QUESTION DRA WER. 



Fruit Tpees to Border Tennis 

 Court. 



991. Sir, — What varieties of plums, 

 pears, cherries aad early apples are best to 

 plant on three sides of a tennis lawn, about 

 90 X 90 X 80 ? 



E. CowDBY, Simcoe. 



The following list would give an 

 interesting variety ; the apples 30 or 40 

 feet apart, and the others 15 or 20: 

 Plums — Abundance, Bradshaw, Wash- 

 ington, Reine Claude. Cherries — Geo. 

 Wood, Knights Early, Black Tartarian, 

 Napoleon, Windsor. Pears — Giffard, 

 Marguerite, Barttett, Anjou. Apples — 

 Astracan, Duchess and Wealthy. 



Flowering Hedge. 



99 2. Sir, — What would make a pretty 

 flowering hedge ? E. C. 



Spiraea Van Houtti makes a wonder- 

 fully fine show of white bloom, and 

 beus the shears well ; Privet is an old 

 stand by, but shy in bloom ; Japan 

 Quince has an abundance of red bloom 

 in early spring ; Clethra Alnifolia is 

 fragrant. 



Flowering Shrubs. 



993« Sir, — Please name six uncommon 

 flowering shrubs for a front lawn ? 



E, E., Simcoe. 



Elseagnus longipes, Exochorda grandi- 

 flora, Cotoneaster vulgaris, Hibiscus, 

 Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, Rhus 

 cotinus. 



Grapes for Garden Fence. 



991. Sir, — Please name three varieties 

 of grapes to grow against a trellis fence ? 

 E. C, Simcoe. 



Three good varieties, one of each 

 color, would be Lady (white), Wilder 

 (black), Lindley (red). 



trees dying apparently from some disease. 

 Can you explain ? 



A Subscriber. 



Repfy by Mr. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The plum twigs marked with circular 

 or oval pustular spots appear to be 

 affected by a shot hole fungus or one 

 closely allied such as cercospora or 

 phyllosiida. In twigs of this kind the 

 mycelium of the fungus is probably the 

 only form present, and from this it is 

 difficult to identify the species. 



These leaf spot diseases injure pears 

 and plums immensely. They may be 

 prevented by spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture. 



Pear Twigs Injured. 



996. Sir, — I have a few trees of dwarf 

 pears marked like the enclosed, is this the 

 San Jose Scale ? If you will kindly reply you 

 will oblige me, for if it is the scale I will bum 

 the trees afiected. 



G. H. Stanford, Hamilton. 



Reply by Mr. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The pear twigs are not affected by 

 San Jose Scale. The small swellings on 

 the bark does not seem to be due to a 

 fungus, these swellings are merely a de- 

 position of corky tissue caused by some 

 form of mechanical injury. 



Larger specimens should accompany 

 an inquiry of this kind. 



Diseased Plum Twigs. 



995. I enclose samples of twigs of plum 



Sacred Lily (so called). 



Reply to Question p/j . 



With reference to Mr. John S. Landus 

 enquiry, and Messrs. Webster Bros, 

 reply. — If planted in the ground like any 

 other "Polyanthus Narcissus" it does 

 perfectly well and may be left to bloom 

 year after year but when it blooms in 

 water the bulbs become exhausted and 

 had better be thrown away. 



J. R. Anderson, Victoria, B. C. 



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