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THE CANADIAN HORTICCLTDRI8T. 



PREMIUMS FOR NEW SUBSCBIBERS. 



For five new subscribers and five 

 dollars we will send pi-epaid any one of 

 the following collections of choice bulbs 

 or plants. This is an opiwrtunity to 

 secure a fine assortment of beautiful 

 flowers and valuable plants without 

 cost, other than the pleasure of doing 

 a favour to your friends by introducing 

 this monthly to their notice, and of 

 enlarging the circulation and extend- 

 ing the usefulness of the only horti- 

 cultural magazine published for the 

 benefit of Canadian lovers of fruits 

 and flowers : — 



Collection No. 1, one Chionodoxa 

 lucilla^, one Lilium longiflorum, two 

 Frittillavia meleagris, two Spanish 

 Iris, and two Narcissus poeticus ; No. 



2, five Tulips, two Chinese Peonias, 

 one Spotted Calla, one Tiger Lily ; No. 



3, a collection of five difierent Lilies ; 

 No. 4, a collection of five different 

 sorts of Iris ; No. 5, two double and 

 two single Hyacinths, and three double 

 and three single Narcissus ; No. 6, five 

 Herbaceous Perennials — Fraxinella, 

 Dianthus, Japan Anemone, Japan 

 Spirea, and Clematis Erecta ; No. 7, 

 three hai-dy flowering shrubs — Hy- 

 drangea paniculata, Spii'ea Van 

 Houtte, and Purple Fringe ; No. 8, a 

 collection of twelve different sorts of 

 Flower Seeds ; No. 9, four hardy Roses ; 

 No. 10, four Tea Poses; No. 11, three 

 Polyantha or miniature Poses ; No. 

 12, four Climbing Roses ; No. 13, ten 

 plants, to be chosen by you from the 

 following list : Geraniums, single ; Ger- 

 aniums, double ; Fvichsias, single ; 

 Fuchsias, double ; Petunias, double, 

 blotched and fringed ; Abutilons, rose- 

 coloured ; Abutilons, white ; Abutil- 

 ons, straw-coloured ; Begonias, scarlet ; 

 Begonias, rose-coloured ; Begonias, 

 white-flowered ; Coleus, with most 

 beautifully variegated foliage ; Hy- 

 drangea Thomas Hogg and Hydrangea 

 Otaksa. These plants will be securely 



packed and sent by mail. You are at 

 liberty to choose the ten from any one 

 or more of these diff"erent kinds of 

 plants. No. 14-, six beautiful clove- 

 scented carnations ; No. 15, six Double 

 Dahlias, different colours ; No. 16, 

 twelve Gladiolus bulbs ; No. 17, twelve 

 Tuberose bull)S and six Gladiolus ; No. 

 1?, a Jessica Grape-vine; No. lU, a 

 Niagara Grape-vine ; No. 20, an Am- 

 ber Queen Grape-vine. 



For ten dollars and ten new sub- 

 scribers we will send, prepaid, any two 

 of the above collections you may desig- 

 nate ; or if pi-eferred, we will send you 

 one strong yearling tree of the Russian 

 Vladimir Cherry, grown from trees 

 imported by the Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation direct from Russia. 



If you prefer books, we will send you, 

 prepaid, on receipt of three dollars and 

 thi'ee new subsci'ibers, Every Woman 

 Her Own Flower Gardener, 148 pages, 

 bound in cloth. 



For five dollai's and five new sub- 

 scribers. Window Gardening, 300 pages, 

 illustrated with 126 engravings. 



For twelve dollars and twelve new 

 subscribers, Saundei's' Insects Injurious 

 to Fruits, 436 pages, 440 engravings, 

 bound in cloth. 



For fifteen new subscribers and 

 fifteen dollars, the Floral Kinydora, a 

 magnificent art book, splendidly bound, 

 450 pages, 200 illustrartions. 



THE RITSOX PEAR. 



We have I'eceived from Messrs. 

 Stone k, Wellington a specimen of 

 this pear, which they inform us had 

 its origin at Oshawa, Ontario, and that 

 the original tree is now over sixty-five 

 years old and still bears large crops of 

 fine fruit. While other varieties have 

 been planted in the same field that after 

 a few years succumbed to the pear- 

 blight or perished from some othercause, 

 this tree has never been affected in any 



