NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



house adornment. Mr. Webster writes : 

 " This is the true large flowering variety 

 it is propagated only by division of the 

 roots and is immensely superior to those 

 raised from seed, as well as producing 

 larger and better flowers, we have found 

 it to produce about twice as many as 

 any variety of tritoma we ever grew, the 

 best flowers are considerably larger than 

 those we are sending, we find they have 

 all been picked. The flowers sent are 

 from plants growing in the nursery rows, 

 they will probably flower for two weeks 

 yet before cut down by frost, the roots 

 are not entirely hardy here but winter 

 well if given a little protection." 



Mr. John Craig, Horticulturist at 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 has resigned hi? position, with the in- 

 tention, we understand of further pur- 

 suing his studies in horticulture at Cor- 

 nell University. We had hoped to have 

 secured him as lecturer to our affiliated 

 societies during the coming winter, and 

 all will much regret his absence, which 

 may be only temporary. 



Apples and Crows. — A flock of 

 crows migrating to the south one day 

 recently attacked the apple orchard of 

 Uriah Samon, Wolfe Island, and cleared 



it of thirty barrels of apples, leaving 

 nothing but the cores. 



Decease of Mr. John Little. — On 

 the 17th of November this noted straw- 

 berry specialist passed away at his home 

 at Granton Mr. M. Crawford of Cuya- 

 hoga Falls, Iowa, an intimate friend of 

 his, was at Granton at the time of Mr. 

 Little's death, and writes us a full ac- 

 count of this sad occurrence. Reviewing 

 his life, he writes that Mr. Little was a 

 native of Belfast, Ireland, where he was 

 born in 1814, where he was engaged by 

 the Government as civil engineer, but 

 after his marriage he came to Canada 

 and settled on the farm of 300 acres at 

 Granton, which he has occupied for 53 

 years. About 25 years ago, when visit- 

 ing a friend who was picking some nice 

 strawberries, he became enamoured 

 with this healthful fruit and his interest 

 has deepened ever since. He has raised 

 many seedlings and has tested nearly all 

 the new varieties that have come into 

 the market during the last quarter of a 

 century. The Woolverton and Saunders 

 are among his best named seedlings, 

 and two others not yet named are 

 thought to be very desirable. His busi- 

 ness will be continued by his daughter. 

 Miss Ellen, who has assisted her father 

 for years in filling orders. 



PRUNING LILAC AND WEIGELA. 



Both lilac and weigela bear their flow- 

 ers on their young or green shoots, and 

 if pruned in autumn the bloom will be 

 much reduced. These plants need very 

 little pruning, as a rule, beyond cutting 

 away any dead wood or unnecessary 



branches, but if at any time it should be 

 thought desirable to shorten or head 

 back the branches, the proper time for 

 doing it is immediately after the plants 

 have finished their blooming. — Vicks' 

 Magazine. 



