168 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTUlllST. 



the brandies are literally wreathed with white double flowers, most 

 perfect in form, and beautiful in their whiteness. Any of our mem- 

 bers desiring an elegantly neat flowering shrub for the lawn cannot 

 fail to be pleased with this. 



Ltes Prolific Currant is one of the best, if not the best, of all the 

 black currants. The currants are large in size, and borne in profuse 

 clusters of the usual form. 



Three Oladiolus. These are strictly flowering corms, though usually 

 called bulbs. They are very showy late flowering plants, the flowers 

 being prettily shaded with crimson, or pink, or carmine ; these are 

 borne on long spikes, those nearest the base opening first, progressing 

 upwards until all are expanded. The spikes of bloom are much used 

 for table decoration, because they can be cut when the blooms at 

 the base have expanded, and put in water in the house where the 

 remaining flowers will gradually open until all liave bloomed. The 

 corms should be kept in a cool place free from frost during winter, 

 and not planted in the garden until danger from frosts lias passed ; 

 then they may be planted in the open border, where they should 

 remain until frosty weather in the fall admonishes us to take them 

 up, and store them away for the winter. They can be kept where 

 potatoes are stored, or any cool place where it does not freeze. Three 

 o'f these corms will be sent to any one choosing the Gladiolus. 



Moore's Early Grape. Tliis is the best very early black grape. 

 In size of bunch and berry it resembles the Concord, and is much like 

 it in flavor. Of all the many varieties fruiting in the Editor's grounds 

 this is the first to ripen, and is much better than Champion or Hart- 

 ford Prolific. The vine is remarkably healthy and hardy, with tough 

 leathery foliage, ripening its wood very early in the season, which 

 qualities make it remarkably well suited to our climate. It is a 

 variety well worthy of trial, especially by the members who reside 

 in those parts of the Province where the summers are short, and the 

 season not long enough to ripen the Concord fully every year. They 

 will find it a most desirable acquisition. 



Each member will receive the article chosen by him through the 

 mail, securely packed in damp moss and wrapped in oiled paper. The 

 Directors have found that this is the only way in which plants can be 

 distributed with certainty and dispatch. 



