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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUKIST. 



about one hundred and fifty feet of 

 row, and, as the seed is thin and scale- 

 like, it will not retain its vitality for 

 over a year. The most desirable varie- 

 ties are : 



Early Short Round French^ a very 

 early variety, of small size, round 

 shape, and delicate flavor. 



Long Smooth, or Hollow Croirni, has 

 long, smooth roots, both tender and 

 sugary ; the tops are small, and tinged 

 with red at the crown, which rises 

 from the centre with a slight depres- 

 sion. 



I' he Student is a new variety, of 

 delicious flavour, the roots being of 

 very regular form with white, smooth 

 skin. This is the best variety for gen- 

 eral cultivation. 



In attempting the cultivation of Par- 

 snips it is well to remember the fact 

 that the seeds vegetate slowly, and on 

 this account they should be sown as 

 early in the spring as possible. — Chas. 

 E. Parnell, in American Garden. 



VIOLETS. 

 There is no more popular flower than 

 the Yiolet, and as it is one that can 

 be enjoyed by all with very little labor, 

 while the expense is not to be thought 

 of, we are often surprised at its absence 

 in many households. It is one of the 

 earliest to bloom ; in fact, it can be 

 enjoyed almost throughout the entire 

 year ; and is so hardy that it requires 

 very little protection. At most a cold 

 frame, covered in winter with straw mat- 

 ting, which a bundle of straw will sup- 

 ply, will be sufficient to give us flowers 

 in the latter part of March, when the 

 plants, which have been increasing, 

 should be partly removed and set in the 

 open ground. A jwrtion of these may be 

 let remain out all winter, well covered 

 with manure, to be uncovered early in 

 March. It is also one of the prettiest 

 and most welcome house-flowers, being 

 planted in a suitable wooden box and 



placed in a cool part of a room, and 

 aired occasionally by being set in the 

 sun at a window in the room in which 

 there is no fire, and allow the sash to 

 be raised for an hour at mid-day when 

 the weather is not too severe. There 

 was very little intermission the last fall, 

 winter and spring, in which we could 

 not gather a little bouquet of Tiolets 

 for our parlor. — Germantown Telegraph, 



THE TYLER BLACK-CAP. 



Among all the new candidates for 

 public favor this raspberry is, I think, 

 one of the most valuable that has yet 

 been introduced. It is a Black-Cap, 

 originating in this State, and has been 

 quietly planted and grown here for a 

 number of years past. One large fruit 

 grower near has several acres of it in 

 bearing, claiming that it is by far the 

 most profitable sort he can raise, and 

 several others have planted it almost 

 exclusively the past year or two. One 

 of its chief points of value lies in its 

 earliness, it being as early or earlier 

 than either Doolittle or Davidson's 

 Thornless. It will average as large or 

 larger than Mammoth Cluster, in fact, 

 I have seen many of its berries as large 

 as the largest Gregg I ever saw. It is 

 the handsomest jet black berry I have 

 ever seen, there being scarcel}'^ a trace of 

 bloom on them, while the seeds are 

 remarkably small and few in number. 

 Although exceedingly firm the berry is 

 not dry or hard, but juicy and of very 

 fine quality. It is a stong, vigorous, 

 healthy plant, and enormously produc- 

 tive. In a test of six rows each of 

 Davidson's Thornless and Tyler, planted 

 at the same time and each receiving 

 exactly the same treatment, there were 

 picked from the former six rows, one 

 bushel and two quarts, and from the 

 Tyler exactly six bushels, or one bushel 

 to the row. This was on the ground of 

 a neighboring fruit grower who, in his 



