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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



THE ZINNIA. 



THE Zinnias are a very showy garden flower, so named in 

 honor of J. G. Zinn, Professor of Botany at Gothingen. 

 There are about half a dozen known species, mostly from 

 Mexico. The best known species are annuals, and from 

 one of these, Zinnia elegans, most of the garden varieties 

 have descended, some of them single and some of them 

 double, e.g.^ coceinea, Darwini, violacea, etc. 

 Zinnia's should be sown in gentle heat, two or three months before time 



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for transplanting into the garden, and great care should be taken to prevent 

 stunting at any stage of growth. 



Cook Potatoes in Their Jackets.— Dr. Letheby, an English physician, 

 who has given much attention to the analysis of foods, says that potatoes cooked 

 in their skins contain a much larger amount of nutriment than if peeled before 

 cooking. He says that baked potatoes are not only more delicious, but that 

 they contain eleven per cent, more nutricious material than boiled potatoes. — 

 Literary Digest. 



Apple Trees of unfertile varieties, separated from other trees and that do 

 not bear should be grafted with a fertile variety. To stimulate growth where 

 the orchard has been in sod and cropped annually, plow three to four in deep 

 in the spring, put on a liberal application of ashes and bone dust, and cultivate 

 every fortnight during the season until Aug. or Sept. 



