EDITORIAL. 



vertisers, this firm having- purchased $442.82 

 worth of baskets from the Oakville Basket Com- 

 pany through seeing- their advertisement in The 

 Horticulturist. The Oakville Basket Company, 

 writing- about their advertisement, say: "We 

 have received several orders from having the 

 advertisement in your paper, and have two or 

 three customers who intend to submit their 

 names for some of your premiums, including 

 Smart Bros., of Collingwood, Ont., and Auguste 

 Dupuis, Village des Aulnais, Co. L'Islet, Que." 

 How is that for an example of a small adver- 

 tisement and large returns. A check for five 

 dollars has been sent to Smart Bros., and a prize 

 will also be given to Mr. Dupuis if he applies 

 for it. 



We regret to have to warn our readers 

 against doing any business with the Indianapo- 

 lis Nursery Co., Indianapolis, Ind., which had a 

 full page advertisement in the April and May 

 issues of The Horticulturist. This advertise- 

 ment was accepted iby us in good faith and we, 

 therefore, regret to learn from some of our 

 readers that they have sent orders and money 

 to the company without receiving any response. 

 In some cases their communications have not 

 even been acknowledged. Another suspicious 

 circumstance in regard to the good standing of 

 this company is that it has not paid for its ad- 

 vertisement. The Horticulturist, however, ex- 

 pects to have a few bad accounts each year. 

 Its greatest regret is that its readers should 

 have suffered loss. We know all the advertis- 

 ers we are now dealing with to be thoroughly 

 reliable. 



In spite of the fact that a large number of ex- 

 tra copies of the June Horticulturist were 

 printed our supply has become exhausted. The 

 relatives of the late R. W. Lloyd, of Deseronto, 

 whose portrait was pulblished in that issue, 

 would like some extra copies of that number. 

 Our readers who can spare their June numbers 

 will confer a favor either by mailing them to 

 this office or to Mr. D. McClew, the presiden': 

 of the Deseronto Horticultural society. 



The members of the Canadian Horticultural 

 Association always manage to work a great 

 deal of fun and profit into their annual conven- 

 tions. Here's hoping that their annual conven- 

 tion in Montreal this month will be the most en- 

 joyable and profitable in their history. Pro- 

 fessional florists should not miss these meetings. 



Items of Interest 



The members of the Toronto and Hamilton 

 branches of the Ontario Vegetable Growers- 

 Association will hold a joint picnic at Burling- 

 ton Beach. August 16. Several hundred will 

 go from Toronto, and it is expected the attend- 

 ance from the Hamilton district will be about 

 equally as large. There will be a program 

 of sports and a fine time is assured for all. 



A movement is under way whereby a number 

 of cars of mixed fruit, carefully picked and 



packed, may be forwarded to Winnipeg during 

 this coming fruit season, with a view to testing 

 the various types of refrigerator and ventilated 

 cars, as to their respective advantages in carry- 

 ing fruit a considerable distance, and these cars 

 will be under careful supervision from first to 

 last and every condition and circumstance 

 noted that might be likely to affect the fruit in 

 any way. It is expected to commence ship- 

 ping the latter part of August and continue the 

 shipments from St. Catharines and points west 

 as far as Hamilton during the season as may be 

 found expedient. 



Toronto's Sad Loss 



The members Oi 

 Toronto Horticultu- 

 ral Society were 

 greatly shocked to 

 learn on the morning 

 of July i8ih of the 

 death of their well- 

 known ex-pr' sident, 

 .Mr. Edward Tyrrell, 

 of Toronto. Mr. 

 Tyrrell was appar- 

 ently in perfect health 

 and about an hour 

 before his death had 

 been in his lovely 

 garden with his flow- 

 ers, of which he was 

 a great lover and eut 

 of which he took 

 much pleasure and 

 pride. Mr. Tyrrell 

 was 68 years of age, 

 and was for three 

 years p esident of the 

 Toronto society, for 

 which he did much. 

 Many readers of T he 

 Horticulturist be- 

 came acquainted with 

 Mr. Tyrrell through 

 the series of interest- 

 ing articles wiitten 

 by him, entitled " Flower and Plant Lore," which appeared in this 

 magazine. Early in June The Horticulturist had a visit with Mr. 

 Tyrrell, who was very enthusiastic at that time regarding a larkspur 

 in his garden, which he had planted and which had attained a 

 height of considerably over 6 feet, with a flower spike over 12 inches 

 long. Mr. Tyrrell's presence will be greatly missed at the meetings 

 of the society. Among those present at the fur.eral was Hon. 

 G. W. Ross. 



Fruit Crop Notes 



A report from Mr. W. H. Dempsey, Trenton, 

 on July 25, states that the apples are dropping 

 badly. Also the leaves have been attacked by 

 a fungous disease which causes them to turn 

 yellow and fall. The fruit, however, is clean. 



Mr. C. W. Neville, of Newburgh, says that the 

 quality of fruit in Addington county promises 

 to be good. Pears are a failure except the 

 variety, Louise Bonne, which is well loaded. 



Prom Nantyr, Simcoe county, Mr. Stanley 

 Spillett reports that Pewaukee apples are fall- 

 ing off. 



Rev. Father Burke, of Alberton, Prince Ed- 

 ward Island, reports that this is an off year for 

 apples. They are not more than half crop. 

 Pears are medium and plums light. Spraying 

 has been pretty general and insects and fungous 

 diseases not in evidence. 



EDWARD TYRRELL. 



