THE CANADIAN H0KTI0ULTUKI8T. 



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porter has been engaged for the year 

 1887. 



The Winter Meeting at Chatham was a 

 most interesting one. Valuable papers 

 were contributed by the following 

 gentlemen, viz. : — A. M. Smith, St. 

 Catharines ; B. Gott, Arkona ; John 

 Croil. Aultsville; S. P. Morse, Milton; 

 F. W. Wilson, Chatham ; P. E. Bucke, 

 Ottawa. Also most interesting ad- 

 dresses were delivered on various topics 

 by his Worship the Mayor of Chatham ; 

 T. T. Lyon, President of the Michigan 

 Pomological Society ; Wm. Saunders, 

 Director of the Experimental Farm 

 Stations of the Dominion ; Prof. H. 

 Panton, of Guelph Agricultural Col- 

 lege ; A. McD. Allan, President of the 

 Association ; P. C. Dempsey, of Tren- 

 ton, and others. But as our readers 

 will receive all this, verbatim, in the 

 Report for 1887, we need not occupy 

 these pages with even a summary of 

 the proceedings. 



Such meetings as these, held as they 

 are in various portions of Ontario, 

 serve to disseminate knowledge of fruit 

 culture far and wide, and never fail to 

 very largely increase the local interest 

 in the work of our Association. 



The appointment of the place for the 

 Summer Meeting has been left in the 

 hands of the Executive Committee. 



Thanks. — Again we thank the mem- 

 bers of the Association for the many 

 kind letters of congratulation concern- 

 ing the improvement in the Canadian 

 Horticulturist. We again ask that this 

 appi-eciation manifest itself in helping 

 us to double the circulation, and thus 

 increase the usefulness of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario. 



An Indiana Correspondent thinks "there 

 is no danger of our communication with 

 the United States being cut off this 

 year." Certainly not, if the horticul- 

 tural fraternity can prevent it. We 

 recognise neither political parties nor 



national boundaries; and since our 

 business is with the land and not the 

 sea, we can afford reciprocity in hor- 

 ticultural information, undisturbed by 

 the quarrels of a few fishermen. 



Acknowledgment. — The cuts of Flower- 

 ing Bulbs and of White Plume Celery 

 in this issue were kindly furnished by 

 Messrs. J. A. Simmers & Co., J. A. 

 Bruce (fe Co., i-espectively, by request. 



This department is intended as an open one to every 

 reader of the " Uorticulturist" to send in either 

 questions or answers. Often a reader will be able to 

 ansirer a qnestinn. which has been left unanswered, 

 or onlji partially answered by tis. For co7ivenience 

 of reference the questions are numbered, and any 

 one replying or referring to any question will 

 please mention the number of it. 



16. Yellow Transparent. — Where can I 



buy the trees ? [E. R., Stratford.] 



Write to any of the nurserymen who 

 advertise in this journal for informa- 

 tion. 



17. A Rosary. — What is the proper dis- 

 tance to plant Hybrid Perpetual Roses 

 in making a Rosary ? [F. F.] 



Mr. Wellington, Toronto, writes : — 

 The proper distance to plant Hybrid 

 Perpetual Roses is, for strong growing 

 varieties, three feet apart ; for those of 

 weaker habits, one to two feet. 



18. The Wealthy Apple. — Has the Wealthy 

 Apple the defect of dropping off the tree 

 before being ripe, and is it easily shaken 

 off by loinds ? [F. F.] 



A. A. Wright, of Renfrew, writes: — 

 We have never been troubled with the 

 Wealthy dropping its fruit prematurely, 

 as the Tetofsky does. Neither is it 

 easily shaken off by the wind. We 

 find it, so far, one of the very best 

 apples we have for our cold northern 

 climate. I sent several boxes from here 

 to the Intercolonial. ' 



19. Gooseberry Bushes. — Will they do 

 loell under a wide-spreading tree ? Do 



