THE CLYDE STRAWBERRY. 



garet, \Vm. Belt, etc. Two years ago we 

 saw the Clyde growing on the grounds 

 of Mr Stephenson, Guelph, and ever 

 since we have been inclined to commend 

 it as one of the best for general planting, 

 on account of its uniform good size, and 

 great productiveness. We therefore, 

 read with some interest what Mr. E. W. 

 Wooster says of it, in the December 

 number of American Gardening, as 

 follows : 



That the Clyde is the most universally 

 popular strawberry of to-day in America 

 goes without saying. That it is deserv- 

 ingly so there can be no question, for 

 although it has been pushed by its in- 

 troducers, but not to that degree as is 

 usual with most new introductions, most 

 of which could not be compared with it 

 in point of real value, by its own de- 

 monstrations wherever it has gone it has 

 pushed itself most strongly to the front. 

 Dr Staymen is deserving of much credit 



for originating such a noble variety, the 

 more so when we come to appreciate 

 the fact that it was not over extolled by 

 him ; neither, as fruiting with me for the 

 first time last summer, have 1 found it 

 over praised by any introducer. In this 

 respect it stands as a single exception to 

 every other \ariety I have ever treated ; 

 only a few others have I found equal to 

 all that was claimed for them. 



With the majority of fruit-growers I 

 predict that this noble variety w^ill have 

 a short life of popularity, because they 

 will fail to see the necessity of giving it 

 that special culture which it demands in 

 order that it may maintain its present 

 high standard of excellence. The down- 

 fall of the Parker Earl among so many 

 growers was, in my opinion, due almost 

 wholly to this cause ; but among the 

 most painstaking, carefully observing 

 growers it is still one of the leaders. 



CALLAS EFFECTIVELY POTTED. 



Fig. 1538.— Callas with VakiigatedGeass. 



n VERY successful arrangement of 

 /(\\ potted calla lilies is shown in the 

 11^ accompanying cut. A florist 

 writing to The Country Gentle- 

 man says of it : 



It was a large pot containing three 

 strong callas, and in the center a plant 

 of zebra grass (Eulalia japonica zebrina, 

 var.). The soil was rich, and during 

 the winter a top dressing of fine manure 

 was given it, with plenty of water. The 

 growth was magnificent, both of the 

 callas and the grass, which gave the 

 whole object a particularly pleasing 

 effect that is but too poorly expressed 

 by a picture. 



Many flowers were borne and it con- 

 tinued in beauty till late in the spring, 

 when it was planted in ♦he garden and 

 given a rest. 



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