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Notes and Comments. 



The Douglas Fir, number five on our list of ornamentals for distribution, 

 is a valuable tree. It mows on the Western slope of the Rockies, and is 

 supposed to be identical with the Kauri pine of New Zealand. It attains great 

 girth, is non-resinous and non-fibrous ; in fact it is of bulbous growth. It is 

 free from the defects of eastern pine and spruce, but lacks their strength. Mr. 

 Hendry, an experienced saw mill manager in Ontario, says that in the sixties a 

 British Columbia firm presented to Her Majesty the Queen a flag pole of this 

 wood, 147 feet long, 14 inches caliber at the butt end, and 10 inches at the top, 

 but unfortunately it broke when being placed in position at Kew Gardens. It 

 is bound to replace sandal wood for tea boxes, and being capable of taking a fine 

 polish, should become popular for cottage furniture. It is particularly adapted 

 for stave wood for barrel manufacture, and for this industry, the Douglas firs of 

 British Columbia will prove a mine of wealth. 



Electric Light, Prof. Bailey thinks, can be used to advantage in forcing 

 some plants. Violets and daisies bloom earlier when exposed to it. Lettuce, 

 especially, is greatly benefited by electric light. An average of five hours a day 

 exposure of it per night, hastened maturity from a week to ten days, at a 

 distance of ten and cwelve feet. Even at a distance of forty feet the effect was 

 marked. 



Tomato Rot. — -Experiments made by Prof. Bailey, of Cornell, show that 

 the rot of this fruit is influenced considerably by the method of growing and 

 training. Single-stem training, usually lessens the rot, and so does any system 

 of training which keeps the plant open and dry. 



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