THE CANADIAN HORTIOULTURIST. 



night. From a half an hour after sundown 

 they appear to pop out of the ground and 

 start straight for the tree. The female 

 has no wings and gets stuck in the tar, 

 and that is the end of it. 



I had a man who tarred the four hun- 

 dred trees in about two hours ; some of 

 the trees had been only four years set out. 

 The tar was applied to the bark. No 

 harm resulted from it to the trees, but 

 the worms were exterminated. This was 

 done some six years ago. My trees had 

 been stripped for five years of fruit and 

 leaves, but not a canker worm has been 

 seen since. — C. W. Palmer, in German- 

 town Telegraph. 



LACKAWANNA CAULIFLOWER. 



This is a new, early, large heading 

 variety, which was first oflFered by Mr. 

 Tillinghast, of Pennsylvania, last spring. 

 Although the past season has been ex- 

 tremely unfavorable to the growth and 

 development of cauliflowers, which require 

 more moisture than cabbages, the reports 

 received thus far from this have been 

 highly satisfactory. A gardener residing 

 upon a tract of Long Island which annually 

 produces thousands of barrels of cauli- 

 .flowers for market, writes that this proved 

 one of the most profitable market varieties 

 introduced. It is somewhat later in the 

 season than the Snowball and Erfurt 

 varieties, but grows much larger, and is a 

 remarkably sure header. It should be 

 sown very early so as to mature before the 

 summer droughts come on. 



SHEEP AND TREES. 

 The wash recommended by me last sum- 

 mer is a sure preventive of sheep bark- 

 ing or gnawing fruit or any other trees. 

 Take soap, the dirtier and more ofiensive 

 the better, and make a very strong suds ; 

 dissolve one-fourth pound whale-oil soap 

 in every six gallons, and into this stir 

 sheep-manure until it is as thick as good 

 whitewash, with a brush or old stub of 

 broom, and with this mixture wash the 

 trees as high as the sheep can reach, and 

 no sheep will come near enough to rub 

 against them for at least two months, the 

 time depending upon the amount of rain. 

 We keep the mixture handy and repeat 



the application as often as necessary, 

 usually not more than twice in a summer. 

 Sheep running among fruit-trees should 

 have plenty of good, fresh water ; it is 

 thirst that first induces them to gnaw the 

 bark, but after they have once got a taste 

 they eat because they like the bark. The 

 above mixture will eflfectually keep them 

 away, and besides is a very good appli- 

 cation for the health of the trees, keeping 

 the bark smooth and fine, and killing any 

 insect that it comes in contact with. — J. 

 S. Woodward, in New York Tribune. 



FORCING THE LABURNUM. 



The pendant spikes of the Laburnum 

 would come into excellent play in many 

 forms of floral decoration. The London 

 Gardener's Chronicle says of an attempt to 

 force it : 



" Among forced flowering plants, the 

 Laburnum takes a prominent position, 

 though it is not so generally seen grown in 

 this fashion. Geo. Buck, the gardener at 

 Castle Ashby, finds it invaluable in early 

 spring, and his forced plants yield him 

 splendid wreaths of yellow flowers, which 

 are much prized for house decoration. Late 

 in autumn the plants are lifted from the 

 open ground, and the roots thrust into 

 suitable sized pots sans ceremonie ; but the 

 plants flower well when introduced into 

 heat, notwithstanding the summary charac- 

 ter of the potting process. After they 

 have done flowering, they are planted out 

 in the open ground for the summer, and 

 in the autumn again potted and placed 

 in warmth as stated above." — Gardener's 

 Monthly, 



Apple Marmalade. — Apple marmalade 

 is a sunple and excellent preserve, and 

 ofiers a change from the ever present cider 

 apple sauce and stewed apples, seen on so 

 many country tables. Take seven pounds 

 of late fall pippin and stew them in a pint 

 of water. Put them through a sieve, add 

 the juice and the grated rind of three 

 lemons. Boil about one hour ; ten minutes 

 before it is done add three ounces of gin- 

 ger root. This may be made of one-third 

 quinces and two-thii-ds apples, when the 

 ginger root and lemons should be left 

 out. 



