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place them away in a cool, dark cellar, taking an occasional look at them to see that 

 the earth in the pots is not getting too dry, and if necessary, giving water, and after 

 they are well rooted, they may be brought into heat in succession and watered freely. 



ROSES. 



Although most of our roses were killed back to the ground last winter, they made 

 very good growth last summer and some bloom was obtained. The Rosa Rugosa, 

 sometimes known as the June rose, and the hardiest variety we have, gave a profusion 

 of sweet-scented roses in June, and the following produced bloom on wood of this 

 season's growth: New Century, Philemon Cochet and Rugosa alba (both white), 

 bloomed during August, while the Dwarf Crimson Rambler came into bloom on July 

 12, and continued to bloom till late in the fall. Early in September, Lady Helen 

 Gould produced a bloom of great excellence. 



VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



The land used as a vegetable garden was ploughed and harrowed as early as 

 possible in the spring and levelled with the rake before each plot was sown, the rows 

 being set two and a half feet apart to admit of horse cultivation. 



A favourable spring permitted of a fairly early seeding, and with a few exceptions, 

 germination of the various seeds was uniformly good, though owing to the depreda- 

 tions of the pocket gopher, especially amongst the early peas, carrots and beets, the 

 best results were not obtained. Various methods of getting rid of this pest were 

 resorted to, trapping eventually proving the most successful. 



The small seeds were all sown with a Planet Junior drill and with good results, 

 though great care must be taken to ascertain that the drill is in perfect working order. 

 As soon as the seed had germinated sufficiently to indicate the rows, frequent use of the 

 wheel hoe was made until such time as the horse cultivation was possible. Weeds 

 were thus kept down, moisture conserved, and a minimum amount of hand work 

 required. 



ONIONS. 



Two varieties of seed onions. Large Red Wethersfield, and Danver's Yellow 

 Globe, were sown on April 8. The former germinated well; the latter very unevenly. 

 The yield was further reduced by a severe attack of the onion grub, Danver's Yellow 

 Globe, through weak germination, being the greater sufferer. Spraying with kerosene 

 emulsion soon after the appearance of the grub checked its ravages to a great extent. 

 Although Shalots and Yellow Dutch Sets were grown in adjacent rows, they were 

 scarcely injured by the grub, and produced a good yield of well-ripened bulbs. It 

 would seem from this that the onioij grub has a decided preference for plants grown 

 from seed. As a preventive of the onion grub, as soon as the seed has germinated, 

 dusting the rows two or three times with powdered hellebore, or sowing soot or salt 

 between the rows, is recommended. 



With the object of growing a uniform sample of medium-sized bulbs for pickling 

 purposes, the Silver Skin was not sown until June 17, with a satisfactory result. 



PARSNIPS. 



Elcombe's Giant and Student were the two varieties of this most useful vegetable 

 for winter purposes grown. They were sown on May 1, and' pulled on October 7, the 

 former variety yielding at the rate of 256 bushels and 40 pounds per acre of excellent 

 quality, and the latter 210 bushels and 50 pounds of fair quality. 



