THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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ists, seedsmen, gardeners, fruit-dealers, 

 commission houses, canning and drying 

 establishments, manufacturers of horti- 

 cultural supplies, as implements, fruit 

 and vegetable packages, labels, &c. 

 There will be given in addition a list 

 of the principal horticultural and pomo- 

 logical societies in the United States 

 and British Provinces, together with 

 the names of their officers. The Society 

 is wholly dependent upon the fees of 

 members and patrons to defray expenses. 

 The membership fee is $2.00 a year, the 

 Directory fee $3.00 additional. New 

 members will receive as a present a co[)y 

 of the Transactions for 1884 nntil the 

 edition is exhausted, . in addition to the 

 forthcoming volume for 1885. Address 

 W. H. Ragan, Secretary, Greencastle, 

 Indiana, U.S.A. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



The Editor desires to expi'ess his 

 thanks to those of his readers who so 

 kindly and promptly responded to his 

 request for a copy of the April num- 

 ber of Vol. Y. He believes that he 

 has sent Vol. IV. to all those who fa- 

 vored him with that April number and 

 expressed a desire to receive Vol. IV. 

 in return. 



He now finds that he could supply 

 the desire of some to obtain a complete 

 set of Vol. V. if he could obtain three 

 copies of each of the following num- 

 bers, namely, February, March, May, 

 July, and December, and one for No- 

 vember, of the year 1882. He can 

 send in return for any of these a com- 

 plete set of Vol. I., or of Vol. II., or of 

 Vol. III., or of Vol. IV., or any one of 

 the following reports, namely, for 1873, 

 or 1875, or 1876, or 1879. 



Further, the Editor is under the 

 impression that there is one or more 



persons entitled to receive a copy of 

 the book " Every Woman her own 

 Flower Gardener " as a premium for 

 obtaining new subscribers. There was 

 considerable delay in procuring the 

 book owing to the edition having been 

 exhausted, but they have now been re- 

 ceived, and meanwhile the memoran- 

 dum has been mislaid containing the 

 names of those entitled thereto. Will 

 you who are entitled please send your 

 name and post-office address on a pos- 

 tal card to the Editor, that he may 

 send the book to you at once. 



Mclaughlin plum. 



Mr. Gibb, writing from Como, Pro- 

 vince of Quebec, says that the Mc- 

 Laughlin Plum stands our climate 

 well ; Mrs. Caustin, of Lachine, has 

 fruited it for sevei-al years. 



NEXT WINTER MEETING. 



The Stratford Horticultural Society 

 has sent an invitation to the Fruit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario to hold 

 the next Winter Meeting of that Asso- 

 ciation in the Town of Stratford. This 

 invitation will be submitted at the 

 Summer Meeting to be held in Ux- 

 bridse. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



Dear Sir, — Are the Snider and 

 Wauchusett Thornless Blackberries 

 suitable for this locality. Please an- 

 swer through the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist. 



Thos. H. Miller. 



Askin P. 0. 



Reply. — The Snyder will surely 

 stand your climate ; the other is not 

 as hardy, but may do well. Try a few 

 plants, and report your experience to 

 the Canadian Horticulturist. 



