CONTENTS.PAGEPolitical Economy of the Apple1A few Flowers easily raised16Flower-Farming21A Letter from the Farm25The Cost of Flowers28Haying31The Value of Robins34Sounds of Trees39Unveiled Nonsense43Natural Order of Flowers46Roses49Chestnuts51Green Peas55Hens58Farming60Gardening under Difficulties63Corn66Dandelions69How to beautify Homes72Birch and Aspen75Autumn78Plant Trees!81Farewell to "Summer Rest"84Preliminary87Our Creed88Almanac for the Year89Educated Farmers98An Acre of Words about Aker101Farmer's Library105Nine Mistakes107Agricultural Societies108Shiftless Tricks111Electro Culture114Single-Crop Farming117Improved Breeds of Hogs and Cattle119Absorbent Qualities of Flour122Portrait of an Anti-Book Farmer124Good Breeds of Cows128Cutting and curing Grass131Country and City133Lime upon Wheat134Culture of Hops136White Clover138Plowing Corn139Clean out your Cellars142When is Haying over?144Laying down Land to Grass145Theory of Manure149Fodder for Cattle151The Science of Bad Butter153Cincinnati, the Queen City157Care of Animals in Winter161,243Winter Nights for Reading163Feathers163Nail up your Bugs165Ashes and their Use168Hard Times170Gypsum171Acclimating a Plow171Scour your Plows bright173Plow till it is Dry and plow till it is Wet174Stirring the Soil175Subsoil Plowing176Fire-Blight and Winter Killing177Winter Talk179"Shut your Mouth"181Spring Work on the Farm182Spring Work in the Garden185,292Fall Work in the Garden190Guarding Cherry-trees from Cold191Shade Trees192,252A Plea for Health and Floriculture195Keeping Young Pigs in Winter198Sweet Potatoes199Management of Bottom Lands199Cultivation of Wheat202Pleasures of Horticulture214Practical Use of Leaves215Spring Work for Public-spirited Men218Farmers and Farm Scenes in the West220Ornamental Shrubs224Gooseberries227Pulling off Potato Blossoms229Blading and topping Corn230Maple-Sugar231Lettuce237Geological Definitions238Draining Wet Lands240O dear! shall we ever be done Lying?242Deep Planting245Corn and Millet for Fodder245Seed Saving246Rhubarb248,286Peas250Hot-beds253Original Recipes254Cooking Vegetables256Farmers, take a Hint260Mixing Paint and laying it on262Garden Weeds267Lucerne269Family Government270List of Flowers, Seeds, and Fruits271Garden Seeds274Farmers' Gardens277Early Days of Spring279Parlor Flowers280A Salt Recipe281Culture of Celery282Sun-flower Seed290Rich and Poor Land294Getting ready for Winter295Esculent Vegetables297Field Root Crops303Cultivation of Fruit-trees304A List of Choice Fruits316The Nursery Business319The Breeding of Fruits322Pruning Orchards327Slitting the Bark of Trees330Downing's Fruits of America332Letter from A. J. Downing339Attention to Orchards344Wine and Horticulture346Do Varieties of Fruit run out?349Strawberries353,359,364Raspberries, Gooseberries, Currants364Spring Work in the Orchard367Grapes and Grape Vines372,373Autumnal Management of Fruit-trees374Pears grafted upon the Apple Stock376Seedlings from Budded Peaches378Care of Peach-trees381Renovating Peach-trees382An Apologue or Apple-logue384Select List of Apples385Origin of some Varieties of Fruit401The Quince403Cutting and keeping Grafts404Frost Blight405Seedling Fruits407Time for Pruning410Plums and their Enemies413Root Grafting417Blight and Insects419Apples for Hogs424The Flower Garden425Preparation of Seed for Sowing429Sowing Flower Seeds—Transplanting431Parlor Plants and Flowers in Winter432Protecting Plants in Winter439To preserve Dahlia Roots440Hedges441Watering Trees, etc.443Labels for Trees444Transplanting Evergreens445Flowers, Ladies, and Angels446Horticultural Curiosities447The Corn Crop451Potato Crop460Potting Garden Plants for Winter Use468Mary Howitt's Use of Flowers469What are Flowers good for?470The Blight in the Pear-tree471Progress of Horticulture in Indiana489Browne's Poultry Yard495Close of the Year497