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tractiveness by any other hardy tree of its season. 

 The habit is handsome, being slightly irregular, 

 foliage is luxuriant and glossy. The Double 

 White Thorn is a fine dwarf ornamental tree, 

 haying small, double white flowers and pleasing 

 foliage. This makes a striking contrast when 

 planted with the Double Scarlet. 



The Superb English Hawthorn (('. oiiicantha 

 ptmicco) has charming, single, dark red flowers 

 of large size and very showy. They are pleas- 

 antly perfumed. The tree is of handsome, mod- 

 erate growth. 



The Azarole Thorn, a species from Southern 

 France, is a tree with a round, spreading head; 

 foliage large and handsome; fruit scarlet, very 

 ornamental. 



We look upon the Thorns as among the most 

 desirable of ornamental trees, especially for 

 grounds of limited area. The foliage is bright 

 handsome and varied, the flowers showy and 

 often highly perfumed. Many of them bear 

 fruit that adornsthe trees beautifully in autumn. 



Eari^y WiNNiNOSTADT CABBAGE. The Cabbage 

 variety here illustrated, namely. Early Winning- 

 stadt, was always a favorite of ours. In shape it 

 somewhat resembles the Jersey Wakefield, but 

 it is larger and later. But whenever you plant 

 it, it the soil conditions are only half way favor- 

 able, you may be sure of getting good heads. 

 We might say that we have never made a failure 

 with this variety, which is more than we could 

 say of any other. It seems to make little differ- 

 ence either where the seed was grown, whether 

 in Germany, France, Long Island, or on Puget 

 Sound, the results have always been satisfactory. 



Our experience on Popular Gardening 

 Grounds only strengthens the good opinion we 

 always had of the Winningstadt. Whoever has 

 usually but indifferent success with Cabbages, 

 let him try this variety. 



Bnos Absent. One of the most remarkable 

 things this season is the entire absence of Potato 

 and Cucumber beetles, and the scarcity, thus 

 far of most other pests that prey on our vegeta- 

 bles. We have not yet seen a single Potato 

 beetle, egg or slug at this writing (June 18). 

 Last season they came later than any time before 

 since we made their acquaintance, and when 

 they did come, it wtis in greatly reduced num- 

 bers. We are not yet out of the woods, but it 

 now looks as if we were going to be spared the 

 trouble of fighting them. Is the pest going to 

 leave us entirely? If so, to what cause are we 

 indebted for this result? We have not even a 

 theory to offer, and the mere fact that the Potato 

 bug has found a master, either in its Insect 

 enemies, diseases, or in the peculiarities of the 

 season, will be all sufficient for the practical 

 Potato grower and make him rejoice. The dis- 

 appearance of the pest, however, just when we 

 were better prepared to flght it than ever before, 

 leaves us without chance to experiment upon it. 

 It is stated that 'spraying with the Bordeaux 

 mixture serves to either kill or drive the beetle 

 away, and we should have liked to see whether 



with buhach added, and we prepared to give our 

 foes the coup dc grace, but worms and aphis were 

 to be found no more, the imtash solution having 

 at last gotten in its deadly work, and seemingly 

 in a thorough manner. The infested foliage of 

 Hawke.ve, Ogon and Simon's Plume, however, 

 was also badly hurt by the application, while the 

 healthy leaves of these varieties, and all those of 

 other Plums and Cherries, was notinjured in the 

 least. Perhaps the solution can be made some- 



in lower situations. The cause of the trouble 

 could not have been excessive cold, for we have 

 not had it during the past winter. Neither is it 

 likely to be the result of disease. But what is 

 the cause? 



The chief of section of Vegetable Pothology, 

 Department of Agriculture, whom we consulted 

 concerning this matter, suggests Monilia or Plum 

 rot as the possible cause. The characteristic 

 manifestations of the disease as observed by us 



BRANCH OF ENGLISH HAWTHORNE-— (Oat<Bat« Oxycantha.) 



what weaker, and still be effective. No harm 

 was noticed on the Currant bushes. 



We also tried the saturated solution of kainit 

 for Radish and Cabbage maggot. It was poured 

 upon the ground next to the plants in sufficient 

 quantity to reach the roots. TJndoubtedl.v most 

 of the maggots were killed by the applications; 

 some, however, survived, and there were enough 

 of them to ruin many of the Cabbage and Cauli- 

 flower plants. The strong solution did no harm 

 to the plants. Altogetherwe believe we have in 

 these potash salts, especially in muriate of pot- 

 ash, a very effective and a very cheap weapon 

 against many of our insect enemies. 



The Season's Drouth. The flrst rain after a 

 dry [spell of six weeks occurred on June 16th. 

