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ed and enterprising cultivators. As 

 these must come from more northern 

 climes, they will doubtless find that they 

 have much to learn in the way of 

 adapting their new methods to the cir- 

 cumstances, and although standing on 

 vanta<?e orround by reason of their 

 general knowledge of the subject oi land 

 tillage, it will probably be found that it 

 will require the time of one generation 

 to fully ascertain the particular crops 

 and best methods of cultivation to yield 

 the most remunerative returns. 



Yours, B. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Mr. James Little, the Nestor of 

 Canadian Forestry, died at his resi- 

 dence, Cote St. Antoine, Montreal, on 

 the 2nd of October, 1883, at the age of 

 eighty years. He was born near Lon- 

 donderry, Ireland, and came to Canada 

 in 1823, being then only nineteen. In 

 1833 he was married to Annie Youell, 

 daughter of William Youell, Esq., of 

 Thorold. He was extensively engaged 

 in lumbering and was the first to send 

 lumber to the markets of the United 

 States. 



About ten yeai*s ago he commenced 

 to write on the subject of forest protec- 

 tion and the importance of curtailing 

 the cutting of our commercial woods, 

 raising a warning voice against the 

 reckless waste that was rapidly destroy- 

 ing an important source ot national 

 wealth. In recognition of his labors 

 in this direction the American Forestry 

 Congress awarded him a special vote of 

 thanks. 



In the August number of Forestry^ 

 published in London, England, 1883, 

 at p. 2i3, is a vigorous article on the 

 ^* alarming destruction of American 

 Forests " from the pen of his son, Mr. 

 William Little, in which he sets forth 

 the present condition of the White Pine 

 forests of the United States and Canada, 



and shews from unquestionable data 

 that at the present rate of destruction 

 it will require but seven years to ex- 

 haust the supply of White Pine timber. 

 We commend the article to the careful 

 perusal of every one. The mantle has 

 fallen from the father upon the shoul- 

 ders of the son, may he be long spared 

 to continue the work of arousing the 

 attention of our people to the great im- 

 portance of preserving and continuing 

 this source of our wealth. 



DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS 

 AND PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



THEIR HARDINESS, AND ADAPTABILITY FOR 



THE DECORATION OF THE PARK 



AND GARDEN. 



There is nothing in cultivation to ex- 

 cel hardy shrubs, and perennial plants, 

 for the decoration of the Park and Gar- 

 den. Their hardiness, beautiful varie- 

 ties of foliage, flowers, and their hand- 

 some as well as graceful forms of 

 growth, place them first on the list for 

 decorative purposes. There is at pre- 

 sent in cultivation such an extensive 

 variety of both the shrubs and plants, 

 that there is no difficulty whatever in 

 selecting varieties most suitable to soil, 

 situation, and climate, and by a judici- 

 ous selection of the same, a continual 

 succession of bloom may be kept up 

 during the whole floral season. One 

 great point in favor of the shrubs and 

 plants is, that when once planted and 

 taken root there is very little trouble 

 beyond a slight covering of the shrubs, 

 for protection from frost in sevei*e 

 northern climates. The covering may 

 be done with old mats or straw. Shrubs 

 too large to bend down should be 

 drawn together as close as possible 

 without breaking the limbs. Tie with 

 strong cord, and cover. It is necessary 

 that the covering should be done before 

 the severe frost sets in, and left on in 

 spring till all danger of frost is over, 

 as it is the continual freezing at night 



