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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Yarmouth and Digby Railway, Nova 

 Scotia. 



T, H. RAND, Woodstock College. 



Pink Water Lily. — Sir: In the 

 June number of the Horticulturist 

 there is a request to those who know 

 where the Pink Water Lily may be 

 found in Canada. We can boast of 

 this beauty here, and, on reference to 

 Mrs. Traill's charming work, " Studies 

 in Plant Life of Canada," find its 

 habitat is at Lakefield. Perhaps I 

 may be pardoned a quotation from the 

 above work when describing it. " It 

 is of such an exquisite color that it can 

 only be compared with the 



" Hues of the rich unfolding morn 

 That ere the glorious sun be born, 

 By some soft touch invisible, 

 Around his path are taught to swell." 

 —Kehle. 



This is called Nymphea odorata var. 

 rosea and is found abundantly in many 

 of the small lakes in the northern coun- 

 ties of Ontario, j)articularly in the 

 Muskoka District. An Amateur. 



London, Ont. 



A STRAWBERRY WEEVIL. 



The Editor Canadian Horticulturist. 



Sir : I enclose a number of little 

 beetles, or weevils, that are destroying 

 my strawberry blossoms. 



I take several horticultural journals, 

 &c., but have never seen anything 

 about such an insect. I see slight 

 traces of them in all the strawberry 

 patches in this neighbourhood, but not 

 to amount to anything. 



They have destroyed fully two-thirds 

 of my crop. They shew a particular 

 liking for the Sharpless ; in fact, the 

 Chas. Downing are comparatively un- 

 injui-ed. In some instances, eveiy fruit 

 stalk is stripped, and not more than six 

 berries on an average are left on a stem. 



They always destroy them before 

 blooming : any bud that manages to 

 open is out of danger. They cut them 

 off from one-eighth to one-sixteenth of 



an inch from the bud. I have tried 

 Helleljore and Pyrethrum powder, putt- 

 ing V>oth on very thickly in a dry 

 state, but they do not seem to notice 

 it ; in fact t have found them snugly 

 nested among the stems entirely covered 

 with the dust, and apjj^'rently not affect- 

 ed by it. If I can find no remedy, I 

 must give up trying to grow strawVjer- 

 ries. It is certainly a local pest at 

 present, but it may spread if nothing is 

 found to check it. I will further add 

 that I have found occasionally a wild 

 strawberry plant attacked by it, but 

 very seldom. I shall be greatly obliged 

 if you can do anything to help me in 

 this matter, and if you can find out 

 what the enclosed beetles are ; also if 

 any remedy is known for destroying 

 them. Very truly yours, 



Landon Hall, 

 Cowans ville, Prov. Que., June 6, 1887. 

 [The insect evidently belongs to the 

 Curculionidfe, but is quite a new s]jecies 

 to us. We have sent samples to an 

 eminent entomologist and will give his 

 reply as soon as received. — Ed.] 



FRUIT PROSPECTS. 



The Editor Canadian Horticultural. 



Sir : The prospects for a crop of 

 fruit in this country at the present 

 time is first-class, especially of small 

 fruits and peaches. Cherries will be 

 about half a crop. All other fruits 

 promise fair at present. The curl 

 seems to have mostly left the peach 

 leaves, but the leaves seem to be 

 dropping badly. Perhaps some one 

 could give a reason. The Marlborough 

 raspberries I got last year seem to grow 

 well this year, and I am expecting 

 good results from them. 



Forest, Ont. J. M. Remington. 



Pinch off the canes of your grapevines, leaving 

 three or four leaves bej'ond the last cluster. The 

 plant will not expend its energies in running out a 

 long cane to be cut back next winter, but will make 

 large fruit and strong buds for next year's growth. 



