THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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Houtte, Madame Caroline Kuster, will 

 give a continuous supply of flowers 

 throughout the summer and autumn. 



The fact of Tea Roses being tender 

 should not debar us from their culture ; 

 the truth is, they have in this matter 

 been abused. The sorts I have named 

 are in reality a little more tender than 

 La France, the Hybrid Noisettes, and 

 all the Victor Verdier race of Hybrid 

 Remontants. If earth be hilled up 

 about the plants, and then a slight 

 covering of some loose material, like 

 branches of evergeeens, be given, the 

 hardier sorts of monthly Roses will 

 winter in safety. There is sometimes 

 a loss of plants, but the percentage is 

 light, very little more than happens to 

 the so called Hardy Roses. 



In giving this protection, care must 

 be observed not to smother the plants 

 by entirely excluding the air ; this 

 never occurs from the use of evergreen 

 branches, but when straw or litter is 

 taken, sticks or boards should be used 

 to prevent the material from matting 

 together. This is one of the cases 

 where is is possible to kill by mistaken 

 kindness. If it be objected that this 

 covering of the Roses is troublesome, 

 then we must reply to the objector, — 

 you are no true lover, you are but a 

 false knight ; you cannot have beauti- 

 ful Roses in your garden, because you 

 have them not in your heart. — H. B. 

 EUwanger, before the Western N. Y. 

 Horticultural Society. 



ALLIGATOR PEAR. 



The Alligator Pear, Per sea gratis- 

 sima, is sometimes an immense tree- 

 The fruit, which is occasionally seen in 

 New York markets, is pear-sha])ed, 

 with deep green or dark purple skin, 

 according to the variety. The pulp is 

 firm, buttery yellow, surrounding a 

 large, hard stone. 



In Brazil they fill the same place as 

 melons in the United States, being 



eaten at breakfast with sugar or pepper 

 and salt, according to taste. A liking 

 for Abacaxe, as this fruit is called in 

 Brazil, is an acquired taste, but one 

 soon becomes very fond of them. They 

 cost only from one to three cents each, 

 and with oranges and bananas are the 

 most common fruit hawked round tlie 

 streets by the fruit-sellers, who carry 

 them upon their heads in large fiat 

 wooden trays. — American Garden. 



CELERY. 



Celery requires a cool climate. South 

 of the fortieth parallel, the climate is 

 too warm for the best production of this 

 toothsome vegetable. As we approach 

 the great lakes, we find the tempera- 

 ture becoming more suitable for Celery, 

 and by the time we reach them we find 

 it all the gardener could desire. 



Celery needs a cold, heavy, deep, very 

 rich soil. The soil must be made of 

 this character artificially, if it is not so 

 naturally, to raise Celery profitably. 

 The ground must be well manured ; 

 that is, a great j)lenty of fertilizers must 

 be used, as the plant is a greedy feeder, 

 and there is very little danger of get- 

 ting the land too rich. Any good 

 manure is suitable for it ; but nothing 

 equals barn-yard manure well worked 

 over. 



The old system of cultivation in 

 trenches has been abandoned by the 

 most progressive gardeners. It was 

 troublesome and expensive, and it has 

 been found that fully as good results 

 could be attained by surface cultiva- 

 tion. But along the fortieth parallel, 

 and south of it, Celery cannot be 

 bleached in the open ground, as is done 

 in colder countries. The climate is too 

 warm for this, and when attempted, the 

 stalks scald and rot. 



(Jelery should be sown in the seed- 

 bed in the spring, as early as the ground 

 can be brought into condition for seed- 



