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(juality and waxen lustre, everything 

 claimed for it. 



The Duchess of Oldenburg has estab- 

 lisiicd its reputation for excellence in 

 all parts of Ontario. There is no more 

 beautiful apple in its season, and it is 

 deservedly popular both for home use 

 and for market ; indeed, no apple except 

 tiie Red Astracan can couipete with it 

 as a fancy apple, in Toronto and INIont- 

 real markets, and even that, beautiful 

 iis it is when fully colored, must 

 yield the palm to it. 



McMahon's White is a new variety 

 from Wisconsin, very similar to the 

 (Jolden White, No. 978, of the "Depart- 

 ment Russians." At the meeting of the 

 American Pomological Societyat Boston, 



in 18S7, Mr. Hatch, of Wisconsin, spoke 

 iiighly of it, saying, " It lias stood the 

 temperature of 40' below zero ; nothing 

 in my orchard has e<jualled it in this 

 respect. For severe climates it stands 

 head and shoulders above every other 

 apple. It may, however, blight in 

 extremely rich soil ; but in other soils 

 it does excellently." Dr. Hoskins says 

 it is the first out of many apples which 

 he has received from Wisconsin which 

 has sustained its reputation for thorough 

 hardiness. He describes the apple as 

 large, well-shaped, greenish white, 

 occasionally red-cheeked, and is an ex- 

 cellent market fruit for culinary use. 

 It bears young, and is vigorous and 

 healthy in tree. 



THE JAPAN IVY (AM PE LOPS IS. VEITCHII.) 



By D. W. Beadle, St. Catharines, Ont. 



I WISH that your readers could visit 

 some of the cities where this beauti- 

 ful climber has been planted long 

 enough to cover the walls, and in suffi- 

 cient quantity to be one of the features 

 of the place. The engraving will help 

 them to some conception of its charm- 

 ing effect, but neither engraving or de- 

 scription will be able to impart any 

 ade(]uate impression of the exquisite 

 grace which this plant imparts to the 

 various objects over and around which 

 it clambers. One needs to see the great 

 walls covered with its bright leaves, 

 which overlap each other like the tiles 

 on a roof ; to see the turrets wrapped 

 in its green folds, and the windows 

 wreathed in its shining foliage, to be 

 able to appreciate its beauty. 



Ivy-clad walls and battlements form 

 someof the most charmingpicturesin the 

 old country landscapes. Unfortunately 

 the ivy-green of England can but poor- 

 ly battle with tiie extremes of our rude 

 winters, but the Japan Ivy, with the 

 same power of clinging to the surface 

 as its old-world cousin, by dropping its 



foliage when severe winter frosts set in, 

 passes safely through our colder win- 

 ters. Not suddenly, on the first ap- 

 proach of frost, do the leaves fall, but 

 the dying foliage puts on gorgeous hues 

 and glorious tints, imbuing each passing 

 day with some new colour ; 



'■' Each purplt^ peak, each Hinty sinre, 

 Is t)atlied in tiixuls of liviiijr fire."' 



Could they but realize the charm 

 which this little climber gives to the 

 home, how it relieves the monotony of 

 bare walls, and as it clambers over 

 things tliat were else unsightly, gives 

 to the whole a nameless grace, they 

 would surely plant it freely. Were it 

 rare and costly they might feel that its 

 loveliness was beyond their reach, but, 

 on the contrary, it is easily procured, 

 and comparatively inexpensive. 



When young it needs some care, like 

 all things else in early youth. One 

 does not hesitate to bestow care upon 

 young stock, nor feel it a burden to care 

 tenderly for the young •' olive plants 

 round about the table." So then, in the 

 earlyyouth of the Japan Ivy,donotsufler 



