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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



million dollars, the lose to the province may 

 be understood. - 



Potatoes suffered severely this year from 

 blight and wet weather. Cauliflowers were 

 practically destroyed by wet. Onions were 



THE 



BEEKEEPERS' 

 DIRECTORY 



The following: beekeepers will be able to 

 supply Bees and Queens In any quantity 

 for the season of 1916. Order early. 



E. E. MOTT, 



Glenwood, Mich. 

 Northern Bred Italian Queens. 



J. P. MOORE, 



Morgan, Ky. 

 Try Moore's Strain Next Tear. 



W. R. STIRLING, 



Rldgetown, Ont. 

 Fine Italian Queens. 



J. I. BANKS, 



Dowelltown, Tenn. 

 Italian "Queens of Quality." 



P. TEMPLE, 



438 Gladstone Ave., Toronto, Ont. 

 Canadian Bred Italian Stock. 



THE DEROY TAYLOR CO., 



Newark, N.Y. 

 Northern Bred Italian Bees and Queens. 



M. C. BERRY & CO., 



Successors to Brown & Berry, 

 Haynevllle, Ala. 

 Best bred Italian Queens and Bees. 



THE PENN COMPANY, 



Penn, Miss. 

 Bees and Queens. 



F. W. JONES, 



Bedfo.'d, Que. 



Bees by the pound, also best Italian 



Queens. 



H. C. CLEMONS, 



Boyd, Ky. 

 Three band Italians bred for business. 



THE ROOT CANADIAN HOUSE, 



185 Wright Ave., Toronto, Ont. 

 Canadian and U.S.A. bred queens and 

 bees. Bees by the pound or colony. 



A. E. CRANDALL & SON, 



Berlin, Conn. 

 "Quality" Italian Queens. 



JOHN A. McKINNON, 



St. Eugene, Ont. 

 Best northern bred stock. 



WM, ATCHLEY, 



of Mathls, Texas. 

 Wants to sell you your early bees by the 

 pound. Queens in season. 



STOVER APIARIES 



Mayhew, Miss. 

 Not a single complaint. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 



Loreauville, La. 

 Everyone knows tiieir strain of three- 

 band Italians. 



blistered more than had ever (been known. 

 Carrots, beets and parsnips suffered from 

 green aphis in many sections. These con- 

 ditions reveal some of the trials and diffi- 

 culties of vegetable growers. 



Manitoba 



Prof. F. W. Brodrick, Secretary of the Manitoba 

 Horticultural Association, Wiuuipeg 



It was a pleasure to me to have the op- 

 portunity of attending the annual meeting 

 oi: the Minnesota Horticultural Society 

 which was held at Minneapolis, Minn., on 

 December 7, 8, 9, 10. It was a delightful 

 change to come into touch with the horti- 

 culturists of our neighboring state. Tae 

 meeting was well attended, delegates being 

 present from all parts of Minnesota, ana 

 from the adjoining states of Illinois, Wis- 

 consin, North and South Dakota, as well as 

 from Manitoba. The meetings were bright 

 and interesting throughout. 



One of the interesting features was the 

 number and variety of papers and addresses 

 that were given. No paper was longer than 

 twenty minutes, with a limited time for dis- 

 cussion. This prevented any speaker from 

 monopolizing too much time, and also pre- 

 vented the discussions from becoming weari- 

 some and dull. 



•Practically all phases of horticultural 

 work, including fruit and vegetable grow- 

 ing, landscape gardening and floriculture 

 came in for a place on the programme. 

 These papers, coupled with tlie interesting 

 discussions given by experts brought out 

 much valuable information. 



Through the efforts of the Horticultural 

 Society, Minnesota has become a fairly im- 

 portant fruit growing state, and discussions 

 on varieties and new fruits came in for an 

 important place on the programme. To in- 

 crease the planting of fruits, the state has 

 established a fruit breeding farm at Ex- 

 celsior, Minn., in charge of Charles Harle- 

 son, where many new fruits are being bred 

 from hardy strains, tried out at the Ex- 

 periment Stations and sent out for distribu- 

 tion throughout the state. The discussion 

 on fruits brought forth some Interesting 

 suggestions on hardiness from Professor 

 Waldron, of Fargo, North Dakota, and Prof. 

 Hansen, of Brookings, South Dakota. 

 Professor Hansen, who has given the ques- 

 tion of plant improvement considerable at- 

 tention, and who has been to Siberia to 

 locate hardy types for the United States 

 Federal Government, contends that the only 

 method of getting hardiness in fruit is to 

 bring plants from countries where hardiness 

 is essential, or produce hardy strains by In- 

 fusing the blood of hardy native fruits. 



The meeting of the Women's Auxiliary 

 on Thursday afternoon brought forth inter- 

 esting papers and discussions on the place 

 of horticulture in the home. A valuable 

 paper on "The value of horticulture on the 

 farm" was contributed by Mrs. Clarence 

 Wedge, of Albert Lea, Minn., and an Inter- 

 esting illustrated adress on "The Highway 

 Beautiful," by Mrs. James Jenneson, of 

 Minneapolis. 



Governor Hammond, of Minnesota, com- 

 plimented the Society during the annual ban- 

 quet, on the excellerit work which had been 

 done In furthering horticulture, and pre- 

 dicted that Minnesota would, in time, he- 

 come an important horticultural state 

 through the efforts of the Society. Presi- 

 dent Vincent, of the University of Minne- 

 sota, delighted the convention with a half 

 hour talk, on Friday afternoon, on "How 

 may the State University and the State 

 Horticultural Society best co-operate In ad- 

 vancing the horticultural interests of the 

 State." The convention closed with short 



addresses from old members, among the 

 more prominent of wliom were George J. 

 Kellogg, Strawberry grower of Janesviile, 

 Wi.s.; Clarence Wedge, Nurseryman, Albert 

 Lea, Minn.; and C. S. Harrison, Nursery 

 man, York, Neb. 



One of the features of the convention wa.^ 

 the attractive floral exhibits put up by the 

 florists of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the 

 exhibits of fruit and vegetables put up by 

 the members of the Society. "These ex- 

 hibits gave the visitors an excellent idea of 

 the horticultural possibilities of the State. 



A pleasant event was the presentation of 

 a gold watch and chain to secretary Latham 

 on the anniversary of the twenty-flflh year 

 of his service as secretary of the associa^ 

 tion. Secretary Latham has built up the 

 Society from a small, struggling organlza^ 

 tion, to a live, vigorous society, with mem- 

 bership of over three thousand members. 



The features of the convention that im- 

 pressed me most were: first, the good or- 

 ganization that existed, and the despalcii 

 with which the business of the convention 



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