August, 191 2 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



193 



PUBLISHER'S DESK 



The next issue of The Canadian Horti- 

 OTTLTL'RiST Will be OUT seoond animal Spe- 

 cial Exhibition and Packing Number. It 

 promises to be the best issue of The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist we have ever issued. 

 The cover will be special in character and 

 the contents of more than usual interest. 

 Naturally the subject of the packing of 

 fruit will be given due prominence. Among 

 the articles will be one entitled "How We 

 Pack the Fameuse Apple," by Mr. R. W. 

 Shephard, of Como, Quebec, and another 

 entitled "Packing Fruit for the Western 

 Markets," by Mr. Robt. Thompson, of St. 



Confidence. 



How much do you think a large 

 manufacturing or other business con- 

 cern, selling hundreds of thousands 

 of dollars worth of goods annually 

 would take and forfeit the confidence 

 the buying public has in the quality 

 of their goods and in their willing- 

 ness to give their customers fair and 

 honest treatment at all times? Were 

 it possible to buy this confidence you 

 probably could not purchase it at 

 any price. It has taken years of hon- 

 est dealing and reliable goods, and 

 thousands, or perhaps hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars spent in telling 

 people about these goods through 

 some of the many forms of advertis- 

 ing, printed and otherwise, to build 

 up and maintain this confidence. 

 Were this confidence once lost they 

 would have to start all over again. 



This is why the business concern 

 which has advertised its goods exten- 

 sively for years, and has built up a 

 big business, is obliged to keep up 

 the quality of the goods put out, and 

 to maintain its reputation for fair and 

 honest dealing. One dishonest trans- 

 action, or one dissatisfied customer 

 will, in the end, mean a loss of many 

 times any immediate gain which 

 might be made through such trans- 

 action. 



The publishers of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist have, tor years, been 

 building up confidence between its 

 readers and the advertisers, who use 

 space in its columns, to tell about 

 their goods. For years we have posi- 

 tively refused to publish liquor or to- 

 bacco advertisements, electric belt, 

 patent medicine, and get-rich-quick 

 schemes, or any kind of advertising 

 to which we felt our readers might 

 object, or which we felt to be ques- 

 tionable. To publish one dishonest 

 advertisement would cause miny of 

 our readers to lose confidence in the 

 advertisers who use The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. This is why we are 

 so careful to admit to our columns 

 only such advertisers as we feel we 

 can thoroughly endorse. And this is 

 why advertising space in The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist is becoming in- 

 creasingly valuable. 



We (Jo not admit advertisers to our 

 columns except such as we believe are 

 thorour/My reliable. 



Catharines. Mr. Ralph Baton, of Kent- 

 ville. Nova Scotia, probably the largest 

 fruit grower in the Maritime provinces, has 

 promised an article on "Popular Nova 

 Scotia Apple Packs." Mr. Eaton was one 

 of the pioneer packers of boxed apples in 

 the Maritime provinces, and is especially 

 well qualified to handle this subject. Mr. 

 A. V. Harkneis, superintendent of the Jor- 

 dan Harbor Experiment Station, is to con- 

 tribute an article entitled "Picking and 

 Packing the Apple Crop." The foregoing 

 are only a few of the many interesting 

 features this number will contain. In ad- 

 dition it will be profusely illustrated. Our 

 aim is to make each of these special pack- 

 ing numbers larger and better than their 

 predecessors. Success promises to attend 

 our efforts this year. 



During the past few weeks representa- 

 tives of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 have been busy securing descriptions of 

 Canadian gardens in a number of towns 

 and cities. In this they have had the 

 assistance of expert photographers, and 

 we anticipate that the results, when pub- 

 lished, will be most pleasing to our readers. 

 The descriptions of these gardens will ap- 

 pear one at a time during the coming 

 year. We are finding it difficult to obtain 

 descriptions of 'good gardens in the eastern 

 and western provinces, and, therefore, 

 would be grateful to receive the assistance 

 of some of our readers in these sections, and 

 also in the city of Montreal. 



Although the next issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist will be a Special Exhibi- 

 tion and Packing Number, we do not de- 

 sire our readers to think that the garden 

 and other features of the paper will be in 

 any way neglected. These will receive as 

 much space as usual, and the snbiect mat- 

 ter will be most instructive and timely. 

