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tivation at the cold north, Mrs. A. A. 

 Wright, Renfrew, Ont. (y) Best bedding 

 f)hints to purchase for lawn and border, N. 

 Kobert-on, Ottawa. 



8 p.m. — Addresses of welcome (h) Re- 

 marks on the principles of landscape garden- 

 ing, Prof. J. Hoyes Panton, M.A., of the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, (Juelph, Ont. (*) 

 Paper by Miss Annie L. .Fack, Cheautauguay 

 Ba.sin, P.Q. (./ ) Address by Prof. \\'nx. 

 Saunders, Dircitor I'lxpeiiinental Furin, 

 Ottawa. 



TIIUK.SDAY. 



10 a.m. {k) Plums. Best varieties for 

 the Ottawa Valley. (/) Handling of our 

 fruits by the railway and steamboat com- 

 panies, the accommodation given, the griev- 

 ances of the past, the recjuirements of the 

 future. Our most reliable markets, and the 

 best routes by which to ship, (m) The most 

 advantageous way of introducing new fruits, 

 W. VV. Hillborn. 



2 p.m. — («) Hardy fruits, a paper contri- 

 buted by Dr. Hoskins, Newport, Vt. (o) 

 The judging of fruits, introduced by the 

 President. ( ]>) Best goose-berries for Carle- 

 ton Co. (q) Best varieties of Chrysanthem- 

 ums. Manner of cultivation. 



The directors will be pleased to see a large 

 local atten<lance of ladies and gentlemen at 

 all the meetings. 



Accommodation may be had at the follow- 

 ing hotels, providing rooms are engaged two 

 days in advance : The Brunswick, $1.00 per 

 day; the Windsor, $2.00 per day ; the Grand 

 Union, S2.00 to .?2.50. 



Certificates for reduced railway fares will 

 be furnished to any one who applies for them 

 to the Secretary, L. Woolverton, Orimsby, 

 Ont. 



There will be a Question Drawer on the 

 table, which will })e opened at invervals by 

 the .Secretary. The public are at liberty to 

 make free use of it for inquiries al out 

 Fruits, Flowers or Forestry. 



Dkleoates from the East. — Mr. R. 

 W. Shepherd, of Montreal, writes : 

 " Our Horticultural Society will send 

 up representatives to attend your 

 Winter Meeting at Ottawa. The mat- 

 ter was brought up at one of the meet- 

 ings of Directors, and .Mr. Chas. Gibb, 

 R. Brodie and myself were named. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



The Artillery Plant. 



1. Kindly name the enclosed plant, and say 

 what treatment it should receive. — P. James, 

 Glen Orchard, Mmkoka, Ont. 



Its botatiical name is pilea muscosa. 

 It is not found in our Canadian woods, 

 but is an exotic much used by florists. 

 We have a native species belonging to 

 the same family, viz. : pilea puniiln, 

 clear weed, which grows in low woods. 



As to its treatment, Mr. Anton Sim- 

 mers, of Toronto, writes as follows: — 



Pilea muscosa is a species of plants 

 extensively used for massing in flower 

 beds — it is freely propagated by cut- 

 tings. The plants are also well adapted 

 for baskets, stands or rockeries, and are 

 often used to hide the earth of large 

 pots of tropical plants. It is a native 

 of the West Indies, a perennial, and 

 remarkable for the manner in which it 

 discharges its pollen grains. Wlien 

 the flower is ready to expand, the least 

 moisture cau.ses the calyx to expand 

 and the pollen is thrown out with 



great force to the distance of nearly a 

 foot. By putting a plant, when in 

 flower, quickly in a ^■essel of warm 

 water, these discharges will be rapidly 

 kept up for some minutes, a perfect re- 

 presentation of miniature artillery both 

 in sound and smoke, therefrom it gets 

 its common name, '' The Artillery 

 Plant." 



Best Varieties of Fruits. 



2. Ai'PLES. I'lease name the best and most 

 profitable varieties for spring planting. — 

 Thcs Richard, Alvinston, Lambton Co., Ont. 



"No one can give an absolute list in 

 reply to this question, so much depends 

 upon soil, situation, aspect, latitude, 

 markets, etc. For summer apples we 

 would recommend for your section 

 Yellow Transparent, Red Astracan, 

 Duchess of Oldenburg. Fall — Graven- 

 stein and Maiden's Blush. Winter — 

 Greening, Spy, American (Jolden 

 Russet, King. 