 Trees and deep-rooting shrubs. Grapes included, 

 had not been suffering a bit, but have made the 



in New Jersey, however, appear to be here en- 

 tirely absent. The trouble seemed to begin soon 

 after the late May frosts, and we believe this 

 frost caught buds and young foliage just at a 

 time when very sensative and most susceptible 

 to injury from cold. We have lost Peaches and 

 Apricots before this in a similar way. Some of 

 the trees are making new growth from the lower 

 parts of the limbs, and give promise of recovery. 

 If our opinion is correct, we can not reasonably 

 hope to find practical means of preventing a 

 repetition of such loss whenever late frosts occur 

 at just such an inopportune time. 



The Home Nursebt Idea. We have in the 

 past had many opportunities to observe the gains 

 that come from having a nursery in connection 

 with every considerable undertaking in the tree 

 and shrub planting line. Our experience in this 



sign of leaf blight or mildew. Strawberries, and 

 almost all vegetables with their shallow feeding 

 roots, were in bad shape, and in many instances 

 slowly dying from want of moisture. The rain 

 this news is really as true as it is good. Of course | came just in time to save the Strawberry crop, 



which without it would have 

 consisted of a few dried-up, 

 seedy berries. As it is, the 

 crop is not much if any re- 

 duced. Vegetables are now 

 taking a fresh start. 



Of course there are always 

 compensations for every ill. 

 The drouth also prevented 

 much weed growth, and we 

 have had less trouble from that 

 source than in any previous 

 year that we remember. With 

 rainfall now comes also the 

 flght with weeds. 



Death of Young Peach 

 Trees. Our Peach trees, set 

 in 18SR, had made a fine, thrifty 

 and healthy growth last sea- 

 son. Apparently they wintered 

 well, coming out with good 

 leaf buds and plenty of fruit buds this spring. All 

 at once, however, the majority of the tree began 

 dying down from the tips of the twigs, and from 

 buds way down into the wood, the roots, and in 

 some cases lower parts of the bodies being sound. 

 What was the cause of all this? It could not be 

 excess ;of water or want of drainage, for the 

 drainage is all right, and the soil had less water 

 than in years before. According to our reports 

 from other parts of this country, notably the 

 famous Peach region near Ontario Lake, there 

 are many instances of young trees dying in this 

 manner on high and dry upland, and surviving 



most magnificent growth imaginable, without a direction at Woodbanks confirms these former 



"■ ' " conclusions. We shall not now enlarge upon 



this subject beyond stating that our " nursery " 

 assumes two forms, namely, the growing of 

 certain young trees and shrubs in regular rows 



EARLY WINNINOSTADT CABBAGE. 



we are using the Bordeaux mixture as a pre- 

 ventive of blight and rot anyway. 



Potash as Insect Remedy. We stated in an 

 earlier number that solutions of potash had been 

 tried at the New Jersey experiment station, and 

 found to possess considerable virtue as insecti- 

 cide. We made a solution of muriate of potash 

 in water, at the rate of one pound to two gallons, 

 and sprayed Currant bushes infested with green 

 worm, also some Plum and Cherry trees attacked 

 by Aphis. Next day we stUl found both Currant 

 worms and Aphis alive. On day following, the 

 sprayer was filled with the kerosene emulsion 



six feet apart; second, the planting of borders 

 thickly for early effect, with a view to thinning 

 out later,such borders being kept well cultivated. 



A great advantage of the home nursery is the 

 ease and safety in transplanting from it. Assum- 

 ing that the trees are moved but a short distance 

 on one's own grounds, they may be taken up 

 carefully and transferred to the new holes, 

 carrying the ground that adheres to the roots 

 with them, and thus avoiding all drying out and 

 correspondingly about all danger of transplant- 

 ing, even if the growth is far advanced. 



To illustrate; we this spring laid out one large 

 new border near our barn, on a site occupied 

 previously by a chicken yard. The stock, mostly 

 evergreens. Larch and shrubs, for filling out this 

 border completely, came from the older borders. 

 The time of planting was so late that most of the 

 stock had started a good deal. A neighbor said 

 it was too late to move Larch so far advanced. 

 But they were moved, notwithstanding our se- 

 vere spring drouth was prevailing at the time. 



What was the result? Every tree grow right 

 on as If it had not been moved. To-day the bor- 

 der has the appearance of our older plantations. 



2,393. Plants for Half-acre lawn. The best ad- 

 vice that can be given to iuciuirer Is to visit the 

 garden of Jas. Goldie, Esq , at Guelph, where he 

 can see all the trees and shrubs as well as the 

 flowers that can be successfully grown at 

 Guelph. A large number of plants suitable for 

 the locality can also be seen at the experiment 

 station. These visits would save disappomtment 

 in the future, as they would enable G. D. to 

 select plants that will succeed.— H. W. Smith. 



