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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



THE NIAGARA RASPBERRY. 

 This new raspberry, which is offered 

 to the subscribers to the Canadian 

 Horticulturist, if they prefer to give it 

 a trial, is one that was raised by one of 

 the Directors of the Fruit-growers' 

 Association, Mr. A. M. Smith, of St. 

 Catharines. The plant is a strong 

 grower, and apparently hardy. It 

 endured unharmed the severe winter of 

 1880-81 ; but was somewhat injured 

 durinc: the much milder winter of 

 1881-82. The berry is large, consid- 

 erably larger than the Philadelphia; 

 dark red in color, in this respect much 

 resembling that berry, though not 

 quite as dark. It is a much firmer 

 berry than the Clarke, and ripens a 

 week later than that variety. In pro- 

 ductiveness it a|)proaches very closely 

 to the Philadelphia. It does not ripen 

 up its crop all at one time, but continues 

 to yield rijje fruit for a consideral)]o 

 length of time, thus making it a valua- 

 ble variety for domestic use. The 

 flavor of this variety is excellent, being 

 considerably in advance of the Phila- 

 delphia in this respect. It is only b}^ 

 actual experiment of planting it in 

 different sections of the country that 

 its adaptability to our climate can be 

 fully ascertained. 



THE PEONIA. 

 Few persons seem to be aware how 

 great a variety of color and form there 

 is in these most showy flowers — at least 

 this conclusion is forced upon us from 

 the fact that one so seldom sees them 

 growing in the gardens of our flower- 

 loving peoi)le. Yet, of all our herba- 

 ceous flowering plants none are more 

 hardy, none better suited to our climate, 

 none cultivated with more ease, and 

 none make a more brilliant display 

 when in bloom. The 'Peonia adapts 

 itself most readily to all soils, and will 

 bear neglect and abuse as uncomplain- 

 ingly as a Pie-plant root. 



After having been planted they will 

 thrive and bloom best if allowed to re- 

 main undisturbed for several years, 

 receiving in autumn a good top-dress- 

 ing of well rotted manure to encourage 

 their growth and improve the size and 

 beauty of their blooms. The flowers 

 are for the most part pleasantly scented, 

 many of them having a very decided 

 rose-like odor. The colors vary from a 

 very dark purplish crimson to pure 

 white ; some are white marked with 

 occasional streaks of carmine, some are 

 of a deep, rich rose, others white with 

 a light cream -colored centre, or a light 

 pui-plish rose, or having the outer petals 

 of one color and the inner petals of 

 another color. The flowers are all 

 double, and very beautiful. 



The subscribers to the Canadian 

 Ilortumlturist have the privilege of 

 receiving a Peonia root next spring if 

 they wish as the premium plant, which 

 will give them an opportunity of giving 

 ic a trial. 



THE FRUIT SEASON OF 1882. 



P E. BVJCKE, OTTAWA. 



The past season has been anything 

 but a successful one for fruit-growlers. 

 In the eastern part of the Province the 

 sti'awberry plants were badly heaved 

 out by the wet spring, and were conse- 

 quently much damaged by frost. Nei- 

 ther the currants nor the raspberries 

 gave their accustomed yield. Even the 

 gra})e vines did not produce their aver- 

 age clusters of rich fruit ; and what 

 tliey did bear were late in ripening, or 

 did not i-ipt^n ;it all. The apple crop 

 was a good avnagc for this section; 

 any trees growing gave good resvilts. 

 Mr. John Conn, of Kemptville, is go- 

 ing largely into ironclad fruit trees, 

 and has a fine young orchard coming 

 into bearing. He is thus enabled to 

 show purchasers what they may expect 

 by pui-chasing trees at his nurseries. 

 Appearances would indicate that the 



