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THK CANADIAN HORTIODLTDRIST. 



NIAGARA RASPBERRY. 



The Raspberry received a year ago 

 from the Fruit Growers' Association 

 has fruited, producing very fine berries, 

 better flavored (to my taste) and larger 

 than the celebrated Hansell, but not so 

 early. It made a very tine growth last 

 season, so I had about twenty shoots 

 for transplanting. All these have 

 borne this summer. It has another 

 advantage over Hansell in that it is 

 not attacked by the Easpberry Sawfly, 

 which makes skeletons of the leaves. 

 At least it was not injured last year, 

 while Hansell was. Neither have yet 

 been hurt by this fly this season ; but 

 on the other hand I fear (although last 

 winter was an exceptionally severe 

 one) it is tender. One of my neigh- 

 bors covered his, and it was killed to 

 the roots. I did not pi'otect mine in 

 any manner, and strange to say it was 

 only partially killed back. G. H. F. 



Ottawa, 11th Aug., 1885. 



WHITE FRINGE AND BIGNONIA 

 RADICANS. 



Dear Sir, — I note your remarks in 

 July number of the Borticulhcrist res- 

 pecting the hardiness of Chionanthus, 

 or White Fi-inge. I have had a speci- 

 men in ray garden for some years ; it 

 is qu.ite hardy in the severe climate of 

 this region. Last wintez-, which was 

 the coldest I ever remember, nearly 

 all the plum trees and many of the 

 apple trees were destroyed. The White 

 Fringe had not a bud injured ; it 

 bloomed well in the beginning of July ; 

 it appears to grow rather slowly and 

 keep the form of a low shrub, and is 

 very pretty. 



I saw a statement in the magazine 

 that Bignonia Radicans was hardy ; 

 such is not the case here. I have re- 

 peatedly tried it, and always failed, it 

 being killed to the ground about every 

 third winter, ^^ours respectfully, 

 Guelph, Aug. 1st, 1885. Geo. Elliott. 



CULTIVATION OF HOUSE PLAISTS. 



{Read by Mr. John G. Barker be/ore the Massachusetts 

 Horticultmral Society.) 



Mr. Barker named as the first and 

 most essential requisite for the cultiva- 

 tion of house plants, a good window 

 facing the south ; a bay window is pre- 

 ferable, as giving light on three sides. 

 A glass door or sashes to shut oft' the 

 window from the room is desirable, to 

 exclude dust and cold draughts when 

 sweeping or ventilating the room. Ven- 

 tilation should always be given at the 

 toj) of the window. Cleanliness cannot 

 be too well attended to ; it is as neces- 

 sary to the health of ])lants as to that 

 of our bodies. Washing the leaves 

 with a sponge with water of the same 

 temperature as the air of the room, as 

 well as an occasional sprinkling on a 

 fine day, which may be done with a small 

 brush when a syringe cannot conven- 

 iently be used, will be a great help. 



There is nothing more annoying to 

 the cultivator of house plants than the 

 green fly ; smoking with tobacco is the 

 best remedy, but however closely the 

 partition between the window and the 

 room may be shut, the scent will get 

 into the room more or less. Therefore, 

 use an infusion of tobacco made by 

 filling a pail with stems and pouring 

 on them all the water the pail will 

 hold. This should stand twenty-four 

 hours and be used in the proportion of 

 half a pint to a pail of water. The 

 plants should be turned bottom up, 

 placing the left hand over the top of 

 the pot to prevent accident, and then 

 plunging it in the solution once or 

 twice, until the flies drop off. Some of 

 this solution should always be kept on 

 hand and used on the first appearance 

 of the green fly. After using, the plant 

 must be rinsed in clean water, of the 

 same temperature as the room. A 

 florist in Philadelphia kept his plants 

 clean in this way without fumigating. 

 A scaley insect more common on 



