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that the pistil is apocarpoKS. When 

 the pistil ripens it becomes the fruit. 



When we i-emove all the cnrpels, 

 there is nothing left of the flower ex- 

 cept the small lump upon which all 

 the parts of it grew. This lump is the 

 receptacle, and we have examined the 

 blossom of the Buttercu]> first, because 

 in it every inece is attached directly to 

 the receptacle. 



The only other points to be observed 

 in this lesson are, that the stalk which 

 holds u[) a flower-cluster, or a solitary 

 flower, is the peduncle, while the finer 

 stalks which bear the separate lilossoms 

 of a cluster are the p)''-dicels ; but leaf- 

 less peduncles, such as those of Dande- 

 lion and Hepatica, and stemless plants 

 generally, are known as scapes. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. 



Dear Sir, — I received my premium, 

 and it is a fine one. 1 sometimes wish 

 I could make my fellow laboring men 

 test the profit and pleasure of a garden 

 as I have done, there would be less 

 miserable homes, and more preserved 

 tomatoes, currants, gooseberries, rhu- 

 Itarb, raspberries, strawberries, etc., and 

 much less poverty. We wage workers 

 find money for smoke and some for 

 drink, but a dollar for our fruit grower, 

 Can't. What fools these mortals be. 

 I live like a prince in the summer. 



S. P. 

 London West, May, 1885. 



SPRAYING WITH PARIS CxREEN. 



I ti'ied the spraying with Paris Green, 

 \ lb. to 40 gallons of water, on my 

 orchard of eight thousand apple trees 

 last s])ring, and believe it had a very 

 good efiect. 



D. Young, M.D. 



AdolphustoM'n, Co. Lennox, 

 7 th April, 1885. 



HORTICULTURAL NOTES OF A 

 SOUTHERN TRIP. 



BY WM. SAUNDERS, LONDO.V. 



The transition from a temperature 

 below zero, with bitter Felruary winds, 

 to the soft and balmy air of a southern 

 spring, was accomplished with less than 

 three da)'s' travel ; and when on the 

 Gulf Coast, approaching New Orleans, 

 the spring flowers were open, the maple 

 trees bursting their buds, the birds 

 singing merrily, and butterflies flitting 

 about eujoying the sunshine. Gigantic 

 magnolias and live oaks were to be seen 

 on every hand, the ground was strewn 

 with clumps of scrub palmetto, and 

 camelias grown to a size never dreamt 

 of in the north, were flowering freely 

 in the gardens. The change was im- 

 mense, and most agreeable. Having 

 secured a location in the busy " Gate 

 City." the Exposition claimed attention, 

 Horticultural Hall being one of the 

 chief points of attraction. 



The grounds around the several build- 

 ings were decorated with a series of 

 very large beds of various forms, in 

 •which were planted some forty thousand 

 bulbs, chiefly hyacinths and tulips, with 

 smaller beds of jonquills and narcissus. 

 These were contributed by " The Gen- 

 eral Bulb Co.," of Holland. Notwith- 

 standing that these bulbs had been 

 carefully selected, a large proportion 

 of the flowers were jioor, especially 

 the hyacinths and tulips ; the jonquills 

 and narcissus were better. The plants 

 seemed to have had too much rain, and 

 the insufiiciently drained soil with water 

 in many places but a few inches below 

 the surface, was a condition very un- 

 suitable to successful growth. Beds of 

 Drummond phlox were just coming 

 into flower, and these were not thrifty 

 looking ; but the beds of pansies were 

 superb, the jdants were vigorous and 

 freely covered with very large and 

 elegantly colored flowers. Mammoth 

 cactuses, brought from Mexico, were 



