OPEX LETTERS. 



Professor Crak:'s Exi'erlments in 

 Southern Ontario. — On the 20th inst. 

 we had a call from Prof. John Craig, 

 Horticulturist, of the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ont. He is investigating 

 the grape trouble, known as the "Yellow 

 Leaf," and arranging to carry on plot 

 experiments with fertilizers, as the as- 

 sumption that soil conditions at the 

 present time are unfavorable ; and that 

 this condition may be corrected by the 

 judicious use of chemical fertilizers. 



For the prevention of plum and peach 

 rot, and peach curl, Mr. Craig is con- 

 ducting some experiments with Mr. Hil- 

 born in Essex, and Mr. Burwell in Lin- 

 coln Counties, with the object of finding 

 a mixture that will not be injurious to 



the peach foliage, and at the same time 

 be cheap, effective, and easily applied. 



Pe.\ch Planting, according to Mr. 

 Craig, is going on vigorously in the 

 County of Essex. At Ruthven, for ex- 

 ample, a small station near Kingsville, 

 he saw four car loads of peach trees, all 

 for planting near that point. 



SiN'CE the San Jose Scale has been 

 found at Chatham, on trees imported 

 from New Jersey, and the evidence seems 

 to show that it has lived through one 

 Canadian winter, Mr. Craig advises 

 the utmost caution in importing trees 

 from our neighbors to the South. 



ALBERT KEGEL'S HONEYSUCKLE (LONICERA 

 ALBERT/, KEGEL). 



rEW hardy flowering shrubs outrival 

 the honeysuckle in beauty and pro- 

 fusion of blossom, delicacy of fra- 

 grance, and general usefulness for orna- 

 mental purposes. The well-known bush 

 honeys\ick\e( L. tartarica )\s a prominent 

 object in nearly every old garden, while 

 the Scarlet Trumpet (L. sempervirens) 

 and English ( L. Periclymenum) honey- 

 suckles are used very extensively for 

 training over verandas, summer houses 

 or walls. 



Of late years many new species of 

 greater or less merit have been intro- 

 duced from foreign lands, and among 

 them one of the most beautiful and 

 desirable is Lonkera Alherti. This 

 charming honeysuckle, which is a native 



of Turkestan, has been thoroughly tested 

 at the Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 and has proven hardy even in the North- 

 west Territories. It is a small but grace- 

 ful shrub, with pendulous branches, and 

 is intermediate in habit of growth be- 

 tween the bush and climbing types ; the 

 leaves are narrow, dull green above, and 

 glaucous beneath. The flowers which 

 open about the first week of June, are 

 of a bright pink or rose color, almost 

 bell-shaped, and growing in clusters. 

 When in full bloom this shrub is a very 

 pleasing and attractive object. It is 

 well worthy of a place in every Cana- 

 dian garden. 



W. T. Macoun. 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



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