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THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTURIS7 



found in the golden ruk' of pruning, thai 

 more buds are to be left on the strong- 

 shoots, and less, in proportion., on the weak 

 ones. Like Darwin's law of the survival 

 of the fittest, you leave tire strong plant 

 long and cut away nearly all the weaker 

 ones. The strong grower is capable of suj)- 

 plying several bud's on each shoot with a 

 suiificien;cy of sap for gcxxl blooms, and if a 

 (\\\\' number be not allowed the shoots will 

 cither noi flo'wer or will prochice coarse and 



ill shaped blooms. In proportion as a plant 

 is weakly in growth, fewer buds should be 

 left, because there will be only sufficient sap 

 for one or two buds. The more a shoot is 

 cu(t back the longer 'will be the new growth. 

 To get rid of the insects that trouble rose 

 bushes, they require to be sprayed in spring 

 with a solution of Avhale oil soap, or handier, 

 " sulpho-tobacco soap," and a firstrate thing 

 is to turn the hose on and spray them well 

 and frequently with cold water. 



Establishing Lilies 



R. ]!. WIIV'1% OTTAWA^ ONT. 



Could Mr. AVhj'te, who.'-e garden was demerit >ed in 

 the March Horticulturist, tell nie about establishing 

 lilies. I know many amateur growers have failed. 

 Of the last lot 1 got from V'ermont none grew. I 

 never have succeeded in estal)lishing even one lily 

 and would be glad if I could. — (Mr.s. Rudolf, Sca- 

 f .rth, Unt. 



Lilies succeed best when planted in" a well 

 drained, sandy loam, with a gravel or sand 

 subsoil. As the}- should be planted deep 

 there should be at least 12 inches of good 

 fertile earth above the subsoil. Man}- grow- 

 ers fail fro'm planting too shallow. The 

 small bulb varieties like Tennifolium, Mar- 

 tagon and Superbum, should be planted 

 about six indies deep, while the larger bulb 

 sorts, like Croceum, Auratum, Excelsum, 

 Longiflorum, etc., should 'have not less than 

 10 inches from the top of the bulb to the 

 surface. 



Lilies should be heavily mulched during 

 the winter. As soon as the ground freezes 

 cover with three or four inches of rotted 

 stable manure, and over that six or eight 

 inches of straw or lig-ht manure. Even with 

 the greatest care 11-iany of the most beautiful 

 forms do not ibecome established. The 

 Auratunis, Brownii, Longiflorum, Krameri, 

 Lennifolium, Pardalinum, and sometimes 

 the Speciosums die out after two to four 

 years' blooming and ihave to be replanted, 

 but there is a long list of varieties that are 

 perfectly 'hardy and easily grown if properly 

 treated, including Proceum, ^lartagon (pur- 



ple and white), Superbum., Candiduni, Ti- 

 grinum, Excelsum, Hansoni, all the elegans 

 varieties, of which Citrinum, Incomparable 

 and Houtti are the best, all the Unibella- 

 tunis, the best of this class I have grown are 

 Tottenliami, Sensation, Grandiflorum and 

 Aurantiacuni. A very beautiful and hardy 

 lily is Pomponium Verum, the most brilliant 

 red in the family, but unfortunately the 

 odor is verv ofifensive. 



Growing Sweet Peas Continuously 



PROF. H. L. HUTT, ONT. AGRI. COLLEGE. 



"What fertilizer should be used to permit the 

 growing of sweet peas iri the same ground year 

 after year. The ground is loam above with 

 clay one and a half feet below ? — (G. T. Clark- 

 son, Toronto. 



It is best, if at ali possible, to avoid grow- 

 ing sweet peas year after year on the same 

 ground. Where attempted not only the 

 growth oi the vines but the quality of the 

 flowers deteriorates. If the ground is so 

 small that the location cannot be changed 

 it might be advisable to change the soil by 

 digging lip a trench one and a half feet deep 

 and about two feet wide and filling in with 

 good fresh soil, which might be obtained 

 from some other part of the garden. 



The best soil for sweet peas is a good 

 heavy loam with a fair mixture of clay. It 

 should be enriched with a general fertilizer, 

 such as well rotted manure, or if this is not 

 obtainable, it would be well to apply a small 

 quantity of some complete fertilizer, that is 



