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reports received will serve the purpose 

 of a guide to others who m*ay reside in 

 that section or in similar conditions of 

 climate, soil, etc. Messrs Barry and 

 Thomas do not tell us whetherthe Early 

 Victor Grape, for instance, will succeed 

 at Maitland, or if it succeeds in grow- 

 ing, whether it is a desirable variety to 

 grow there as compared with other 

 varieties. They do not tell us whether 

 the Yellow Transparent Apple will be 

 valuable in the county of Stormont or 

 endure without injury the winters in 

 Renfrew. As yet there has not been 

 any plethora of these reports ; in truth 

 members have not been careful to com- 

 ply with the conditions upon which 

 these plants have been distributed. 

 When they become too numerous for 

 publication in the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist they will find an appropriate place 

 in the Annual Report, so that no one 

 need be offended. If experimental sta- 

 tions scattered here and there through 

 a country are beneficial, why not in- 

 crease their number in the manner 

 attempted by the Fruit Growers' 

 Association 1 



TREES FOR FENCE POSTS. 

 Dear Sir, — I should be much obliged 

 if you would recommend a fast growing 

 tree suitable for planting along a wire 

 fence, so as they could be used as posts 

 when grown. 



Yours truly, 



S. G. Russell. 



Thorabury, Feb., 1886. 



Reply. — There is nothing better than 

 le of the maples. There are two that 

 ^ill answer well for this purpose, the 

 Silver Maple and the Ash-leaved Maple. 



Both of these are rapid growing trees, 

 and if the shade from the tops is not 

 wanted the branches can be cut back 

 and the tops kept within any desired 

 limits. The poplars are fast growing 

 trees, but they are objectionable on 

 account of their propensity to throw up 

 suckers from the root. Neither of the 

 above mentioned maples throw up 

 suckers. The Silver Maple must not 

 be confounded with the Silver Poplar. 

 They are very different trees. 



JAPAN QUINCE. 

 Mr. Editor, — Will you please answer 

 through the Horticulturist whether the 

 Japan Quince is sufficiently hardy to 

 give good satisfaction for hedges as far 

 north as Walkerton and oblige 



A Subscriber. 



[Will some of our readers residing at 

 or near Walkerton please to tell " a sub- 

 scriber " through the medium of this 

 magazine whether the Japan Quince, an 

 ornamental shrub yielding bright crim- 

 son flowers very early in the spring, is 

 perfectly hardy in that section. — Ed. 

 Can. Hort.] 



GRAPES FOR GEORGIAN BAY. 

 Would you kindly name some of the 

 best varieties of Grapes which you think 

 would be adapted to this section of coun- 

 try. Within half a mile of the Geo- 

 gian Bay, opposite Collingwood. 



H. C. 



Reply. — Early Victor, Jessica, Lady, 

 Brighton, Massasoit, Moore's Early. 



PLUM TREES. 

 Dear Sir, — I have a small piece of 

 land adjoining my barnyard where the 

 fowls will allow nothing to grow. It is 



