QUESTION DRAWER. 



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Fig. 2232. Mr. Thomas Meehan. 



Death of Thos. Meehan. On the 23rd of 

 November last this eminent botanist and 

 nurseryman passed away. His devotion to 

 the interests of the parks, public schools 



and other civic interests of his town, and 

 unselfish labors for the advancement of 

 botanical studies, have already combined to 

 make his name more enduring than brass or 

 marble. 



President J. W. Bigelow of Nova Scotia 

 and his excellent wife were at. Buffalo, in 

 the interests of a Nova Scotia exhibit of 

 commercial apples. Of course the famous 

 Gravenstein was most prominent. He 

 pointed out to us several exhibits contributed 

 by enterprising- orchardists, as for example 

 Mr. A. C. Starr, who has twenty six acres 

 in apples, which yielded this season 2,500 

 barrels, and netted $8000, and who showed 

 84 varieties of apples and 20 of pears ; Mr. 

 Herbert Johnson of Wolfville ; Mrs. Olivia 

 Johnson ot Wolfville, who is a graduate of 

 the School of Horticulture, and who showed 

 30 varieties of apples ; Mr. Eliot Smith, wha 

 showed the finest King- and Gravensteirk 

 and who prides himself upon growing- the 

 finest samples of these varieties in the 

 world ; the Provincial Farm at Truro, which 

 showed a fine exhibit of potatoes and some 

 monstrous sugar beets, and S. Blair of 

 Napanee Experimental Farm, who showed 

 60 bottles of fruit in good condition. 



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Clipping Evergreens. 



1365. Sir — How often and when should ever- 

 greens be clipped. 



London. J. C. 



Generally speaking, we would not advise 

 clipping evergreens, unless to aid in bringing 

 about a symmetrical habit of growth. The 

 fantastic shapes of the topiary garden are 

 curious, but nature's graceful branches are 

 far more beautiful than the form of beer 

 barrels, or pyramids. 



Generally speaking, this work may be done 

 at any season, and as often as the owner 



pleases, without much injury to the vigor of 

 the tree ; but we usually prune evergreens 

 in springtime just before the summer growth 

 begins. 



Club Root. 



1266. Sir, — Kindly givecau.se of Club Root in 

 cabbage and what will prevent or stop it? 



Port Colborne, Ont. E. Millihen. 



Club Root is a disease peculiar to cabbage, 

 cauliflower, turnip, and other plants of the 

 same family. One of these, the shepherd's 

 purse, one of our most common weeds, is 



