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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.

EDITORIAL ARTICLES:--Asa Gray. The Gardener's Monthly. The
White Pine in Europe 1

The Forests of the White Mountain _Francis Parkman._ 2

Landscape Gardening.--A Definition _Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer._ 2

Floriculture in the United States _Peter Henderson._ 2

How to Make a Lawn _Professor W. J. Beal._ 3

Letter from London _W. Goldring._ 4

A New Departure in Chrysanthemums _A. H. Fewkes._ 5

New Plants from Afghanistan _Max Leichtlin._ 6

Iris Tenuis, with figure _Sereno Watson._ 6

Hardy Shrubs for Forcing _Wm. Falconer._ 6

Plant Notes _C. C. Pringle; Professor W. Trelease._ 7

Wire Netting for Tree Guards _A. A. Crozier._ 7

Artificial Water, with Illustration 8

Some New Roses _Edwin Lonsdale._ 8

Two Ferns and Their Treatment _F. Goldring._ 9

Timely Hints about Bulbs _John Thorpe._ 9

ENTOMOLOGY:

Arsenical Poisons in the Orchard _Professor A. S. Packard._ 9

THE FOREST:

The White Pine in Europe _Professor H. Mayr._ 10

European Larch in Massachusetts 11

Thinning Pine Plantations _B. E. Fernow._ 11

BOOK REVIEWS:

Gray's Elements of Botany _Professor G. L. Goodale._ 11

Kansas Forest Trees _Professor G. L. Goodale._ 12

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