THE CAN AD I AM HORTICULTURISl 



A Beautiful Collection of Hardy Azaleas. 



All hough this is the sea'on of snow '[..jiiis and cold weather, the illu-traiion shouli carry us bark to the " good old sum- 

 mer lin.e." VViiai we e proliabl\ 'he best and most successfully gn wn hardy Azaleas in Ontario last .-ummer are shown. 

 Tliey weie grosvn by Air. Roi erick Camera, of Niagara Falls buuth, and c ntain about lOO varieties, double and >ingle 

 lluwcis. iianud. .\lr. Cainen,n is shown ni ihe illustration. 



Make Fine Decorations 



E. MEPSTED, OTTAWA, ONT. 



1 ."^ \'ERY one in a large or small house 

 JLv should have a plant or two. They 

 are the nicest decoration you can put in 

 your room. A large, handsomely furnished 

 rooiu is not complete without a plant or 

 two. A palm or Boston fern in my eyes 

 is a better decoration than any bric-a-brac. 

 The luost suitable plants for house cul- 

 ture are foliage : Palms, Boston and 

 Pierson feras, araucaria, aspidistra, aspara- 

 gus and fern dishes. Don't forget that 

 these last soon get filled with roots and,, 

 therefore, need plenty of water, but should 

 not stand in it. 



In flowering plants, which should always 

 have the sunniest spot, the best are prim.- 

 roses, begonias, cyclamen, primula obconi- 

 ca, azaleas, cineraria, heather and others. 

 Give the azalea lots of water, keep it in the 

 coolest place, and when it has done flower- 

 ing don't put it down in the cellar to rot, as 

 many have done to their sorrow. Keep 

 it grrv. iiv^ ?\\ the time. 



Asparagus Plants Wanted 



PROF. II. L. IIUTT, O. A. C, GUELPH. 



I am thinking of planting an acre of Palmetto 

 asparagus next spring. Can you furnish the 

 name of anyone selling first-class plants in 

 Ontario Last year I purchased 2,000 roots 



from a Toronto house, and they proved far from 

 satisfactory. — (W. O. Burgess. Queenston. Ont. 



I do not know of anyone who has plants 

 of Palmetto asparagus for sale. It would 

 be better to procure seed and grow the 

 plants for yourself. You would then have 

 fresh, strong plants, which you would find 

 much more satisfactory than any you could 

 purchase. 



If you succeed in getting true Palmetto 

 seed you should have no difficulty in grow- 

 ing the plants. Seeds should be sown 

 earl}- in the spring in rows, much the same 

 as garden peas are sown. Plants' should 

 be ready for permanent planting in one or 

 two years, depending on their rate of growth. 



I consic?er The Horticulturist one of the best 

 papers coming to my address, and cannot afford 

 to b" without it. I have bepn glad to note a 

 steac'y improvement, and wish the paper could 

 be found in every country home in Canada. — 

 (R. J. Messenger, Bridgetown, N. S. 



