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GARDENING. 



Aug. /, 



was brought about in this way. Several 

 years ago there was one Staples, who 

 advertised to a great extent the "blue- 

 berry," and he succeeded in distributing 

 his plants largely. Whether through 

 ignorance or not it is not known, but 

 these "blueberry" plants, which should 

 have been Vaccinium corymhosum, were 

 juneberries, Amelanchier alnifolia. It is 

 to be presumed that it was ignorance, 

 because what he did send out is a much 

 better thing than what he advertised. 



The dwarf juneberry has been esteemed 

 for a long time in the west, where its 

 home is. Since the distribution by Sta- 

 ples many more persons have it in their 

 gardens. The ordinary amelanchier is 

 well known in Pennsylvania, where it is 

 common in low woods. It has several 

 common names, being called Indian 

 cherry, shadberry, snowy mespilus and 

 service berry. The flowers are snowy 

 white, and give way to the fruit, which 

 hangs in currant-like bunches. It makes 

 excellent preserves and is good eating 

 out of hand. 



The common form grows to twenty 

 feet sometimes, but this dwarf western 

 one is but from two to three feet high. 

 It is, certainly, well worthy of planting, 

 on trial at least. I have never found a 

 person who did not like the taste of the 

 fruit. If desired for a situation where 

 there is room for it to grow, the large 

 grower may as well be set as the dwarf. 

 Both are most ornamental when in flower. 



Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan. 



Miscellaneous. 



THOUSAND LEGGED WORMS. 



Last year I sent you specimens of a 

 thousand-legged worm which your ento- 

 mologist identified and which he sa d was 

 quite difficult to eradicate. I am happy 

 to report that we have succeeded in ex- 

 terminating the pests and it will probably 

 interest your readers to know how it was 

 accomplished. 



In the spring we removed all plants 

 from the greenhouses, also all wooden 

 benches, and everything but the bare 

 brick walls and the glass roofs. The 

 floors had been concreted. We burned 

 sulphur in liberal quantities three times a 

 week for several weeks. Then we dusted 

 all interiors thoroughly with hellebore. 

 And in the fall just before replacing plants 

 in the houses, we coated all interiors with 

 whitewash. Since then we have not 

 found a single one of these unpleasant 

 pests. J. G. C. 



Kansas City. 



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