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Foreign suffers most from spring frosts in low dis- 

 tricts, but there is not very much difference between 

 them in this respect. (Stuart, Mein, & Allan, Kelso.) 

 Foreign. (Howden & Company, Inverness.) 

 The Tp'olese is most liable to be frosted. (Little &: 

 Ballantine, Carlisle.) 



Foreign. (Eichard Smith, AVorcester.) 

 Foreign. (William Fell & Co., Hexham.) 

 Foreign. (Thomas Imrie & Sons, Ayr.) 

 Foreign. (AVilliam Sim, Forres.) 

 Tyrolese. (Dicksons & Co., Edinburgh.) 

 Foreign. (Thomas Kennedy & Co., Dumfries.) 



4. Whether do the plants of home or foreign pro- 

 duce ripen their wood earliest and best in autumn ? 



Home. (John Methven, Edinburgh.) 



Home. (AYilliam Christie, Fochabers.) 

 *Home. (B. Eeid & Co., Aberdeen.) 



After the plants are two or three years old we 

 know little or no difference in the time of ripening. 

 (Cardno & Darling, Aberdeen.) 



Home plants make shortest growth and ripen wood 

 soonest in the season. (Stuart, Mein, & Allan, Kelso.) 



Home. (Howden & Company, Inverness.) 



Home. (Little & Ballantine, Carlisle.) 



Home. (Eichard Smith, Worcester.) 



Foreign. (William Fell & Co., Hexham.) 



Home. (Thomas Imrie & Sons, Ayr.) 



Home. (William Sim, Forres.) 



Although the Tyrolese seem to ripen and lose their 



