July, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



171 



friends. Nova Scotia has appointed pro- 

 vincial inspectors, from whom more effi- 

 cient work may be expected. Vigilance and 

 careful inspection of orchard.? and nursery 

 stock may be expected to keep this pest 

 from gaining a foothold in fhe east as they 

 have in the west, and thereby save the 

 Eastern growers hundreds of thousands of 

 dollars. 



The annonncement that the Ontario De- 

 partment of Agriculture will this year 

 maintain a mirket commissioner in the 

 orairie provinces, as was done last year by 

 British Columbia, is a welcome one. Such 

 action was long ago suggested by The Can- 

 .\DIAN HoRTicuLTTTRiST. and later the pro- 

 nosal was endorsed by the Ontario Fruit 

 Grow-ers' Association. No time should be 

 lost in placing a competent man at this 

 work. His services should mean much this 

 year to the fruit growers of Ontario, 



It is gratifying to know that the grant 

 of the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition 

 will be materially increased this year. For 

 years this exhibition suffered from lack of 

 funds. Of late it has assumed such pro- 

 portions that a more liberal government 

 grant has been greatly needed. Now that 

 this has been assured we may expect to see 

 the exhibition attain still greater propor- 

 tions and increase its usefulness to the 

 fruit interests of the province. 



It is to be regretted that Hon. Mr. Duff, 

 Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, has 

 not seen his way clear to divert a portion 

 of Ontario's share of the Dominion Go- 



Ask! 



Occasionally we get letters from 

 some of our subscribers asking where 

 they can buy a certain article, or line 

 of goods. They have first consulted 

 the advertising columns of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, but failing to 

 find what they want they have come 

 to us. We have, in almost all cases, 

 been able to direct them to a reliable 

 firm handling the goods they want. 



You who read The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist will be requiring many and 

 varied lines of goods during the next 

 few weeks. You will probably, in the 

 majority of instances, be able to find 

 what you want advertised in The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. But some 

 things you may not find. If such is 

 the case write us. It may be some- 

 thing for use in connection with your 

 work in the orchard or garden, some- 

 thing for use in your home, or some- 

 thing for your own personal use. We 

 probably have the information you 

 desire. 



We are closely in touch with reli- 

 able firms handling goods of almost 

 every description. We are pleased to 

 be of service to our subscribers and 

 any information along this line you 

 need and we possess will be readily 

 given. Ask us. 



And when consulting the advertise- 

 ments in The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist remember that every one of them 

 has our personal endorsation. They 

 would not be there if we did not be- 

 lieve they were good firms and would 

 give their customers a fair deal. 



We do not admit advertisers to our 

 columns except such as believe are 

 thoroughly reliable. 



vernment's grant for agricultural purposes 

 to the Fruit Experiment Station at Jordan 

 Harbor, This station is not accomplishing 

 the work that it might because of lack of 

 funds. It deserves and should receive 



more liberal treatment from the Ontario 

 government. 



PUBLISHER'S DESK 



No feature that we have added to The 

 Canadian Horticttlttjrist during recent 

 years has been more appreciated by our 

 readers than our series of articles describ- 

 ing Canadian gardens. These articles are 

 proving so popular we are planning to 

 continue them after the first of the year. 

 We desire your help. You must know of 

 some garden in your vicinity worthy of be- 

 ing described in this series of articles. Will 

 you not draw it to our attention in order 

 that we may arrange to obtain photographs 

 of it during July and August when gardens 

 are at their best? We are particularly 

 anxious to obtain descriptions of gardens 

 in Montreal and other eastern cities as 

 well as in the cities of the west. Officers 

 of horticultural societies are especially urg- 

 ed to give this matter their attention. We 

 are willing to pay for illustrations and ar- 

 ticles of this class that prove acceptable. 

 Let us hear from you. 



Items of Interest 



Have you noticed the gratifying increase 

 in the circulation of The Canadian Hoeti- 

 OTJLTTjRiST as reported from month to 

 month in the first column of the opposite 

 page? The fact that the circulation of 

 The Canadian HoBTicuLTrrRiST during June 

 was some 2,000 greater than for the same 

 month a year ago, although we anticipate 

 a slight falling back during the month of 

 July, demonstrates the increasing popu- 

 larity of The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 As the circulation continues to increase it 

 is our intention to enlarge and otherwise 

 improve the paper, and thereby keep 

 abreast of the development that is taking 

 place in our fruit and horticultural in- 

 terests. 



