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vine with the fluid, using about a pint 

 to a hill. Do this after sundown, as 

 the bugs descend into the soil about 

 that time for the night, and they will 

 not be in a condition to come up again 

 next morning. A second or third ap- 

 plication may be necessary where the 

 bugs are very numerous. The saltpetre 

 will not injure the plants. 



Another correspondent in the same 

 issue fears that Hydrangea paniculata 

 will not prove a success at Barrie. 

 Unless I am greatly mistaken I saw a 

 very fine plant at Allandale Railway 

 Station in August, 1883, that had evi- 

 dently bloomed profusely, for the dead 

 trusses were still upon the plant. 



Permit me to express the gratifica- 

 tion I feel upon the arrival of the 

 Horticulturist each month. I consider 

 it invaluable to all who cultivate fruit 

 or flowers, whether for pleasure or 

 profit, particularly so to Canadian hor- 

 ticulturists. 



Yours faithfully, 



William Kay. 



Chesley, Bruce County. 



STRIPED BUGS. 



If Mr. J. P. Williams, who had so 

 much trouble fighting the striped bugs 

 last season, will take inch lumber 8 

 inches wide, cut in pieces 14 inches 

 long, nail four of these together, and 

 over the top fasten mosquito netting, 

 he will have nice, handy, bottomless 

 boxes that he can place over each 

 squash, melon or cucumber hill that 

 he may desire to plant, and he will 

 have the most effectual remedy against 

 striped bugs yet discovered. If the 

 ground should be uneven, pull the 

 earth against the sides of the boxes to 

 prevent the bugs from getting in under- 

 neath. Put these boxes or frames over 

 the hills as soon as planted as they 

 answer the double purpose of protect- 

 ing the young plants against striped 

 bugs and late night frosts. They can 



be left on till the squash plants crowd 

 hard against the netting and the melons 

 and cucumbers have made six or eight 

 leaves. By that time they can be 

 safely removed in ordinary seasons, as 

 most of the bugs will have disappeared, 

 and the few that may remain, in ex- 

 ceptional seasons, will not be able to 

 harm the plants much when they 

 have attained the size indicated. The 

 frames, if well nailed together when 

 first made, will last nearly a lifetime ; 

 the netting will need to be replaced 

 every three or four years. 



As soon as their services are no 

 longer required in the garden or field 

 they should be stored away in some 

 outbuilding. 



Where very large plantations of 

 squashes or cucumbers are made this 

 method is not feasible, but where the 

 amount does not exceed the fourth of 

 an acre, this is the cheapest and most 

 thorough way of disposing of the 

 striped bug. For melons and cucumbers 

 the pieces can be cut twelve instead of 

 fourteen inches long. I think this an- 

 swers Mr. Williams' question, " Is 

 there really any known remedy for the 

 striped bug?" in the affirmative. 



H. L. Janzen. 



Berlin. 



FRUITS IN NORTH SIMCOE. 

 As you invite the members of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association to give 

 their experience in fruit growing, in 

 their respective localities, through the 

 columns of the Horticulturist, a few 

 items from the northern part of On- 

 tario may not be out of place. With 

 respect to a])ples, the past year has 

 given evidence of the necessity of plant- 

 ing only the very hardy kinds. Of 

 course the winter of 1884-5 was an 

 exceptional one. But it played sad 

 havoc with the apple orchards in this 

 county ; hundreds and thousands of 

 trees were frozen to death. It was 



