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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



may bear just as much and just as fine 

 fruit as thoug-h other varietic; were with 

 them, but the chances are ag^ainst it. 



The pollen-carriers. 



The pollen of one variety is carried to the 

 pistils oi another in two ways : by the wind 

 and by insects. There are many kinds of 

 insects which aid more or less in the cross- 

 pollination ot orchards fruits, principally 

 bees, wasps and flies. Of these, the wild 



This article, with cuts, is kindly furnished by 



bees of several species are probably the 

 most important. In a wild thicket of plums 

 or other fruits, they are usually numerous 

 enoug-h to insure a good setting of fruit. 

 But few if any wild bees can live in a larg-e 

 orchard, especially if it is well tilled. As 

 the extent and thoroughness of cultivation 

 increases, the number of these natural 

 insect aids to cross-pollination decreases ; 

 hence it may become necessary to keep 

 domestic honey bees for this purpose. 



the Cornell University Experiment Station. 



LAYING OUT HOME GROUNDS. 



Fig. 1906. Grounds Before Planting. 



a, Front door ; b, back door ; r, croquet ground? ; 



d, seat. 



Prof. Maynard in American Agriculturist 

 gives a reply to a correspondent, describing 

 the best method of improving his grounds 

 by planting and arrangement of walks ; and 

 as we so often have similar enquiries we give 

 our readers his reply in full. 



Fig. 1906 represents the grounds be- 

 fore laying out or planting. In Fig. 

 1907, the same grounds after planting are 





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Fig. 1907. Grounds After Planting. ; 

 a, Open vistas to pleasing views ; b, covers for 

 objectionable objects ; t, croquet grounds ; 

 d, seat. 



shown. The entrance or gfateway that leads 

 to the front door is placed on the street line 

 about midway of the street front, the walk 

 running in nearly a straight line to the center 

 of the front of the house, the dismounting- 

 block or step being at the street edge. 



A drive might be run from this point to 

 the front of the house, where a turn-round 



