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CANADIAN HORTICVL TURIST. 



Some cultivated species of tlie Haw- 

 thorn are especially elegant, as, for 

 instance, the Double White, C. oxy- 

 cantha fl. pi., and the Double Scarlet, 

 C. coccinea H. pi., the latter of which 

 is well shown in our coloured engrav- 

 ing. Rambling about the Fonthill 

 nurseries on one occasion the writer 

 came unexpectedly upon the clump of 

 this beautiful Double Scarlet Thorn, 

 and was so charmed with it that he at 

 once left an order for some of the trees 

 for his own lawn. Its sharp spines are 

 none too friendly ; but we may forgive 

 some faults in consideration of its 

 charming blossoms, and its appro- 

 priateness as an ornamental tree for 

 small lawns, or as a portion of a group 

 of trees upon a large lawn. Upon 

 this point we quote a few lines from 

 Mr. A. J. Downing's valuable 

 work on Landscape Gardening. He 



" The Hawthorn is most agreeable to 

 the eye in composition, when it forms 

 the undergrowth or thicket, peeping 

 out in all its green freshness, gay 

 blossoms, or bi'ight fruit, from beneath 

 and between the groups and masses of 

 trees, where, mingled with the Hazel, 

 etc., it gives a pleasing intricacy to the 

 whole mass of foliage. But the differ- 

 ent species display themselves to most 

 advantage, and grow also to a finer 

 size, when planted singly, or two or 

 three together, along the walks leading 

 through the different parts of the 

 pleasure-ground or shrubbery." Those 

 of our readers who are making out lists 

 of ornamental trees for the decoration 

 of their lawns, will do well to till in 

 some retired nook with samples of 

 Paul's Double Red and Paul's Double 

 White Thorn in one group, for thus 

 planted they will show to good advan- 

 tage in contrast. 



SOME PROMINENT CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS.-V. 



MR. P. C. DP:MPSEY, TRp]NTON, ONT. 



IT is with pleasure that we present 

 to our readers a photo-engraving 

 of one who has been long and favor- 

 ably known at the meetings of our 

 Association, and whose practical know- 

 ledge of horticulture has always been 

 freely communicated to the public. 



It is now fifteen years since he was 

 tirst elected a Director, repi-esenting 

 Division No. 4, a position which he 

 still honorably tills ; and during that 

 time he has been once elected Vice- 

 President, and twice President. 



One hundred and one years ago Mr. 

 Dempsey's grandfather, a United Em- 

 pire Loyalist, settled at Albury, Prince 

 Edward county. Fond of fruit cul- 

 ture, he brought seeds along with him, 

 from which he started a nursery, prin- 

 cipally of apple trees, some of which 

 are still living and bearing fruit upon 

 the old homestead. Cider was made 

 in large quantities from this orchard in 

 early days, and during the war of 1812 

 proved highly profitable business, bring- 

 ing him high prices by the hogshead. 



