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price than any other country can de- 

 mand, because our apples, especially 

 from the central and northern belt of 

 Ontario, are superior in point of 

 QUALITY to any in the world, and Brit- 

 ish as well as other consumers are be- 

 coming aware of this. To growei's I 

 say choose best leading varieties and 

 plant more trees. Plant, plant, plant ! 



Alex. McD. Allan. 

 Goderich, Oct. 20th, 1884. 



HYDKAJsGEA PANICULATA GRANDI- 

 FLORA. 



Dear Sir, — At your request, I beg 

 to state that the H ydrangea paniculata 

 has flowered annually, but not to the 

 extent expected. Our elevated table- 

 land in the county of Perth is, perhaps, 

 not adapted to the yrandijlora of more 

 favored localities ; or the plant may 

 have been neglected in some particular. 



The other plants, grape vines, trees, 

 &c., have all done well, and are all 

 generally thriving. 



Yours truly, Jxo. BuCHAJf. 



Stratford, Oct. 14th, 1884. 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDI- 

 FLORA. 



Dear Editor,- In the last number 

 of the Boriiculturist I notice Professor 

 Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural Col- 

 lege, making some A"ery strong I'emarks 

 about the Bydranc/ea paniculata yrandi- 

 jlora, About the beauty of this plant, 

 or rather an autumn shrub, I can 

 safely say that I have one that has 

 stood the cold of the last three winters, 

 and I never saw anything more beauti- 

 ful than it was these last few days. 

 I must say it was more than beautiful. 

 I could safely say it is the handsomest 

 shrub I ever saw at this season of the 

 year. 



Wishing you every success with your 

 Canadian Horticulturist, I remain, 

 Yours, most respectfully, 



Wm. Campbell. 

 Barrie, Oct. 11th, 1884. 



DE OMNIBUS REBUS. 

 To THE Editor. 



Dear Sir, — As want of time pre- 

 vented our getting through the pro- 

 gramme at our meeting, I dare say you 

 will give us space to work it out. 



Peas for table use, the best varieties ; 

 Can they be profitably grown for Mar- 

 ket ? — At the last meeting of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, held 

 in Boston June last, and where the ex- 

 hibits are said to have been, in number 

 and excellence, never equalled on the 

 continent, the report says, " All the 

 premiums for ])eas, regardless of variety, 

 were awarded for American Wonder." 

 I think your readers will set it down 

 as their standard till they find better. 

 I have found it so much superior to any 

 other kinds I have tried that I refrain 

 from mentioning other early peas. It 

 is a perfect dwarf, on vines about 10 

 inches high, beai-ing long, well-filled 

 pods ; quality excellent. 



Bliss' Abundance Pea. — Last spring 

 I sowed two pints of this variety, which, 

 as most of your readers know was also 

 raised by the late Mr. Charles Ai-nold 

 of Paris, and for which he realized the 

 nice little sum of $1,000 for his first 

 sale of less titan a bushel. This is said 

 to be the most prolific variety known ; 

 half dwarf vines about 18 to 20 inches 

 long ; pods 3 to 3^ inches long ; second 

 early. Speaking of its great produc- 

 tiveness, Messrs. Bliss say that from 

 one of their gi-owers they received 667 

 lbs. of peas from I'l lbs. of the seed 

 furnished. I had hoped to go and do 

 likewise, but, Mr. Editor, you are aware 

 that the blackbirds in these pai-ts are 

 passionately fond of peas, and after they 

 had devoured my half-acre of American 

 Wonder peas they attacked the Abun- 

 dance. I thought they had done the 

 same with these, but on returning from 

 my seaside trip I found a bunch of 

 them in the summer-house. I didn't 

 expect to find any peas in it, but they 



