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At the same meeting, W. H. Eead, of Port Dalliousie, exhibited a 

 large number of seedling gCK)sebernes, mostly of the English type, all 

 of which, he stated, had so far proved perfectly free fro-m mildew on a 

 sandy loam soil. He also showed two varieties whicli manifested a 

 large strain of native blood; these were fnlly doul)le tlie size of the 

 Downing^ of much tlie same color, and judging from the bifanclies &x.- 

 hibited, extremely productive. These alstchatl been (piite exempt from 

 mildew. 



In addition, we notice that E. P. Eoe announces that he has dis- 

 covered in an old garden in Kewburgh^ Kew York, two seedling goose- 

 berries, one of which turns red when ripe, the other- and later soiit 

 retains its beautiful green color until it drops from tlie busli, and that 

 both of these are free from mildew. The berries, he says, are large, 

 many specimens measuring three and a quarter by three and a- half 

 inches. To the first of these ha has given the name of Eoe's- Eauify 

 Ilu.by, andi the' crther he calls Eoe's Late Emerald, both of which he 

 intends in due time to send out. 



It will be a matter of considerable interest to watch the career of 

 these gooseberries. Should they prove to be mildew proof in other 

 places than those where they originated,, and to bear abvindant creps^ 

 ©f iasge-sized fruit, a new era in the culture ©f the gooseberry will 

 have been fairly inaugurated, and we may expect to go on multiplying 

 varieties not subject to mildew, until there shall be no. lack of goose- 

 berries of fine si2e and of excellent quality. 



THE EOSE A TYPE OF INFIKITY. 



FROM THE PEN OF THJE LAJE A- J. DOWNING.. 



A fuesh boquet of mid-summer roses stands upon the table before* 

 ns. The morning dew-drops hang, heavy as emeralds, upon branch and 

 bud ; soft and rich colors delight the eye with their lovely hues, and! 

 that rose-odor, which, eveny ©ne feels, has not lost anything of its 

 divine sweetness since the first day the flower bloomed in that heaven- 

 garden of Eve, fills the air. 



If there is any proof necessary that the rose has a diviner origin 

 than all other flowers, it is easily found in the unvarying constancy of 

 mankind to it for so many long centuries. Fashions there have been. 



