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can generate in their pupils an eutliu- 

 siasni over these most practical and 

 useful studies, they must thetnselvcjs be 

 trained. Why should not every school 

 yard in the Province be ample enough 

 to contain labelled specimens in groups 

 of the most of our indigenous trees and 

 shrubs, and in other respects be a pat- 

 tern to every farmer of how best to 

 decorate his lawn. 



Bulletin 33 of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege of Michigan, contains some useful 

 hints for Arbor Day, and among others 

 a most interesting exercise for school 

 children for that day, which is both 

 interesting and instructive. It is 

 entitled a Convention of Forest Trees, 

 in which the AVhite Oak is elected 

 chairman and calh upon the various 

 other forest trees foi- an account of 

 themselves. The exei'cise is varied with 

 music referred to as the singing of the 

 birds, and quotations from poets and 

 other literati upon the various trees 

 and their beauties. 



The Mann Applk. — Dr. Hoskins, of 

 Vermont, says of this apple, that the 

 statement of its being as hardy as the 

 Duchess is utterly false, as it will not 

 endure a severe winter there. We 

 have never been much taken with this 

 apple, for though an early and abund- 

 ant bearer, and a good keeper, the fruit 

 is by no means attractive, and is liable 

 to drop early from the tree. 



Peach Yellows. — The experience 

 of many American peach growers seems 

 to favor the use of bone and potash 

 fertilizers as a specific cure for the 

 Yellows. Mr. J. H. Hale, of Connecti- 

 cut : Mi-. E. Minch, of the New Jersey 

 Horticultural Society, and Mr. Baker, 

 all agree in stating that they have been 

 successful is curing Yellows in this 

 way. 



Branches of the E.xpekimental 

 Farm. — At a farmers' institute, lat(!ly 

 held on Long Island, the (juestion was 

 raised, " Why should there not be a 



Itranch f)f the New York experimental 

 station upon Long Island ? " A similar 

 (piestion might well be raised in 

 Canada. While it is most important 

 to test hardy fruits, it is (|uite evident 

 that in the Department of Horticulture 

 there are a very large number of tender 

 fruits that cannot be tested at all at 

 (Jttawa. In this respect, there is a 

 very large part of Ontario wliich can 

 receive no benefit from the experiments 

 in this line, until some branch fruit 

 gardens are established in at least two 

 or three difTerent sections of our Pro- 

 vince. 



Paris Gkeen may be used in mucli 

 less (juantities than is generally sup- 

 posed, and still be effective. The K. 

 N. Y. has thoroughly mixed one pound 

 of Paris green with an entire barrel of 

 plaster, and found it effectual in killiu" 

 potato beetles. — The writer u.ses only 

 from three to four ounces to fifty 

 gallons fo water for spraying apples for 

 the Codling moth, and finds it effective. 



The Industry gooseberry has been 

 found to wildew at the New Vork Ex- 

 periment Station. 



Russian Chehries. — At the Toledo 

 meeting of the Ohio Horticultural 

 Society, Mr. Weltz stated that he had 

 fruited some Russian cherries during 

 the previous summer, and found them 

 a good fruit, of the Morello character. 

 As they ripened slowly and were much 

 preyed upon by the birds, he had tried 

 protecting the tree with musquito liar 

 netting, which he found it easy to do 

 as the trees were mere shrubs. He 

 found the fruit very sour until fully ripe. 

 The same gentleman also spoke of the 

 Russian tree gooseberry, which was 

 grafted on the Ural mountain currant 

 several feet from the ground. He had 

 seen trees two inches in diameter and 

 seven feet high, l)earing two or three 

 Ijushels of berries as large as a walnut 



A New Strawberry. — Mr. Thomas 

 Laxton, seed and novelty grower. Bed- 



