I UK CAAADJAN HORTICULTURIST. 



On being asked where the firm obtained 

 such healthy stock j\Ir. Gammage rephed 

 that they were secured from seed grown by 

 themselves. Their firm is the only one in 

 Canada which grows this seed to any ex- 

 tent. They also grow all their own rub- 

 ber plants, which are obtained by a process 

 known as moosing. This consists in cut- 

 ting the stem of the plant about half way 

 through, inserting a small piece of wood in 

 the cut, to prevent it growing together, 

 wrapping about two handsfull of sphagnum 

 moss around the wound and binding it on 

 tightly. By keeping the moss constantlr- 

 moist it causes the 

 plant to throw out 

 new roots. .After 

 sufticient of these 

 are formed the 

 new plant is 

 placed in a pot of 

 soil. It usually 

 makes a much 

 stronger growth 

 than those started 

 by other means. 



The second 

 greenhouse visit- 

 ed was filled with 

 primula obconica, 

 such as it had never 

 of the representative of The Horti- 

 culturist to see before. Such trusses 

 of bloom and healthy foliage are very 

 rare. Over 25,000 of these are dis- 

 tributed every year by this firm to all parts 

 of Canada. In another house were some 

 of that very best of house fern, the aspara- 

 gus plumosus, of which Gammage & Sons 

 grow over 30,000 plants. 



On entering the house where the stock 

 plants of chrysanthemums are kept the first 

 thing noticed was the fact that all the plants 

 were in the bench, not standing under them 

 in boxes as is usually the case. The result 

 is that the cuttings taken from the plants 



are very sturdy and free from disease. The 

 firm usually sends out over 100,000 chrys- 

 anthemum cuttings every season. Not con- 

 tent with having all the very best standard 

 varieties they send to England every year 

 for the latest new kinds. They find it quite 

 unnecessary to go to the United States for 

 stock. One can hardly grasp the extent of 

 their chrysanthemum business until told 

 tnat they ship over 30,000 blooms every 

 season. They have customers from Hali- 

 fax to X'ancouver, to whom they are con- 

 tinually shipping. The extent of their 

 trade can be understood best when looking 



A Section 01 Messrs. J. Gammage & Son's Trial Grounds 



been the fortune over their orders for bulbs to arrive next 

 fall, where such items appear as 12,500 

 tulips, 50,000 hyacinths, 50,000 narcissus, 

 60,000 lily of the valley, besides thousands 

 of other bulbs, such as Dutch and Roman 

 hyacinths, lilies, crocus, azaleas, etc., which 

 they import direct from the growers. 



Being asked his experience with the Ber- 

 muda lily Mr. Gammage replied that there 

 is not nearly as much disease in Bermuda 

 bulbs as formerly, but he considered the 

 Japan Lily (lilium longiflorum) much the 

 better bulbs. The lilies which are being 

 forced for Easter are in splendid condition. 

 At that season they usually dispose of 5,000 

 plants. 



