1878.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



205 



T)est way of getting rid of Aphides. There are 

 ^vashes of various kinds, but a powerful S5a-inge 

 is generally equal to the work, and little prepa- 

 ration is required for its use. See the article of 

 Dr. Channing in this month's issue. It has rela" 

 tion to scale and mealy bug chiefly, but may be 

 useful against other insects. — Ed. G. M.] 



Span or Lean-to Greenhouse — C. H. S., 

 iiTewmarket, Ontario, Canada, says : — "Being 

 compelled by the narrowness of my lot, which 

 runs east and west, to build my greenhouse end- 

 ing the same way, I would be thankful to you 

 for information as to whether there would be 

 any advantage in building a span-roofed house 

 •over a lean-to V 



[So much depends on what one wants to grow, 

 and the circumstances attending management, 

 that it is difficult to say, independently of these 

 ■considerations, whether one should have a span- 

 I'oofed house, or one on the lean-to principle. 

 So far as we can understand our correspondent's 



wants, there seems to be no objection whatever 

 to a lean-to house under his circumstances. — Ed. 

 G. M.] 



Gardenia Flower.— J. L. R., St. Joseph, 

 Mo., writes :— ''With this mail I forward the 

 bloom of a plant for identification. You will see 

 I have been dissecting it. I would send you a 

 perfect bloom if I could procure it. The leaves 

 are rather thick and leathery. The bark bears 

 a strong resemblance to the common Alder, hav- 

 ing a verucose appearance ; the plant bloomed 

 finely, and is just through. If it were not for my 

 short attention to Botany and thinking myself 

 incompetent, I would class it in the Madder 

 family." 



[We give this letter entire, as an encourage- 

 ment to young Botanists to persevere with their 

 structural investigations, for this young man has 

 come near the mark in placing it in the Eubia- 

 ceiB or madder family, the relics of the flower he 

 sends, showing it to belong to one of the large- 

 flowered tropical Gardenia's.— Ed. G. M.] 



Fruit and Vegetable Gardening. 



COMMUNICA TIONS. 



DWARF JUNE BERRY. 



BY T. T. FINNEY, NASHVILLE, OHIO. 



With your permission I send a few items con- 

 ■cerning the Dwarf June Berry, of which inquiry 

 was made in March number. I have grown the 

 Dwarf June Berry many years, and prize it 

 highly, as I believe does every one who is the 

 fortunate possessor of one or more bushes. It 

 is not very extensively disseminated here as yet, 

 owing to the fact that no one has ever propa- 

 gated it for sale. The first stock of plants was 

 brought from Maryland many years since, and 

 has attracted marked attention wherever grown, 

 not only by its dwarf habit, but by its immense 

 productiveness. With me its productiveness has 

 been a matter of wonder and surprise, " literally 

 covered" seeming to be a term especially suited 

 to a description of its prolific character. In 

 size, the berries approach, when fully ripe, 

 nearly that of the Early Purple Cherry. Its 

 large size may be due, however, to the fact that 

 mine are gro\ving on land freshly cleared of 

 timber. Here its season af ripening lasts several 



days, furnishing a supply of fruit of several days' 

 duration. It is of neat habit when properly 

 cared for, and may be grown as a small tree 

 with a single stem, or it may be grown in clumps 

 or stools. It has thus far been entirely free 

 from insects and disease. As it does not evince 

 any tendency to overspread all creation by 

 throwing up suckers, it is admissible in the 

 smallest garden. 



The only defect it has (and it is not the fault 

 of the fruit) is the inordinate fondness that birds 

 have for the fruit. Strawberries , Raspberries and 

 Cherries are all forsaken by these feathered 

 pilferers as soon as the June Berries begin to 

 ripen. Where birds are destructive to the early 

 small fruits, the June Berry might be grown 

 specially for the birds, as they seem to prefer it 

 to anything else ; and a small area would furnish 

 pasture sweet for a great many robins. catl)irds 

 and redheads. 



DWARF JUNE BERRY AGAIN. 



BY H. ('. VAN DEMAN, GENEVA, KANSAS. 



I am glad this valuable fruit has lieen brought 

 to the notice of your readers. I think with Mr. 



