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Crinums. 



933. SiK, — (Jan _you tell nie, through 

 your valuable Magazine, how to succeed in 



growing Crinums and how old they need to 

 be before blooming t 



T. ToBiN, Ferym. 



Reply by Prof. H. L. Huit, O.A.C., 

 Giielph. 



All the authorities I have read on 

 the subject speak of it as free-flowering 

 and easy of culture. Our own experi- 

 ence, and that of several to whom I 

 have spoken about it, shows it to be 

 quite the reverse. We have a few fine 

 Crinum bulbs, which have been well 

 cared for for the past two or three 

 years, since we have had them, but 

 they have not yet favored us with a 

 flower. 



C. L. Allen, Floral Park, N.Y.. has 

 written an excellent book on " Bulbs 

 and Tuberous-rooted Plants," and might 

 satisfactorily answer the question. 



Reply by C. L. Allen, Floral Park, N. Y. 



SuBSCRiiiER. — I St. The Crinum is a 

 provoking subject to manage ; while it 

 is of the easiest culture, it is a very dif- 

 ficult one to grow, away from its native 

 habitat. Most of the species are ever- 

 green, and require but little rest ; dur- 



ing this period they do not dry up, 

 simply rest, and must have occasional 

 watering — very light — but sufficient to 

 make good the loss by evaporation. 

 This necessitates their being grown in a 

 greenhouse, where they can be grown 

 without any difficulty, only that they 

 require a very large pot, and consider- 

 able room, which, in view of their short 

 period of bloom, can be better em- 

 ployed. C. Amabele, the most showy 

 of the class, will require a tub, two feet 

 in diameter, which for an uninteresting 

 plant, excepting when in bloom, is an 

 expensive waste of room. 



Many of the species can be grown 

 nicely in the garden, when treated in 

 the same manner as the Gladiolus, but 

 they will annually grow smaller, from 

 the fact that our seasons are not suffi- 

 ciently long to perfect their growth. 

 Grown in this way they will rarely flower 

 more than twice. 



2nd. Offsets, in the greenhouse, will 

 make flowering bulbs in two years. 



Cherries for Ppoflt in Lincoln Co. 



936. Sir, — Please name most piofitable 

 chenies to grow for market in Southern On- 

 tario. 



A SrBSCRlBER, Qrimshy. 



We would recommend of the sweet, 

 Early Purple, Governor Wood, Black 

 Tartarian. Mezel, Napoleon and Wind- 

 sor ; and of the sour, Richmond and 

 Montmorency. 



Wliite Grubs in Strawberry Beds. 



937. Sir, — What must I do in order to 

 destroy the large white strawberry root- 

 eating grub or maggot ? 



R. BuRN-s, ParkhiU, Ont. 

 Reply by Br. /as. Fletcher, Ot/atva. 

 The insect referred to is probably one 



