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THE CANADIAN HORTicULTUfeiST. 



Catalpa. — Sir : Yon may like to 

 know that I have tlie Catalpa, in full 

 bloom, here now. I see by tlie Horti- 

 cult'itrist that it will not grow in every 

 part of Canada. The blossom is larpje, 

 very beautiful, and, if away from the 

 tree, it would pass for an orchid, i.e., 

 for its delicacy of colour and form. 



MARIA S. RYE. 

 Niagara, 2nd July, 1887. 



Canabtaii J)orticxilturist. 



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 trated 

 Monthly Journal, de- 

 I voted to the interests 

 of Fruit Growers, 

 (hardeners, and Gentle- 

 men owning rural or su- 

 burban homes. 



Subscription price §1.00 

 per year, entitling the subscri- 

 ber to membership of the Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association of Ontario and all its 

 privileges, including a copy of its 

 valuable Annual Report, and a share in its 

 annual distribution of plants and trees. 



This Journal is not published in the in- 

 terests, or for the pecuniary advantage of 

 any one, but its pages are devoted wholly to 

 the progress of Horticultural Science and 

 Art in Canada. 



The Evening Primrose. — One of our sub- 

 scribei'S who complained about receiv- 

 ing seeds of the Evening Primrose 

 among our flower seeds sent out last 

 spring, Vjecause it was a noxious weed, 

 must KUi-ely l)e ignorant of the great 

 ditference between the native and the 



cultivated varieties. The genus ffino- 

 thera comprises some of our most showy 

 summer blooming plants, and are 

 highly prized in the best gardens. 

 Some of the finest are natives of Texas, 

 California, and Missouri. 



Summer Pruning of ornamental trees 

 and shrubs is commended by the Gar- 

 deners' MonMy. By this is meant a 

 judicious thinning out, and the pinch- 

 ing back of growing branches of both 

 deciduous and evergreen trees. The 

 Scotch Pine may be made a "most beau- 

 tiful ornament to the lawn, by cutting 

 ofi its head when about ten feet high, 

 and never allowing another to grow. 

 The side branches are cut away, ex- 

 ce[jting the upper tier, which then 

 s[)read and drooj) in such a way as to 

 jiresent a beautiful arbor-like form. 



Many of our deciduous shrubs may 

 also be much improved by clipping. 

 At many of the Northern Railway 

 stations, we noticed the Tartai'ian 

 Honey-suckle, tlie Weigela, and other 

 shrubs pruned into roundish or oblong 

 shapes, with flat toi)S. Thus pruned 

 they are adapted to small tidy lawns, 

 where otherwise their natural free 

 habits of growth would exclude them. 



The Marlboro' raspberry is just now 

 (7th July) ripening its first fruit of this 

 season on our grounds. It is quite re- 

 assuring to find such stout canes, so 

 well laden with large, bright, scarlet 

 bcnies. 



The Cherry Crop has been unusually sa- 

 tisfactory this year. The horrid aphis 

 has beea entirely I'outed by the friendly 

 lady bug, and the rot upon the Bigga- 

 reau varieties has been less destructive 

 than usual. For several years past the 

 Heart and Biggareau varieties have 

 been such utter failures in tlie Niagara 

 distiict that we were quite prepared 

 to condemn them as being wholly 

 unprofitable But this season it has 

 been a pleasure to handle them, so fine 



