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speaking, where markets are accessible, land is increased in value two or three 

 times by being set with good varieties of fruit and properly cared for. Such 

 land as is described, can seldom be purchased at less than $100 an acre, and 

 our subscriber appears to have a good offer under consideration. 



fiOOK OX NURSERY WORK. 



•S16« Sir, — Is there any work on hybridizing, budding, grafting, etc. ? 



A. ('. CiiAi'MAN, Frank/ord, Out. 



The most useful books for the amateur on these subjects is Thomas- 

 American Fruit Culturist. Baileys Nursery Book, also give pretty full direc- 

 tions on nursery. Both of these books are advertised in this journal. 



GOOSEBERRY LEAF SPOT. 



517. Sir, — Will you kindly tell me in next month's Horticulturist why the leaves 

 of my red currants dry up and all fall off ; at this time they are all bare and are now starting 

 to put out new leaves, they are mixed alternate with black currants, five feet apart, and 

 get same attention as black, yet the black are looking splendid and doing well, while red 

 are not making any growth, and looking like winter, all bare. I have enclosed a leaf. 

 Kindly give me what you think reason and remedy for same, and you will greatly oblige. 



Herbert Bligh, Whonnock, B. C. 



Reply by Prof. Fletcher. 

 The red currant leaves, from our correspondent at Whonnock, B. C, are 

 attacked by the common disease septoria ribis, the gooseberry leaf spot. This 

 disease is prevalent through Canada. An interesting observation has been made 

 this summer by Mr. Craig, that upon some gooseberry bushes which were pro- 

 tected against the mildew by the carbonate of copper treatment, the septoria 

 upon the leaves was about as abundant as on the untreated leaves. It is ques- 

 tionable whether spraying bushes for this trouble would pay for the material and 

 the labor. The injury does not show itself here until August, and very fre- 

 (luently a second crop of leaves produced. I shall try some experiments next 

 year upon this disease, with Bordeaux mixture, as this annual defoliation must 

 have a very weakening effect upon the trees. 



GOLDEN-LEAVED ELDER. 



51§. Sir, — I send you sample berries of the Golden Leaved Elder. I think a note of 

 this beautiful showy golden leaved shrub would be of interest to the many readers of the 

 (.'anadian HoRTici'LTiTRisT. I find them perfectly hardy, bearing fine large fruit, as you 

 will see by samples sent. With its striking golden foliage, it is a shrub worthy of a trial, 

 both for fruit and for ornament. 



M. MiLtJAU, Briijht, Out. 



Where golden colored foliage is desired on the lawn, this would be no 

 doubt one of the most satisfactorv shrubs. Even the common elder is counted 



