HORTICULTURAL CAPABILITIES OF CANADA, 15 
the great perfection to which the apple, the pear, the peach, the plum, 
the cherry, the currant, and similar fruits and berries, attain, 
But these conditions of climate, such as extremes in winter and early 
spring, so ruinous to vines, do not affect the root crops. Seeds sown in 
spring, require only a summer warm enough and long enough to mature 
them before the cold of autumn. From such favouring conditions the 
products more specially called horticultural, are both abundant and of 
excellent quality. To enumerate them would be giving the names of 
every vegetable and fruit known to the British gardener, with others in 
such perfection as are found only in the south of Europe, as peaches, 
apricots, quinces, onions, melons, tomatoes, and the whole family of 
Cucurbitacea, the most common of which are the Cucumis sativus n er 
melo; С. citrullus; the Cucurbita реро ;. C. melopepo ; О, verucosa ; 
C. aurantia ; and Lagenaria vulgaris. 
. TABLE OF TEMPERATURES AND RAIN IN EUROPE AND CANADA. E. 
| | ЕМИЕ ; | х femi ча. IN 
| POSITION OF TEL PEMPERATURES ^ Ram AND MELTED SNOW; 
| STATIONS. | ee ТЕМРЕВАТОВЕЗ; lisiri i MAN INCHES.. 2 к 
EUROPE. 873] ips q | 
Е Bg 8 alg 
К НИНИН 
AB ope act | | | а 2 |4 (Е 
| | 
ры а z 
Greenwich . . 5190 0 00 159 434 `8 49:0 
[o . З 
Liverpool 
Lag wok dal } 50 08 520 .. 49:3 [60-9 27 44 [ors 
ee Engh Ad) оа а 29. 39 455 тч lars гз ито 
Glasgow —.. 5551414 ., |459 [601 400 зое 499 
Aberdeen ‚ .57 09| 205 ., |45:0 6578 [48-4 [88-1 47 
Edinburgh . „5557 8 11| 290 450 |572 [47-9 [384 lar: 
Cork (S. Treland); 53 000 09 ит aaa (exe [003 о 
ork (S. Ireland), > d ‚49° 
Pads ^C. ud 0| 2 20) 150 504 64:5 5749 [37-8 1518 
120 53] 
ae | ad 80) 0 2 sel [пл тә нал oro | ras 
Dijon (E. France) 47 39| 5 00 T46|53-8 100:6 5333 |8544 529 
Berlin сос ДН 45/13 24) 115 ата 15 49:2 |314 148-1 
Мапһейп (Rhine) 49 29 8 30 270/501 (67-4 500 |386 [50-3 
Brezhon (N, = 153 04 8 49) 50|\46-0 63-1 {49-1 139-0 [480 
Geneva 46 12 6 101280 52-2 |70°3 {54-2 [3460 [527 
Co . .|b5 4119 35. 900435 |62-7 148-7 [813 |466 
45 98| 9 11 767 79-8 |55°9 [36-1 |54-9 
САМАРА. | 
n .  .|49 20/79 51 330|44'0 |70:5 49-67 96-98 47-0 
Niagara . ' . ‚43 1879 20 250 44-83 [68-4 50-50 27-81 47-91 
T 48 89/79 91 s4l|4l 1648 |46:6 15455 44:8 
Montreal... 1458173 34 50 457 607 481 174 |43-0 
Quebec, As 49/71 16 100] 40-4 [soa © 12:8 |419 
* Much above the average in rain, $ ent. 
An examination of the Table will suggest many interesting comparisons and 
trasts. Our space will allow us to refer to butafew. As compared with Europe, 
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