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THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURI8T. 



FOUNTAIN PUMP. 



KEPLY TO MR. STRAUCH >N. 



Mr. Editor, — In the June num- 

 ber of the Horticulturist there is an 

 enquiry by Geo. Struuchon as to a good 

 cheap lountain pump for spraying fruit 

 trees. I have used for the last two 

 years the fountain pump manufactured 

 by Josiah A. Whitman, Providence, 

 Rhode Island, and find it an exceed- 

 ingly handy, portable and efficient ar- 

 ticle. It can be had, I think, duty 

 and express charges paid, for about $8. 

 I have not yet tried it on the codlin 

 moth, but think that with its help I 

 have effectually checkmated the " little 

 Turk." After three applications (one 

 a week) of Paris green water (one tea- 

 spoonful to a pail) my apricots are now 

 as large as plums, and not a mark uj>on 

 them ; and with close searching I have 

 been able to find but two plums stung 

 by the curculio in the ten trees which 

 constitute my plum orchard. In bye- 

 gone seasons by this time plums and 

 apricots were falling in perfect showers, 

 notwithstanding daily jarring of the 

 trees, and very few of either fruits 

 evtmtually escaped. The exceptions 

 then were indeed rari nantes. I might 

 jast add that I have found Mr. Whit- 

 man a straightforward and honorable 

 man to deal with. 



Yours, &c., 



C. R. Matthew. 

 St Stephen's Parsonage, Goderich Township. 



Pruning Raspberries. — A. F. Hofer 

 says in the Iowa Register, in reference to 

 the raspberry : * ' Feeble canes will bear 

 feeble fruit, and even the strong and 

 thrifty bush will bear inferior berries, if 

 you let the whole cane stand as it is. 

 Spring pruning is needed, and if you cut 

 off your cane about one-third on top, you 

 will raise more and better berries than if 

 you let the whole cane stand as it is. The 

 berries growing on the extreme ends of 

 the branches, running out from the. main 

 stems, are always small and tasteless." 



THE CLIANTHUS. 



This plant, known as the "Glory 

 Pea" of New Holland, though usually 

 considered of somewhat difficult culture, 

 may be easily grown if care is taken 

 not to give too much water when young. 

 The seeds vegetate freely, grow rapidly, 

 then suddenly the young plants wither. 

 If the cause is sought, it will be found 

 that they have rotted, or ** damped off," 

 as gardeners say, just at the collar of 

 the plant. If this can be prevented, 

 and there is no real difficulty, the cul- 

 ture is very easy. The plant is a 

 native of dry, sandy plains, and never 

 at any period of its growth requires 

 much sui'face water. The roots are 

 long and bare, and will strike down 

 and draw the necessary moisture from 

 below. 



Of the beauty of the plant no des- 

 cription can give an idea, and even the 

 highest colored illustrations cannot ex- 

 aggerate its brilliancy. The foliage is 

 rather large, compound and vetch-like, 

 well covering the plant, and showy. 

 The flowers are in pendent clusters, 

 each individnal being about three inches 

 long ; they are pea-shaped, and usually 

 of a rich scarlet color. 



The seeds should be sown in rather 

 sandy soil, in pots or in a frame, in 

 April. If in the latter, however, it 

 must be where the plants are to bloom, 

 as they cannot be transplanted success- 

 fully; or they may be sown in the open 

 border, after the gi-ound has become 

 warm, about the last of May. In 

 border-culture, the essential point to bo 

 observed is that, while the plants re- 

 quire an abundance of water during the 

 growing season, the utmost care is 

 necessary to keep the neck of the stem 

 entirely dry. When the seedlings are 

 very small, pot each separately, or, 

 better still, plant but one seed in each 

 pot, and as the plants grow shift into 

 larger pots. Never water over-head, 

 or wet the foliage, and if the surface is 



