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contact with the trunk and trunk ends 

 of as many main branches as possible. 

 Yours truly, 



D. Young. 

 Adolphustown, P. E Co. 



Note by the Editor. — Does our 

 correspondent suppose that the ingre- 

 dients of the composition used by him 

 are taken up through the bark into the 

 circulation, and that the sap is thereby 

 rendered poisonous, so that the young 

 lice are killed by feeding on it 1 



STRIPED MELON BUG. 

 I noticed in the April number of the 

 Horticulcurist that J. P. Williams, of 

 Bloomfield had considerable trouble in 

 getting rid of the striped squash beetle ; 

 if it is the same as the squash bug my 

 remedy would be to i)ut some fresh cow 

 dung into a pail, put on some water, 

 stir it up, and sprinkle the vines and 

 plants with the mixture ; the beetles 

 will seldom wait for a second dose. 



NONPAREIL APPLE. 



J. P. Williams enquires for the famed 

 Nonpariel of Nova Scotia. I have 

 some grafts of the above-named apple 

 now growing, and in another year may 

 have some to take off. 



Edw'd C. Scarlett. 

 Conway, Lennox Co. 



GRAPEVINE TRELLIS. 

 Mr. Editor, — I cannot help expres- 

 iiig my gratitude to the party writing 

 that article on grape culture. I find 

 that others have trouble with their 

 trellises as well as myself, but I have 

 experimented until I have got a trellis 

 that I can recommend to any of your 

 loaders who may require them. It is 

 this : put in your posts two feet in the 

 ground, fifteen feet apart, five feet 

 high, and then instead of a wire, get 

 small cedar poles, then four inches 

 from the top bore a two-inch auger 



hole and in them fit your poles between 

 the posts ; that serves for the top wire, 

 then put in two wires below the poles, 

 then the end posts cannot pull to- 

 gether, which has been all my trouble. 

 The wirt-s must go through the centres 

 of the posts, by boring holes through 

 them. This trellis will stand any 

 amount of pressure, for the wire can 

 be strained as tight as necessary with- 

 out any bracing. 



Yours, 



A. C. McDonald. 

 Dunlop, Huron Co., Ont. 



AMBER QUEEN GRAPE. 



The Amber Queen came through the 

 winter without any other protection 

 than the snow, in an exposed position, 

 where it had been foi gotten. Of course 

 it was lying on the ground. 



J. P. COCKBURN. 

 Gravenhurst, Muskoka. 



THE JAPAN QUINCE. 



In reply to the enquiry of " Sub- 

 scriber," Walkerton, I would say that 

 the Japan Quince has proved itself per- 

 fectly hardy here. Even in the winter 

 of 1884-5, the severest known to the 

 oldest settlers, when nearly every 

 Baldwin Apple tree in the neighbour- 

 hood suffered, the Japan Quince came 

 through uninjured. With my experi- 

 ence I can confidently recommend it 

 for hardiness, while fur beauty, when 

 in bloom, it excells all other deciduous 

 shrubs. J. H. WiSMER. 



Port Elgin. 



STRIPED MELON BUG AND HYD- 

 RANGEA PANICULATA. 



I notice in the Horticulticrist for 

 April an enquiry for a remedy for the 

 the ravages of the striped squash bug. 

 I have used saltpetre for yeai*s, with 

 the best results. Dissolve a tablespoon- 

 ful of saltpetre in a patent {)ail of 

 water and soak the ground around each 



