April, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



116 



was transferred to Alexandria, and the ap- 

 ples followed. Before the gift reached him 

 he was again transferred, and he first made 

 the acquaintance of the box in Greece, dur- 

 ing the last week of February, 1916. In 

 spite of all the delays, etc., every apple in 

 the box was in first-class condition whea the 

 gift was received. 



I 



A Tulip Festival. 



The St. Thomas Horticultural Society, 

 which is the largest and most progressive 

 in Ontario, is holding a Tulip Festival on 

 May 11 to 14, which promises to bring a 

 large attendance from all parts of Ontario. 

 This event is being held under the auspices 

 of the Ontario Horticultural Association, 

 with the object of showing the representa- 

 tives of the smaller societies the methods 

 followed by the banner society. 



A tulip show will be the main feature, but 

 visitors will be shown about the city, where 

 160 public boulevard beds containing 25,000 

 tulips planted by the society will be in full 

 bloom. In the parks and private gardens, 

 which will be open to inspection, will be 

 found 200,000 more. Sunday, the 14th, will 

 be "Tulip Sunday." 



There will be reduced railroad rates, and 

 valuable prizes will be given at the flower 

 show. The exhibit of tulips will comprise 

 200 varieties. It will probably be the finest 

 collection ever shown in Canada. 



Reports having been circulated that the 

 entire plant of The Lord & Burnham Co.. 

 at St. Catharines, Ontario, had been turned 

 over to the militia for militia purposes, The 

 Canadian Horticulturist has been asked to 

 state that when this plant was built it was 

 made large enough to take care of all ex- 

 pansion for the next five years. Only about 

 one-seventh of the floor space not immedi- 

 ately needed for business purposes has been 

 turned over to the militia. The rest of the 

 building is in constant use by the company 

 In connection with their Canadian business. 



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2fi babios poisoned in 11 slates 

 fortunately sonn^ rccovt-red. 



Save the Babies 



Catch the disease-car 

 rying fly that strays intc 

 your home with safe, 

 efficient, non-poisonous 

 TANGLEFOOT; no! 

 arsenic poison in an oper 

 saucer set within reach of the 

 baby, or a can from which a poison- 

 ed wick protrudes, sweetened to 

 attract both flies and babies. 



Flies kill many babies, and fly 

 poison more than all other poisons 

 combined — 



— But in homes where careful 

 mothers have protected their babies 

 from such risks by using only 

 TANGLEFOOT, both dangers are 

 avoided. 



The Journal of the Michigan 



Made in Canada by THE O. & W. 



I State Medical Society 

 reports 26 cases of 

 arsenical poisoning from 

 fly destroyers in 1915 

 in only 11 states; In 



1914 there were 46 



cases in 14 states. 

 It states editorially: 



"Symptoms of arsenical poisoning 

 are very similar to those of cholera in- 

 fantum; undoubtedly a number of cases 

 of cholera Infantum were really cases of 

 arsenical poisoning, but death, if occur- 

 ring, was attributed to cholera infantum. 



"We repeat, arsenical fly-destroying 

 devices are dangerous and should be 

 abolished. Health official.' should be- 

 come aroused to prevent further loss of 

 life from their source. Our Michigan 

 Legislature, this last session, passed a 

 law regulating the sale of poisonous fly 

 papers." (70) 



THUM CO., Walkerville, Ontario 



American Address: Grand Rapids, Mich. 



New Brunswick Seed Potatoes 



Choice seed potatoes will be almost impossible to get at plant- 

 ing time. Order your requirements now while I have some to 

 sell. 

 Write for price list. 



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