The Myrtle. 



S89. Sir, — I enclose a piece of myrtle, please tell me whether it is the flowering 

 kind. I have had it six years and it has never bloomed. 



A. J. P., Danville, Que. 



Reply by James Fletcher, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa 



The twig you send is from a true myrtle, and this variety is known by 

 gardeners as Myrtus communis, variety angustifolia. The common myrtle has 

 been a favorite from the remotest ages. Grindon says : " Though now found 

 wild on the shores of the Mediterranean, it came originally from Persia, — how 

 anciently brought thence we may gather from the tradition preserved by Pliny, 

 that the first myrtle that grew in Europe was planted by the tomb of one of the 

 companions of Ulysses. England first possessed the myrtle in 1585, when it 

 was brought from Spain by Sir Francis Carew and Sir Walter Raleigh." 



Hair Honeysuckle. 



S90. Sir, — Will honeysuckles, Hall's for example, succeed if planted in the fall? 

 Should they have a sunny exposure and rich soil ? 



R. H. Light, Kingston. 



We may answer yes, to each of these questions ; very tender varieties would 

 do better planted in spring ; but Hall's Honeysuckle is hardy, and may be 

 planted in the fall. 



Wolf River Apple. 



891. Sir, — What is the origin of the Wolf River apple ? Is it a Winter variety ? 



Henry C. Sabeau. 



^The Wolf River originated in Wisconsin, and is a seedling of the Alexan- 

 der. It is a fall apple of great size and beauty ; not considered quite as hardy 

 as the Alexander. 



Cauliflowers not Heading— (See page 403.) 



S92. Sir, — I could not succeed with my cauliflowers until I put on a quantity of 

 woodashes at the roots. Out of 45 plants cut, 39 gave solid heads, though not large. I 

 applied the ashes the last of August, and cut the last cauliflower the 11th of November. 



Catharine A. Lee, Sutton West. 

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