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placed on bulbs oi* roses would smother 

 these comical-faced fellows right out. 

 A slight covering of leaves with a few 

 branches to keep the wind from blow- 

 ing them away, will be best. Branches 

 of hemlock or spruce are about the best 

 unless they may be in a cold frame, in 

 which case the sash may be over them 

 and a few boards over that again. 



GLADOLI AND DAHLIAS. 



If not already lioused attend to them 

 at once. They should be. well dried ; 

 the first-named may be placed in paper 

 bags, and hung u]) in frost-proof closet 

 or cellar. The dahlias will do wherever 

 potatoes will keep nicely. 



' PETUNIAS, STOCKS, &C. 



For flowering in the house during 

 winter take up a few old plants of 

 Petunias, ten week or Crompton stocks ; 

 cut away a good quantity of the old 

 wood, especially the petunia, and pot 

 in nice rich soil and place in a sunny 

 window. 



OLD GERANIUM PLANTS 



that have been flowering during the 

 summer will now, if taken in, cutting 

 away some of the old gi-owth according 

 to the size, flower nicely during the 

 winter. 



HURRY IN THE SPRING 



may be avoided to a great extent by 

 preparing the beds in the fall by digging 

 in a liberal quantity of well-rotted 

 manure, spent hops or leaves. Beds 

 thus treated are much better than if 

 left till spring. 



A CARD. 



To the Subscribers of The Canadian Florist and 

 Cottage Gardener. 



For more than a year past I have 

 found that my business as Seedsman 

 and Fl (rist was increasing so rapidh' 

 that to make it a complete success I 

 must devote my whole time to it, and 

 I have therefore made arrangements 

 that the Gamtdian Horticulturist 

 should be sent for unexpired term to 



the subscribers of the Canadian Florist 

 and Cottage Gardener. I trust that at 

 the end of the year, or before, all the 

 friends and subscribers of the Canadian 

 Florist will become permanent sub- 

 scribers to the Canadian Hortictdturist, 

 for which magazine I will, under the 

 heading of " Floral Notes," contribute 

 monthly such matter as will, I trust, 

 be helpful to its readers. Any ques- 

 tions that may be asked or information 

 wanted in the care or treatment of 

 planis will be gladly answei'ed by me 

 in this department, and I intend to do 

 all in my po\ver to make the Hortical- 

 turist the best magazine of its class in 

 America. FKANCIS MASON. 



Peterborough, Uth Sept., 1887. 



TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE 

 "CANADIAN FLORIST." 



It is with pleasure that we greet the 

 friends of the Canadian Florist. In 

 sending you the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist for the balance of the year we 

 hope to amply fill up the contract you 

 have made with the former paper. In 

 the meantime we hope to so merit your 

 good will, and to be so useful to you 

 all, that whether you grow fruit or 

 flowers, you will wish to have this 

 journal continue as a monthly visitor to 

 your homes. 



Another Noted Pomologist has passed 

 away. On Thursday the 8th of Sep- 

 tember, Chai-les M. Hovey, died at his 

 home, at Cambridge, Mass., at the age 

 of seventy-seven. Hybridization of 

 flowers and fruits was a favorite occupa- 

 tion of his, of which the Boston Pine, 

 and Hovey's seedling strawberries are 

 instances. He is also well known as 

 editor of the Magazine of Horticulture, 

 which he founded in 1835 and conducted 

 for a period of thirty four years. He 

 was President of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society from 1863 to 

 1866 inclusive. 



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