HORTICULTURAL REMIXISCENCES. 



cent, nor was he a wind mill to crack 

 corn, but he honored the goddess Po- 

 mona by cultivating fruit and flowers, 

 and at one of our meetings he took us 

 out to see how faithfully he raised the 

 finest plums and pears by the sweat of 

 his brow. 



Charles Arnold had rather a set coun- 

 tenance and appeared somewhat cross, 

 and he believed in cross fertilization of 

 fruit and grain, but his crossness was 

 something like the chestnut burr, only 

 on the outside, for we never had a more 

 welcome visit than at his residence when 

 he invited the Association to Paris. 



A. M. Smith and the writer were hon- 

 ored with a like visit at Grimsby, when 

 we followed suit and invited the Asso- 

 ciation to our hearts and homes. I 

 cannot forget the two who brought their 

 wives to add to the sociability of the 

 occasion. Mr. Holton and Mr. Haskins, 

 of Hamilton. It seemed at once to put 

 a link in the chain of friendship which 



death alone could sever, and that only 

 for a time. 



In conclusion, I may say, that I have 

 had the honor of being a full private 

 member of this Association all these 

 years, and have seen with pleasure its 

 rise and progress to its present character, 

 and the assistance it received from such 

 noble men as Rev. Mr. Burnett, Wm. 

 Saunders, Judge Logic, P. C. Dempsey 

 and others. And I wonder why I, who 

 have done so little to advance the work, 

 should still live at nearly four score, 

 while those useful men, younger than I, 

 have been called away. But we bless 

 their names for their works which follow 

 them, and we hope to meet 



"On the other side of Jordan 

 In the sweet fields of Kden, 

 Where the tree of life is blooming," 



where the eternal tree of life bears ever- 

 lasting fruit, instead of temporary trees 

 bearing perishable fruit only once a year. 



CLIMBING VINES. 



CLIMBING vines have many differ- 

 ent methods of attaching them- 

 selves to their support — some en- 

 circle a branch of the host by twining 

 their main bodies around the support. 

 A hop vine is a familiar illustration 

 of this. More delicate ones cannot twist 

 around their stakes, but need to have 

 string or some similar material to cling 

 to. The ordinary morning glory is an 

 illustration of this class ; but there are 

 some which simply climb by twisting 

 the leafstalk around the support. This 

 is especially true of the different kinds 

 f clematises, yet it is not unusual in 

 some gardens to see stakes as thick as 

 walking canes put for the clematis to run 

 up on ; but as it is unable to do this they 



have to be tied to this pole by twine, 

 while the leaves go on twisting them- 

 selves in order to find something tooling 

 to, and as a consequence, the vital pow- 

 ers of the plant are exhausted. In many 

 cases the clematis, especially the variety 

 known as Jackmani, will die completely 

 and suddenly from the attack of a minute 

 fungus ; but it is more likely that this 

 occurs oftener in cases as described for 

 want of the proper means of support. 

 Thread or twine for the leaves to twist 

 around, or even a little brush wood, such 

 as we would give to a crop of peas, is 

 much more likely to produce healthy 

 and vigorous clematises than when they 

 are deprived of all means of using their 

 leafstalks as tendrils. — Median's Mon'ly. 



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