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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ed Oak-leaved Mountain Ash, it seems 

 to the writer more nearly allied to the 

 White Beam Tree, Fyriis aria, than to 

 the Monntain Ash, Pyrua aucuparia. 

 Its leaves are simple, not pinnate as 

 the Mountain Ash, but with such deep 

 indentations and irregular outline that 

 it has received the name of oak-leaved, 

 to which the term mountain ash has 

 been added, doubtless because of its 

 clusters of berries, which become bright 

 red in the autumn, like those of the 

 Mountain Ash, The leaves are bright 

 green on the upper side, but covered 

 with a white down beneath. Its mass 

 of foliage is much more solid than that 

 of the common Mountain Ash, and the 

 play of light and shadow is more like 

 that of the Sugar Maple. It is a per- 

 fectly hardy tree in our climate, and as 

 it grows only to the height of from 

 twenty to thirty feet, with proportion- 

 ate breadth, it makes a very suitable 

 ornamental tree for small lawns. 

 Having regard to the neat, compact 

 form of the tree, the contrasts of light 

 and shade on its surface, the corymbs 

 of white blossoms in early summer, and 

 clusters of red berries in autumn, we 

 think we do not err in regarding it as 

 one of the finest of our lawn trees. 



MANURING FOR CORN. 



The experiments made by the Di- 

 rector of the New York Experimental 

 Station seem to indicate that manuring 

 in the hill is of littla benefit toward 

 increasing the growth of the plant in its 

 early stages, and that the same manure 

 spread around the hill, instead of bsing 

 placed in it. would probably have a 

 larger influence on the gi-owth. The 



roots of the corn plant extend widely, 

 so that if a plant be dug np at any time 

 dui'ing its later growth, the greater 

 part of the feeding roots will be found 

 away from the hill extending often to 

 a distance of twelve feet. The infer- 

 ence is that broad cast fertilizing is 

 better for corn than fertilizing in the 

 hill. 



IN MEMORIAM. 

 The members of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association will learn with deep regret 

 that a leader in pomology has fallenj 

 one who was a Director of the Associa" 

 tion at its organization in 1868, and 

 has ever since been an active promoter 

 of its interests. Those who have been 

 privileged to attend the meetings will 

 remember the venerable form and en- 

 thusiastic manner of Mr. Charles Arn- 

 old, of Paris, Ontario, and with what 

 respectful considerations his experiences 

 and opinions were always received. 

 His remarks were founded upon his 

 personal acquaintance with the subject 

 in hand, and set forth for the guidance 

 of others what had befallen him in his 

 own cultivations, hence they had a 

 value that could never attach to any 

 mere conjectures or cunningly devised 

 theories. But it is not to be our 

 privilege to listen to him again. On 

 the morning of the fifteenth of April, 

 1883, Mr. Charles Arnold passed away 

 from earth. He was born at Ridge- 

 mount, Bedfordshire, Eng., December 

 18th, 1818, came with his parents to 

 this country in 1833, and settled* in 

 Paris. 



In early life Mr. Arnold enjoyed 

 very few educational advantages ; but 

 even in boyhood he showed a taste for 

 solid reading, and found time during 

 his active and busy life to make himself 

 thoroughly acquainted with several of 

 the great masterpieces of English liter- 

 ature, and, although he never studied 



