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THE CANADIAN H0RTI0IJLTUEI8T. 



this place a small quantity of the pre- 

 pared compost. Take the plant in one 

 hand by gathering the leaves together 

 so that the roots may be all clear ; hold 

 the plant in the pot in such a way that 

 the roots may lie lightly on the mould ; 

 then with a trowel in the other hand 

 eommence filling up the pot with the 

 compost all around the roots of the 

 plant. When this is accomplished, 

 release your hold of the plant and take 

 the pot in both hands, holding on by 

 tho rim, and give it a few sharp raps 

 on some solid substance. This will 

 settle the earth better than by pressing 

 it with the hand. Give a slight water- 

 ing from a water can with a fine rose, 

 and the operation of potting is com- 

 plete. In November place a hot-bed 

 frame in a sunny and sheltered situa- 

 tion, and place on the inside of this six 

 or eight inches of tan bark; plunge 

 the pots in this up to the rims, put on 

 the glasses, water moderately, and 

 during mild weather give plenty of air. 

 In very severe weather cover the frame 

 with straw or mats to protect the plants 

 from frosts, but in mild weather the 

 covering must be removed, otherwise 

 the plants will become weak. In spring 

 the plants may be removed to the 

 garden or other suitable quarters. 



THE PINK 



is hardier than either the Carnation 

 or Picotee, and will thrive in any 

 good garden soil with even ordi- 

 nary care, but to grow and flower 

 it in perfection, beds similar in form to 

 those recommended for the Carnation 

 must be prepared for them. The com- 

 ponent parts of these beds should be 

 three-quarters good loamy turf and one- 

 quarter two years old well rotted cow 

 dung. These materials must be trench- 

 ed to the depth of eighteen inches or 

 two feet deep, well mixed, and the 

 surface raked smooth. Introduce the 

 plants to the beds thus prepared, in 



September, and plant them in the same 

 manner as Carnations. In the following 

 spring the plants will begin to show 

 their flower stems. The largest and 

 strongest of the plants will throw up 

 numerous stems ; these should be nearly 

 all cut away at least a month before 

 their time of bloom, leaving only the 

 strongest stems, and removing from 

 them the weakest buds. No plant, 

 however strong, should be permitted to 

 mature more than ten or twelve good 

 full flowers. 



TREE PLANTING. 



The following extracts from an appeal 

 to the people of Manitoba by Mr. H. 

 P. Bonney, now of Hamilton, Ont., are 

 well worthy of attention by the farmers 

 of Ontario. We are fast making our 

 country a treeless prairie, and already 

 need to take up the subject of tree-plan- 

 ting in good earnest : 



It is now over two years since I first 

 devoted my attention to the subject of 

 tree planting, and the more I learn of it 

 the more I become convinced of the ne- 

 cessity of some means being taken to get 

 our farmers to take a like interest in 

 arboriculture, and I am sure that as 

 soon as we all lay the matter to heart it 

 will not be long before quite a change 

 for the better in the appearance and 

 climate of our country will take place, 

 and our prairies will be more beautiful 

 both to the eye and feelings than they 

 are at present. Our timber, in fact all 

 the timber of the North American con- 

 tinent, is rapidly being used up. It is 

 not 400 years yet since Columbus first 

 landed at San Salvador ; yet in that 

 comparatively short space of time the 

 forests of America have dwindled down 

 to one-fourth their original size, and as 

 our population increases the consump- 

 tion becomes more rapid, and unless we 

 set to work energetically, and at once, 

 to plant trees, it will not be many years 



