THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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the plant, which, under fair cultivation, 

 will be strong enough to make a live 

 stake two feet high to tie the parent 

 plant to. At this stage the plant 

 ■should be shifted to a larger pot, when 

 the natural stake will send out bi'anches 

 and prepai'e to flower. In the mean- 

 time the old wood has been in bloom. 

 In August or September the plant will 

 make a special effort and come out in 

 "great glory." As this season ap- 

 proaches, a little weak liquid manure, 

 given once or twice a week will greatly 

 add to the beauty of the flowers and 

 foliage. 



As the plant increases in age, the 

 annual shoots increase in size till at 5 

 or 6 years, the plant forms a grand 

 clump or specimen plant 5 to 10 feet 

 high, loaded with great trusses of bloom. 

 Most Begonias require much shade, 

 heat and moisture, but the Rubra is 

 happy in sunshine, and does not mur- 

 mur if the thermometer occasionally 

 drops to 35^ in winter, or goes up to 

 110° in. summei-. It positively refuses 

 to harbour any vermin, and has no 

 home on its shiny leaves for dust. 



Strange you seldom see this grand 

 plant decorating the verandah, or, as it 

 should do, standing majestically among 

 our noblest window plants. If any of 

 the members of our society have not 

 yet grown this plant, I advise them to 

 commence at once. 



21st March, 1887. 



A Marvellous Hyacinth. — Sir: 

 — Talking about success and failure in 

 Hyacinth growing, many will be sur- 

 prised to learn that in Toronto a lady 

 has grown four distinct stems of Hya- 

 cinth from one bulb, all in bloom at 

 one time and a perfect marvel of splen- 

 did growth. The flower stems were all 

 of a size and beautiful pink ; variety, 

 Lord Wellington. This beats anything 

 ever seen in Hyacinth growing so far. 



Can any one of your readers say to the 

 contrary ] Yours truly, 



Antox Simmers. 

 Toronto, Feb. 21st, '87. 



The light from an electric lamp 

 tower at Davenport, falls full upon a 

 flower garden about 100 feet away, and 

 during last Summer the owner observed 

 that lilies which usually bloom only in 

 the day opened in the night, and that 

 morning-glories unclosed their blossoms 

 as soon as the electric light fell on them. 

 It has frequently been observed that 

 trees were most exuberant in their 

 foliage on the side nearest the electric 

 lisht. 



^iograyhiml 



CHARLES DOWNING, THE MAN OF LETTERS, 



THE SUCCESSFUL FRUIT GROWER AND 



THE VENERABLE HISTORIAN. 



WRITTES FOR THE CANADIAN" IIORTICTLTURIST BT B. 

 GOTT, ARKOXA, OST. 



As the well ti'ied leaders of society 

 and public thought one by one pass 

 away from our midst, and the tired 

 veterans are quietly laid away to their 

 rest, it plainly becomes our privilege 

 and duty to take note for future refer- 

 ence or reminder. In some cases the 

 material for note-taking is very plenti- 

 ful, but in other cases, like the present, 



