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caprea pendula), Lombardy Poplar (Populus pyramidalis). Locust-tree (Eobinia 

 pseudo acacia), Ash-leaved Maple (Wegunda fraxinifolium), Norway Spruce (Abies 

 excelsa), White Poplar (Populus alba). 



Ornamental Shrubs. * 



American Ivy or Virginia Creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia) , Berberry Bush 

 (BerbeiHsnulgaris) , Bladder Senna (Golutea arhorescens), Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea), 

 Double-flowering Plum (Prunus triloba), Honeysuckle or Woodbine (Lonicera 

 caprifolium) , False Syringa (Philadelphus coronaria), Indian' Currant (Symplioricarpus 

 vulgaris), Persian Lilac (Syringa Persica), Eose-coloured Weigelia (Diervilla 

 Masea), Snowball ( Viburnum opulus sterilis), Snowberry (Symphancarpus race- 

 mosus). Upright Honeysuckle (Lonicera tartaricum). White Lilac (Syringa vulgaris 

 alba). 



In the vegetable garden we can grow almost all the ordinary plants under 

 cultivation in the Montreal and more northern regions of the Province without 

 starting them in the hot bed. But then we can get cabbages ready to eat only in 

 September, and cucumbers only at the end of August. If we like to have them 

 earlier we have to sow them in a hot bed, and so we have to do with cauliflowers, 

 celery and leeks. 



The six following kinds of vegetables it is impossible to grow at all, because they 

 give only very poor products for want of heat and on account of the shortness of the 

 summer : Artichokes, Egg Plants, Melons, Peppers, Tomatoes, Watermelons. 



In the flower garden thirty-one families of plants supply us with fifty-four 

 varieties of hardy perennial flowers, bearing without any protection, the inclemency 

 of our winters. 



Foreigners living in Europe in the same latitude as we do must think that we 

 are not much favoured by nature, from an horticultural i^oint of view. In fact, if we 

 follow the isothermal line running through the regions under the same climatic 

 conditions as we are, we have to go as far north as Stockholm, in Sweden, to 60° of 

 latitude, a difference of 12'" 30' in our latitude. 



Mr. Caston. — It is sui-prising to find how many varieties it is possible to grow 

 in 41° north latitude. They are certainly not tied down to a few varieties after all. 



Mr. FisK. — I was surprised to hear Mr. Chapais say that the Lombard plum 

 grows there. 



Mr. Chapais. — It grows quite well thei-e. 



Mr. Feankland. — About what size is the white strawberry ? 



Mr. Chapais. — It is I'ather small, but we hold to it because it bears heavily, and 

 it is such a hardy variety. 



Mr. Caston. — Does it grow two crops in the season ? 



Mr. Chapais. — Yes ; it bears in the beginning of July, and we have berries all 

 the time on the bush until the beginning of September. 



Mr. E. W. Staer. — What is the average snow fall in your section of the 

 country? 



Mr. Chapais. — In the 0]pen country 5 feet ; in the woods Y or 8 feet. 



Mr. E. W. Starr. — 1 think that is a solution of the question. If we had that 

 protection in Nova Scotia we should be able to grow fruits that we cannot do now. 



Mr. Caston. — Do the apple trees yield well there? 



Mr. Chapais. — Not so well, of course, as around Montreal, but then the fruit is 

 very good. Of course, I am not speaking from a commercial point of view. Our 

 aim is simply to supply local wants. I do not think we shall be able to make a 

 commercial affair of it, except, perhaps, for strawberries. 



Mr. Caston. — Have you any other grape that will ripen as early as the 

 Champion ? 



Mr. Chapais. — The only work we have done with the grapes is in growing the 

 Champion and the Hartford. 



Mr. FiSK. — In Kamouraska Countj' they are moi'e than a month later than we 

 are in Montreal. 



