THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



urns, single ; Geraniums, double ; Fuch- 

 sias, single ; Fuchsias, double; Petunias, 

 double, blotched and fringed ; Abutil- 

 ons, rose-coloured ; Abutilons, white ; 

 Abutilons, straw-coloured ; Begonias, 

 scarlet ; Begonias, rose-coloured ; Be- 

 gonias, white-flowered ; Coleus, with 

 most beautifully variegated foliage ; 

 Hydrangea Thomas Hogg; and Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa. These plants will be 

 securely packed and sent by mail. You 

 are at liberty to choose the ten from 

 any one or more of these different kinds 

 of plants. 



No. 1 4 — Six beautiful clove-scented 

 carnations. 



No. 15 — Six Double Dahlias, differ- 

 ent colours. 



No. 16— Twelve Gladiolus bulbs. 



No. 17 — Twelve Tuberose bulbs and 

 six Gladiolus. 



No. 18 — Jessica Grape-vine. 



No. 19 — A Niagara Grape-vine. 



No. 20 — An Amber Queen Grape- 

 vine. 



No. 21 — A pruning knife. 



No. 22 — Three plants of Hilborn 

 Blackcap Raspberry. 



For ten dollars and ten new sub- 

 scribers we will send, prepaid, any two 

 of the above collections you may desig- 

 nate ; or if preferred, we will send you 

 one strong yearling tree of the Russian 

 Vladimir Cherry, grown from trees 

 imported by the Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation direct from Russia. 



If you prefer books, we will send you, 

 prepaid, on receipt of three dollars and 

 three new subscribers. Every Woman 

 Her Own Flower Gardener, 148 pages, 

 bound in cloth. 



For five dollars and five new sub- 

 scribers, Window Gardening, 300 pages, 

 illustrated with 126 engravings. 



For twelve dollars and twelve new 

 subscribers, Saunders' Insects Injurious 

 to Fruits, 436 pages, 440 engravings, 

 bound in cloth. 



For fifteen new subscribers and 



fifteen dollars, the Floral Kingdom, a 

 magnificent art book, splendidly bound, 

 450 pages, 200 illustrations. 



THE WHITE FRINGE. 



Mr. Thos. H. Mackenzie, of Dundas, 

 County of Wentworth, informs us that 

 he has two trees of the White Fringe, 

 one of them now fifteen feet high, and 

 the other ten feet, that they flower 

 freely every year, and have done so 

 ever since the fourth year from plant- 

 ing, and that when covered with 

 bloom and when ornamented with their 

 rich purple drupes they are most beau- 

 tiful objects. It is now fully settled 

 that this beautiful shrub or small tree 

 is perfectly hardy in our Canadian 

 climate, reports having been received 

 of its flourishing at Dundas, Guelph, 

 and at St. Anns de Bellevue, in the 

 Province of Quebec. 



OUT-DOOR FRUIT FOR THE MILLION. 



We are indebted to Mr. F. P. Gas- 

 sion for a copy of a little pamphlet of 

 some thirty-five pages, with the above 

 title, in which the author sets forth his 

 method of growing fruit of all kinds 

 with great success. His management 

 is based upon the theory that the roots 

 of a tree are of three kinds, the small 

 fibrous roots, the lateral roots, and the 

 tap roots, and that the oftice of the 

 fibrous roots is to produce fruit, of the 

 laterals to produce wood, and of the 

 tap root to anchor the tree. Accord- 

 ingly he cuts off the lateral roots every 

 second year or so. If the tree be four 

 inches in diameter at the ground, or a 

 foot in circumference, he allowed a 

 space of two feet from the tree, and cut 

 off the roots at that distance from the 

 trunk, thus leaving a circle of roots 

 four feet in diameter. His time for 

 doing this root pruning is in the autumn 

 after the leaves have fallen. After 

 cutting off the roots, he dresses the sur- 



