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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



It will be remembered that the 

 Moon worts belong to the suborder 

 Ojjhioglossacece, the sporangia of which 

 are spiked, and in Ophioglossum the 

 co)-iaceons sporangia are in two ranks 

 on the edges of a simple spike, which 

 in O. vulgatum is single and placed on 

 a stalk. 



Will you please inform me through 

 the medium of the Canadian Horticxd- 

 tarist whether the bulbs of tuberoses 

 and tigridias should be taken up in the 

 fiill and presei'ved in a dry state over 

 winter, or can they be left in the 

 ground ? 



John Ksowlson. 



Lindsay, Out. 



Reply. — Tigridia — The plants of 

 this family will not bear the least frost. 

 The bulbs should be taken up in the 

 fall, thoroughly dried, and kept in a 

 dry, frost-proof cellar, securely pi'o- 

 tected from mice. Plant again in 

 spring, when the ground has become 

 warm. Tuberose bulbs should also be 

 kept in a warm, dry place. If they 

 are kept in a temperature below 50° F. 

 the flower germ is apt to decay ; and, 

 although the bulb may appear sound 

 outwardly, and send forth an abun- 

 dance of leaves, it will not flower. 



HEATING A VINERY. 



I have a cold grapery 30 x 15 feet, 

 in which the grapes have not I'ipened 

 properly for the last two or three 

 yeai's. Will you oblige me by stating 

 in the Canadian Horticidturist the 

 best way of heating it 1 



Toronto. W. W. R. 



Reply. — The best method of heating 

 a vinery is by means of hot water in 



four-inch pipes, with one foot in length 

 of i)ipe to every fourteen cubic feet of 

 space, running the pipes under the 

 walk within the house. At page 142 

 of the Canadian Fruit, Flower, and 

 Kitchen Gardener will be found a full 

 description of the simplest mode of 

 heating a vinery, with diagrams illus- 

 trating the method. 



WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. 



NEW GRAPES. 



p. E. BUCKE, OTTAWA. 



The past season has fully demon- 

 strated the value of two candidates for 

 public favour in the grape line ; and 

 though they are not absolutely new, 

 yet their introduction is of such recent 

 date they have neither of them become 

 so universally disseminated as they de- 

 serve to be. I allude to the Brighton 

 and the Amber Queen. 



The Brighton was raised by Jacob 

 Moore, of Brighton, New York, and is 

 a fine, strong grower. It gives an ex- 

 ceedingly handsome conical bunch, of 

 moderate compactness, neither too 

 loose nor apt to jam ; berries large, of 

 a deep red colour ; ripens with Creve- 

 ling or a little before Concord ; has a 

 fine, sprightly, aromatic flavour ; flesh 

 tender, with a very slight pulp. It is 

 not a good keeper, as it lose.^ somewhat 

 of its flavour when over-ripe. No col- 

 lection of grapes is complete without 

 the Brighton, and if only one vine is 

 planted it should be of this variety. 



The Amber Queen, which I obtained 

 from Messrs. -Stone & Wellington, nur- 

 serymen, Toronto, some three years ago, 

 produced a good crop this season. The 

 plant is a vigorous one, and has not 

 been attacked with any disease. The 

 grapes are free from I'ot and mildew ; 

 the berries hauij well on the bunch : it 

 is the earliest red grape I have so far 



