1879.1 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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Poinsetta pulcherriraa, among other things now 

 highly estimated in gardens. 



Prof. Reichenbach. — This distinguished 

 botanist, author of the celebrated work the "II- 1 

 lustrated Flora of Germany," died on the 17th of I 

 March last, in the 87th year of his age. Prof. 



C. F. Reichenbach, known especially for his 

 knowledge of Orchidacere, is his son. 



Transactions of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Part II., 1878 — From 

 Robt. Manning, Secretary. The Report of the 

 House Committee shows that new and scarce 

 plants are in good demand. The curious and in- 

 teresting tribe of Orchidacese are very well repre- 

 sented at the exhibitions. Forced Strawberries 

 appeared last year on the tables in April, and 

 those from cool frames, on the 25th of May. 

 La Constante, a very old variety was the best 

 strawberry exhibited during the season. The 

 Committee deem it "capricious," many seasons 

 being unfavorable to it. The seedlings of Col. 

 Wilder, called Hero, and Abundant were regard- 

 ed as promising. For successful Plum culture, 

 "we would suggest to persons, if they have an 

 enclosure in which fowls are confined, and the 

 the ground is suitable in other respects, to plant 

 it with plum trees," and we will further not 

 only "suggest," but positively say from actual 

 observation of the facts, that if good healthy 

 trees be all people care to have, the experiment 

 will be eminently successful. A commendable 

 feature of the Society, is the care the committees 

 give to the examination of vegetables. Much 

 discrimination is shown in testing and judging 

 the value of varieties. 



Report of the Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion of the Province of Ontario, 1878. — 



D. W. Beadle, St. Catharines, Secretary. Dr. 

 Burnett, in his annual address, believes that 

 "the difficulties attending fruit growing are 

 steadily on the increase." These difficulties, as 

 we gather from the address, are chiefly "in- 

 crease of insects," and the more frequent recur- 

 rence of late frosts than formerly. For the 

 former of these, Dr. Burnett recommends "legis- 

 lation," and for the latter, "fires in the or- 

 chard." The yellows in the Peach is becoming 

 a troublesome disease in Canada. "It is spread- 

 ing with fearful rapidity in Western New 

 York." As a remedy the President proposes 

 "good laws." The cause of the yellows he 

 believes to come from "cold and being allowed 

 to overbear." The increase of men and bovs, 



also enhances the difficulties of fruit growing, 

 from their "thievish propensities." For this 

 however, "legislation" is not recommended, 

 but an increased effort to make fruit growing 

 universal. In the United States, where fruit 

 growing is universal. Dr. Burnett finds "abetter 

 and finer feeling to prevail." Dr. Burnett's ad- 

 dress is more than usually interesting from its 

 originality. He has the courage to express his 

 own views freely, with these, people may or may 

 not agree, but no one Avill read what he has to 

 say without deriving great profit, if they are at 

 all interested in fruit culture in the northern 

 regions of our continent. The whole volume 

 is full of very valuable matter to the same class 

 of students. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



The Fuchsia Illustration. — Mr. Grieves, 



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Fig. 1. Fiy. 3. 



of the Greenbrook and Paterson Nurseries, de- 

 sires us to say that if our correspondent will 



