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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 2783. Clematis on Porch at Kingston. 



rapid grower. It is perfectly hardy, and 

 produces a mass of pure white star shaped 

 flowers, which are sweet scented. These 

 appear in August and September, being 

 borne in long panicles, and are very pretty, 



though the individual flowers are small. 

 This clematis will not be out of place any- 

 where, whether climbing a veranda post or 

 hiding an ugly fence, and we speak of it 

 with confidence. 



APPLES FROSTED AND SMOKED 



A NUMBER of shipments of apples, 

 which had been lying in Halifax for 

 several days awaiting the sailing of a vessel, 

 were recently found by the fruit inspectors 

 at that port to be seriously frosted and badly 

 smoked when loaded on the steamship. Mr. 

 McKinnon, chief of the Fruit Division, Ot- 

 tawa, consequently advises shippers in both 

 Ontario and Nova Scotia to take extra pre- 

 cautions in the packing of their apples, so as 



to guard against the cold weather which 

 they are now almost sure to encounter in 

 transit. In addition, shippers should make 

 sure that the heating apparatus in the cars 

 is not liable to smoke. Having done their 

 part in these respects, they might also con- 

 sider the advisability of taking concerted 

 action to impress upon the railway compa- 

 nies the need of better attendance in the case 

 of fruit cars en route. 



