THE CANADIAN HORTICULTCRIST. 



thirty years past at Maplehurst, on soils 

 varying from sandy loam to clay, and has 

 had best success in a deep, rich, sandy loam 

 not too dry. It should always be <^rown as 

 a dwarf ; we have never succeeded in grow- 

 ings the fruit of first class size on a standard 

 tree. Every year it needs, like other dwarf 

 pears, a careful cutting back to keep up a 

 vigorous fgrowth of young wood, and to 

 keep the form of the tree symmetrical. 



Leroy in his Dictionnaire de Pomologie 

 gives a curious account of the origin of the 

 name. A gentleman of Normandy named 

 Longueval first grew it from seed in 1780. 

 He lived at Avranches where in a quiet 

 retreat lived an abbe who was esteemed the 

 wisest pomologist of the eighteenth century. 

 Their love of horticulture made these two 

 intimate friends, and one day when dining 

 together, during dessert, the abbe was asked 

 by Longueval to taste the first fruit of this 

 remarkable pear. 



Finding it possessed of great merit he 

 courteously said to Madame Louise de 

 Longueval, whose many virtues he highly 

 appreciated ; — " That new pear is so perfect, 

 that I beg permission to give it the name 

 which each of us give you, viz., 'Bonne 

 Louise.' " 



The following is a brief technical descrip- 

 tion of this variety : — 



Louise — (Louise bonne de Jersey). An 

 excellent export pear if well grown. This 

 and the Duchess have long held the first 

 place as market varieties with growers of 

 dwarf pears in Ontario. 



Origin, at Avranches, France about 1780 

 by Mr. Longueval, and named after Madame 

 Louise de Longueval. About 1827, grafts 

 were secured by Andre Leroy of Angers. 

 The original tree is said to be still standing. 



Tree, hardy in southern Ontario, succeeds 

 better on quince than on pear stock; a vig- 

 orous upright grower ; very productive if 

 well cultivated and set in deep rich sandy 

 loam. 



Fruit, large, often 3^ inches in length by 

 2^/2 in width ; pyriform, sides usually un- 

 equal ; skin, smooth, yellowish green with 

 brownish red cheek, with numerous red and 

 brown dots ; stem, one to one and a half 

 inches long, usually fleshy at insertion on 

 one side, somewhat swollen at each extrem- 

 ity, set in a very slight if any depression ; 

 calyx half closed, set in a wide, shallow, 

 slightly plaited basin. 



Flesh, white, texture fine grained, juicy, 

 buttery, melting ; flavor, pleasant, aromatic. 



Season, September 15th to October 15th. 



Quality, very good for dessert purposes. 



Value, home market fair ; foreign market 

 first class. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY LECTURES. 



.UR Horticultural trip has been fairly 

 successful. The meetings have been 

 large and the interest more than 

 usual. I have been asked on every 

 occasion to take up "Trees, Plants aud 

 Shrubs for the Ordinary Lawn Lot." The 

 plan of my talk is simple. I take up the 

 principles underlying transplanting, then 

 arrangement of trees, shrubs and flowers in 

 relation to the house and lawn and street, 

 and then take up the characteristics of as 



many as possible of the desirable trees, 

 shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants, show- 

 tng how they may be used to secure a pleas- 

 ing effect during the whole year. As an 

 introduction I outline the work of the pro- 

 vincial association till it has included all the 

 horticultural interests of the people using the 

 Horticulturist as the organ of all these 

 interests and these lectures as an aid in 

 the educational work. 



Our Paris meeting was not large. We 



