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to tlie influence of drouth, and in dry 

 seasons, especially if in light sandy 

 soil, it should be well mulched, 

 and occasionally thoroughly drenched 

 with water. The great point in its 

 culture is to keep up a good vig- 

 orous growth, which will usually be 

 succeeded by great masses of bloom in 

 the autumn. Last season was unusually 

 dry, and our hydrangea suftered most 

 severely from lack of such treatment as 



we have described, the leaves drooping 

 badly, and the flower clusters failing to 

 reach their full development. 



For a conspicuous place upon the 

 lawn, either as a single specimen, or in 

 a group, it is one of the most desirable 

 of all shrubs. Its time of flowering is 

 in August or September when there are 

 very few other shrubs in bloom, and 

 then there is nothing which can in any 

 way compare with it. 



SOME PROMINENT CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS.— IV. 



DR. L>. W. BEADLE, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. 



PROMINENT in the list of Can- 

 adian Horticulturists stands the 

 name of Mr. Delos W. Beadle, of St. 

 Catharines. For twenty-four years he 

 was secretary of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Ontario, filling the oftice 

 with most distinguished ability, so 

 that at the present time wherever the 

 progress of horticultural science in 

 Canada is spoken of, his name is also 

 known as an authority upon the sub- 

 ject. 



We have just had an engraving of 

 Dr. Beadle prepared for this journal 

 and we are sure that our readers will 

 all be pleased to see the face of one 

 with whose writings they are already so 

 familiar. We have no room here for 

 any extended biographical sketch, but 

 wishing to preserve for future genera- 

 tions some account of those who have 

 been the pioneers in Canada of our 

 favorite industry, we have prepared the 

 following brief notice. — 



Mr. D. W. Beadle inherited a taste 

 for horticulture from his father. Dr. 

 Beadle, of St. Catharines, who was one 

 of our earliest Canadian nurserymen. 

 He was born in that place in October 



17th, 1823, and was prepared for col- 

 lege at the Grantham Academy, now 

 St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. 



In September, 18-il, he entered the 

 Sophomore class in Yale College, New 

 Haven, Conn., where he obtained his 

 B.A. degree in July, 1844, and two 

 years later received his B.A. [ad 

 eundem) from the Univei'sity of Tor- 

 onto. In 1847 he received his LL.B. 

 from Harvard University, Cambridge, 

 Mass., and in 1848 was called to the 

 bar in the city of New York where he 

 entered upon the practice of his pro- 

 fession in which he continued for about 

 six years. On account of failing health 

 he was led to seek out-door life and 

 occupation, and was admitted by his 

 father to an interest in the nursery 

 business, in which line he has ever since 

 continued. 



When the Hon. Geo. Brown began 

 the publication of the Canada Farmer, 

 Mr. Beadle undertook the charge of 

 the Horticultural Department, and 

 continued to edit it for several years. 



In January 1859 the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Upper Canada was 

 organized in the city of Hamilton with 



