THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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Out of hundrels of seedlings thiis 

 grown from the Wilson Early we 

 selected, as the most desirable to pro- 

 pagate the one called Wilson Junior 

 which appeared to combine all the good 

 qualities of the parent with some 

 important additions. The fruit is large 

 and early, is luscious and sweet as soon 

 as black, holds its bright color am 

 bears carriage well. 



The plants are hardy and productive ; 

 canes round, long, slender, entirely free 

 from rust ; bend over and strike root 

 at the tips ; sends up but few suckers ; 

 spines small and recurved ; foliage 

 large and thumb or mitten-shaped, and 

 generally has about the same appear- 

 ance as its parent the Wilson Early), 

 and is substantially a reproduction of 

 the excellent qualiti*^s of that good old 

 variety, in a new berry, ripening earlier, 

 more pi-oductive, and more than a 

 quarter of a century younger than the 

 Old W^ilson, from which it grew. 



For several years the superiority of 

 Wilson, Jun., over its parent, the Wilson 

 Early, growing by the side of each 

 other, and other varieties near by, was 

 manifest ; and last year, 1882, in a 

 thirty acre field of blackberries, where 

 all had an equal chance, seven rows of 

 Wilson, Jun., yieldedtwenty-fourquarts 

 of berries per row at the first picking, 

 being more than all others together in 

 the field. At the second time the 

 Wilson, Jun. , yielded fifty q uarts per row 

 being more than the Wilson Early, or 

 any other variety in the field, and con- 

 tinued to pick as well during the season. 

 A new seedling blackberry of such ex- 

 cellence, combining and perpetuating 

 the good qualities of its parent (the 

 Wilson Early) with some improve- 

 ment — earliness, productiveness, and 

 evenness of ripening — is ample reward 

 for the care and attention required for 

 its selection and propagation." — Farm 

 and Garden. 



FREESIAS 



In the zealou.s search for novt-lties 

 adapted to winter-forcing and to su|)ply 

 the insatiable demand for cut flowers, 

 many hitherto neglected, though beau- 

 tiful plants, have lately come to noto- 

 riety. Amon<); those recently l>roaght 

 to notice, none are more beautiful nor 

 deserving more attention tliaii the 

 Freesias. 



Freesia. 



The plant grows from a small bulb 

 to a height of about fifteen inches, and 

 produces a great quantity of deliciously 

 fragrant, tube-shaped flowers, borne in 

 peculiar, one-sided racemes. The color 

 of the flowers of F. re/racta alba, the 

 species repre.sented in our illustration, 

 is pure white spotted with yellow on the 

 lower petals. 



Their culture is very simple. In 

 September or October they should be 

 planted in ordinary potting soil, such as 

 is used for Holland-bulbs, about six 

 bulbs in a .six-inch pot. They have 

 then to be thoroughly watered and kept 



