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THK CANADIAN HOKTICULTUBIST. 



AN ODD BIT ABOUT TREES. 



THE TREE PUZZLE, WITH ANSWERS APPENDED. 



The "tree puzzle" that follows is one of 

 the most ingenious trifles of the kind now 

 current : 



1. What's the social tree, 



2. And the danc.ing tree, 



3. And the tree that is nearest the sea ? 



4. The dandiest tree, 



5. And the kissable tree, 



6. And the tree where ships may be ? 



7. What's the tell-tale tree, 



8. And the traitor's tree, 



9. And the tree that's the warmest clad ? 



10. The laugui.shing tree, 



1 1 . The chronologist's tree, 



12. And the tree that makes one sad ? 



13. What's the emulous tree, 



14. The industrious tree, 



15. And the tree that will never stand still ? 



16. The unhejdthiest tree, 



17. The Efxyvtian-plngue tree, 



18. And the tree ncitlier up nor down hill? 



19 The oonteni]itible tree, 



20. The most yielding tree, 

 21. And the tree tliat hears a curse? 



22. The reddish brown tree, 



23 The reddish blue tree, 

 24. And the tree like an Irish nurse? 



25. What is the tree 



That makes each townsman flee ? 

 20. And what round itself doth twine ? 



27. What's the housewife's tree, 



28. And the fisherman's tree ; 



29. What by cockneys is turned into wine ? 



30. What's the tree that got up, 



31. And the tree that was lazy, 



32. And the tree that guides ships to go forth? 



33. The tree that's immortal, 



34. The tret's that are not, 



35. And the tree whose wood faces the north ? 



36. The tree in a bottle, 



37. The tree in a fog, 



38. And wliat each must become ere he's old ? 



39. The tree of the people, 



40. The traveler's tree, 



41. And the sad tree when school-masters hold ? 



42. What's the tree that has passed through the fiery 



heat, 

 43. That half-given to doctors when ill ? 

 44. The tree that we offer to friends when we meet, 

 4,'i. And the tree tve may use as a quill? 



46. What's the tree that in death will benight you ? 



47. And the tree that yimr wants vrill supply ? 

 48. And the tree that to travel invites you, 



49. And the tree that forbids you to die ? 



ANSWERS. 



, /Pear 9. Fir 



'• 1 Ten 10. Pine 



2. Hop 11. Date 



3. Beech 12. Weeping- willow 



4. Spruce 13. Ivy 



- /Tulip 14. Spindle-tree 



I Yew 15. Caper 



6. Bay 16. Sycamore 



7. Peach 17. Locust 



8. Judas 18. Plane 



19. Medlar 



2Q j India-rubber 



■ I Sago palm 



21 I '*''- 



■ 1 Damson 



22. Chestnut 



23. Lilac 



24. Honevsuckle 



25. Citron 



26. W"()dl)ine 



27. Broom 



28. Ba.sswood 



29. Vine 



30. Kose 



.,. f Satin wood 



■ I Aloe 



32. (Il)elm 



33. Arbor-vitfc 



— Philadelphia Times. 



34. Dyewoods 



35. Southernwood 



36. Cork 



.,„ (Smoke-tree 



■^'- (Hazel 



38. Elder 



39. Poplar 



40. Wavfaring-tree 



41. Biri'h 



42. Ash 



43. Coffee 



44. Palm 



45. Aspen 



46 Deadly night-shade 



47. Breadfruit 



43. Orange 



49. Olive 



The Russiaist Apricot. 



Professor 



Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural College 

 writes to the Prairie Farmer that it runs 

 into many varieties, as grown from seed 

 by the Mennonites of Nebraska. Some 

 of them have stood the past winter fairly 

 well ; others have not. We have on our 

 grounds varieties from Central Russia 

 which seem perfectly hardy. 



Asparagus Tenuisstmus — Nothing can 

 exceed the feathery grace of foliage of this 

 most beautiful of all vines for pot culture, 

 and it grows up a string nearly as fast as 

 Smilax. It keeps fresh so long after cut- 

 ting that it is particularly desirable as a 

 green for bouquet making. One of the 

 most handsome and unique bridal bou- 

 quets we ever saw was composed of Nip- 

 hetos Rose-buds just shadowed over with 

 a filmj' veil of the downy foilage of Aspar- 

 agus tenuissimus. This plant grows so 

 readily from cuttings that it wall soon be- 

 come plentiful. — Am. Garden. 



The James Vick Str.\wbekky. — We 

 have given the James Vick strawberry 

 another trial, this time under high culti- 

 vation and under the sin^jle-plant system. 

 Yet, the yield was anything but satisfac- 

 tory. The plants were very large and 

 thrifty, the fruit stalks numerous and 

 well loaded, but the berries hardly medium 

 in size, with only few large, and many 

 small and imperfect ones. The berry is 

 firm and solid, good for canning, which is 

 about all that 1 can say in its favor. 

 Under the matted-row system, the James 

 Vick has proved of no account every- 

 where I met with it. — Farm and Oarden. 



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