June, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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American Pomological Society 



The American Pomological Society passed 

 its 62d milestone at the time of its last 

 meeting in St. Catharines, September, 1909. 

 The formal meeting which brought this his- 

 torical horticultural organization into ex- 

 istence was held in New York in September, 

 1848, although that meeting was preceded 

 by a preliminary conference held by those 

 interested in the organization some time 

 previous in the city of Buffalo. 



The report of its 31st biennial session is 

 now going through press and will be dis- 

 tributed to its members in a few weeks. 



In view of the many inquiries regarding 

 the scope and pun)Oses of this society, the 

 secretary makes the following statement : 

 The society is non-sectional, and is as com- 

 prehensive in its aims as the broadest inter- 

 ests of fruit growing demand. Its purpose 

 is to co-ordinate, unify and further the in- 

 terests of the various horticultural societies 

 by stimulating the best methods of culture, 

 popularizing scientific advances, and urging 

 the planting of varieties characterized by 

 high quality. 



The society has no limitations in regard 

 to membership. It is open to the amateur 

 as well as to the commercial grower of 

 fruits, to the nurseryman as well as to the 

 orchardLst. The fees are light, being two 

 dollars for the biennial two-year period. 

 The reports are exceedingly valuable as well 

 to the teacher as to the practical fruit 

 grower. 



Life membership in the society is of two 

 kinds: To institutions, it is secured for a 

 30-year period on payment of a 20-dollar 

 fee. Individuals may secure life member- 

 ship on payment of the same fee. In addi- 

 tion to the forthcoming reports, the society 

 gives each life member, on entering, copies 



of as many of the back volumes of the 

 Transaction as are now available. These 

 are becoming rare and valuable. 



The society is of special interest to the 

 fruit breeder. It promotes development of 

 improved varieties by offering prizes for dis- 

 tinctly worthy new kinds. To this end it 

 maintains a committee whose duty it is to 

 examine and report on new originations and 

 make such recommendations as in their 

 judgment are appropriate. One of the ear- 

 lier presidents of the society, the late Mar- 

 shall P. Wilder, left a small fund which is 

 used to provide silver and bronze medals to 

 be awarded to originators of worthy new 

 fruits. 



The officers of the society are: Pres., L. 

 A. Goodman, Kansas City, Mo. ; sec, John 

 Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. ; treas., L. R. Taft, 

 East Lansing, Mich. ; executive committee, 

 C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la. ; W. C. Bar- 

 ry, Rochester, N. Y. ; C. W. Garfield, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich. ; G. L. Taber, Glen St Mary, 

 Fla.; W. T. Macoun, Ottawa, Ont. 



Horticulture in Toronto 



The Toronto Horticultural Society is doing 

 active work this year in interesting the 

 residents of the city in the improvement of 

 their home grounds. Action has been taken 

 also in the work of improving certain streets 

 in unimproved parts of the city. The re- 

 sponse of the citizens shows that the soci- 

 ety's efforts are bearing fruit. Through 

 bringing the matter of civic improvement 

 directly to the attention of a number of 

 leading and wealthy citizens, Mr. W. G. 

 MacKendrick, one of the vice-presidents of 

 the society, has been successful in augment- 

 ing the funds of the society by personal sub- 

 scriptions, which are being applied to tlie 

 work of street improvement. The chair- 

 man of the committee directly in charge of 



this work is Mr. Roderick Cameron. The 

 scheme of improvement is as follows : 



The committee selects the blocks where 

 they think the prizes would be appreciat- 

 ed and where there is a chance for consid- 

 erable improvement to be made, endeavor- 

 ing to scatter them through the city. A 

 first prize of $3, second of $2, third of $1, 

 i? offered in each block for the best climb- 

 ing roses ; the same prizes for the best Vir- 

 ginia creeper ; the same prizes for the Lest 

 flower bed ; and the society bronze medal 

 for the best general effect in each block. 



Chairman Cameron has appointed a prac- 

 tical gardener to take charge of each block. 

 They will meet the citizens on these blocks 

 and endeavor to work up a desire to improve 

 their premises, and will tell them and show 

 them how it can be done. 



As the judge for each set of prizes will 

 be confined to one block, and to specific ar- 

 ticles in that block, it is anticipated that 

 the judges will not have much difficulty in 

 reaching satisfactory judgment. 



Three prizes are being given in one block, 

 consisting of $12, $8 and $5, first, second 

 and third prizes, for the best lattice work 

 or chicken line wire fence between two 

 properties covered with climbing animals, 

 vines or shrubs; by drawing attention to 

 these matters it is hoped in time to make 

 an improvement in the hideous back yard 

 fences which disfigure the city. 



The Walkerville (Ont.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety is jjlanting a privet hedge around the 

 Pere Marquette grounds, and is putting 

 four or five large bods for flowers in con- 

 spicuous places. 



I greatly appreciate your interesting pa- 

 per — The C.\naw.\n Horticulturist. — A. F. 

 f'igerstedt, Koria, Finland. 



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The practicability of spra.ving, compared to fumigating or 

 vaporizing, is being more generally recognized than heretofore 

 among those engaged in floriculture and horticulture. 



Spraying, when operated on scientific lines, is proving the most 

 economical method of combating insect pests. Fumigation re- 

 quires the filling of the house. Spraying requires application to 

 that portion of the house only where the insects make their ap- 

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Fumigation is not beneficial to flower or foliage. Spraying 

 with Aphine does not aff'cct them in the least; in fact, it invigor- 

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For Thrips, Eed Spider, Slugs and Ants, 1 part Aphine to 25 

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