VALLEY OF THE DON. 



Fig. 1 14S. — I'l.n.M Pockkts. E. hnijip^'S. 



There arc several forms of exoascus, 

 affecting tlie cherry and plum, but the 

 effects differ ; that in the ])lum for 

 causing what is commonl}' i-alled 

 "plum pockets " (Fig. 1148). 



Since the fungus is perennial and 

 lives over winter in the leaf buds, it is 

 evident that trees once affected is 

 likely to show the disease the succeed- 

 ing season, providing climatic condi- 

 tions are favorable. 



The remoxal of old canes, leaves 

 no hiding place for worm or bug, 

 or eggs for same. It also allows 

 the free circulation of air and the 

 sun penetrates the centre of the 

 bush, making canes strong and 

 vigorous with a good development 

 of fruit buds for the following- 

 season. 



VALLEY OF THE DON, TORONTO. 



C/^ rs^HE surroundings of our Queen 

 ( 'ity are most picturesque, and 

 the inhabitants can blame no 

 one but themselves if Toronto is not 

 bounded in several directions by the finest 

 parks in Ontario. The accompanying 

 scene in the Valley of the Don, is an ex- 

 ample of the beauty which Dame Nature 

 has bestowed upon the east end, a ravine 

 which might afford the most delightful 

 drives imaginable, and numerous views 

 of equal beauty may be taken any day 

 by the camera of the artist. 



Considerable change has taken place 

 since a hundred years ago, when the wolf 

 and deer were almost in undisturbed 

 possession In October iSoi, for ex- 



ample, Joseph Willcox writes in his 

 Journal, 8th, " I saw a deer in the bog, 

 I fired at him and missed him." 12th, 

 Set off for the mill, and on our way killed 

 a deer in the bog ; I fell out of the canoe, 

 and had to swim ashore, but carried the 

 deer to the mill, and dressed a quarter 

 of him for our dinner." 



This Mr. Wilcox came to Toronto 

 from Ireland in February 1800, and 

 held an office under Mr Russell, then 

 Receiver-General for Upper Canada. 

 His MS. Journal is quite a curiosity, 

 but not al.vays reliable, as when he 

 speaks of the " Hitmher as navigable 

 nearly hvo miles for large ships?" 



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