THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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well supplied with fertilizers. They 

 should be planted as early as possible 

 after the ground is in working order 

 in the spring. They may be planted 

 in drills about three feet apart, and 

 three inches apart in the drill. "When 

 the lower pods on the stalk are set, 

 pinch off the top to insure the filling 

 of the pods. We suggest that in order 

 to hasten their growth in the early 

 part of the season, so that they may 

 not suffer when the hot weather comes 

 on, you sprinkle a little nitrate of soda 

 on the ground just before a rain, on 

 each side of thti drill, after the plants 

 have appeared. You probably can 

 procure it from John A. Bruce & Co., 

 Hamilton; if not, you can get it of 

 Brodie & Harvie, 10 Bleury Street, 

 Montreal, in a bag of about 280 lbs., 

 at 3J cents per lb. You will find it a 

 very useful manure to use in the early 

 spring to hasten the growth of early 

 vegetables before the weather is warm 

 enough to supply nitrates from stable 

 manures. 



You will probably find no difiiculty 

 with New Zealand Spinach in good 

 rich soil — preferably a light soil. 



is a variety of Acer dasycarpum, and 

 grows freely when budded on seedlings 

 of the Silver Maple. 



PROPAGATING CUT-LEAVED MAl'LE. 



What is the mode of propagating the 

 cut-leaved maples described in the last 

 volume of the Canadian Horticidturist. 

 I have seen some of them growing 

 beautifully near Fredericton. N. B. 



Sheffield Academy, Sunbury Co., N.B. 



Reply. — Nurserymen propagate the 

 cut-leaved maples by budding them on 

 seedling maples of the same species. 

 For instance, Weir's Cut-leaved Maple 



REPORTS ON PLANTS RECEIVED. 



It seems to me useless to report on 

 plants sent out by the Association until 

 they have had time to mature, so that 

 we can give, not expectations, but 

 facts. I have acted on this principle. 



In apples I got the Canada and the 

 Wealthy. Both have been winter 

 killed, and are sprouting from the 

 roots. 



The Bartlett pear flourished well the 

 first two seasons, but died the third of 

 summer blight. I may sa^- I have 

 tried several kinds of pears, but all 

 died at the age of blossoming, when I 

 found the wood, trunk and branches 

 had rotted from the centre, leaving 

 only a very thin shell of green wood 

 immediately under the bark. 



My Glass seedling plum is now a 

 large, beautiful, and apparently healthy 

 tree ; but it is a shy bearer. Two and 

 three years ago it had a thin crop of 

 blossoms, and only from 20 to 30 plums 

 each year. Last season it had a full 

 crop of blossoms, but not more than 60 

 or 70 plums. 



The Diadem raspberry (sent out, I 

 believe, in mistake for some other 

 kind,) has done well with me. Last 

 year it continued bearing till the frost 

 came. The berry looks a little coarse 

 from the large size of the facets ; but 

 it is of large size, bright red colour, 

 juicy and well flavoured. 



In gi-apes, Moore's Early, received in 

 1882, has grown well. It bore a few 

 in 1884, and a fair crop in 1885. 

 Bunches and ben*ies about the same 

 size as Champion, ripens about the 

 same time, and is slightly better in 

 quality. Worden, received in 1883, 

 bore last season. It closely resembles 

 Moore's, but is a little better in quajity 



