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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



improvement, and our president. Rev. P. C. L. 

 Harris, exhibited about 70 stereopticon views of 

 -unimproved and improved grounds, streets, 

 school gardens, etc. We are indebted to mem- 

 ■fbers of the staff of the O. A. C. for much valu- 

 able assistance and information. It is our am- 

 bition to make Guelph the prettiest and best 

 ■city of them all.— (Annie Rose, Sec'y Guelph 

 Horticultural Society. 



A bigger flower show than ever is being plan- 

 ned for this fall by the Kingston Horticultural 

 Society. Plans are under way for the show on 

 a larger and more complete basis than last year. 

 Tickets have been printed and the prize list has 

 been revised. A number of new classes has 

 "been added to the prize list, and prizes in open 

 classes have been made more uniform. 



A Splendid Spraying Machine 



The Little Giant Sprayer is a machine which 

 lias grown rapidly in public favor since its 

 merits have become known. After giving it a 

 fair trial many leading growers have purchased 

 ■one of these machines, among them being Mr. 

 E. D. Smith, of Winona. 



Mr. Smith has sprayed over 200 acres of nur- 

 sery stock this spring and summer with a Little 

 Giant Sprayer without a break or a dollar of ex- 

 pense, which cannot be said of any other sprayer 

 on the market. Ninety gallons of Bordeaux 

 mixture will spray two and a half acres, with 

 over 15.000 trees per acre, and he has sprayed 



12 acre.s per day with one horse. For power, 

 cheapness and easy running it has no equal. It 

 is the only machine on the market that was in- 

 vented with a number of nozzles on either side 

 of the machine that will spray two rows of 

 grapes or raspberries at a time. This can be 

 done by driving between the rows. 



For peaches, pears, plums, cherries and apple 

 trees two lines of hose with four or six clusters 

 of nozzles on each line will spray any tree after 

 the machine stops. For potatoes it is possible 

 to spray four rows at a time, and for killing 

 mustard all the user has to do is to sit and 

 drive. A fair trial will readily convince grow- 

 ers that there is nothing like it on the market. 

 It is rapidly taking the lead of all others, due 

 to its intrinsic merits. Some of these machines 

 will be on exhibition at the Toronto exhibition. 



New Variety of Asparagus 



A new French asparagus of great merit has 

 been introduced by Stone & Wellington, nur- 

 serymen, Toronto. A good crop was harvested 

 up to July. Bunches have been made of 20| 

 stalks measuring eight to nine inches in length 

 which weighed two pounds. 



Although the stalks are so large they are per- 

 fectly crisp and tender, so that it is a great 

 acquisition in every way. A Yonge street, To- 

 ronto, dealer on seeing a bunch which was 

 shown in his store window remarked that if he 

 had had asparagus like it early in the season he 

 could have sold it for $1.50 per bunch. 



THE MAYNARD PLUM 



The greatest plum ever introduced by that " Wizard of Horticulture," 



LUTHER BURBANK 



Offered for the first time in Canada, in Canadian grown stock, by 



THE FONTHILL NURSERIES 



THE MAYNARD PLUM is sent out by Mr. Burbank with the assurance that it sur- 

 i\J A Di^' nuahty and beauty of fiuit any plum heretofore introduced. We bespeak for the MAY- 

 IN ARU, through tlie hearty co-operation of fruit-growers everywhere, sucli a sale as Mr. Burbank"s 



ijest t'ltorts so richly deserve and merit. 



ft. .^^•'' ^'\7 ^'0'°!^^ ^1'^ ^°^^ '■•-''<' ^° ^*^11 ^^^ MAYNARD PLUM in Canada, under a contract 

 tnat gives Mr. Burbank a royalty on each tree sold, and will concede that he has well earned, by his 

 long years ot toil in the origination of new fruits and flowers, all that will come to him in honor and 

 money from the sale of this new plum. 



DESCRIPTIOX— Size, very large, often measuring 7i inches in circumference. Form, nearly 

 round, slightly flattened at the ends. Color, richest crimson purple. Qualitv, unsurpassed in flavor 

 and as a shipper, fruit perfectly solid when dead ripe. Tree, hardv and vigorous, bearing immense 

 crops while very young . c > » 



Write for descriptive circular and prices. See reading notice on page 285. Agents wanted for 

 tlie MAYNARD PLUM and other SPECIALTIES. Write for terms and catalogue, and 

 send 25c for our HANDY ALUMINUM POCKET MICROSCOPE, just the thing 

 for Farmers. Fruit (irowers, Florists and Botanists, Teachers Etc. 



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STONE & WELLINGTON, 



Money Given Free to People who buy Goods from Advertisers 

 See Notice in Advertising Cokimns. 



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