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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



fall. Above everything follow nature 

 as close as possible in soil and situa- 

 tion. One class of plants likes a shady 

 situation and moist soil ; another will 

 stand the hottest midsummer sun and 

 delight iu it. So according to the situ- 

 ation a proper selection should be made. 

 That this may be the means of 

 drawing attention to, and creating an 

 interest and love for the beautiful 

 hardy flowers of the garden, will be 

 my prayer. 



LIST OF HARDY PERENNIALS. 



Anemone .... Nemorosa. 



Asclepias .... Tuberosa, Orange Milkweed. 



" .... Quadrifolia, " 



Asters A great many species. 



Aqailegia .... Canadensis, Cohimbine. 

 Campanula . . Eotundifolia. 

 Cypripedium.. Spectabile. 



" .. Pubescens. 



" .. Parvidora. 



" .. Acaule. 



" .. Arietinum. 



" .. Candidum. 



Dicentra .... Cucullaria. 



" .... Eximia. 

 Erythronium. . Americanum. 

 Gentiana .... Andrewsii. 



Alba. 



Hepatica .... Triloba. 



" .... Acutiloba. 

 Lithospermum Canescens. 



«' Hirta. 



Lobelia Cardinalis. 



" Syphilitica. 



Lilinm Canadense. 



" Philadelphiacum. 



• ' Superbum. 



Phlox Divaricata. 



Sanguinaria . . Canadensis. 

 SisjTinchum . . Bermudiana. 

 Thalicteriiuii. . Anemonides. 

 Trillium . . . Grandiflorum. 



" ... Erectum. 



" .... Erythrocarpum. 



Viola Pedata. 



Uvolaria .... Grandiflora. 



James Goldie. 



Guelph, January, 1885. 



SAUNDERS' RASPBERRIES. 



I do not know if Saunders' Rasp- 

 berries are very widely known. If not, 

 I think they ought to be, for their 



cropping properties are extraordinary. 

 They would be very useful where other 

 kinds are difficult to grow. 



Allen Chapman. 

 Deans, Haldimand Co., Ont. 



McINTOSH RED APPLE. 



To THE Editor of the Canaei.^n Horticutturist. 



Dear Sir, — I send you a few apples, 

 which are the apple called the Mcin- 

 tosh Red. Perhaps you never had 

 them in winter. Please test them, and 

 let your many readers hear what you 

 think of their flavour and of their 

 keeping through the winter season, 

 which, I judge, will be a benefit to the 

 community. I have stated in years 

 past that the Mcintosh Red was the 

 hardiest tree and best flavoured winter 

 apple known on the continent of Amer- 

 ica. I am the owner of the original 

 tree. Last year you stated that the 

 Mcintosh Reds spotted. I have lived 

 70 years within 60 feet of the original 

 tree, and to my knowledge the apples 

 were not spotted till 1882 and 1883. 

 In 1884 some of. the apples were a 

 little spotted, but in some localities, 

 where the soil is high and dry, they 

 were not spotted. 



NOW FOR THE CAUSE OF BLIGHT. 



During the spring of 1882 and 

 1883, in eastern Ontario, there was 

 almost daily rain, with cold wind 

 from the north-east. When the trees 

 were in bloom the ground and trees 

 were drenched with water. The trees 

 could not get sufficient nourishment 

 from the soil to feed the young ap- 

 ples ; they starved neaily to death ; 

 and owing to the I'ain-water soaking 

 the young apples, together with the 

 cold wind, they could not thrive ; they 

 lacked nourishment. The black knot 

 has arisen from the same cause. I have 

 had cherry and oilier trees for fifty 

 years, and the black knot in Eastern 

 Ontario has done no damage till 1883. 

 As above, the wet aiid cold are the 



