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gone, and soon fell asleep also, and late in the fall I cremated him with the 

 others ; peace to their ashes. The pears pulled through pretty well, with the 

 exception of one dwarf that was handy to get at. I gave it a couple of extra 

 doses ; it quit growing and the fruit shrivelled. My Montmorency cherry did 

 well, and by picking the cherries half ripe, I got about four quarts of fruit. 

 The robins only got about one bushel. The English Morello did not do so 

 well. It kept on growing, but the fruit, after the last spraying, ceased to grow, 

 and dried up on the tree, and is there yet. I sprayed my English gooseberries, 

 Industry and White Smiths, twice with ^ oz. liver of sulphur in a pail of water, 

 and had no mildew. I used Paris green on currants and gooseberries for the 

 worm with perfect success. It is better for the first spraying than hellebore, and 

 much cheaper. Thus ends my first year's experience in spraying. I forgot to 

 say that I had a good crop of grapes free from disease of any kind. I have 

 learned some things ; one of them being that Japan and native plums are as 

 tender in the foliage as the peach, and must be sprayed, if at all, with very weak 

 solutions. What spraying I will do next spring on pear, plum and cherry trees, 

 I will do before leaves open. 



St. Thofiias. A. W. Graham. 



POSITION AND SOIL FOR ROSES. 



HE first requisite in the culture of roses is the selection and prepara- 

 tion of a suitable place for planting. To begin with, choose the 

 best place in the garden, a place where you can offer sufficient 

 protection by means of hedges or board fences from bleak, sweeping 

 winds. A warm sunny position is also requisite ; if so situated that 

 there is an exposure to the morning sun, and the hot rays during 

 the afternoon are in part, or wholly shaded, all the better. Besides 

 them through our gardens, roses may be made very effective planted 

 in borders about our lawns, either individually or in groups, and also planted in 

 beds on the lawn. 



In connection with a choice of location, we must see that roses are 

 provided with a proper soil. Where there is too much clay the soil can be 

 made sufficiently friable by the application of wood and coal ashes, lime, burnt 

 earth, etc. Where, on the other hand, the soil is too sandy or too light, we 

 need to bring clay, leaf-mould, muck, * etc., to give sufficient body. On no 

 account attempt to make roses grow in a wet spot. If there be such place 

 which it is desired to use, let the soil be thoroughly drained by sinking tiles to 

 a depth of four feet, or provide in some other way for carrying off the water. — 

 '' The Rose," by H. B. Ellwanger. 



