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THE CANADIAN HOBTK^U'LTURTST. 



•splendid specimens in the Autumn 

 Kjlass. The Wealthy, shown by Mr. A. 

 Hood, of Barrie, were tine fruit. The 

 Duchess, St. Lawrence and Alexanders 

 ■were considered to be superior to those 

 shown at the Exhibition in Toronto. 

 A fine display of Pippins, Snows, Rhode 

 Island Greening, American Golden 

 Kusset, Maiden's Blush, King of 

 Tompkins, Baldwins, Northern Spy, 

 'OdI verts, Bellflowers, Kentish Fill 

 Basket. Also the collections of fruits 

 were very creditable indeed. The C)-ab 

 Apples were good, especially Byers 

 Beauty, which excelled in quality and 

 :appearance. The Pears, the Flemish 

 Beauty, were large and good, althoiigh 

 they were scarce, as there were only 

 three or four lots on exhibition. The 

 grapes shown by Mr. Edwin Crompton 

 would be ditficult to excel, they were 

 grown under glass ; Hamburgh Mus- 

 cat and White Chasselas, and some 

 others. The open air Grapes were 

 Agawam, (Rogers' No. 15), Salem (No. 

 '22.) and Delaware varieties. They were 

 all that were worthy of notice. 

 Yours truly, 



Charles Hickling. 

 Barrie, Oct. 28th, 1884. 



DEUTZIA CRENATA, FLORE PLENO. 



{For the Caividian Horticulturist.) 



For the information of those who 

 have planted the Deutzia Crenata, I 

 will give ray experience with it, after 

 growing it for some seven years in the 

 County of Middlesex. When in blos- 

 som it is a beautiful shrub, well repre- 

 sented in the colored plate in the 

 November number. It is a good 

 grower, requiring no extra care in its 

 <-ul tivation, but it is not sufficiently 

 Jiardy to withstand the severity of 

 winter in this section unprotected ; yet 

 it is so nearly hardy that a very slight 

 protection is sufficient. For when un- 

 protected the tops would be killed, but 

 it then s])rung u)) from the roots as 



vigorous as ever. As the branches 

 grow slender, something like a willow, 

 I simply bend them down as close to 

 the earth as I can, and cover them with 

 straw and a little earth. Treated thus 

 they come out alive and healthy in 

 Spring, and in June they are literally 

 covered with blossoms. 



John M. McAinsh. 

 Nissouri, Middlesex, Ont. 



FIELD MICE. 

 Dear Sir, — I beg to state for the 

 information of all concerned, that com- 

 mon bitter aloes, dissolved in boiling 

 water, applied when cold with a paint 

 brush from the surface as high as the 

 snow is likely to be, shaking some from 

 the brush on the surface soil around 

 the tre^s, if there is any withered grass 

 near them, I have found a sure remedy 

 for field mice. There was not a soli- 

 tary tree of 200 that was injured by 

 field mice ; and this I accomplished in 

 one day, leaving the city by morning 

 train for St. Mary's, and returning by 

 last ti-ain. 



Yours respectfully, 



James Logan. 



London, Nov. 12, 1881. 



p_ S. — I trust this information is in 

 time to be of some service for this 

 winter. J- L. 



AMERICAN WONDER PEA. 

 To THK Editor ok the Canadian Hortioultdbibt. 



Dear Sir, — So suitable to your sheet, 

 and so excellent is tlie letter of friend 

 Hoskin in your November number, 

 that we think he had no need to pre- 

 face it with any apology. 



I feel sure most of your readers per- 

 used it, as I did, with much interest. 



Just in one item / emit agree to 

 differ with him, that is. in his opinion 

 of Bliss' American Wonder Pea. Wlien 

 he says he prefers Cart<u''s Little Gem 

 to it, he diffisrs so much in opinion 



