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their seeds for another year of mischief. 

 And, of all weeds, these two are among 

 the most unsightly. We hate the 

 latter worse even than we do the 

 Canada Thistle, and think it almost as 

 persistent in self-propagation. Most 

 people cut it when it is in bloom, but 

 in our experience it pays best to wait 

 until September, when the seeds are 

 nearly matured, for then it may be cut 

 and pilr d for burning, and so destroyed. 

 If cut too early it throws up numerous 

 sprouts, which are more difficult to cut 

 than the original stem. 



Protecting Crops in time of Drouth. — A 

 writer in the Horticultural Times 

 makes some sensible remarks under 

 this head. He gives four available 

 means for accomplishing this end which 

 is so desii-able in such a season as the 

 one just past, viz.: (1) thorough under- 

 draining — which encourages the roots 

 of plants to push down deep in the 

 soil below the dry surface soil j ( 2 ) 

 deep floughing, and thorough cultiva- 

 tion ; (3) application of wood ashes at 

 rate of fifty to one hundred bushels per 

 acre; (4l extra cultivation during the 

 hot weather. 



Transplanting Large Trees. — Mr. Thos. 

 Meehan, of the Gardeners Monthly, says 

 it is not at all necessary to remove a 

 large ball of earth, in ti'ansplanting 

 large trees. His plan is to " dig out 

 far enough from the trunk to get the 

 feeding roots, and go deep enough so as 

 to get under with forks, so that the 

 ti'ee can be easily drawn over by its 

 own weight. A two wheeled cart is 

 then backed up to the tree, the trunk 

 lashed to the shafts to be used as a 

 lever, and the job is soon done." By 

 this means a tree 20 feet in height, and 

 a foot or more thick can be moved 

 several miles for a few dollars. 



The Decease of John B. Moore the well 

 known Massachusetts horticulturis.t, is 

 announced in the September number 



of the American Florist. He died at 

 his home, in Concord, on the 21st of 

 August last, at the age of seventy. 

 Hardy roses and grapes received special 

 attention from him, and his Moore's 

 Early grape has made his name famous 

 far and wide. 



Mr. Moore has been a prominent 

 member of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society since 1849, and was Presi- 

 dent of that Society for the year 1885. 



This department is intended as an open one to every 

 reader of the ^^Horticulturist" to send in either 

 questions or answers. Often a reader will be able to 

 aiiswer a question which has been left unansivered, 

 or only partially answered by us. For convenience 

 of reference the questions are numbered, and any 

 one. replying or referring to any qxiestion ivill 

 please mention the number of it. 



68. Empire State Grape. — Can you give 

 me any points on the Empire State 

 Grape ? J. H. MORRISON, Hamilton. 



A colored frontispiece of this grape, 

 with a description, may be found in 

 this Journal, Vol. YIII., p. 97. It is 

 a hybrid of Hartford Prolific and Clin- 

 ton. The bunches are large, shouldered ; 

 '■erry smaller than Niagara, but by 

 many considered better in quality. The 

 vine is vigorous and hardy, so far as 

 tested. 



69. The Currant Borer. — Is there any 

 remedy for the grub that eais the pith 

 of the red currant bush ? How does 

 the varmint get there, and ivhat is its 

 origin ? 



See the Canadian Horticidturist ior 

 January last, p. 15, for full description, 

 with remedy. 



70. Oyster Shells as a Fertilizer. — / have 

 quite a quantity of ground oyster .shells, 

 more than I can tcse for fowls ; woidd 

 grapes, currants, (tc, be benefited by 

 its application ; soil, a sandy loam on 

 top of a clay subsoil ? 



STANLEY SPILLETT, Nantye. 