 There will be a page of garden notes con- 

 taining advice concerning fall work in the 

 garden, another Canadian garden will be 

 described and there will be several articles 

 on snecial subjects. Each department of 

 the paper will be at its full strength, and 

 the contributors will be among the best we 

 can secure. 



SOCIETY NOTES 



We luTlte the offloeri of Horti- 

 cultural Bocletle* to lend In fj""^. 

 pithy report* of work that wonld In- 

 terest member* of other Horticultu- 

 ral Societies. 



Toronto 



Trie enterprising aim of the High Park 

 District Ratepayers' Association is to make 

 the High Park Distr'ct of Toronto a "Sec- 

 tion Beautiful." With this end in view, a 

 trophy and shields are being offered bv the 

 horticultural section for competition by 

 the householders in the district for the best 

 kept lawns and gardens. Mr. Roderick 

 Cameron, of the city parks department, re- 

 cently conducted his summer inspection. 

 The fall inspection will be made between 

 August 20 and 30. 



The effect of the competition has been 

 marked. At the conclusion of his spring 

 inspection Mr. Cameron reported that the 

 beautifying of homes with shrubs and flow- 

 ers was apparent in every section. The 

 lawns throughout, he stated, were better 

 than his greatest expectation and the points 

 awarded showed keen rivalry in all streets. 

 For the recent inspection a maximum of 

 one hundred points was awarded. These 

 points were apportioned as follows : Lawns, 

 front ten, back ten ; roses, hybrid perpetual 

 and hybrid teas, fifteen, roses, climbing fif- 

 teen ; hedges and evergreens, ten ; climbing 

 vines on house, ten, on fence, ten; ffower- 

 ing shrubs, ten; perennials and annuals, 

 ten. In addition a bonus of twenty-five 

 per cent on lawns and ten per cent on bor- 

 derbeds was allowed where no gardener was 

 employed. 



An interesting and significant feature of 

 the competition is the penalizing of high 

 board fences. Where the fence is uncover- 

 ed a penalty of twenty-five points is impos- 

 ed, and where covered of ten points. Mr. 

 Wm. Hunt, of Guelph, has acted as a 

 judge. 



Hamilton 



A somewhat new line of work is being 

 undertaken this year by the Hamilton 

 Society. Arrangements have been made 

 with certain members who are now visiting 

 the gardens of different members of the 

 society and sending descriptions of them 

 to the city papers. Among the gardens 

 that have "been described are those of Mr. 

 Stanley M411s, on Queen St. South, Mr. J. 

 M. Hulls, on Charlton Ave. West, and a 

 number of others. These descriptions are 

 being read with interest by the people of 

 the city, and attention is thereby being 

 drawn to the good work the horticultural 

 society is accomplishing. 



During the latter part of June the so- 

 ciety held a flower show, which was well 

 attended. The ladies of the Babies Dis- 

 pensary Guild served refreshments, and 

 music was nrovided. The show proved a 



Winnipeg 



The Winnipeg Garden Club has adopted 

 the sweet pea as its official flower. This 

 flower is abundantly grown here, and it 

 grows in the most luxuriant manner. Near- 

 ly every garden in Winnipeg grows sweet 

 peas, and it is amazing to see to what an 

 extent the vines extend. Vines seen by 

 the writer have been six, seven and eight 

 feet high, and of the most prolific growth. 

 They flower abundantly, until late frost. 



As a branch of school work, vacant lot 

 gardening as it is being conducted by the 

 (•lub, has shown as good results as com- 

 petitive spelling. In the Unite<l States 

 gardening" in some cases has supplanted 

 manual labor training, and the results 

 have been most gratifying. The returns 

 from the city gardens, both in pleasure and 

 profit, were excellent. 



Petcrboro 



The officers of the Peterboro Horticultur- 

 al Society, but more especially the secre- 

 tary, Mr". C. H. Williamson, have been 

 putting forth great efforts this year to ex- 

 tend the work of the society. As a result, 

 over one hundred new members have been 

 secured, which has brought the total mem- 

 Iwrship un to over three hundred and fifty. 

 This Tilac"es the society amonu the leading 

 societies in point of membership in the 



province. , , , .. , 



Competitions are being held for lawns 

 and gardens. Members of the society were 

 given liberal options at the begiiining of 

 the season for both spring and fall delivery j^ 

 and every member is supplied with The 

 Canadian" Horticulturist. 



Have you read the advertisements in this 

 issue? ' There may be something adver- 

 tised that you oarticularly want just now. 



