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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



considerably, so that late frosts should not, 

 if they come, do very much damage. Com- 

 plaint is made in a few localities of a sparsity 

 of peach-blossom. This only seems to oc- 

 cur in spots where heavy crops were taken 

 from the trees last season. Over-cropping- 

 the young trees is probably the cause. 

 There is no excuse for this injurious and 

 unremunerative practice of allowing trees 

 to over-crop themselves, when only one or 



two trees of each kind is grown. Thinning 

 the fruit brings better fruit, increases the 

 weight of the crop if properly done, and 

 lessens the liability of damage, as well as of 

 too great a strain on the vitality of the tree, 

 both of which evils are almost certain to 

 occur if the trees are allowed to bear too 

 heavy a crop. 



W. Hunt. 

 Hamilton. 



ALDERMAN BLACK AND HIS GARDEN. 



Among the horticulturists oS. 

 Ottawa there is none more 

 enthusiastic than Alderman 

 Black, who is shown in the en- 

 graving, framed in a back- 

 ground of the lovely roses he 

 grows so successfully. Good 

 as is the half-tone plate, it but 

 very imperfectly represents one 

 of the most beautiful June 

 sights of the many to be met 

 with in the gardens of Ottawa. 

 The splendid display of color, 

 the exquisite shading, the 

 grace and variety of form, are 

 almost lost in the engraving. 

 All the roses are from the 



Fig. 2083. Roses Grown by Alderman Black, Ottawa. 



nurseries of Hugh Dickson, Belfast, Ire- 

 land. The white rose in the foreground 

 is one of the latest and best of Dickson's 

 productions — Mrs. R. J. Sharman-Crawford. 

 Next in order among the taller roses 

 come Magna Charta, Ulric Brunner, 

 Mrs. John Laing, Gloire de Margottin 

 and Mad. Gabriel Luizet, while in the 

 corner, on Mr. Black's right, is shown a fine 

 Crimson Rambler. The Margottin had at 

 the time the photograph was taken 214 fully 

 expanded blooms. Among the dwarf roses 

 is a very beautiful La France, which Mr. 

 Black has had no difficulty in bringing 

 through the severe winters which prevail at 

 Ottawa. His method of protecting roses is 

 worthy of especial notice, and has, it is said, 



been adopted at the Central Experimental 

 Farm, where H. P. roses have in the past 

 suffered greatly in winter. After the surface 

 soil freezes, the canes are bent down to the 

 ground and securely boxed in between 16- 

 inch boards. Dry leaves are then packed 

 loosely among and over the canes, and a 

 cover nailed closely to the sides. The canes 

 are thus completely encased, and snow and 

 rain, which cause more damage than frost, 

 are excluded. The leaves and casings are 

 removed on the first warm day of early 

 spring, and the canes come out perfect to 

 their very latest growth, and quite uninjured 

 by the mold which has wrecked the hopes of 

 so many rose growers. 



Ottawa, April 12th, 1901. L. 



