
Transplanting-in Summer... ...jjJ 
-Trees in Winter .^ 
Tree Planting Societies.. 47 J 
-Seedlings, Raising. 7 ^ 
Trees for Immediate Bearing _ 
_for Shade aud Shelter.... 244 . 
_Forest and Lawn, Pruning..- .479 
-Lawn, Good. 234 
-Measuring the Age of... .175 
__ Overloaded. 184 
_Plant Small'..... 64 
—_ Plantiirg .'. ..:. 44 
-Raising, from Cuttings. 214 
-Training. 5 
_Transplanting, in Winter. 12 
-Young, Planting.64 
'Trials with Insects.. 142 
Tropic olum nanum. .210 
Tuberoses'.. ... - .6,32 
TuberouSriooted Grape-vines. 25 
Tiilip, The.••211 
Tulipa'Greigii ..'...212 
Turnip Flea Beetle.1’42 
Turnips 122 
Vacation at Home. 141 
VaUota .pm-purea.116 
Varieties, Mixed. 6 
-Selection of. 6 
Vegetable Bouquet.191 
-Garden — Seasonable Hints, 
Jan., 2; Feb., 22; March, 42; 
April, 62; May, 82; June, 102; 
July, 122; Aug., 142; Sept., 162; 
Oct., 182; Nov., 206 ; Dec.226 
Vegetables and Fruits, Canned, 
Dangers of... . 3 
-in Graperies. 83 
-Quality of.. 62 
-Storing. 2 
-Winter Culture of. 22 
Vegetation on Coins and Bank¬ 
notes.219 
Ventilation.188 
-for Fruit CcUai-s...229 
Verbenas...127 
—^ Propagating. 69 
Village Improvement Societies.. .192 
Vines,.Hardy.176 
Violets.148,186 
Walks and Roads.130 
Water-cress.103, 206 
-Lilies, Growing.167 
-Melon Culture, New Method. '3 
--— Raising... 83 
Watering Plants .86, 169, 188, 212, 232 
-— in Pots. 108 
-Small Gardens. . ..146 
Weather Forecasts.193 
Weeds. ! .182 
Weevil, Pea, Destroying. 2 
Weigella.130 
West Indies, Orange-gi-owing in 
the. ..132 
Window Box, A Good.213 
—— Boxes of Flowers. 89 
-Embellishing a. 88 
-Garden, Autumn Work in 
the.. 168 
-Gardening for Ootobor.198 
-^— November... 212 
-^— December.232 
Windows for Plants. . 188 
Windflowers... 
AVinos, How to .Keep. 
AVlutor-blooinlng Plants.H® 
-Culture of Vogetablos.9® 
-Flowering, Bulbs for.1®® 
-Flowers. 232 
-Preparing for ..1*® 
-Garden at the Holidays.1®® 
-Homo for Plants.9®® 
Wintering Roses.I®' 
Wistarias..9® 
Wood-ashes .. 
Wood Flour..9l9 
‘23 
'Tomatoes, Drying.43_ 474 
— in Greenhouses.’.-499 
Yellows, Poach. 
Yews. 
. ■•15 
.’'30 
