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THE CA.NADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



FROM AN ALBUM. 



We may write our names in albums ; 



We may trace them in the sand ; 

 We may chisel them in marble 



Witii a firm and skillful hand ; 

 But the pages soon are sullied, 



Soon each name will fade away ; 

 Every monument will crumble, 



Like all earthy hopes, decay. 

 But, dear friend, there is an album. 



Full of leaves of sunny white. 

 Where no name is ever tarnished, 



But forever pure and bright. 

 In that Book of Life, God's Album, 



May your name be penned with care : 

 And may all who here may write, 



Have their names forever there. 



WHAT SEED SHALL WE SOW? 



A wonderful thing is seed, 



The one thing deathless forever ! 



The one thing changeless — utterly tnxe, 



Forev«r old and forever new, 

 And fickle and faithless never. 



Plant blessings, blessings will bloom ; 



Plant hate, and hate will grow? 

 You can sow to-day, to-morrow will bring 

 The blossom that proves what sort of thing 



Is the seed, the seed that you sow. 

 Ladies' Floral Cabinet. 



Laying Turf in Summer. — Mr. Hen- 

 derson says : '' I find that turf can be 

 successfully laid down, if necessary, in 

 dry and hot summer weather, by simply 

 covering it when finished, before it gets 

 too dry, with about a quarter of an inch 

 of light soil put through a half inch sieve. 

 The grass begins to grow through the soil 

 i;i a very few days. " — Scientific American. 



The Cabbage Worm. — We find the 

 following remedy for the ravages of the 

 cabbage worm in one of our exchanges. 

 Have any of our readers any experience 

 of its efiiciency. If so, they will confer 

 a favor by giving us their opinion of its 

 value : — " Pyrethrum, or Persian powder, 

 possesses the qualities of destroying cab- 

 bage worm life and at the same time 

 leaves the cabbage in a healthy condition. " 



Wanted, A Good Early Peach. — The 

 Hlinois growers of early peaches wear 

 long faces this summer. The object of 

 their hopes and fond anticipations has 

 fallen to the ground in a shower of rotten 

 fruit. The crop was a delusion. Inqui- 

 ries for an early peach that does not rot 

 axe now frequent. If anyone knows of 

 such a peach they will confer a great favor 



by making known its name. — The Farmer 

 and Fruit Groiuer. 



Keeping Grapes for Winter Use. — 

 Mr. Nelson Hitter, Syracuse, N. Y. , has 

 had admirable success with packing grapes 

 in single layers, in small, shallow boxes 

 about two inches in depth, with sliding 

 covers. When he packs fruit two layers 

 deep he places paper between the layers, 

 the same as advised by Mr. Husmann. 

 Mr.Ritter has found the Isabella, Catawba 

 and Clinton to be the best keepers, while 

 Salem and Diana have proven fair keepers 



About Strawberries. — The Western 

 Farmer says : — '* A Southern amateur 

 gardener secured slabs from the saw-mill 

 and bored two-inch holes in them fifteen 

 inches apart and laid them round side up 

 on the edge of some beds, and set a straw- 

 berry plant in each hole in August. Such 

 a profusion of strawberries as he had was 

 a sight worth beholding. V\ hen other 

 strawberries in the neighborhood were all 

 dried up by the drought his were in per- 

 fection. A half pint or more were taken 

 at a time from each plant. It was but 

 little trouble to keep the runners down. 

 But the next season the plants crowded 

 in the hole so closely that the crop was a 

 failure." 



Packing Apples for Shipment. — A 

 paper read before the Nova Scotia Fruit 

 Growers' Association, gave some valuable 

 suggestions on packing apples. A vast 

 improvement is stated to have been made 

 in the past season over previous ones. 

 Careful assorting is insisted on. In one 

 case, in a consignment of 300 barrels to 

 England, the first and second sizes were 

 not separated, and the result was $1 less 

 per barrel than others of the same quality 

 which were assorted. Hardwood barrels 

 are found much the best, both on account 

 of strength and the apples shrinking less. 

 Wrapping the specimens in paper has done 

 well, but is attended with too much labor 

 for general practice. Lining the barrels 

 with white paper has been satisfactoiy. 

 The experiments with packing in chaff" and 

 cut-straw have signally failed. The varie- 

 ties which have done best for the English 

 markets have been Gravenstein, Ribston 

 Pippin, Pomme Grise, Baldwin, Spitzen- 

 burgh and Russet. — Country Gentleman. 



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