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connection with manure, it will aid in making a poor soil richer, applied at the 

 rate of two or three hundred pounds to the acre. The same may be said of 

 superphosphate. As soils vary, both these fertilizers are useful on some soils 

 and of little value on others, and experiment must therefore be the test of their 

 fitness. When nitrate of soda is successful, it is particularly adapted to plants of 

 succulent growth, as for instance to cabbages, onions, carrots, parsnips, radishes 

 and roots generally, and, in moderate quantities to grains, and to tomatoes and 

 strawberries. — Country Gentleman. 



Nitrate of soda can be used quite safely, put on at the rate of 150 to 200 

 pounds per acre, before the foliage starts to grow. The proper way would be to 

 take it and spread on the barn floor, smash it down very fine and mix about 

 twice its weight with plaster, or soil, and mix thoroughly. By treating it in this 

 way you will be able to distribute it much more evenly over the surface. — W. A. 

 Freeman, Hamilton. 



Tool for Cultivating" Strawberries. 



544. Sir, — What is the speediest, handiest and best implement for hand cultivation 

 of strawberries, and where manufactured? 



T. S., Nanaimo, B. C. 



For two years I have used the " Gem " cultivator, and think it the best, all 

 things considered. It is sold by seedsmen generally. Mine came from The 

 Storrs eSc Harrison Co., of Painesville, O. It cost $4 and is likely to last a life- 

 time. Like all hand cultivators, it should be used with two men — one to pull and 

 one to hold. The work that can be accomplished with this little implement is 

 a surprise to most people. — M. Crawford. 



545. Sir, — Would some of your readers please write an article on the cultivation of 

 palms ? Nearly every house aspires to have one, but it is seldom one ever sees in a horti- 

 cultural paper what soils they should have, and whether they will bear exposure to the 

 sunshine. 



L. H. K., Collhujwood. 



546. Sir.— Please name a list of hardy climbing vines suitable for the north side of 

 a house in Cape Breton ? 



I). S. McD., Mabou, Cape, Breton. 



547. Sir,— What strawberries do you call the most prolific and the best for canning 

 purposes ? 



Thos. Fuller, Trenton, Ont. 



548. Sir,— How does the Beurre d' Anjou compare in hardiness with the Flemish 

 Beauty ? 



R. B. , Montreal, Que. 



549. Sir, — Are there any sprayers made in Canada, and, if so, I wish they would 

 advertise in the Horticulturist ? 



[A. J. Collins, Listowel, Ont. 



550. Sir,— What is the name of the yallow barked willow that grows in the vicinity 

 ofHamilUa? C, ^y J 



