Fruit Interests. 



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Cherries for Central aiid Northern 



Amarelle Bouquet. 

 Ostheim. 

 Shubianca. 

 Doppelte Natte. 

 Griotte Imperial. 

 Brusseler Braune. 

 Lutovka. 

 Bessarabian. 

 Sklanka. 



Frauendorfer Weichsel. 

 Straus Weichsel. 



Peaches — - 



Iowa — (continued. ) 



Lithaur Weichsel. 

 Griotte du Nord. 

 Juniat Amarelle. 

 Heart-shaped Weichsel. 

 George Glass. 

 Orel. 



23 Orel. 



24 Orel. 



25 Orel. 



26 Orel. 



27 Orel. 



Some of the Chinese varieties have fruited and they are 

 very promising. 

 A pricot — 



The Shense (Acme of Nebraska), from Northern China, is 

 the best. 



Ornamentals — 



Populus Bolleana. 

 Salix laurifolia. 



S. Babylonica, from Central Russia. 

 S. Napoleonis . 

 S. a urea, 



Shepherdia argentea, native. 

 Elceagnus angustifolia. 

 Elcea gnus macrophylla . 

 Be Hi la alba, 

 Alnus incana, native. 

 HippophcB angustifolia. 

 Halimodendron a rgenteum . 



Viburnum Lantana. 

 PJiiladelphus scabra. 

 Berberis Amurensis . 

 Prunus triloba. 

 Rosa rugosa. 



Spirceas, particularly triloba, Van 

 Houttei, Douglasii and Nobleana. 



Tamarix Amurensis . 



Hydrangea paniculata . 



Ligustrum vulgare, from Poland and 

 Central Russia. 



Lonicera Tarta rica . 



§2. FOR THE NORTHEAST. 



There are considerable areas in the northern portions 

 of our eastern states where horticulture would thrive but 

 for the extreme winters, and the remark will apply to large 

 parts of Ontario, Quebec and other eastern provinces. In 

 these regions, the western agitation concerning iron-clads 

 has particular value ; yet humidity of atmosphere, soil 

 and other conditions, are so different in the two regions 

 that each section must in a large measure discover meth- 

 ods and varieties for itself. Mr. Charles Gibb, of Que- 

 bec, and Dr. T. H. Hoskins, of Northern Vermont, are known 

 as the leading promoters of a better horticulture in the cold 



