CA A A 1)1 AN HORTICULTURIST. 



ticiil t'.\j)erieiic(! or ;ic([Uiiiiitiin(<' with 

 these ; and tliey may be tlio ones refer- 

 red to. Most of tlieiii liave wliite or 

 li<;l>t colored flowers, soinewh.at reseiii 

 bling the cormiion Mallow, but l;ir<,'er' 

 iSouie of the Altheas were claimed to 

 be hardy when first introduced here, 

 but have not proved so. The oidy plants 

 which can be classed with the Hil)i.scus 

 and which are hardy here, aic the 

 Herbaceous Mallows. 



The Garden Walk. 

 8ee page 207. A correspondent in 

 London, Ont., writes : " Boiling water 

 will desti'oy weeds in walks. This is 



with a thick l)lue bloom on the sunny 

 side, dotted with numerous fawn colored 

 speck.s. Suture distinct, dividing the 

 plum into unetjual parts. Flesh orange, 

 very juicy, rich and e.vcellent, separates 

 freely from the stone. Very good. 

 September. 



Covering Grape Vines. 



110. SiK.— 1 have between eighty and ninety 

 ifiape vnies ; they are Ci.ncords, Modre's Early, 

 Kogers, one each of Pocklington, Amlx-r 

 l^ieen, August (iiant, and half a dozen Ger- 

 niania. The (ienuania is a white grape. I 

 had a si)lendid crop thi.s year and rijtened well, 

 eojisidering the wet fall. But what I want t.. 

 know from you is, Is it necessary after pruning 

 the vines (which I am now doing), to take theni 

 off the trellises and lay theni down and jiar 

 tially cover them ? This I have been in the 



a cheap and cleanly 

 gi-avel or slat walks." 



lode for sma 



]. habit of doing every fall, with pieces of gre 

 M.d. Now I am told that up west the vii 



Owen Sound Beauty Plum. 



lOil. 1 SKNK you l.y expn-ss to-day (< )tt. 8) 

 tliree seedling plums for your inspection. 

 Plea.xe let me knr)w yotu- o])inion through that 

 valuable i)ai.er Thk Hoktici i.ti ki.st. The 

 tree is a very rai)id lu-altliy grower, with thick 

 broad leaves. This is the second year for bear- 

 ing ; the recent rain and storm of Tuesday 

 night has spoiled the ripest and largest of the 

 fruit The tree is grown from a large red plum 

 that is in this neighborliood, from suckers for 

 the last twenty-five years. It is also supposed 

 to be a seedlnig. I have named it the Owen 

 Sound Beauty. Will s^ive you a better <lescri|p- 

 tion at some future date. R. Tkottkk, Onm 

 Sniivd. 



The sample came to hand in good 



condition, and cei-tainly well sustains 



the name given it by our Owen Sound 



correspondent. Tn appearance it very 



much resembles the Columbia, but is 



more juicy and of a better flavor foi' 



the dessert t;il)l.'. Mr. Ueo. (.'line's 



opinion is that if this plum is ;i good 



bearer it will be a most desiriil>le one 



for the commercial orchard, both on 



account of its e.\cellence as a ile.ssert 



plum and its latene.ss of ripening. 



The fruit may be described as large. 



nearly globular. Skin brownish purple 



green 

 vines 

 are not taken frt)m the trelli.se.s. If the trouble 

 <pf laying the \ ines down can be avoided with- 

 out injurv to the cr..p. it would be a great 

 saving. 1 also lay di>wn my raspberry and 

 blackberry canes by laying a bit of rotten sod 

 on the top«, just enough to keep them down. 

 You will kindly give me above information in 



the next LSSUe of the HoKTK TI.TIHIST. -J.\MKS 

 Kos.\MO.M>, Almotitf. 



So. It would be veiy unwise in 

 the county of Lanark to omit the pre- 

 caution of laying down the vines in 

 the fall. South of Lake Ontario vines 

 are usually left up, but no doubt it 

 would pay even here to lay them down 

 and cover them with a little earth, in 

 the increased yield of fruit. You are 

 also wise in protecting your rasp 

 l)i'iry and l)lack berry canes. 



Pear Culture for Profit. 



111. I .\M thinking of planting uut a small 

 pear orchard ; woiiUl like t<> have your opinion 

 as to the advisaliility of such a proceeding. Is 

 there a good denumij for pears at paying jirices 

 in our Canadian cities? If so. wliat varieties 

 w.nild it be a«lvisable to plant ? The soil is clay 

 loam ; fruit would have to be ship|>ed by 

 rail. Locdity— about thirty miles west of 

 .St. Thomas, ten miles from Lake Krie. 

 H. HiNK, IhitUm, Out. 



A pear orchard may be planted in 



any part of Southern Ontario, on clay 



