. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. hepherd 4 Samuel Miller. 5 Stark Bros. 3 M. E. Murtfeldt. 4 S. Frogner. 3 S. D. Hillman. 2 .lohn S. Harris. 3 M. J. Graham. 5 I. N. Kramer i S(m. 5 Mrs. M. I!. Waggoner. 5 L. E. R. Lambrlgger. 6 D. B. Wier. tended skin, insipid and tasteless. By andby, a greenish mould is developed on thesurface of the blighted fruit, then the sur-face becomes black and shrivelled, and atthe expiration of a month from the time offlowering, the whole are rotten and decom-posed. The flower appears about
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. hepherd 4 Samuel Miller. 5 Stark Bros. 3 M. E. Murtfeldt. 4 S. Frogner. 3 S. D. Hillman. 2 .lohn S. Harris. 3 M. J. Graham. 5 I. N. Kramer i S(m. 5 Mrs. M. I!. Waggoner. 5 L. E. R. Lambrlgger. 6 D. B. Wier. tended skin, insipid and tasteless. By andby, a greenish mould is developed on thesurface of the blighted fruit, then the sur-face becomes black and shrivelled, and atthe expiration of a month from the time offlowering, the whole are rotten and decom-posed. The flower appears about the be-ginning of June, and before August thereis hardly a Plum to be seen. It is curiousthat where two flower-stalks arise from onepoint of the branch, one will often go on toripen in the normal way, while the otherwill become abortive, as before a specimen described by Mr. Berkeley,there were two distinct ovules of equal sizeclose to the apex of the fruit, connected withthe base by vessels running down the Bailey, in Horticulturists RuleBook, gives this as a remedy: Destroy the. Piuni PocheU or Bladders. bladders before they mature, togetherwith small portions of the wood on whichthey are borne. As the fungus is superficial, we believethat its growth may be checked by thetimely application of sulphur, or perhapswith soliations of sulphide of potassum, onequarter onnce to the gallon of water. Thecopper solutions might also be given a trial. 2,100. Butterfly Flower. A year ago I had builta small conservatory six by eight in a jog of mydwelling, and have found much delight in myability to grow many plants that were hardlysuited to window sill culture. One plant I wishparticularly to speak of is the Schizanthus orButterfly flower, an old-fashioned annual suitedto pot culture, and which surprised me by itsbeauty and uniqueness. This plant I raised fromseed, which I sowed in mid-summer a year ago,placing Ave seeds iu a three inch pot. After theseedlings wer
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