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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Items of Interest 



Practical lectures are to be delivered in the 

 Dairy Building at the Canada National Exhibi- 

 tion, Toronto, at 2.30 p. m. during the fair. 

 Those of special interest to readers of The Hor- 

 ticulturist are " Drainage of Farm Lands," by 

 Prof. J. B. Reynolds, O. A. C, Guelph, Septem- 

 ber 1; " Th<e Fruit Industries of the Dominion," 

 by A. McNeill, Chief of the Fruit Division, Ot- 

 tawa, September 2; and "Farm Forestry," by 

 E. J. Zavitz, O. A. C, Guelph, September 6. 



The extension of markets division. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, has received information 

 to the effect that the government of Cape Col- 

 ony, South Africa, intends to enforce more 

 sjrictly the existing regulations against the in- 

 troduction of apples infected with the di.sease 

 known as " black spot " (fusicladium dendriti- 

 cum), or other fungous or insect diseases. Ex- 

 porters of such fruit from Canada are warned 

 that shipments found to be so infected will be 

 liable to confiscation and destruction without 

 compensation, under the provisions of the im- 

 port regulations. 



A close watch is being kept by the fruit in- 

 spectors of British Columbia for diseased fruit 

 and culls coming into that province. During 

 the last few weeks nearly 1,500 boxes of Cali- 

 fornia fruit have been condemned by Inspector 

 W. H. Lyne, of Vancouver. The California 

 shippers do not believe in shipping subject to 

 quarantine inspection and have united in re- 

 fu.«!ing to do so. It has now been suggested 



that Vancouver fruit dealers unite to boycott 

 the Yankee dealers unless the fruit is guaran- 

 teed. Mr. Lyne knows California conditions 

 and says that there is plenty of healthy fruit 

 to supply the needs without dealers trying to 

 make a few cents more by selling such culls as 

 have been sent. 



The beautiful hydrangea which is pictured 

 on the front cover of this issue is owned by Mr. 

 S. E. Arnold, of Smith's Falls. This is a 

 variety suited to indoor culture, known as Hy- 

 drangea Hortensis, the special name of this 

 specimen being Otaksa Monstrosa. At the 

 time the photo was taken there were 95 clus- 

 ters. Mr. Arnold started this plant about 17 

 years ago from a small slip, and has given away 

 many slips from it since then. It is kept out- 

 side during summer and allowed to become dry 

 and lie dormant in the cellar over winter. Once 

 every two or three years it is repotted. 



An interesting case was settled at Lome 

 Park recently. Mr. W. C. Peer had contracted 

 with the distributing company for all his ber- 

 ries at seven and a half cents, but was offered 

 more elsewhere and decided to break the con- 

 tract. An injunction was laid to prevent him 

 selling to any other party, and he ultimately 

 consented to abide by the contract for the re- 

 mainder of the season. 



Last autumn Messrs. R. B. Whyte and W. T. 

 Macoun published a bulletin on " Bulb Culture 

 for the Amateur." under the auspices of the 

 Ottawa Horticultural Society. As it will soon 

 be bulb planting time again, the authors would 



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