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doubt that young trees may be seriously im- 

 paired in vigor as a result of maturing too 

 heavy a load of fruit. Mature trees may 

 be so overburdened with fruit that the 

 weight of the crop causes large branches to 

 split off, thereby doing permanent injury to 

 the tree. In these wa)«, and in some 

 others, thinning fruit when the tree is over- 

 burdened may result in permanent advant- 

 age to the tree, but I am firmly of the opin- 

 ion that there is a widespread popular mis- 

 apprehension as to the amount of increase in 

 succeeding crops which may reasonably be 

 expected to follow the thinning of fruit on 

 mature trees which are in good condition. 

 As previously stated, in our experiments m 

 thinning fruit, in many cases there has been 

 in succeeding years no apparent increase of 

 the crop, and in other cases the increase has 

 not been very marked as compared with the 

 crops on corresponding trees where no thin- 

 ning had been done. 

 Geneva, N. Y. S. A. Beach. 



BRODIAEAS. 



BRODI^AS are not as well known as 

 they deserve to be, many flower- 

 growers who yearly plant hyacinths, tulips 

 and other winter-blooming bulbs, being en- 

 tirely ignorant of their charm and beauty. 

 These bulbous plants are natives of Califor- 



nia, and are very widely distributed. All 

 the varieties are very pretty. B. Laxa, with 

 umbels of delicate lavender flowers, con- 

 trasts charmingly with B. coccinea (the 

 floral firecracker), with its beautiful fuch- 

 sia-like flower of bright cardinal tipped with 

 green and white. Brodiseas have all very 

 .long stems, but B. volubilis (or, as it is of- 

 ten called. Twining Hyacinth) is quite a 

 curiosity in this respect. Even if given a 

 support six feet tall, the blossom stock will 

 continue twining round and round till it 

 reaches the top. It has broad, luxuriant 

 green leaves, and when the delicate stem 

 starts it is tipped with a tiny bud, which at 

 last develops into a cluster of pretty pink 

 flowers. Plant two or three pots of these 

 charming flowers for winter-blooming, and 

 the results will surprise and delight you, if 

 you are not already old acquaintances. — 

 Parks Floral Mamsine. 



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