. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. the surplus fruits of the country. Canneries a n il fruit - preserving establishments of various kinds also afford means of disposing of of the surplus fruits which are not in a condition to be exported. The high price of labor, and the compe- tition which has to be met, in the matter of the cheap jams and othe
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. the surplus fruits of the country. Canneries a n il fruit - preserving establishments of various kinds also afford means of disposing of of the surplus fruits which are not in a condition to be exported. The high price of labor, and the compe- tition which has to be met, in the matter of the cheap jams and other products, adulterated with foreign sub- stances and glucose, which come from the east and California, are, however, very serious factors which mil- itate against the success of such ; Pests.—Most of the pests which have caused such serious loss to the orchardists of other countries have made their appearance in the province, but, thanks to the efforts made for their suppression, the codlin moth and curculio are notable exceptions. Climate.—The climate of the coast is most equable. The temperature seldom falls to zero nor rises above 75° or 80°. In the interior the variations are naturally greater, but even there in the coldest part of the win- ter, the temperature does not long remain at or below zero. On the coast the preeipitition is ilmost entirely in the form of rain i\hi(h is snrti innt t r the with drooping, inflated buds and solitary, bell-shaped Hs. more thiin 1 in. long and 1)4 in. wide, dull yellow, flushed and veined with dull purplish brown. Lvs. has- tate. in the Amer. trade. CANAKY-BIED FLOWER is a Tropmoltim. CANARY GRASS is a Phalaris. CANAVALIA (an aboriginal name). Trailing or twining herbs : fls. in axillary racemes, with bell-shaped, 2-lipped calyx, papilionaceous corolla, 9 stamens united and 1 free for most of its length : pods large and ribbed on edges. Several species, widely distributed in warm cou
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