THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



owner remarked, soon require a much higher 

 house to accommodate it. Near by the 

 Camellia in the same border is a splendid 

 specimen of the beautiful trailing- shrub 

 Rhynchospermum jasminoides, which at 

 this season of the year is usually almost 

 completely covered with its white, sweet 

 scented jasmine-like flowers. 



It is a pleasing sight, and will well 

 repay a visit to Mr. Kilvington's green- 



houses to see these choice specimens ot 

 plants that are so seldom seen now in 

 greenhouse collections, not to mention any- 

 thing of the pleasure a flower lover derives 

 from a walk through his well kept and 

 select general collection of florists' plants. 



The accompanying photo was taken very 

 recently at a time when it does not show up 

 the plant to the best advantage, so far as its 

 profuse flowering habit is concerned. 



NEW FRUITS. 



The McKinley Grape was introduced last 

 year by Allen L. Wood of Rochester. It is 

 a cross between Niagara and Moore's Early, 

 and is two weeks earlier than Niagara in 

 ripening. The originator claims that the 

 berries are as fine as those of Diamond, and 

 that the vine is very productive. The 

 bunches are said to be compact and firm, 

 and the fruit sweet throughout the pulp. 



Perfection Currant. — The fact of this cur- 

 rant having received the award of the Barry 

 medal at Rochester this season, leads us to 

 look upon it as of real value. It was orig- 

 inated by Mr. C. E. Hooker of that city, 

 and has been tested at the Geneva Station, 

 where it has been given a favorable notice. 

 Cuttings were planted in 1897 and these are 

 now bearing so freely that it is pretty safe 

 to look upon the bush as productive, while 

 the size of both the cluster and berry are 

 even larger than Fay. The flavor and qual- 

 ity, too, according to Prof. Beach, is better 

 than either Fay or Cherry. 



Harris Raspberry. — The originator writes 

 us that we must plant the bushes in heavy 

 rich soil, and that they must not be trimmed 

 at all, at any time in the year, except to re- 

 move the dead wood ; that they will be a 

 failure if treated as other berries are treated. 

 We have sent samples for testing to A. E. 

 Sherrington, Walkerton, and A. E. Peart, 

 Burlington. This raspberry was a chance 

 seedling found growing near Rochester. 

 The following points are claimed in its favor. 

 (i.) A dwarf plant, needing no staking or 

 trimming back. (2.) Fruit larger than Cuth- 

 bert. (3.) Longer bearing season, ^ crop 

 ripening before Cuthbert and y^ after. 

 (4.) Very hardy. The report of the Geneva 

 Experiment Station gives it credit for greater 

 productiveness than Cuthbert, a yield of 25 

 feet of row yielding 290 ounces, and Cuthbert 

 only about 150, Prof. Beach wrote of it in 

 1896 as follows. -A row of Harris set in 1889 

 yielded nearly twelve pounds of fruit per rod 

 in 1894. This is at the rate of over 5000 

 pounds per acre, with rows 6 feet apart as 

 we sfrovv them. 



