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THE CANADIAN H0RTICCLTUBI8T. 



obscured by a passing cloud, " Licht 

 maher licht yets" (Light, more light 



yet). _ 



This is precisely what we want as 

 horticulturists. 



Yours truly, 

 Berlin, Ont. SlMON EoY. 



[Will some of our readers please 

 give the results of their observations. — 

 Ed. Can. Hort.] 



A SCENTED CLIMBING ROSE. 



Perhaps you will think me a critic, 

 but I beg to differ from you in your 

 statement in June Number Horticul- 

 turist, page 132, where you state that 

 all of the Prairie Roses are scentless. 

 The Baltimore Belle, one of those you 

 named, has a lovely perfume. If I 

 thought it would retain its scent I 

 would send you some of them, as they 

 ■are now in full bloom and beauty. 



W. Hick. 



Goderich, Ont. 



We have been into the garden and 

 gathered some roses of the Baltimore 

 Belle. There is more perfume than we 

 thought it had, and certainly it can not 

 be called scentless. 



FRUIT PROSPECTS NEAR GODERICH. 



When I sent you my last I stated 

 that we had a great show of blossom, 

 but we had frost at the time the apple 

 trees were in bloom, and I find the 

 apple crop is very light, caused no doubt 

 by the frost. The small fruits, as straw- 

 berries, raspberries, gooseberries and 

 •currants, are very plentiful, and a lot 

 of cherries; but, dear me, the cherry 

 birds or waxwing is swarming almost, 

 so that it has been a job to get a few 

 •cherries to eat, and the Robins take 

 their share too. From what I see the 

 plums are not suffering so much from 



the little turk this season as usual. 

 We have had hot dry weather for some 

 time, so that the land is much in want 

 of rain. 



Yours truly, 



W. Hick. 

 Goderich, Ont. 



ROSES— TWELVE GOOD VARIETIES, 

 SOIL, INSECT ENEMIES, ETC. 



Finding it impossible for me to attend 

 the meeting of the Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation in Lindsay, I will, here at 

 home, make a few notes on NTo. 5 in 

 the list of subjects for consideration. 

 The subject given is, '' Roses. — Name 

 twelve varieties suitable for general 

 cultivation, kind of soil most suitable, 

 insect enemies, remedies." I presume 

 the term " general cultivation " refers 

 to out-door cultivation. The more ex- 

 perience I have with roses the more care- 

 ful I become in passing judgment as to 

 which are really the best. Three weeks 

 ago everybody who came into my gar- 

 den pronounced Baron de Bonstetten 

 and Jean Liabaud to be the most beau- 

 tiful of any, but the dry heat of the 

 present time has sadly marred the 

 beauty of these rich fleeting flowers, and 

 less pretentious roses (which at the 

 former time no one had a word of 

 praise for), as General Washington, 

 Annie Wood, Countess de Serenye, 

 Francois Michelon, and other good 

 stand-bys are now the noticed and ad- 

 mired ones. And I find that occasion- 

 ally some of our best roses will not, for 

 some cause or other, come up to their 

 proper standard of excellence through- 

 out a whole season. I would not like, 

 therefore, to say, when such is the case, 

 and when there is so many good roses 

 to choose from, that the selection below 

 is the very best that can be made, but 

 it is a good one, and as good a one as 

 I can think of just now. The list is, — 

 Louis Yan Houtte, Baron de Bonstet- 

 ten, General Jacqueminot, Alfred Col- 



