The CANADIAN HORTlCULtURISf. 



If your seed was sown early, say in February, and your plants 

 have grown well, tliey will begin to bloom before Christmas, and con- 

 tinue to yield a succession of flowers until June* When they have done 

 blooming give them a rest of about six weeks, then pot them off into 

 larger pots with Iresh soil, and keep them growing, shifting to larger 

 sizes as fast as they fill the pots with roots, if you wish to produce 

 large, showy*];)lants. If you do not wish to have large plants you can 

 cut ofl' the shoots and use them as cuttings, if you prefer this course, 

 for any reason, to raising a fresh lot from seed* 



JAKED r. KIRKLANI), L. L. 1). 



This distinguished man of science died at his home, near Cleveland, 

 Ohio, on the 11th of December, 1877, at the advanced age of eighty- 

 four years. To those who are now passing the meridian of life, he was 

 well known as a most earnest student of nature, working diligently in 

 several fields, with the fidelity and pains-taking of an enthusiastic 

 admirer. His labors in the cultivation of fruits, and especially his 

 experiments in the hybridization of cherries, have made his name 

 familiar to every fi*uit grower. It is to him that we are indebted for 

 that beautiful early cherry, the Governor Wood, which has been 

 extensively disseminated throughout the sweet-cherry region of Ontario. 

 Over twenty varieties of sweet-cherries, originated by him, are now in 

 cultivation, conspicuous among which, besides the one already named, 

 are his Black Hawk, Kirkland's Mary, and Eockport Bigarreau. 



Dr. Kirkland was born at Wallingford, in the State of Connecticut, 

 on the 10th of Novem])er, 1793. His love of nature manifested itself 

 in his early boyhood; the habits of aU living things that had their 

 haunts near his childhood's home were familiar to him, and at the early 

 age of twelve years he was trying experiments in the raising of silk- 

 worms. His grandfather bequeatlied to him his medical library, and 

 sufficient means to enable him to obtain a medical education. He 

 entered tlie medical department of Yale College at its opening, and was 

 the first student on its matriculation roll. After pursuing the practice 

 of his profession for several years in his native State, he accepted the 

 chair of theory and practice of medicine in the Ohio Medical College, 



