THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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aware tliat no one variety will meet 

 every requirement, and that the earlier 

 the variety, the less likely it will be to 

 keep. — Ai7ierican Agriculturist. 



WHAT TREES TO PLANT FOR FUEL 

 AND TIMBER. 



The attention of ou» people in the 

 older States is being very properly 

 turned to planting rocky ridges and 

 worn out pastures with forest trees. 

 This work is done by those who have 

 no expectation of cutting the timber 

 themselves, but with a view to improve 

 their property for future sale, or for 

 their heirs. These old pastures now 

 are worth $10, or less, per acre. 

 Forty or fifty years hence, covered 

 with heavy timber, they would be 

 worth $300, or more, per acre. Two 

 elements may safely enter into this 

 calculation of the profit of tree plant- 

 ing : the steady growth of the trees 

 and the constant increase in the price 

 of fuel and timber. There is great 

 difference in the price of the varieties 

 of wood, but still more in the rapidity 

 of their growth. Hickory grows more 

 rapidly than White Oak, and in most 

 markets is worth a quarter more for 

 fuel. Chestnut grows about three times 

 as fast as the White Oak, and for many 

 purpose makes quite as good timber. 

 It is in great demand by ship-builders, 

 and cabinet-makers. The Chestnut, the 

 Tulip Tree, and the Hickory, attain a 

 good size for timber in 20 to 25 years, 

 and the Spruce and Pine want about 

 50 years. The Maples grow quite 

 rapibly, and are highly prized, both 

 for fuel and for cabinet purposes. On 

 light sandy land, the White Pine will 

 grow rapidly, and cannot fail to be a 

 good investment for the next gener- 

 ation. As arule the more rapid growing 

 trees, if the wood is valuable, will pay 

 better than the Oaks. — Arnericcm A<jri- 

 culturist. 



NARCISSUS. 



The Narcissus is a veiy fine class of 

 early blooming flo Wei's including the 

 well known Daffodil and Jonquil. Most 

 of the varieties are hardy, and should he 

 planted in the autumn, like the Hya- 

 cinth, but may remain in the ground a 

 number of years, after which they will 

 become so matted together as to make 

 a division of the roots necessary. 



The Single Narcissus is extremely 

 hardy and popular as a border flower, 

 and the central cup being of a different 

 color from the six petals, makes the 

 flower exceedingly attractive. Some 

 have the petals of a light yellow and 

 the cup orange ; others have the petals 

 white and the cup yellow ; while the 

 Poet's Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus,) 

 sometimes called Pheasant's Eye, is 

 snowy white, the cup cream color ; with 

 a delicate fringed edge of red, which 

 gives its latter name. The Double »^ar- 

 ieties are very desirable. The common 

 Daffodil is well known under that name, 

 though not so well by its true one. Van 

 Sion. 



The most beautiful class of the Nar- 

 cissus family, however, is the Poly- 

 anthus Narcissus. The flowers are 

 produced in clusters or trusses of from 

 half a dozen to three times this number. 

 Like the othera, they show every shade 

 of color, from the purest imaginable 

 white to deep orange. 



The Polyanthus Narcissusis not quite 

 hardy in this climate, unless planted 

 in a sandy soil, and well covered before 

 winter, and then often fails ; further 

 South it does well. For flowering in 

 pots in the house the Polyanthus Nar- 

 cissus is unsurpassed, and nothing can 

 be more satisfactory for this purpose. 

 The Jonquils are also desirable for win- 

 ter flowering. Three or four may be 

 grown in a small pot. Try them in the 

 house next winter ; you will find noth- 

 ing sweeter. The Poii/anthtts Narcissus 



