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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



a barnyard.' The fruit is double 

 what might be called the normal 

 size of the variety; every apple is 

 handled like an egg, and is got in the 

 market at just its point of perfection. 

 This orchard, though small, is very 

 profitable. The only orchard to 

 rival this that I have seen is in the 



City of Montreal, where some seven 

 years ago the fruit of thirty-six trees 

 of Fameuse was sold, ungathered, 

 that season for $800. They were 

 all very large and perfectly 

 healthy trees which had, all them- 

 selves, almost an acre of rich 

 land." 



FLORICULTURAL. 



Ppuning Roses. 



The low bush or dwarf form is the 

 best on all accounts for our so-called 

 hardy Roses. The shoots that grew 

 the previous year should be cut back 

 in early spring to six inches or a foot 

 from the ground. From these stems 

 that are left will be new shoots which 

 will bear the present year's bloom. 

 In all cases the shoots that flower 

 start from the wood that grew last 

 year, and the object of pruning is to 

 keep this new growth down close to 

 the ground, and to regulate the 

 amount of bloom by the quantity of 

 last year's growth that is allowed to 

 remain. In spite of the best of 

 pruning the tendency of the plant is 

 to make its new wood higher up each 

 year, but the skilful pruner will at- 

 tend to this, and not allow his plant 

 to get up too far ; a shoot sometimes 

 starts voluntarily, or if not, it can be 

 forced out low down, and advantage 

 is taken of it to renew the whole 

 plant, cutting away all the older 

 growth above it. Thus, with a 

 little care, the Rose bushes can be 

 kept low, and in this form they are 

 easily sheltered in winter, easily 

 syringed, and their flowers are pro- 

 duced where they are best displayed. 

 The yearly care required for a dozen 

 Rose plants in the garden need not 

 exceed twelve hours — an hour apiece. 

 These remarks about pruning 



apply to the most popular kinds of 

 Roses, those commonly cultivated, 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals and Mosses. 

 It would not do to prune so closely 

 the hardy Yellow Roses and the 

 climbing Prairie Roses. But the 

 general principle of shortening in the 

 growth of the previous year applies 

 the same to these. The little Poly- 

 antha Roses, also require to be well 

 cut back, -every spring. — VlcVs 

 Masdzine. 



That Garden Long Ago. 



I REMEMBER, I remember 



A garden, long ago ; 

 'Tis not laid out in modern style, 



In curious bed and row, 

 And only sweet, old-fashioned flowers 



Grow freely, gaily there, 

 And make a mass of glorious bloom. 

 And perfume all the air. 



Along the narrow gravel path 



The violet Iris grows, 

 And on each side a Snowball bush 



And royal Damask Rose ; 

 While Hollyhocks, and Four O'Clocks, 



And Pinks, and Poppies glow 

 In every nook and corner 



Of that garden long ago. 



I remember, I remember 



The branching Lilac tree. 

 Its fragrant purple blossoms 



So oft in dreams I see ! 

 Once more I stand in wonder 



To see the primrose blow ; 

 Ah, these are only mem'ries 



Of that garden long ago. 



— F. A. Reynolds. 



