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THE CANADIAN nORTICULTURTST. 



graceful fringes of pure white flowers 

 swaying in the breeze, partly hidden 

 by the large, deep green, glossy foliage, 

 is a beautiful sight indeed. 



The shrub is of rather slow growth 

 at first, but in a rich, loamy, rather 

 moist soil, it thrives pretty well, espe- 

 cially when sheltered from the bleak 

 west and north-west winds by a group of 

 Ev^ergreens. Tt may be propagated 

 from cuttings, but it becomes hardier 

 and more vigorous when grafted on the 

 common Ash,— AmeruMn Garden. 



A NEW SWEET CORN— NE PLUS 

 ULTRA. 



One ear of this was sent to us and 

 the kernels were planted May 16, in 

 garden soil. The request came with 

 the corn from W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 

 seedsmen of Philadelphia, Pa., that we 

 would test it and report "just what you 

 think ofit.^' The ear sent was 5 J inches 

 long — 12 irregular rows, kernels much 

 shrunken, small, peg-shaped and half- 

 transparent. Our first " mess " for 

 the table was cut August 8 — 84 days 

 from planting. The stalks were slender 

 and grew from six to eight feet high, 

 bearing the ears generally low. The silk 

 is always purple, the husks sometimes 

 bronzed, the kernels deep, the cob very 

 thin and reddish in the middle. Some 

 stalks sucker moderately ; others not at 

 all. It is a very prolific variety, the 

 main stalks bearing from two to five 

 perfect ears. The size of the ear, while 

 it may not be large enough to suit the 

 prevailing market demand, is just that 

 which enables one to hold it easily in 

 the fingei-s and to eat the kernels from 

 the cob without stretching the mouth 

 open inconveniently wide. The quality 

 is sweet, tender, delicious. We would 

 suggest to those who try this corn that 

 ears should be selected from the stalks 

 which bear the most ears and wliich do 

 not sucker. In this way this distinct 



and very desirable sweet corn might 

 still be greatly improved. — Rural New 

 Yorker. 



SMALL TREES. 



" The average American is in a great 

 hurry to realize on his investments. If 

 he orders a few garden seeds in January 

 he is anxious to have them sent imme- 

 diately ; and if he forwards six cents for 

 a copy of some paper which contains a 

 story which he has rejwl or heard, he 

 does not forget to request the publisher 

 to send it " by return mail." Patience 

 which takes the form of quiet waiting is 

 a virtue of which he seems to be wholly 

 ignorant. He cannot wait the progress 

 of events, but must constantly hurry and 

 fret in order to make nature move a little 

 faster than her usual pace. 



" This tendency crops out very plainly 

 when he purchases trees. He finds them 

 described in the catalogue as ** second- 

 class, medium, first class, extra." The 

 difference in these classes is i)rincip:.illy, 

 if not wholly, in the size and height of 

 the trees. The larger the tree, the hifjh- 

 er the price — but the farmer " dont care 

 anything about that." He wants "good 

 trees or none," and gives his orders for 

 those of extra size, and which are four 

 or five years old. In doing this he 

 thinks he is acting wisely, but the nur- 

 seryman knows better, and the farmer 

 will find before long, that with equal 

 care the small trees will grow faster, and, 

 if a fruit tree, will come into bearing 

 condition sooner than the large ones. 



•' In a half dozen years the tree that 

 was small when planted will be larger 

 and finer than the other. The reason 

 for this is obvious. The larger the tree 

 the larger the roots which it has, and the 

 largei* the roots the less fibers there will 

 be upon them. A tree that has plenty 

 of fibrous root? will grow readily, if 

 proper care is used in the transplanting; 

 but no amount of skill can coax a tree 



