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Tlie market value of this fertilizer is 

 about i$4.00 per 100 lbs. It would 

 pay, according to Mr. Harris, to cover 

 the wliole garden, lawn, and fruit or- 

 chard, with 500 lbs. of Nitrate of Soda 

 per acre, sown broadcast in the spring. 



The Monkey Tree. 



39. Tliis la«t suninier wlu-ii in England and 

 Scotland I uas much struck witii a tn-i,' I saw 

 thfiu, many nf tl\em in tiie nei^'liborhond of 

 Lontjon and Edinburgh, and ev*in as far North 

 as Oban on Kenara Sound at the West coast of 

 Scotland. No one could give me the Botanical 

 name for it, only knowing it as the "Monkey 

 tree," a name given, because it is .said to be the 

 only tree a monkey cannot climb. It is an ever- 

 green, of a most curious form, resembling a 

 corkscrew, dark green in. color, an<J the narrow 



SJates. I had one here that I could 

 not house, having grown to about ten 

 feet high. It was dead in the spring, 

 having been left outside for want of 

 room. The most beautiful of the species 

 is considered to be E.KceLsa, a native of 

 the Norfolk Islands, but unless I had 

 very large houses I could not go into 

 this class of plants. I believe you 

 could keep the Araucaria in a light 

 cellar through the winter. They are 

 unruly in a window. For lawn decora- 

 tion there are few things that excel 

 them. In England, and even in the 

 South of Scotland, they are to be found, 

 but sometimes they suffer in hard win- 

 ters. 



sharp pointed leaves much like mu- pines. I 

 daresay you will know something of this tree 

 and if it would grow in this country. Kindly 

 menti(m it in The Horticultiuist as soon as 

 convenient, as if it would live through our 

 winters, I would get some and decorate our 

 lawn. Yours etc., S. H. Sm.\i,i,m.\n, Londmi, 

 Out. 



Having noticed one of these curious 

 trees in the collection of Mr. N. Rob- 

 ertson, Supt. of the Govt, grounds, 

 Ottawa, we have referred this question 

 to him, and he gives the following 

 reply. 



Araucaria Imbricata is the Botanical 

 name of the tree called the Monkey 

 plant. Some of the species grow 200 

 feet high in their native country. This 

 one is a native of Chili, natural Order 

 Pinacese. No, it would not be hardy 

 with vou, as it is not so in the NortluM-n 



The Cochrane Fruit Case. 



40. I notice in tiie Canadian Hohth'Ii.tu- 

 KlST, February, '«8, p. 32, under " Wealthy 

 Apple," you mention |)acking ai>i)les in the 

 " Cochrane case" for shi|)ping. Please describe 

 the Cochrane case, and give your opinion of it? 

 —J. F. W1L.SON, Chalhitm. 



This case was invented by Mr. (^eo. 

 A. Cochrane, of Montreal, and was de- 

 signed for carrying extra choice and 

 tender fruits to market in the best 

 possible manner. By the kindness of 

 Mr. Cochrane we are al)le to show our 

 readers an illustration of this case, 

 which will serve a better purpose than 

 words in describing it. There are four 

 trays, divided into pockets according to 

 the variety of the fruit to be packed, 

 and each tray is set in and filled before 

 adding the next. .A. company w;is 



