158 THE CAXADIAX HORTICULTURIST. 



showy specimens of the Shah and Cameleon, which set off tlie tables 

 to good advantage. 



The collection of fruit sliown hy James Dougall, of Windsor, was 

 a marked feature of the exhibit. He displayed thirty-five varieties of 

 French apples, grown on imported trees, l)esides his collection of 

 American apples, pears, and plums, of which some were seedlings of 

 his own raising, and all of which were remarkably well grown. His 

 Belle Lucrative, Kingsessing, and Oswego Beurre pears were perfect 

 models of size and beauty. 



The committee on seedling fruits brought in their report, whicli was 

 l"eceived and referred. The report says of a seedling summer apple 

 sent by Seth C. Wilson, of Whitby, though now past its season, that it 

 is quite equal to the Early Harvest, and for the table superior ; and 

 that a Crab marked 260, raised by Townsend G. Vidal, Esq., of Sarnia, 

 is fine, large, and handsome, and highly commend-ed. 



After passing a vote of thanks to the mayor and council of Sarnia 

 for the use of their very commodious council chamber, and many ex- 

 pressions of tlianks to the Sarnia members for their kind attentions 

 and interest in the success of the Association, the meeting adjourned. 



THE HENRIETTA RASPBERRY. 



And still they come. How wonderfully prolific nature is, to be 

 sure. Our readers will have hardly recovered from the effects of the 

 4iGC0unt of that wonderful berry, the Pride of the Hudson, and taken 

 a long breath after its perusal, and now, in the very next number, they 

 ■are asked to read the story over again under a new heading. When 

 raspberries take a notion to astonish the world, it is surprising what 

 very wonderful feats they can perform. It seems as though there was 

 a rivalry springing up in this matter between the States in the great 

 republic on our southern bord«r. New York has hardly inscribed oa 

 her banner. Pride of the Hudson, and nailed it to the mast; than staid 

 old Connecticut, that land of steady habits, seems stirred to her very 

 depths, and" in the spirit of Heine, seized Norway.'s tallest fir, and dip- 

 ping it in Etna's crater, with the flaming brand writes on the forehead 

 of the sky, "Henrietta." 



This Henrietta is a wonderful creature, she too was never made, she 

 "growed." A cliance seedling in the garden among tlie currant bushes 



