August, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



111 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Contents for August 



Scene in the Niagara Fruit District, Ont. . , Cover 



Fruits and Fruit Growing 



Fertilizers for the Orchard and Maricet Garden 



A. E. Slater 183 



Cover Crops in the Orchard . Grant S. Peart 184 



The San Jose Scale and ihe Fruit Pests Act . . 185 



Boxes vs. Barrels in the East Dr. S. W. Fletcher 186 



Trimming Blackberries 186 



Flo^ver Garden and Lawn 



An Amateur Flower Grower's Garden in August 



W. Hunt 187 



Wild Flowers for the Home Garden .... 187 



Prepare Your Paeony Beds Now . John t avers ib8 



Insects on Rose Bushes ........ 189 



Coal Ashes as a Fertilizer lag 



The Perennial Border C. Walters 189 



Lawn and Garden Hints 189 



Vegetables and Market Gardening 



More About Mushroons. . . . /. McP. Poss 190 

 Hothouse Vegetables . . . , A. //. Walker 191 



General 



Editorials 192 



Publisher's Desk 193 



British Columbia's Big Apple Show 194 



Death of H. S. Peart 195 



Notes from The Provinces 196 



Fruit Prospects in the States 200 



The New Assistant at Ottawa 301 



Shipping Strawberries West 201 



Peach Shipments to Great Britain 202 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Apple Press 19H 



J^a'ik 201 



U'»ks , 197, 2(KJ 



boxes. Baskets and Barrels 193, 19.5, 190, 199 



Building Material 201 



Cameras 2U0 



Classified Advertisements vi 



Commission Merchants . . . 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201 



Exhibitions jj^ 19y^ 201 



Fencing ' . ' vi 



Fertilizers ' . iii 179 



Flower Pots . . , ' vi 



Fruit Lands ' . vi 



Furnaces ' . ' 20ii 



Greenhouse Material and Supplies .... iii, iv, 194 



Implements and Tools ' I9(i 



Insecticides and Fungicides 201, vl 



Ladders '195 



Mail Order Houses , v 



Nursery Stock, iv 193 



Pianos 199^ 200 



Roofing Material 1<)7 



Hubber Stamps and .Stencils 201 



Safes 198 



Schools and CollcKes . . ii, 2(K) 



Seeds and Bulbs and Plants 20o! 201 



Steamship Companies . vii 



Telephones 198, viii 



Veterinary Remedies' 2(K) 



Weedicide 199 



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