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foi'est-planting is now being faitli fully 

 caviled out, not only in Europe, but in 

 India and Australia. 



In our own country, altbougli we 

 have not yet felt any ill eifects from the 

 partial removal of our woods, yet the 

 timber supply is being so rapidly ex- 

 hausted, that tiie question of replanting 

 must before long engage the serious at- 

 tention of our people. At the present 

 rate of consumption and destruction, it 

 is estimated that the twentieth century 

 will see the greater portion of the Amer- 

 ican continent well nigh denuded of its 

 forests. The disastrous consequences 

 of a dearth of timber in Canada would 

 be dilfioult to describe ; it would inter- 

 fere sadly with the further settlement of 

 our country and paralyze our industries. 



Stricter regulations are needed to 

 prevent the unnecessary dertruction of 

 timber by the lumberer, and by the 

 forest fires which often arise from wan- 

 ton carelessness, and entail immense 

 losses. Some measures looking to the 

 replanting of denuded districts should 

 also be introduced. 



In the comparatively treeless poi'tions 

 of our great Northwest Territory, a 

 marked improvement in the climate 

 might be effected by judicious and ex- 

 tensive tree planting ; and in all parts 

 of our Dominion endeavors should be 

 made to excite a general interest in 

 this subject, and to create a healthy 

 sentiment in favor of preserving, with 

 greater care, the remnants of the noble 

 forest with which our country was 

 once clothed. 



Jacqueminot Rose. — The Jacqueminot 

 rose is one of our most beautiful hybrid 

 perpetuals, being a rich deep, velvety 

 crimson. With winter protection it may 

 be grown in the open ground and will 

 blossom abundantly. Its flowers, liowever, 

 are not so rich and deef) in color as when 

 produced under glass, liut are still veiy 

 beautiful. Tlie are very double and de- 

 lightfully fragrant. 



GRAPES. 



The indifference on the subject of 

 small fruits in country places is often 

 surprising. Those who originated and 

 disseminated the Concord, added some- 

 thing of great value to the home re- 

 sources of this counti-y. Peopls are 

 sure to liave grapes who will plant and 

 give even moderate care to a few Con- 

 cord vines. It is time now to take an- 

 other step upward, viz. : to teach the 

 people how their dish of grapes may be 

 varied and improved at slight expense. 

 Fondness for good standard varieties is 

 all very well ; but the time has passed 

 for any one to assert that the Concord 

 cannot be equalled or improved. Hei'e 

 are the names of a few varieties which, 

 although not the latest novelties, ai'e 

 every way worthy of attention. I may 

 remind the reader that what I say is 

 true for the latitude of Chester Couuty, 

 Pa., and that in my own 'experience. 

 The vines were trairied and ti-immed by 

 the Fidler system. Field cultiviition 

 might make some ditierence in my 

 conclusions. 



Worden is a Concoi'd seedling which 

 tills the place of its parent, and reaches 

 a little beyond it in every direction. 

 Bunches and berries are finer, the bloom 

 and flavor better, the vine as hardy and 

 productive. So much does it resemble 

 the parent that I am told many Con- 

 coi'd vines have been sold under the 

 other name. There is no longer any 

 reason for planting Concords exclusively 

 or even principally. 



Moore's Early, a hardy New Eng- 

 land variety, was heralded with a great 

 blast of trumpets ; but the public can 

 afford to forgive everytliing since the 

 grape has {)roved itself a decided acqui- 

 sition. The b(;auty of it is in tlie single 

 bei-ry, large and tine, the bunch being 

 rather small and loo.se. Hartford Pro- 

 litic and Champion (Talman) may now 

 safely be omitt(;d, for this grape easily 

 surpasses them in earliness and general 



