THB CANADIAN HORTIOULTURISf. 



native Ferns are planted in shade, and 

 how beautiful they make many an other- 

 wise uninteresting corner look ; even 

 little borders by hard paved yards or 

 ground beneath large trees where noth- 

 ing else will grow may[be made cheer- 

 ful by means of Ferns. Get together 

 a few of the largest and roughest stones 

 that can be obtained, and a load or two 

 of good soil ; make^^irregular mounds 

 here and there, and on these plant the 

 Ferns. Intermix with them a few 

 dwarf trailing plants, keep them well 

 watered, and they will soon produce a 

 striking effect. — J. Groom, in the 

 Garden. 



AUTUMN HINTS FOR KITCHEN 

 GARDEN. 



In a well-managed garden, as soon as 

 one crop is off, the ground is made ready 

 for another, if the ^season allows. In 

 stiff soils, especially, plowing or spad- 

 ing, and leaving them rough through the 

 winter, greatly improves them. 



Preserving roots in winter — Parsnips, 

 salsify, and horseradish are not injured 

 by hard freezing : all others must be 

 stored for the winter, and a sufficient 

 supply of the hardy kinds should also 

 be taken up. We have described var- 

 ious methods of storing roots in back 

 numbers of the American Agricultrlst. 

 If the cellar is not too warm, a supply 

 for present use may be kept in boxes or 

 barrels, and covered with earth, to pre- 

 vent shriveling. 



Cabbages. — The usual method is to 

 pull the cabbages, set them in a dry 

 place, heads downwards, and on the ap- 

 proach of cold weather, cover with a 

 coating of leaves up to the ends of the 

 roots; j light soil often used instead of 

 leaves. For family use, it is convenient 

 to dig a trench where water will not 

 stand, and set the cabbages, with what 

 soil adheres to the roots, close together, 

 upright, in this. Make a sloping cover- 



ing with boards. As cold weather comes 

 on, place a layer of leaves or straw over 

 the heads. Soft cabbages thus treated 

 will very often form firm heads by 

 spring. 



Asparagus and Rhubarb. — Though 

 these plants are quite hardy, the beds 

 will produce all the better and earlier if 

 they have a covering of three or four 

 inches of manure. All litter should be 

 first cleared off, and if not already done, 

 the asparagus tops should be burn ed. 



Crops Wintered in the Ground, such 

 as spinach, sprouts, onion sets, etc., will 

 need two or three inches of leaves, straw, 

 or marsh hay, as a protection during 

 winter, in all but very mild localities. 



Cold Frames. — Novices are more apt 

 to injure the cabbages, cauliflower, and 

 lettuce plants wintered in these by keep- 

 ing them too warm than by too much 

 cold. The object of the frames is, not 

 only to prevent too severe freezing, but 

 all growth, and to keep the plants in a 

 perfectly quiet or dormant state. The 

 sashes should not be put on until really 

 freezing weather, and on mild days must 

 be tilted, to allow ventilation. — Dr. 

 George Thurber, in American Agri- 

 culturist for November. 



EL^OCARPUS CYANEUS. 

 A COMPACT-GROWING, frec-blooming, 

 very sweetscented plant, well suited for 

 greenhouse cultivation, and easily kept 

 in health. We have recently seen 

 several specimens of this species, both 

 at Kew and elsewhere, clothed with 

 pretty drooping, deeply fringed flowers, 

 and surrounded with a most delicious 

 fragrance. The blooming period for 

 this plant extends over two or three 

 months of the summer, and is followed 

 by a thick crop of bluish berries like 

 small Sloes, and which are in themselves 

 very attractive. Taken altogether, this 

 plant is deserving of a much more pro- 

 minent position as a garden plant than 



