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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



a hedge plant. It is not an acacia, but 

 is placed by botanists in the genus 

 Gleditschia. The acacias are often in- 

 fested with a borer ; and on that ac- 

 count are not often used for hedging. 

 Any of our leading nurserymen can 

 supply plants of the Honey Locust, and 

 likewise (2) Dwarf apple and dwarf 

 pear trees. You can have any variety 

 of apple that you wish worked as a 

 dwarf, and nearly every variety of pear. 

 The apples are dwarfed by working 

 them on Paradise stocks, and the pear 

 by working on the Quince stock. Some 

 varieties of pear do not unite readily 

 with the quince stock ; hence it is ne- 

 cessary to double work such varieties ; 

 which means that the quince is first 

 budded with some variety that unites 

 well with the quince, and then the 

 desired variety that does not unite 

 readily with the quince, is budded upon 

 the pear that is growing on the quince 

 stock. The E-ed Astrachan apple, and 

 Sherwood's Favorite, would doubtless 

 please you ; and the Clapp's Favorite 

 pear, and the Louise Bonne, for dwarf 

 trees (3) For three good varieties of 

 standard pear, take the Bartlett, Shel- 

 don, and Seckel ; these are of fine 

 quality. 



(1) Can the Industry Gooseberry, 

 mentioned in your last paper, be pur- 

 chased in Canada, and at what price. 

 (2) How much gas lime, say quarts or 

 bushels, do you advise to be sown on a 

 patch of land 40 x 100 feet? Soil 

 sandy and well enriched with stable 

 manure. The gas lime has been ex- 

 posed all winter, and is impregnated 

 with petroleum. J. P. B. 



Reply. — (1) Yes; at about ten dol- 

 lars per dozen. (2) Not more than 

 five bushels ; and would advise spread- 

 ing it now, and allowing it to remain 

 exposed to the weather until spring. 

 The petroleum impregnation is a feature 

 new to us ; not having had any experi- 

 ence with such gas lime we should be 

 inclined to give the petroleum full ex- 

 posure to the air for some time. 



I would like to ask you a question if 

 you would answer in the Horticulturist. 

 In planting out a berry patch, does it 

 make any difference which way the 

 rows run — north and south or east and 

 west? Yours, etc., 



Cedar Grove. SoL. Reesor. 



Reply. — It is not of much import- 

 ance which way the rows run, but if 

 equally convenient would run them 

 north and south, because the ground 

 will then receive more of the sun's rays. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. 



RASPBERRY GROWING AT OWEN 

 SOUND. 



I raised a crop of raspberries this 

 year on a plot of ground 24 feet by CO 

 and this is the 26th year that I have 

 grown them on this same plot. The 

 varieties are mostly Franconia, about 

 one quarter Brinkle's Orange. We had 

 three hundred and eight imperial quarts 

 that we measured ; there were fully 25 

 or 30 quarts extra of the Hauer (I). I 

 have never protected them in the 

 winter; have had them injured only 

 one winter in the number of years I 

 have grown them. Mr. T. C. Robinson 

 measured the plot of ground. 



John Chisholm. 



Owen Sound. 



