THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURI8T. 



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jections, which on closer inspection 

 turn out to be anthers. The gi-eenish 

 bodies at the base on examination 

 prove to be ovaries, so that we have 

 here an entirely novel arrangement of 

 stamens and pistil, these organs being 

 ci'owded together about a fleshy column 

 or axis. Such a column is known as a 

 spadix, and the white leaf which we 

 removed is merely a kind of bract, and 

 not a calyx or corolla, as you would at 

 first probably suppose. Such special 

 bracts as these, surrounding a spadix, 

 are known as spathes. If in the spring 

 you can find a specimen of Indian Tur- 

 nip, or of our common Marsh Calla, 

 you will see that the structure of the 

 flowers is similar to that which we are 

 now examining. 



The lily, then, with its colored peri- 

 anth, is a type of one group of plants, 

 while the Calla, with its spadix and 

 spathe, is a type of another group. In 

 both, however, the leaves are straight- 

 veined, and there are also some other 

 resemblances which will be pointed 

 out presently. 



CORRECTION. 



We do not need any copies of the 

 January number of this year. The 

 year 1885 is an error, it should have 

 read 1882, Volume Y. 



THE EOUNDLING APPLE. 



Doctor Haskins says, in the Rural 

 New-Yorker, that this is the apple 

 which has become quite popular in 

 Lower Canada (Province of Quebec) 

 under the name of Late Strawberry ; 

 that it originated in Groton, Massachu- 

 setts, and that the tree is of slow 

 growth and ungainly in form in the 

 nursery, not long lived but very pro- 

 ductive, ranking in hardiness about 

 with the Fameuse, but not a true iron- 

 clad. 



ONTARIO STRAWBERRY. 

 Mr. John Little, of Granton, our 

 Strawberry King, says of this variety 

 that the plant is healthy, foliage good, 

 fruit large to very large ; by early 

 picking it would ship a good distance. 

 I can recommend the Ontario, after 

 two years' fruiting, as woi'thy of dis- 

 semination. 



THE CENTENNIAL CHERRY. 



Last July we received through the 

 mail a little tin box in which we found 

 a number of fine cherries, every one of 

 which was perfectly sound and in 

 excellent eating condition. It trans- 

 pired that these cherries had been sent 

 to us from Napa City, in California, and 

 had taken this long overland journey in 

 the mail bags during the hot weather of 

 that month, and had come through 

 without injury. We found the fruit 

 on sampling it to be very firm fleshed, 

 sweet, rich, and of excellent flavour. 



It was sent us by Messrs. Coates and 

 Tool of that City, who inform us that 

 it is a seedling from tlie Napoleon Big- 

 arreau, that it first bore fruit in 1876, 

 from which circumstance it derives its 

 name. The tree is said to be a heavy 

 grower with coarse wood, and very 

 glossy, shining leaves ; fruit spurs to 

 be developed on many trees at one year 

 from the bud ; its habit low and spread- 

 ing, and thus far an early, abundant 

 and regular bearer. The Cheri-ies are 

 large, of a pale yellow color splashed 

 and marbled with crimson, the flesh 

 very firm and sweet, with a small stone. 



If the tree should prove to be suffi- 

 ciently hardy to endure our climate, 

 and the fruit exempt from that tendency 

 to rot so often found in our sweet 

 cherries, we believe that this would be 

 a most profitable Cherry to plant for 

 market. 



