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THK OANAntAN FtORTICULTtJRIST. 



MY FLOWERS. 



(For the Canadian Horticulturist). 



My garden treasures have gone to rest, 

 With a snowy mantle o'er their breast ; 

 The first th;it drooped her drowsy head 

 Was my English rose, of ruby red ; 

 Then foUoved her sister, pearl white, 

 My darling little "Jacobite." 



And " London Pride " fell to the dust, 

 As " Weeping Willow" said she must ; 

 Her dying words were, "None so i)retty ;" 

 This vanity excited pity 

 From " Daisy" and "Violet," modest dears, 

 They bowed their heads to hide their tears. 



Winking Marigolds closed their eyes. 

 And gazed no longer on the skies ; 

 "Sweet William" sighed and looked around. 

 His " Columbine " lay on the ground ; 

 And such a change came o'er Miss Moss, 

 She grew so sallow, sear, and cross. 



My Scottish Thistle, proudly waving. 

 Every storm Jtnd tempest braving ; 

 He cares not tho' Old Boreas rages. 

 As Scotia's sons will do for ages ; 

 My loyal heart so longs to press it. 

 But, " Nemo me impune laeessit." 



My blooming " Primrose," you shall rest 

 With me, within my sanctum nest ; 

 Precious gift, from dear wee " Flo," 

 Precious flo vver, I love you so. 

 Almost above all things terrestrial, 

 My lovely, sweet, "mild-eyed celestial." 



Ah, me ! I well nigh had forgot 

 My golden-eyed Forget-me-not ! 

 Say, little elf. shall we e'er meet 

 Again, beside this garden seat. 

 Sweet treasured flowers, since we did part. 

 Deep winter lies within my heart. 

 Montreal. Grandma Gowan. 



VERY EAELY APPLES FOR THE 

 NOllTH. 



The Yellow Transparent has a num- 

 ber of rivals among the Russian apples 

 as to earliness of season, size and qual- 

 ity of fruit, and hardiness of tree. 

 August 6th my table showed fine 

 specimens, about equally mature, of 

 Yellow Transparent, Charlottenhaler, 

 Transparent Juicy, Kremer's Green, 

 Blushed Calviile, Breskovka and Repka 

 Sweet. These vary but little in season, 

 and all would pass in the East or 

 South for first-class dessert fruits of 

 their season, which is in advance of 

 that of the R(3d Astrachan and even of 



the Tetofsky. At this time I wish to 

 call attention to the two last named, 

 as they are less known and seem to 

 have special merit. 



Breskovka was imported from the 

 grounds of the Agricultural Institute 

 at Moscow in 1880. Root-grafted 

 trees are already in bearing, and have 

 proven quite as hardy in the North as 

 Duchess. Tt has been sent out for 

 trial as No. 152 m. The tree is a nice 

 upright grower, with firm, thick foliage. 

 The fruit in size, color and general 

 appearance, is much like Grimes' 

 Golden ; but the basin is wrinkled 

 more, like that of Tetofsky. In firm- 

 ness and weight the fruit reminds me of 

 the Swaar ; yet the flesh is peculiarly 

 juicy and tender, this year slightly in 

 advance of the Yellow Transparent. 

 With further tests, on varied soils, it 

 may show some defect of tree or fruit ; 

 but at present it seems to lead the very 

 early dessert apples. 



Repka Sweet. At the west we 

 have specially needed an early sweet 

 apple of good quality for dessert use. 

 This seems to meet our wants fully, as 

 it is completely ripe on August 6th, in 

 this late season. It is an early bearer, 

 and the fruit is of fair size, handsome, 

 and really of good quality for table use. 

 In shape, ridging and color, it is much 

 like Benoni ; but the scarlet striping is 

 deeper, and covered, next the sun, with 

 bloom. While it will not be popidar 

 as a market fruit, it will apparently 

 fill a gap in our Western and Northern 

 list. Its native home is is Kazan, 

 Russia; hence it should endure the 

 extreme climate of Northern Dakota. 

 If No. 466 (Repka Kislaja) of the list 

 sent out by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, is true to name, it is probably 

 identical with Repka Sweet, yet, 

 singularly enough, the Department 

 translation reads " Sour Turnip." — J. 

 L. BuDD i/fc Rural New-Yorker. 



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