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ve to be taken to a distance. The object is to 

 ?p the roots moist, but it will also exclude the 

 lit, if that is so desirable. 

 What Mr. Klippakt says about every family 

 ning a small lot raising their own strawberries 

 true. A tew plants set out at this season and 

 )perly attended to — and it is in small gardens 

 tt we may look for the best culture — will give a 

 r crop of nice fruit next year. 



IE OF GROWTH OF THE DOUGLAS FIE TREE 



["he Gardeners' Chronicle has carefully exam- 

 d the great Douglas Fir Teee now shown at the 

 ernational Exhibition, and says that it has taken 

 L years to grow. The tree is 309 feet in height, 

 I the section at the exhibition is 6 feet in diarn- 

 r, 36 inches on one side and 34 inches on the 

 er. Its rate of growth on the' 34 inch side has 

 ;n as follows : 



3 first two inches across were made in 7 years, 



second " " " " " 9 " 



third " " " " " 12 " 



fourth " " " " " 19 " 



fifth " « " " " 17 " 



sixth " " " " " 23 " 



seventh " " " " " 16 " 



eighth " " " " " 17 " 



ninth " " " " " 14 " 



tenth " " " " " 18 " 



eleventh " " " « " 24 " 



twelfth " " " " "21 " 



thirteenth » " " " " 24 " 



fourteenth " " " " " 24 " 



fifteenth " " " " " 31 " 



sixteenth " " " " " 36 " 



seventeenth" " " " " 42 « 



34 inches in semi-diameter in 354 years. 



Though three centuries and a half old, and 

 ugh for the last forty-two years it increased 

 le more than one-tenth of an inch in diameter 

 rly, it is perfectly sound to the heart. 



STRAWBERRY CULTURE IN ILLINOIS. 



["he editor of the Prairie Farmer has visited the 

 irawberry patch " of Mr. Simms, of Aurora, 111., 

 I says: 



'In the spring of 1861 he planted out twenty 

 es, and these mostly the Wilson's Albany. The 

 ite grub destroyed about four acres, leaving 

 iv about sixteen acres in full bearing. Mr. S. 

 i thirty-two acres in small fruits. The land 

 iupied has formerly been used for general farm 

 •poses, and lastly in corn. It was plowed about 

 een inches deep with the Michigan sod and sub- 

 [ plow, and thrown well into lands about a rod 

 le. On these the rows are set ; all runners be- 

 Ben rows are kept short, but have been allowed 

 extend with the row. The growth of the plant 

 rery luxuriant, and the yield and size of berries 

 arge. Mr. S. designs to make a large quantity of 



wine from his berries, and has his cellar prepared 

 on the ground, with presses, etc., in the room 

 above. His experience with the Triomphe de 

 Gand will not warrant him in extending its culti- 

 vation largely." 



WHAT PEARS SHALL WE PLANT? 



At the recent Meeting of the Western New York 

 Fruit Growers' Society, one of the questions asked 

 was : " What are the best eight varieties of pears 

 for market, and on what stock should each be cul- 

 tivated ? What are the best ten varieties for fam- 

 ily use, empracing a succession tnrough the year, 

 and on what stock should each be cultivated ?" 



The members were requested to hand in the 

 names of the varieties which they preferred. This 

 was done, with the following result : 



FOE FAMILY USE — OH PEAK ROOT. 



Bartlett 10 Doyenne d' Ete 4 



Seckel 9 Des Nonnes 2 



Flemish Beauty 7 Belle Lucrative 2 



Osband's Summer 6 Rostiezer 2 



Sheldon 6 Beurre Giffard 2 



Lawrence 4 



A number of other varieties received one vote each, 



ON QUINCE. 



Easter Beurre Beurre Diel 2 



Seckel 9 Duchesse d'Angouleme 3 



Louise Bonne de Jersey 4 Belle Lucrative 2 



Glout Morceau 4 White Doyenne 2 



Beurre d'Anjou 3 Vicar of Winkfleld 2 



Several other varieties one each. 



FOB MAHKET — ON PEAR ROOT. 



Bartlett 9 Lawrence 3 



Sheldon 5 



Eostiezer and several others one vote each. 



ON QUINCE. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme 10 Flemish Beauty 4 



Louise Bonne de Jersey 9 Vicar of Winkfield 3 



Seckel 4 Doyenne Boussock 2 



Triomphe Jodoigne, White Doyenne, Easter Beurre, and seve- 

 ral other varieties, obtained a single vote. 



Aloes for Squash Bugs. — Solon Robinson says : " Pro 

 bably the effectual, while it is the most easy remedy for 

 the little pests that eat up our vines, is water made in- 

 tensely bitter with aloes — say two ounces to a gallon. 

 This may be put upon the vines with a fine rose-jet wa- 

 tering pot ; or, better still, with a fine rose-nozzle syringe. 

 It has been applied successfully in France and England, 

 and to some extent in this country. It is said that it will 

 also repel rose bugs, and the green slugs that destroy 

 roses and grapes. If it will keep the stupid bugs off the 

 squash and melon vines, it will be an invaluable remedy 

 and not an expensive one."J 



Keeping Geapes. — The Gardeners Chronicle 

 states that Mr. Thomson, of Dalkeith, adopted the 

 following method of keeping grapes, with great 

 success : In cutting the grapes he left the bunches 

 attached to the branches that bore them ; sharp- 

 ened the points of the branches where they had 

 been detached from the parent stem, and ran them 

 a couple of inches into mangel wurzel roots. They 

 were laid on the shelf of the fruit room, and the 

 grapes allowed to hang over the shelf, where they 

 could -be cut as required. They kept perfectly 

 plump till the last bunch was consumed. 



