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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



May 



farm being located at Ottawa, the seat of government— where, on the boundary 

 line between Ontario and Quebec, it serves the purposes of these two important 

 provinces— and the four branch farms in the more distant provinces of the Dominion. 

 A site was chosen for one of these at Nappan, in Nova Scotia, near the dividing 

 line between that Province and New Brunswick, where it ministers to the needs of 

 three Maritime Provinces ; one was located near Brandon, in the central part of 

 Manitoba ; a third was placed at Indian Head, a small town on the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway in Assiniboia, one of the North-West Territories ; and a fourth at 

 Agassiz, in the coast climate of British Columbia. The climatic conditions pre- 

 vailing at these several points are all very different, and each location in this 

 respect fairly represents a large area. At each of these farms, orchards and fruit 

 plantations have been established, and a large number of varieties of fruits tested, 

 while similar experimental work has been carried on with many different sorts of 

 ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowers. The selections made in each case have 

 been of such varieties as were thought to be most likely to succeed in the climates 

 in which they were to be tried. In the Maritime Provinces the climate resembles 

 that of many parts of New England, and the branch experimental farm at Nappan 

 occupies a fairly representative position. The climate is milder and more moist 

 than that of Ottawa, and all the varieties of trees and shrubs which succeed at 

 the central farm do quite as well, or better, at Nappan, and many varieties of 

 fruits which thrive in Nova Scotia are not able to endure the more severe winters 

 at Ottawa. At this eastern branch farm there are now nearly four hundred 

 varieties of large and small fruits under trial and about three hundred varieties of 

 ornamental trees and shrubs, and most of these are making satisfactory growth. 

 Many additions are made to these lists every year. Already these plantations are 

 proving a useful guide to the people in the Maritime Provinces, whether they 

 desire to grow fruit or to beautify their homes by ornamental planting. 



( To be continued. ) - 



7, 1898. 



Law. 



A SEED TRADE DISPUTE. 



The ^ case of Howcroft v Laycock, tried by Judge Lumley Smith Or 

 Westminster County Court a few days since, was interesting in 1 F^* at 4e 

 ing of his Honour goes a good way to prove that a seedsLn • v 48 the fin ^ 

 tected by his non-guarantee clause. In this case Messrs H 1S ab /° lule, y pro. 

 Garden, sued Mr. Laycock, of Midhurst, to recover i nowcroft > of Govern 

 This claim was admitted, but the defendant entered a LuItJ 1 • SUP r PHed him - 

 compensation for losses sustained owing to alleged miWnrAe* / or as 



supplied. The defendant stated that he purchased ixom S^Sl ° f S ° me 

 packet of Couve Tronchuda ; the seed was duly sown and a 11 ? 5?, a two *P° un d 

 of it, but the crop turned out to be strong-growing cabbages nf T t ^ taken 

 and not the dwarf Couve Tronchuda. The result j f [ erSey variet )' 



sell the crop. The plaintiffs showed that the seed was suoDUed H ° 0Uld not 

 guarantee clause, such clause having been inserted in catalogues in • a n ° D " 

 advertisements. For the plaintiffs, Mr. Hay ward said that all seedsmenT^ ^ 

 seeds under a non-guarantee clause ; he considered the nlanr* in null- hcir 

 article of domestic use but used chiefly for cattle feeding q^twn not an 



Mr. A. F. Barron was present as an expert, and decided that the crop result 

 ing from the seeds supplied was not of Couve Tronchuda TnA** r r ~ ll ' 

 found that Couve Tronchuda was fit for human cSfen J buf tft ^ 

 resulting from the seed supplied by the plaintiffs was^ fit forl^t 

 Honour, however, considered plaintiffs protected by their non -guarantee clau£ 

 and so gave judgment m their favour both on claim and counterclaim, with jj* 

 Defendant had leave to appeal. 1 u CUR * 



THE WEATHER during the Week ending April 30, 1898. 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 



Fahrenheit, 



Mean. 



Fahren 

 heit. 



London , * M . ...,•«. 



Vrffoyuon M4 ••••••••• »«• •••»••••■»••»•• 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 



Nottingham 



Liverpool , 



Huddersfield ' 



Bradford 



Hall " 



Cent! 



grade. 



Rainfall. 



In 



Inches, 



6o f 9 

 62*0 

 6i'o 

 58*0 

 60*4 

 62-1 



59*6 



56-8 

 58*8 



29*7 

 31*0 



38*4 



33'o 



31-2 

 32'8 



36-5 



37*3 

 34-2 



39'6 



48-3 



48-2 



48-4 

 46*0 



46*2 



46*8 



46*2 



46*0 



44-0 



47*6 



9"o6 

 9 '00 



9 ™ 

 7-78 



7*89 



8'22 



7-8 9 



7-78 

 6 # 6 7 



8'6 7 



0-49 



0-38 

 049 

 0*71 



0*59 

 0*44 



0*64 



o*59 

 x'10 



i*o8 



In Cent! 

 metres. 



1-24 



o*97 

 1-24 



1 "80 



I'I2 



. 1*63 



2 79 



2*74 



New Inventions. 



The Improved Garden Hose.-The trouble experienced by many ». 

 deners with garden hose bursting, kinking, or rotting, is met by another 

 important improvement in this article by Messrs. Merryweather. This firm has 

 been successful for years past in manufacturing durable garden hoses which shall 

 last more than a season or two in regular work. The latest method of securine 

 durability for their hose consists of an external coating of fine quality rubber of 

 substantial thickness, which effectually prevents the canvas plies being soaked with 

 water, as m ordinary hoses, and prevents rotting, which soon means thedestruc- 

 tion of the hose. The ends of each length are also hermetically sealed with rubber to 

 protect the canvas from water. To give flexibility this has an internal coating 

 of the best and most pliable rubber, and thus kinking and consequent stoppage <* 

 the flow of water, causing bursts in the hose, is prevented. 



of t^ The^o^ ^ fo^^r*?^ u ^ ing £ C T C ? k at G^nwich was 2 9 '6o Inches, and that 



t\ r 4 ? 3 ', th ; Iat . te ? be,n « °°'3 below the week's average in the 50 years 



^£SnM I lUr < Ctlo \ o( th « *ind was variable, the horizontal movement of the air £*£ 



iunshine n l£ Z. if E£ < hc 16 years 1860-75. The duration of registered bS 



lunshine in the week was 23-9 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to 0-49 of an inch. 



Obituary. 



r. A. W. Buck, who was formerly well known in horticultural circles owing 

 to his position as foreman in the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden.* 

 South Kensington, a position he held for a period of twenty-five years, died, 

 we regret to learn, on the 2nd inst., at Brentford. For many years past Mr. 

 Blick had been host of a comfortable inn near the Ealing Road, in the 

 Middlesex county town, and here he was always ready to bring up old horti- 

 cultural memories, while few men had a wider knowledge of IUI.S. affair* 



in connection with South Kensington. Mr. Blick passed away in his seventy- 

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