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the speakers agreed as to its highly beneficial effect. It resulted in producing a 

 growth of moi'e vigorous and healthy foliage ; the flower buds for the next year 

 being formed at this time, such a quality of foliage is of great importance. Further 

 observation has also shown that not only the tops but the roots are renewed at this 

 time, giving a new and vigorous set of roots to furnish nourishment to the growing 

 fruit. 



Small Fruits. 



The value of varieties of fruits can be largely determined by the prizes which are 

 given by such horticultural societies as that at Boston. Here, among currants, the 

 prizes of 1872 were taken by Versaillaise, among the red varieties, and Dana's 

 Transparent was superior to any other white. It may be safely pronounced the 

 most desirable of the white currants. 



Gooseberries. — During the exhibition in Boston, in the summer of 1872, the 

 prizes awarded were : 1st to Downing ; 2d to Smith's Seedling ; 3d to Houghton's 

 Seedling. 



Cure for Currant I^ouse. 



The officers of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society say: "The experience 

 of another year has shown that hellebore is not only the most effectual, but when 

 promptly applied, as cheap as any remedy. A good method of using is to place it 

 in a wide-mouthed jar, with a lip around the edge, over which can be tied one or 

 two thicknesses of fine muslin. The hellebore can then be shaken through the 

 muslin directly where it is wanted, with very little waste, and, if good, is certain 

 death to every worm it touches. 



The Martha _Graiie. 



The Martha Grape, we think, can be safely introduced into any family garden. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultural Society thus speaks of it : " Among the newer 

 grapes the Martha seems to gain in favor. One of the committee, who has fruited 

 this variety for several years, thinks better and better of it. This year it ripened 

 freely, and the vines, in a moderately rich soil, grew famously, making canes from 

 nine to twelve feet long. It seems hardy, healthy, and as good as its parent the 

 Concord. The experience of another member has, however, been exactly the reverse 

 of this. 



Landscape G-ardening. 



I AM glad to see the plan of landscape gardening in the last number of The 

 Horticulturist. It calls to mind the idea of Landscape Farming ; or the 

 division of farms into triangular plots, with horticultural effects produced by trees 

 and shrubs. Why could not three to twenty acres be in wheat and oats and corn, as 

 the crop of the year as the rotation comes, as well as the little plot of rods in grass, 

 and all neatly done as to its landscape effects ? Let some one rush into a Landscape 

 Farm. Build up Mount Holyoke, Amherst, at the East ; and the old sound colleges 

 at the West. Vary the novelties in trees, fruits and seed crop farms on the large 

 ggale. S- J Parker, M. D. 



