THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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BLACK APHIS ON CHERRY TREES. 

 To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



Dear Sir, — I have a fine cherry 

 tree, the growing shoots of which are 

 full of small black lice. Will you 

 kindly, through your columns, inform 

 me the most effectual method of des- 

 troying them, and oblige, 



Yours, Subscriber. 



REPLY. 



Tobacco water will kill the black 

 aphis. This is made by steeping to- 

 bacco stems in water until the liquid is 

 of a dark brown color. The stems can 

 be procured of any cigar maker. 



If the tree be small the twigs can 

 be bent down and dipped in the water ; 

 but if large, it will be necessary to 

 throw the tobacco- water on the young 

 shoots with a garden syringe. 



If tobacco stems cannot be con- 

 veniently procured, common plug to- 

 bacco will do just as well. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



Sir, — If convenient, will you please 

 in July number mention how to grow 

 Tuberose, and at what time of the 

 year, and you will greatly oblige, 



Yours, A Subscriber. 



Please read the article on page 93 in 

 April number for this year. — Editor. 



RICE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR 

 POPATOES. 



When the excellence of rice as a 

 diet is fully understood, its use will be 

 more frequent and of daily occurrence 

 in every household. At this season of 

 the year especially, it may properly be 

 classed as superior to any of the cereals 

 which are in such general use for the 

 morning and mid-day meals. No other 

 food is so easy of dige.stion, and at its 

 present cost it is cheaper tlian potatoes, 

 oat-meal, or grain-grits of any kind. 



CAP RASPBERRIES. 



The improved methods of drying 

 fruits, and the ready market for dried 

 berries, have given a new impetus to 

 the culture of Cap Raspberries, or 

 Thimble-berries, as properly they ought 

 to be called. This classifying two so 

 distinct sp^ies under one name has 

 always been productive of considerable 

 confusion, yet, as they were so denomi- 

 nated by our forefathei-s, Thimble- 

 berries will no doubt be called Black- 

 cap Haspberries to the end of time. 



In the early history of small-fruit 

 culture. Cap Raspberries figured pro- 

 minently, and many varieties, all chance 

 seedlingt were introduced and culti- 

 vated ; Ov ':> from disease and other 

 causes most of them have become de- 

 teriorated and unreliable, creating a 

 demand for good reliable new varieties, 

 which seems in a fair way of becoming 

 satisfied. The following varieties are 

 among the most promising recent in- 

 troductions : 



Iloosier Mammoth is evidently a 

 seedling of the old Mammoth Cluster, 

 and is in no way superior to it, unless 

 it be that it is less subject to the casu- 

 alties which impair the value of the 

 latter. 



Florence. — This is a large yellow or 

 buff variety, and were it not that the 

 so-called yellow varieties are not popu- 

 lar, and not in demand in the markets, 

 would be eagerly sought after. It is 

 almost as large as the Gregg, of strong 

 growth, excessively prolific, and en- 

 tirely hardy. It ripens from mid-seiison 

 to late, and is of sweet and j)lea3ant 

 flavor. A dish of this and the Gregg, 

 nicely mixed, is a most appetizing signt 

 to all who are fond of Cap Raspberries. 



Hopkiits originated in Missouri, and 

 promises to be of great value. Ac- 

 cording to an excellent authority from 

 the State of its origin, it is as large as 



