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develop their circinate fronds. Remove the plants with a sharp spade, allowing 

 as much of the soil to remain intact about the roots as possible ; place the roots 

 in a spring wagon and remove them to the place where they are to grow. If the 

 soil is similar to that where they grew, one cannot fail to have ferns, fine, large 

 and beautiful, the tirst year. To meet with success in fern culture, one must 

 study the plants in their native haunts, so as to be able to supply their needs as 

 to soil, moisture, shade, etc. Ferns are perennial, and do not require trans- 

 planting. When once well established, there is nothing more interesting and 

 beautiful in a garden that a native fernery. 



SUMMER TREATMENT IN THE VLXEVARD. 



The checking of superfluous growth by summer pruning is important, as only 

 four canes to each vine are needed for the succeeding year. What we need 

 beyond these is simply foliage sufficient to perfect the present crop of fruit ; hence 

 many suckers and superfluous shoots can be wholly removed, others shortened. 



Frequent extreme changes in temperature tend to induce mildew. Sulphur 

 is a specific. At first we bought a small quantity and used a sulphur bellows ; 

 now we mi.x sulphur with air-slacked lime, about one part in five, and scatter 

 by hand, dusting the vines and ground beneath quite generously. The use o^ 

 sulphur is usually delayed too long. I would advise its use from June 20, at 

 inter\'als, up to the period of ripening ; if delayed till the foliage is badly mil- 

 dewed, the sulphur remedy is about the same as locking the stable door after 

 the horse is stolen. AVhen the foliage is ruined by mildew, sulphur is of no 

 avail. 



Grape rot is a source of much trouble to tlie vineyardist. The affected fruit 

 has black spots upon one side, the work of a fungus which ruins the berries so 

 affected. A\'ith varieties in some localities, occasionally this affection is so 

 serious as to nearly or quite destroy the crop. Avoid fermenting manures ; use 

 all available means to maintain a healthy condition of the vines. Remove and 

 destroy all affected berries as soon as possible after they are discovered ; other- 

 wise the spores of the fungus may be multiplied indefinitely. 



Success with the grape is generally the result of intelligent care, continuously 

 given, from beginning to end. — 1\ M. Aucuu, Coniucficitt State Ponio/o^^ist, 

 Farm and Iloiite. 



.\MONf;sT those engaged in plant-growing, none are better acciuainted with 

 the ad\'antages of keeping pot plants on a moist bottom than those who cultivate 

 for market ; with them it is now a rare occurrence to meet with anything on dry 

 stages, and the plants which they grow in little pots are marvels of skilful culti- 

 vation alike for their healthy foliage and for the (juantity of the flowers which 

 they proilii' '• Ti<'' !f<rtictiltiiral Times. 



