2 The Canadian Horticulturist, 



it is one of the loveliest roses of its class. But it hasn't constitution enough for 

 general cultivation in our latitudes, though it is described as perfectly hardy in 

 the catalogues. To get wood enough is my greatest trouble vi^ith it. Its foliage 

 is a rich dark green and its new wood is very tender ; with me it requires care- 

 ful winter protection and is very liable to succumb to the hard spring frosts and 

 sunny days after it has been uncovered. The seedling from it, known as the 

 Climbing Victor Verdier, is a stronger grower and a hardier plant, though the 

 bloom of the latter is not so lovely in its form as the parent rose. In brief, the 

 Victor Verdier is too tender a rose for general cultivation further north than 

 Maplehurst or Hamilton. 



SMALL FRUITS ON NEW FARMS. 



Most persons, who acquire land in the newly-settled portions of the West 

 and South, delay taking steps to secure a supply of fruit till they are in a condi- 

 tion to set out apple, pear, peach and cherry trees. The cost of erecting build- 

 ings and fences and making other improvements is generally so great that they 

 have no money to expend in fruit trees for several years When they have 

 obtained them and set them out, they must wait other years before they have 

 attained a size to produce fruit. Then quite likely they may find, to their 

 sorrow, that the varieties they have obtained are not adapted to their locality. 

 There are many reasons why persons who take up new land should commence 

 with berry bushes and vines rather than with trees, if their object be the supply- 

 ing of their own tables with fruit. Strawberry plants come into bearing the year 

 after they are set out, while gooseberry, currant, raspberry and blackberry bushes 

 will produce good crops in two years from the time they are planted, provided 

 they receive suitable attention. 



The cost of cuttings of grapes, currants, and gooseberries is very small, 

 they can be sent through the mails at cheap rates, and they are easily rooted by 

 cutting them in suitable lengths and setting them in a trench that can be made 

 by simply forcing a spade into the soil. All except one or two of the upper 

 buds should be covered with soil, which should be crowded close to them with 

 the foot. In mid-summer it is best to give them a partial shade. This may be 

 done by means of a fence board fastened to supports on the south or east side 

 of the row. The board should stand about two inches fram the ground, and 

 four inches from the cuttings. If the soil is rich, is kept free from weeds and 

 :grass and is covered with mulch, the rooted cuttings can be transplanted the 

 following year. Cuttings obtained in the fall may be kept over the winter by 

 placing then in the cellar or by burying them in the ground deep enough to 

 protect .them from the frost. — American Agriculturist 



