ORCHARD MATTERS. 



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Hardy Hydrangeas as Grown at the Belleville Nurseries. 



Hydrangea Paniculata, a hardy variety, has been grown with great success at the Belleville nurseries. It is one of the best of flower- 

 ing shrubs. Bloom commences early in August and continues until late in the season. The flowirs are pure white changing to pink mak- 

 ing a fine effect. Both colors may be seen at the same time. 



Plant Lice 



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

 GUELPH. 



What is the matter with two of my trees ? 

 They were g^rafted last year to Baldwins and 

 trimmed this spring. In June the grafts were 

 covered with a green louse, which looked like 

 aphis, and lived on the bark of the young grafts. 

 They were as thick as could be. One side of 

 one tree is dead. The louse seemed to turn 

 into a small fly. The trees were sprayed 

 twice with ton^eaux and paris green. — (W. T. 

 Nutt, Zenda, Ont. 



The insects on your trees are no doubt 

 aphides. They often appear in quantities 

 on the young wood, as well as on leaves, 

 when it is in a soft growing condition. 

 \v^in^ed forms of the insect appear through 

 the summer and spread from place to place. 

 It is in this way that they are distributed. 



The best remedy is to spray with whale 



oil soap or kerosene emulsion, which should 

 be applied as soon as possible before the 

 leaves upon which they are leeding curl 

 over and cover them. Bordeaux mixture 

 or paris green will have no effect upon 

 them, as they suck the juices of the plant 

 and do not eat the portions covered with 

 oaris green. 



We hear a great deal of the Niagara 

 district as " the fruit growing district of 

 Canada," but I believie we have a section 

 here that will compare very favorably with 

 it for fruit production. When the fruit 

 growers here once realize this it will be the 

 means of stirring them to greater activity 

 both in the care of their orchards and the 

 planting of new ones. — (W. D. \. Ross, 

 Kent Co.. Ont. 