An excellent article by Mr, T. G, Hunt- 

 ing, of Ottawa, on systems of orchard irri- 

 gation that we had intended to publish in 

 this issue had to be held over owing to 

 lack of space. It will, however, appear 

 with a number of other equally interesting 

 articles in our August issue, A special 

 feature of this issue will be a special article 

 dealing with the picking and packing of 

 peaches and written by Mr, Logsdail, of 

 the Jordan Harbor Experiment Station. 

 For the floral department w© have been pro- 

 mised an article by Mr. J. McPherson Ross, 

 of Toronto, entitled "Planning for Future 

 Flowers," as well as an article on "Paeon- 

 ies and Their Care," by Mr. John Cavers, 

 the well-known specialist, of Oakville, An- 

 other description of a Canadian garden, 

 freely illustrated, will also be a feature. 

 The August issue will be a strong nuniLer. 



Great preparations are being made for 

 the Second Annual Packing Number of The 

 Canadian Hortioultubist that will appear 

 the first of September. A number of Can- 

 ada's leading authorities have promised to 

 contribute, and some have already lorwaid- 

 ed their articles. We expect that this 

 year's issue will surpass last year's fine 

 number. 



Prof, W. S. Blair, of Macdonald College, 

 Quebec, has been appointed superintendent 

 of the fruit experiment s'ation recently 

 established at Kentville, N.S,, by the Do- 

 minion Government. He has also been 

 made Maritime Horticulturist, Prof, 



Blair is a native of Nova Scotia, and at 

 one time held the position of horticulturist 

 at the Experimental Farm at Nappan, N,S, 



At a meeting of the fruit and vegetable 

 growers of the Leamington district held 

 during June the defunct Erie Fruit Com- 

 pany was revived. The object of the grow- 

 ers is cooperation in the matter of car-lot 

 shipments. Shipments will be made to the 

 prairie country. The following officers 

 were elected : President, J. Atkins ; secre- 

 tary, Geo. Ross; business manager, E. E. 

 Adams. 



SOCIETY NOTES 



We Invite the offloeri of Horti- 

 cnltural Sooletie* to send in short, 

 pithy report* of work that wonld in. 

 terest members of other Hortlcnltu- 

 ra,l Societlee, 



Calgary' s Good Work 



In Calgary there is a horticultural so- 

 ciety that is doing things. Its officers are 

 men of resource, enterprise and public 

 spirit. The city is being benefitted by 

 their activities. Through the kindness of 

 the president of the society, Mr, S, R. 

 Houlton, The Canadian Horticulturist 

 has received a copy of the prize list of the 

 society for 1912, This year it will hold its 

 fifth annual exhibition on August 14 and 

 15, when one thousand two hundred dollars 

 will be offered in prizes for plants, flowers, 

 fruits, vegetables and decorative designs, A 

 portion of this money will be used also as 

 prize money for lawns, trees and gardens. 

 The society is making a strong feature this 

 year of garden competitions, especially cot- 

 tage gardens, and is being encouraged by 

 tho great interest that is being taken in 

 this special line of work. Last year one 

 hundred and seventeen entries were made 

 in this competition. A grant of three 

 hundred doMars was received from the go- 

 vernment last year and one hundred dol- 

 lars from the city council. Before long 

 we hope to be able to describe a prize win- 

 ning Calgary garden in The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist. 



Windsor's Corner Gardens 



From time to time we have publish, d 

 illustrations in The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist of the flower beds conducted on the 

 corners of the streets in the city of Wind: or 

 by the Windsor Horticultural Society, Last 

 year the society had one hundred and 

 seventy-five flower beds on the corners of 

 the streets. The society gets a grant of 

 four hundred dollars from the city council, 

 and the work of looking after the flower- 

 beds is attended to by men whose services 

 are paid for out of the park estimates of 

 the city. The society buys the plants. 

 When a liower bed is located on a corner 

 it is understood that the people living there 

 must be members of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety and that they will water the flower 

 beds. Much of the credit for the success 

 of this work belongs to Alderman H, J 

 McKay, who is the secretary-treasurer of 

 the society. 



