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sjuuly soil wiLli marked hciietit. I'. E. Ikicke, (Jttuwa, su^|fesLo(l the 

 use of niiiieral phosphates, and spoke of the hirge beds whieh had been 

 found near Ottawa, whence considerable (piantities were beinjj; shipped 

 to Europe. J. McGill, Oshawa, thought wood ashes to be one of the very 

 best fertilizers for fruit bearing trees. C. Arnold, Paris, prefen-ed barn- 

 yard manure, this he considered preferable to all other fertilizers, 

 believing it contained all that was needed both for the tree and the 

 fruit. J. 11 Jones, Rochester, X. Y., would apply lime and ashes 

 liberally to orchards growing in heavy soils, occasionally plow under 

 some green crop, and apply barn-yard manure. He remarked that the 

 practice of composting barn-yard manure, and allowing it to stand some 

 time in large heaps, where it would ferment and decay, was now be- 

 lieved to be erroneous, and that the best results were obtained by 

 applying it to the land as quickly as possible, without allowing any 

 opportunity for fermentati(jn. 



The Keport of the Committee on fruits was read. This occasioned 

 a sliort discussion on the value of the Ben Davis apple. W. Holton, 

 Hamilton, remarked that he feared many planters of this variety would 

 be disappointed in the (quality of the fruit, it not being equal in this 

 respect to many of our older sorts. The tree was hardy, and it might 

 on that account 1)e a valuable sort t(5 plant where the higher flavored 

 kinds could not be grown. P. C. Dempsey, Albury, remarked that one 

 of his neighl)ors had found it a very profitable orchard variety. 



The Summer meeting will be held in the city of St. Catharines, on 

 Wednesdav, July 10th, at ten o'clock A. M. 



CHINESE PRIMROSES. 



We commend these beautiful plants to our readers for the reason 

 that we liaA'e found them among the most desirable and satisfactory 

 for window cidtivation of all the various things we have grown in the 

 sitting room. They are very alamdaut l)loomers, and keep up a suc- 

 cession of flowers for many months, so that from December to May 

 they are continually bright and beautiful; they are easily grown by 

 the merest novice in plant culture, requiring only to be kept from the 

 frost, and regularly supplied with water. They can be had of several 

 shades, red, pure wlnte, and striped red and white, and both single and 

 double. 



