EDITORIAL. 



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these papers or the orig-inals were sent to The 

 Canadian Horticulturist their publication would 

 add to the interest of our floral department and 

 the papers would be of value to many people 

 who would never otherwise hear of them. The 

 printing of these papers would, also, serve to 

 draw attention to the excellent work ibeing car- 

 ried on by many of our horticultural societies. 

 Send in the papers. 



Again this month have extra pages been 

 added to The Horticulturist, this time ten, 

 making this the largest issue we have ever 

 published. This has been made possible by 

 the great increase in advertisements. Very 

 soon we hope it will be possible to continue 

 these pages in The Horticulturisit permanently, 

 which will mean that the various regular read- 

 ing departments can be enlarged and strength- 

 ened in other ways. Our readers can be of 

 great assistance by buying from our advertisers 

 and by telling them that their advertisements 

 were seen in The Horticulturist. A glance 

 through our advertising columns will prove 

 them to be as interesting in their way as the 

 pages of reading matter. Look them over and 

 see if this is not the case. 



Our handsome new offices in the Manning 

 Chambers, Toronto, were greatly improved dur- 

 ing April by lovely floral donations from friends. 

 Two splendid ferns of the Nephrolepsis Bos- 

 toniensls and Nephrolepsis Exaltata varieties 

 and a Kentia Belmoreana palm were given by 

 Mr. Thomas Manton, of Eglinton, of which the 

 Bostoniensis fern is particularly beautiful. It 

 occupies a prominent position at the end of the 

 editor's desk. Some lovely cut flowers were 

 also sent in by Mr. Manton. E^^en roses have 

 not been lacking, as a large boquet, containing 

 some grand specimens of the Bride and Brides- 

 maid varieties, was received from Mr. A. J. 

 Frost, of Toronto. Truly they were welcome 

 and the kindness of the donors is appreciated. 



The fruit growers of the Niagara district 

 know what they want and they do not hesitate 

 to ask for it. During the past two months they 

 have had strong deputations wait on the Hon. 

 Nelson Monteith, Minister of Agriculture, to 

 ask for assistance in holding a series of meet- 

 ings, for the conducti'T of special spraying de- 

 monstrations by Prof. Lochhead, for the estaib- 

 li.=hment of a horticultural college and experi- 

 mental farm, and for an annual grant for the 

 Niagara District Pruit Growers' Association. A 

 deputation representing the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association also waited on the Department 

 to ask for aid in forming cooperative fruit grow- 

 ers associations and to have the act, which pro- 

 vides assistance in the erection of cold storage 

 houses, extended for several years. It is evi- 

 dent the fruit growers are alive to their needs, 

 which is a good sign. 



copies of the January, March or April Issues of 

 this year to new subscribers. Slightly over 400 

 new subscriptions for The Horticulturist have 

 been received during the past month. These 

 and numerous requests for sample copies ex- 

 hausted the supply of the April issue early in 

 the month, although several hundred extra 

 copies had been ordered. While the rapid 

 growth is encouraging it is diffi;cult, sometimes, 

 to provide for it in advance. If any of our 

 readers can furnish us with spare copies of the 

 January, March and April issues their kindness 

 will be greatly appreciated. 



A reader has called our attention to an error 

 which occurred on t^^s^ 102 of the March issue 

 by which Mr. W. H. Bunting, of St. Catharines, 

 is made to speak of a dust spray composed of 

 30 pounds of lime, 15 pounds of sulphuric acid 

 and two pounds of sulphate of copper. Instead 

 of sulphuric acid it should have read sulphur. 

 It is just about as difficult for us to prevent oc- 

 casional errors among the thousands of words 

 that appear in each issue as it is for a fruit 

 grower to thoroughly control all his insect pests. 

 Some of them get by us in spite of our best 

 efforts. We are, however, doing our best to 

 improve. 



NEW ADVERTISERS. 



The following new advertisements appear in 

 this issue of The Horticulturist : 

 Adams Furniture Co., Toronto. 

 R. Olmstead, Hamilton. 

 Elwood Tatum, West Branch, Iowa. 

 Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. 

 J. H. L«ock, Toronto. 

 Colling Manufacturing Co., Toronto. 

 Canada Camera Co., Toronto. 

 Preston Metal Shingle and Siding Co., Preston. 

 McWilliams & Everist, Toronto. 

 Dawson Commission Co., Toronto. 

 Pilkington Bros., Toronto. 

 A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont. 

 Superior Manufaoturing Co., Toronto. 



The result of cold storage appliances on ocean 

 steaimers is well shown ;tiy a letter received by 

 Messrs. McIntsTe & Barnard, of Niagara-on-the- 

 Dake, who recently shipped 450 barrels of apples 

 to Liverpool on the steamer Lake Champlain. 

 The consignee writes as follows: "The apples 

 reached us in almost perfect condition, there be- 

 ing only five barrels that were in any way slack 

 or open. The sale was the best that has taken 

 place for the class of fruit in Liverpool this sea- 

 son, and we congratulate you on it." The net 

 proceeds from the shipment amounted to about 

 $1,500, indicating the high prices tha.t may be 

 realized for Canadian apples in the British mar- 

 ket when properly packed and shipped. 



Owing to the rapid increase in the circulation 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist and to the many 

 requests that have been received for back copies 

 it will be impossible for us to furnish any more 



The fruit growers of Ow^en Sound and vicinity 

 have formed a company to be known as the 

 Owen Sound Fruit Growing Co., for the purpose 

 of adopting the cooperative system in growing, 

 packing and shipping fruit. 



