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chickweed. It is almost impossible to get entirely rid of either. Purslane is 

 very tenacious of life, foV, if you pull it up and shake the earth from the roots, 

 you shake the seed out, as it sheds its seed freely while still green, while the 

 plant will take root again at the first shower of rain, in fact, there is no resource 

 but carrying it out of the garden altogether. One writer has said, that if you 

 hoe it up when but an inch high, you will get rid of it. That is not my 

 experience, and I have tried many ways, finger and thumb weeding, and I find 

 that putting it where it can do no more mischief is the most effective. 



Chickweed is another insidious weed, for you will have a thick carpet of it 

 almost before you know it is there, especially if the season be at all wet. Its seed 

 also will shake out very easily ; the only resource is, watch for it, hoe in time, 

 and do not let it seed at all ; if you do, you will repent when too late. 



Another duty is, to clean all tools not in use, grease them, and put them 

 away for the wmter. If you wish to take time by the forelock, lay out your 

 plans for the following season, and try if you can grow some specimens of fine 

 and beautiful fruit for the Ontario exhibit at the NVorld's Fair, Chicago. It will 

 be a credit to you and to your country, and will let the world see that this is not 

 the land of snow and ice, so many suppose it to be. 



In conclusion, I will give a few rules which a cottage gardener would do 

 well to learn off by heart, as they would be both money and pleasure to him. 



1. Do not let any weeds go to seed. 



2. If there are any seeded, burn them. 



3. Rake up all rubbish, and what is not fit for the compost heap, burn. 



4. Dig in old manure as soon as the leaves fall. 



5. Prune grape vines when the leaves have fallen, and cover them with soil 

 six inches deep later on. 



6. I^y down raspberry canes, especially in exposed places. 



7. Mulch strawberries with meadow hay, leaves, wheat straw, or straw 

 manure, and cover the plants lightly when the ground begins to freeze. 



8. Clean all garden tools, and wipe over with an old cloth or piece of cotton- 

 waste, well soaked with coal oil. 



Having complied with the above rules you may take a rest till those delu- 

 sive visitors, the spring catalogues, begin to wake you up in the new year. 



Cornwall, Ont. W. S. Turner. 



Thk Nativk Hornuean. — Our native carpinus, or hornbean, is tine of the 

 most ornamental of our small trees. Its clean, birch like foliage in summer, its 

 furrowed bark in winter, and its trim appearance at all times, bespeak for it more 

 general use. In spring, its catkins push suddenly forward before the leaves, 

 covering the tree with a mist of soft green that is a special feature of the land- 

 scape on the borders of swamps and streams. — Oarilen and l-'orest. 



