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THE CANADIAN nORTICULTURIST. 



10 be/' slie rei)lie(l, " but — Init — people 

 might hear." And thus it is th;it since 

 that gracious day in 1859 until now, 

 the rose which is in the first rank for 

 lomance and beauty has been called 

 • the Mareclial Neil." 



A SCHOOL OF GAKDEiS'IXG. 



Near the little village of St. Osso, 

 •vliich lies at the foot of the Mount 

 iSumano, one of the most interesting 

 docalities in Euro[)e to lovers of Alpine 

 flowers, a horticultural school on a 

 magnificent scale was founded last year 

 ))y Senator Kossi, an enthusiastic 

 amateur. The amouiit of land devoted 

 to this purpose is about five thousand 

 acres, the whole of whicli is encompassed 

 by walls. Nothing seems to have been 

 7ieglected to render this model pomo- 

 logical and horticultural farm, as the 

 tbunder terms it, a success. Thus there 

 are houses for the workmen, covered 

 places for soils and manure, immense 

 reservoirs for water, glass houses of all 

 kinds, including an extensive range for 

 grape-forcing, a chemical laboratory, 

 museum, class-rooms, semi-subterranean 

 rooms for jireserving i'ruits and vege- 

 tables and extensive piggeries for mak- 

 ing manure. The system of irrigation 

 is very thorough, the ground being por- 

 tioned out into squares of 3,2GO feet, di- 

 vided by roads, along the borders of 

 vrliich flow streams of warer that form 

 channels of transport. Electric lights 

 are distributed in every part of the 

 grounds, so that any kind of work, 

 such as transplanting, which it would 

 be difficult to perform satisfactorily in 

 the daytime may be accomplished at 

 night. The whole of the soil has been 

 trenclied to the depth of one yard. 

 There are 8,000 square yards of wall 

 lor espalier fruits, 1,500 acres of eating 

 grapes, which a reservoir containing 

 1,'Mb cubic yards of water and the 

 continual flow from Mount Sumano 

 tjuarantee against drought ; a vineyard 



containing 50,000 vines, a fruit garden 

 of 30,000 trees, a trial ground of 200 

 acres, and some 300 aci-es of asparagus. 

 Accommodation is provided for ninety 

 pupils, some of whom will be main- 

 tained at their own expense, while others 

 will receive a stibsidy from the various 

 communes and provinces of which they 

 may be natives. — Floral World. 



THE CODLTN MOTH. 



In my practice I have discovered how 

 to destroy easily this insect in such num- 

 bers that it is no longer a pest ; but I 

 have never made this method known 

 outside of the circle in which I live. 

 I was instructed by a friend to place 

 sweetened water on the bee stand to 

 catch the bee moth. I did so, and went 

 the next morning and found six moths, 

 but from examination they proved to 

 be the codlin moth. I then determined 

 to try an experiment to catch codlin 

 moths, and in the evening a basin of 

 sweetened water was hung on a limb of 

 a Harvest Ai)ple tree ; to my joy and 

 surprise I found, next morning, the 

 liquid in the basin was completely 

 covered with codlin moths. I at once 

 ordered the tinsmith to make me thirty- 

 five or forty basins, holding a trifle over 

 a pint each, with wire bales by which 

 to hang them up. 



The place selected to hang the basins 

 should be open and easy of access. No 

 more liquid should be prepared than is 

 needed for immediate use, for if kept 

 it will lose its ripe apple or new cider 

 smell and taste. For thirty or thirty- 

 five basins, take a gallon of rain water 

 and sweeten it, and then add a little 

 vinegar to give it aroma, for it is the 

 ripe apple or cider smell that attracts 

 the moths to their liquid graves. I 

 think Sorghum molasses is best for 

 sweetening. The time for commencing 

 the use of the bath will depend on the 

 season, somewhere from first to the 



