THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



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Wallflowers so that tliey will bloom this 

 winter. 



What is the Easter Lily ? Is it the 

 Calla ? 



In answer to the first I would say 

 that walltiower phints grown from seed 

 last spring, planted out during the sum- 

 mer and taken in in the fall, should 

 flower without fail in February. The 

 most simple treatment is all that is 

 necessary to ensure flowers ; they re- 

 quire no pinching back, in fact only to 

 be left alone all suuuner, with the ex- 

 ception of giving water. 



The Calla is not what is called the 

 Easter Lily, but Lilium Harrisii and 

 Lilium Candidum ai-e both known by 

 that name. The Calla is not, properly 

 speaking, a lily at all. 



JlebutD. 



We will gladly give our candid opinion of any books, 

 magazines or catalogues received, especially if they 

 are likely to interest or benefit Canadian fruit 

 growers, but will not insert cut and dried reading 

 notices in fav^r of any publication whatever. 



Report of thk Ohio State Forestry 

 Bureau 1886. 



We have received through the polite- 

 ness of Mr. Adolph Ijeue, Secretary to 

 the Ohio State Forestry Bureau, the 

 second Annual Report to the Gov- 

 ernor of Ohio. It is an octavo volume 

 of 222 pages treating largely of the 

 forest trees growing in that State, shew- 

 ing their distribution, usual size, and 

 the purposes to which the wood is ap- 

 plied. It contains also many valuable 

 papers relating to different matters per- 

 taining to the subject, such as Profits of 

 Forest Culture, Joint Stock Forestry 

 Associations, Raising Forest Trees from 

 Seeds, Groupings in Forest Plantations, 

 Preservation of Woodlands, Roadside 

 Planting, Arbor Day, Forests and 

 Floods. The Relation of Forests to Agri- 

 culture, ikc. "&c. 



It is a most valuable Report, full of 



practical mattei" to us as well as to the 

 citizens of the State of Ohio and Mr. 

 Leue will please to accept our most 

 sincere thanks for his kind remem- 

 brance. 



From this report we learn that the 

 State of Ohio has a State Forestry 

 Bureau, composed of three commis- 

 sioners, who hold office for six years, 

 their terms so arranged that one expires 

 every two years. This Bureau is 

 charged with the duty, among others, of 

 making an annual report to the Gover- 

 nor of the State, which shall contain 

 the results of such investigations as 

 they have made, and such other infor- 

 mation as the Board may deem neces- 

 sary for the promotion of forestiy in the 

 State. The Bure.tu has commenced an 

 investigation into the subject of forest 

 fires in the State, the results thereof 

 are promised in the next report. 



When will sufficient regard be had 

 to the preservation of our forests by 

 our legislators to take similar steps 

 to preserve our valuable forests from 

 destruction 1 Forest tires are of annual 

 occurrence in Canada, laying waste 

 lai'ge quantities of valuable timber 

 land. It is high time energetic mea- 

 sures were taken to stay this loss. 



Transactions of the Wisconsin State 

 Horticultural Society includes ad- 

 dresses and papers presented, and proceed- 

 ings at the Summer and Winter Meetings 

 for year 1886-7. H. C. Adams, Madison, 

 Wis., Secretary. 



This Seventeenth Annual Report is 

 a tine volume of 279 pages, bound in 

 cloth, unifoimly with its predecessors. 

 It contains interesting papers and dis- 

 cussions upon such subjects as the fol- 

 lowing : — History of some of our Cul- 

 tivated Fruits, the Maple Bark Louse, 

 Ornamental Trees, Beautifying our 

 Homes, Injurious Insects, Teaching 

 Horticulture, Forestry, Life of Women 

 on Farms, Handling and Marketing 

 our Fruit, etc. 



