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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fall Flowering Shrub. 



121 1. Sir, — Please tell me of some Howering 

 shrub for the fall that grows five or six feet high, 

 and that would be hardy for this point. 



Port Dover. D. L.\w. 



We know of nothing' better than Hyd- 

 rangea paniciilata grandiflora. This is a 

 beautiTul shrub, one that succeeds every 

 time up on St. Joseph Island, in Lake 

 Huron. It grows about 8 feet high and 

 blooms in August and September, when 

 very few shrubs are in flower. The flowers 

 are white and borne in great pyramidal 

 panicles a foot long. 



blossoming, and again after a fortnight 

 or so. 



Importation of Nursery Stock. 



1213. Sir, --In the Order in Council re importa- 

 tion of nursery stock, page 48, Canadian Hoiticul- 

 turist, you do not give the dates during which in 

 spring and fall the goods may be imjiorted Would 

 you please give me the dates during which import- 

 ation is allowed. 



Kingsville, Ont. C. R. M.vrrHEw. 



The dates for St. John, St. John's, 

 Niagara Falls, Windsor and Winnipeg are 

 March i6th to May 15th, and October 7th 

 to December 7th ; and at Vancouver from 

 October i:;th to March i:;th. 



Plums Rotting. 



1212. Sir, — On receipt of this kindlj^ inform 

 me what will prevent mj' plums from rotting on 

 the trees. They commence to rot about the time 

 they begin to ripen. 



Blenheim. G. R. Gr.\inc.er. 



This is one of the serious difficulties of 

 the plum grower, especially in the case of 

 such varieties as the Lombard which is very 

 susceptible to it. Thinning the fruit before 

 maturity is an excellent plan, for it prevents 

 the spread of the disease from one fruit to 

 another, and at the same time increases 

 the size and improves the quality. * 



In addition to this, spraying with Bor- 

 deaux is specific treatment for plum rot and 

 this should be done both before and after 



Beggar Weed 



1214. Sir, — On page forty-two of the January 

 number of the Canadian Horticulturist, 1900, lhtre 

 is an article written by Capt. E. A. Wilson, on the 

 subject of using "Beggar Weed" as a foliage 

 plant, etc. Can you tell me whether that was t; ied 

 last year in your vicinity, or as far north as this 

 part of the country, and if so, whether the result 

 was satisfactory, or in other words did it prove to 

 be an available legume for this climate. I know 

 it is fine, and will bear Mr. Wilson out in what he 

 said of its merits for such purposes in the south, 

 especially in Florida. — Very respectfully, 



Lockport, N. Y. E. Ashley Smith. 



We hav^e mislaid his address, but we think 

 that Capt. Wilson is an American, we think 

 of the Southern States, so that his experience 

 would be no guide to us at the north. We 

 do not know of this plant having been tried 

 in Canada. 



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Transportation of Fruit. 



Sir — I notice in the February number of the 

 Horticulturist in connection with the article on the 

 Brantford meeting, that in reporting for the 

 Transportation Committee I am made to say that 

 it is impossible to put 20,000 lbs. of grapes or 

 mixed fruit in an ordinary car owing to the light 

 weight of the fruit, and consequently the shipper 

 is unable to take advantage of the reduction of the 

 C. L. rate in the case of grapes. This statement, 

 Mr. Editor, is incorrect and misleading. 



The report stated that the committee had suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining a reduction in the classifi- 

 cation of grapes in car-loads of $1.00 per ton 

 equal to $10.00 per car-load of 20,000 lbs. ; also 

 the privilege of loading in the same car mixed 

 fruits such as peaches, pears, plums, grapes, in 



baskets, and apples in barrels, in order to make 

 up a car-load, and the various packages to bear 

 their respective car-load rates. This privilege 

 was largely offset, however, and destroyed by the 

 restriction that in such cases 24,000 lbs. shall be the 

 minimum C. L. This is a manifest injustice as it 

 practically prevents putting in a tew barrels in 

 a carload of fruit from time to time at a reason- 

 able rate unless the minimum be raised to a limit 

 where there is too great a body of fruit packed 

 together for the proper and safe carriage of same. 



A few of the principal changes in the present 

 tariff and arrangements that the fruit industry 

 requires and which should be granted by the R.R. 

 Companies are as follows : 



1st. A more reasonable rate for the carriage of 

 fruit to the Northwest provinces — at present the 

 rate is equivalent to one half or more of the usual 



