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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



which is included in the Ginseng 

 family, but both are members of the Vine 

 family. The name Ampelopsis Veitchii 

 is given it in honor of Mr. Veitch, 

 the English nurseryman who intro- 

 duced it from Japan into England. 



This beautiful creeper is quite inde- 

 pendent of trellises or strings for its 

 support. Indeed, it will climb a stone 

 wall, and cling so tenaciously that it 

 can only be removed with the greatest 

 difficulty. Plainly, therefore, it should 

 not be ti-ained upon any surface that 

 needs painting or renewing. 



The foliage during tne s-ummer is 

 vigorous, and of a dark rich green, 

 but in the autumn, if on dry soil and 

 in a sunny location, it assumes brilliant 

 tints of scarlet, crimson, and orange. 

 Some magnificent vines may be seen 

 at Boston, New York, Geneva (N.Y.), 

 where it is consideretl perfectly hardy. 

 A few have been planted at London, 

 Ont., and other places in Canada, and 

 we hope it ma,y endure our climate, 

 and be one more addition to the charms 

 of our autumnal scenery. 



AMONG THE MU 

 C^FTER parting with our friends, at 

 M^ the Collingwood meeting, the 

 temptation to visit Muskoka 

 was too great to be resisted. "What a 

 pity that the great forest fires have so 

 stripped ofi' from the rocky shores and 

 islands of these lakes, nature's cover- 

 ing ; and has exposed to view the 

 barren rocks, and the charred trunks of 

 what once constituted a most valuable 

 forest of pines. 



Notwithstanding this, a series of 

 some eight hundred lakes, dotted with 

 islands of every size and shape, with 

 rock-bound coast, and ever varying 

 scenery, still makes the Muskoka Dis- 

 ' trict one of the most attractive regions 

 in the world to summer tourists. 

 Bundles of camping outfits are daily 

 transferred at Muskoka wharf from 

 the railway cars to the steamers, which 

 await their loads of pleasure seekers, 

 eager to carry them up the lake 

 toward Bala, Lake Joseph, or Lake 



rSKOKA LAKES. 



Rosseau. At Gravenhui-st, we had th^ 

 pleasure of meeting Mr. J. P. Cock- 

 burn, an active member of our Associa- 

 tion, who has done much toward 

 encouraging fruit culture around Mus- 

 koka lake. Although fully occupied 

 with official duties in connection wit'i 

 a busy post office and express office, he 

 found time to drive out with us to a 

 bog, where the interesting Canadian 

 pitcher plant {Sarracenia Purpurea} 

 grew in gi'eat abundance. He also 

 took the writer through his greeri 

 house, and made him accept a beautiful 

 specimen plant of Begonia rubra. la 

 his garden we found a seedling black 

 raspberry, perfectly hardy, and as pro- 

 ductive as any of our cultivated va- 

 rieties. 



Our sail up Muskoka lake was 

 charming. Nor was it uninteresting 

 to be informed that this lake was once, 

 in the days of the Huron Indians, 

 called " Petit Lac dea Hurons," and 



