THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 11^ 



flavors, some may be tempted to invest a few dollars to se(jure so- 

 valuable a prize. AVhether it will prove to be a prize may very much 

 depend upon its ability to endure our climate, and in order that the 

 readers of the Canadian Horticulturist may have all the light we 

 can give them on this subject, we submit for their perusal some com- 

 munications bearing on this point, which appeared in the June number 

 of that excellent publication the Gardeners' Monthly, published in 

 Philadelphia. 



E. Manning, residing near Harrisburg, Franklin County, 0*hio, 

 writes to the Editor as follows: "Last spring I ordered two trees of 

 different varieties, carefully planted them, and they both made a 

 moderate growth. Last fall, before the cold weather set in, I turned a 

 flower barrel over each. Both of the plants were woited on the native 

 stock. I have examined both ; the entire top and the whole graft is 

 killed down to the junction of the graft and stock, which was four 

 inches from the ground. Below the graft the native stock was as green 

 as ever." 



The Editor of the Gardeners Monthly adds that "four years ago a 

 Philadelphia friend wishing to get ahead with. a stock for nursery 

 purposes secured a dozen. They grew admirably during the summer, 

 but were all killed but one the succeeding winter. This was however 

 referred to the extraordinary severity of that season. We believe that 

 the one plant is still living, though it has not been risked to the 'full 

 severity of the winters' since." 



Another correspondent's letter appears in the same number of the 

 Gardeners' Monthly, in which he states that he purchased a dozen 

 plants, kept one under protection and left the rest exposed to the 

 winter. Those left out all died. The one kept under protection had 

 last fall attained to about an inch in thickness of trunk, and was left 

 out last winter as other trees without protection. Thi^ spring it was 

 dead, root and branch. This was in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 



These are not favorable indications of sufficient hardiness in the 

 Japan Persimmon to enable it to endure the cold of our Canadian 

 winters. Indeed, if it will not endure the climate of Philadelphia, 

 there is no hope that it will succeed here. The readers of the Canadian 

 Horticulturist may therefore save themselves disappointment and 

 some few dollars if they decline for the present to invest in trees of the 

 Japan Persimmon, or Fruit of the Gods. 



