EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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Fig. 2780. Asparagus Buncher. 



the heads evenly placed against the top. The 

 bunch should be made about eight or nine 

 inches long, and about four and a half 

 inches across the butts. Press firmly and 

 tie in two places, one about three inches 

 from the top, and another about four inches 

 below that. 



Crates for shipping asparagus can be 

 easily nailed up at home on rainy days, 

 if the material is at hand. This 

 can be had from the nearest mill, and 

 the parts should be ordered as fol- 

 lows: Ends and middle, 12 x 18 x ^ 

 inches ; bottoms, sides and slats, 28 inches 

 long;- the bottoms to be nailed close to- 

 gether, the side boaVds 6 inches wide, with 

 slats for rest of sides and cover, leaving 

 good ventilation. Put two inches of wet 

 grass or moss in bottom, on which stand the 

 butts, so that heads will be about an inch be- 

 low the top. Pack tight with wet moss to 

 keep in place. 



Some Good Climbers for the 

 Porch 



IF beauty of floral display, and not shade, 

 is the object of planting a climber, we 

 know of nothing which surpasses the Cle- 

 matis. Although tender in the young wood 

 so that it is usually somewhat killed back in 

 winter in Ontario, yet the growth of the 

 vine is so rapid that it soon makes a good 

 display. For the veranda, as an ornamen- 

 tal screen for a lattice fence, for growing in 

 masses on rockeries, the Clematis is perhaps 

 the most desirable of hardy perennials. 

 Jackmanni has the most showv flowers : thev 



Fig. 2781. The Bunch Tied. 



Fig. 2782. Clematis Paniculata. 



are large, and in color an intense violet pur- 

 ple, rich and velvety. Virginiana, shown 

 on page 129, is a native of Ontario, a remark- 

 ably vigorous grower, with a numerous 

 show of small flowers in August, but not 

 very ornamental Henryi is a beautiful 

 clematis for ornamental purposes ; the flower 

 is very large, and creamy white. It makes 

 a fine contrast with Jackmanni. But for 

 general excellence as a climber we know of 

 no clematis that surpasses Paniculata, shown 

 in Fig. 2782. This shows a vine only five 

 months planted, which proves it to be a 



