June 12.—Many of us confine our fruit-growing-activities to the cultivation of a few Strawberry plants or to the growing of a few "P'i-pa, Persimmon, and Chinese Date-plum trees which thrive in our gardens and produce edible fruit with little care. Peaches are also to be seen in many places, but the fruit is, generally speaking, not edible: the trees being grown for the beautiful display of flowers which they provide in the Spring. However, there are a few fruit-growing enthusiasts here who refuse to be satisfied with the more common kinds and who work hard to obtain something different and better. Most of these people have gardens in the country districts, away from the smoke-laden atmosphere of the city: but we visited a garden the other day, located on Avenue Foch, about two miles from the Bund and found a real orchard, full of all kinds of fruit trees. We never expected to find such a large number of trees thriving so well within a few yards of a very busy thoroughfare and the lady responsible for their maintenance is to be congratulated on the results she has obtained. What she has succeeded in doing would have been a difficult task in any city; but here, where climatic conditions are not conducive to the successful growing of fruit, it is really remarkable how she has persuaded the trees to bear fruit so prolifically. It is interesting to note, however, that the younger trees are finding it difficult' to become established; it is difficult to prevent them going to "wood." Many
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