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sky. Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, 

 Duchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy, Fameuse 

 and Alexander. 



We saw here some of the largest English 

 gooseberries which have ever come under 

 our notice. 



Among the ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 of which there are many species, there were 

 some great surprises. As at St. Denis, 

 horse chestnuts were doing well. Cut- 

 leaved birch, planted in 1874, were still fine, 

 healthy trees, probably forty or fifty feet in 

 height. There was an American swe.-t 

 chestnut tree, planted in 1874, which was in 

 fine condition, and about twenty-five feet 

 high. There were many black locust trees 

 eighteen years old. The smoke tree (Rhus 

 Cotinus) was doing well, and the Althaea or 

 Rose of Sharon, which kills out root and 

 branch at Ottawa, was found blooming at 

 Village des Aulnaies. 



Very intense cultivation is praqticed by 

 Mr. Dupuis, and his fruit and ornamental 

 trees are planted close, which gives them 

 greater protection. Some idea of his meth- 

 ods may be obtained from the photo of part 

 of his nursery, taken by Mr. F. T. Shu'.t, 

 chemist of the Dominion Experimental 

 Farms, and the photo of his house taken at 

 the same time shows the pleasing effect of 

 the trees, shrubs and vines. Mr. Dupuis 

 has also a fine horticultural library contain- 

 ing many rare works. 



From a little below Village des Aulnaies, 

 and up the river about 40 miles to Mont- 

 magny, which is as far east as we went, 

 there is within a mile or more of the St. 

 Lawrence river many suitable locations for 

 orchards. The soil, which is warm sandy 

 loam, gravelly, or mixed with shale, has 

 good natural drainage, and appears well 

 adapted to fruit growing ; yet in all this dis- 



FiG. 2684. View in Nursery of Aug. Dupuis, Village des Alnais, Que. Photo by F. T. shutt 



