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THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTCRI8T. 



The best method of destroying them 

 is that of gathering them by hand in 

 the cool of the morning, at which time 

 they are very sluggish, and putting 

 them to death. Tobacco -water and 

 whale-oil soap are of no avail in this 

 contest, nor even white hellebore. 

 Paris-green will kill them, but there 

 may be danger in the use of this power- 

 ful poison in the rose-garden to those 

 whom we would be most unwilling to 

 harm. 



These are some of the insect enemies 

 of the rose, the most common in this 

 climate and the most widely diffused. 

 We trust our readers will be able to 

 recognize them by the description given, 

 and be able by the use of the means 

 suggested, greatly to counteract their 

 ravages. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE ROSE. 



We present our readers in this num- 

 ber with a colored illustration of what 

 is considered by experienced E-osarians 

 to be the finest crimson rose yet pro. 

 duced. 



It was raised by Lacharme from seed 

 of Charles Lefebvre, and sent out in* 

 1869. It is usually of medium size, 

 semi-globular in form, and highly per- 

 fumed. It is a very free bloomer. 

 The plant is not quite as hardy in our 

 climate as we might wish, but well re- 

 pays the care needed to protect it from 

 the severity of our winters. 



EARLY TOMATOES. 

 Mr. Frank Evans picked the first 

 ripe tomato in his garden, on the 5th 

 July. — Orillia Packet. 



TORONTO INDUSTRIAL FAIR. 

 We have received a copy of the Prize 

 List for the next Industrial Fair, to be 

 held at Toronto from the 6th to the 

 18th September. The book is very 

 tastily gotten up, and contains cuts of 

 different breeds of animals for which 

 prizes are ofiered, and also views of the 

 City of Toronto and its public buildings. 

 Any of our readers desiring a copy can 

 obtain the same by dropping a post 

 card to Mr. Hill, the Secretary, at 

 Toronto. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



BARREN GRAPE VINES. 

 Dear Sir, — I have three grape vines 

 come from the seeds in my garden : 

 strong, healthy, in their third year. 

 Two of them threw out some blossoms 

 last year, and this year are quite full, 

 but on each time the blossoms all fall 

 ofi", leaving no fruit. They break much 

 earlier than any other kind in my 

 garden ; and if fruited would, through 

 being earlier and abundant, be very 

 acceptable. The other gives no evi- 

 dence of fruit. Can you give me any 

 information relative thereto % I would 

 like to hear from you, or from any of 

 tlie readers of the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist, whether I may look for grapes 

 from them. The bunches, — that is, in 

 blossom, — shape like the Concord. 

 Yours truly, 



H. M. SWITZER. 



Palermo, 21st June, 1886. 



Reply. — It is quite possible that th< 

 flowers are only pollen bearmg, being 

 without ovary and jDistil. In other 

 words, only male organs are present in 

 the flowers, and therefore no fruit will 

 ever form. A neisrhbor had some seed- 



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