May, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Contents for May 



Scene in Orchard at Kelowna, B.C Cover 



(Photo Copyrighted by C. H. E. Hudson, Keiowna) 



Fruit and Fruit Growing 



How Shall I Prune .... E. M. Straight \ it, 

 Refrigeration in Relalion to Fruit Growing 



/. A . Ruddick 1 1 5 



Orchard Cultivation T. G. Bunting 116 



Value of Bees in Wet Weather 117 



Flowers and Flower Growing 



The Spring Garden . . . Miss M. E. Blacklock 117 



The Perennial Border F. E. Buck 118 



Canadian Gardens— Article No. 5 A. K. Goodman 119 



The Care of Tulips Wm. Hunt 1 19 



Fertilizers for the Garden .... F. T. Shuti 120 



Planting Notes for May and June . . Wm. Hunt 121 



Vegetables 



Vegetables in a Young Orchard A. H. MacLennan 122 



Growing Seed Potatoes 123 



Early Work with Celery 123 



General 



Editorials 124 



Publisher's Desk -125 



Fruit Growing in Ontario. . . W. H. Bunting 1 26 

 Pedigreed Nursery btock . . U. P. Hedrick 130 

 Preparing Land by Powder ... C C. Nixon 132 



Society Notes 135 



Provincial Notes 136 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Alarm Clocks , . x 



Bank 132 



Cameras 133 



Classified Advertisements x 



Clubbing Offer . . v 



Commission Merchants 131 



Cream Separators 129 



E.xplosives 128 



Fencing 131 



Fertilizers ii, iii, 127, 131, 135, ix 



Flower Pots 130 



Fruit Baskets 127 



Fruit Farms x 



Furnaces 135 



Greenhouse Material vi, 12(), .\i 



Implements and Tools x, 130, 133, 134 



Insecticides and Fungicides .... iii, iv, vii, 129, xi 



Ladders 12H 



Lawn Mowers 132, ix 



Lawn Swings iv 



Manure Spreaders . . 133 



Nursery Stock ii, iv, vi, 120, 134 



Pruning Tools 128, 13d 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants . 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, viii, ix 



Spraying Machines v, 129, VXA, 134, vii 



Stock Food vii 



Sugar 136 



Telephones 128, xii 



Toilet Preparations 130 



Typewriters 136 



Washing Machines 1.32 



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