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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Mltion. 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 



Advertisements in this department inserted at rate of 3 cents a word for each In- 

 sertion, each figure, sign, or single letter to count as one word, minimum cost 30c., 

 strictly cash In advance. 



REAL ESTATE 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS— Fruit farms a speci- 

 alty. Write for Catalogue. W. B. Calder, 

 QrlmSby. 



FARMS— AU kinds, all sizes, for sale, fruit 

 stock, grain and dairy farms. Let me know 

 mhat you are looking for. H. W. Dawson, 

 Brampton, Ont. 



CALIFORNIA FARMS FOR SALE. Write for 

 list. E. n. Waite, Shawnee. Oklahoma. 



SEEDS. 



YOU WANT "Reliable Seeds," get our Seed 

 Price List and Save Money. Morgran's Sup- 

 ply House, London. 



PLANT AND NURSERY STOCK. 



FOR SALE — Large plants of strikingly beau- 

 tiful Delphinium, double flowers, pink and 

 blue mixed, 3 for 50c. E. P. Smart, 64 King 

 St., Brockville, Ont. 



BEZZO'S FAMOUS PRIZE ASTERS, $1.00 per 

 hundred. See advertisement on page 138. 



PLANTS FOR SALE — Ornamental shrubs, 

 hedging and perennials. Strong, thrifty 

 plants at moderate prices. Prompt shipment. 

 W. O. Burgess, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. 



FOR SALE — Choice assortment of flowering 

 perennial plants and vines. List and prices 

 -sent on application to E. P. Smart, 64 King 

 Street, Brockville, Ont. 



SPRAYING. 



SAVE MONEY— Get our Spraying and Garden 

 Supply Catalog. Morgan's Supply House, 

 London. 



SPRAYERS for every need: Bucket, Knapsack, 

 Barrel, Traction and Gas Engine machines. 

 D. E. Watson, Uxbrldge, Ont. 



BEES. 



CARNIOLAN, GOLDEN AND THREE BAND- 

 ED ITALIANS. Bees by the pound, Nuclei. 

 Ready to go April Ist. Write for price list. 

 C. B. Bankston, Buffalo, Leon Co., Texas. 



BEES— Per pound, $2.15; per frame, $2.35; 

 queen, $1.00. Address Aurora Apiary, Aurora, 

 Ont. 



CHOICE ITALIAN BEES, Langstroth hives, 

 no disease. Chris. Grimoldby, Owen Sound 

 Ont. 



MAPLEWOOD HONEY BEE FARM— Quality 

 queens $1.00. Special price in quantities. 

 George H. Rea, Reynoldsville, Pa. 



150 HIVES OF BEES FOR SALE— Never had 

 foul brood in our yards. Wm. Bueglass. R3 

 Bright, Ont. 



ITALIAN BEES FOR SALE— Nine dollars per 

 colony. Including one comb Honey Super 

 Miss Gerrie, Ingersoll, Ont. 



BEST THREE BANDED QUEENS at lowest 

 prices, after June 1. .-Uso Bees by the pound 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for circular 

 J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Mich. 



LET US send you price list and descriptive 

 circular of our bees and queens, and if you 

 vrill tell us what size and how many pack- 

 ages you may want we will tell what the 



■ Express will amount to. R. V & M C 

 Stearns, Brady, Texas. 



GOLDEN and leather colored Italians, 32 years' 

 experience as honey producer and queen 

 breeder. Prices — Select untested 1 oueen 

 $1.00: 6, $4.00; 12, $7.25. Tested— 1, $1.50; 12, 

 $15.00. Make P.O. Orders payable to Fertllla. 

 Money returned for any queens not satisfac- 

 tory. B. J. Cole, Fertllla, Riverside Co., 

 Calif. 



GRAY CAUCASIANS — ^Early breeders, great 

 honey-gatherers; cap beautifully white; great 

 comb-builders; very prolific; gentle; hardy; 

 good winterers. Untested, $1; select untest- 

 ed, $1.25; tested, $1.50; select tested, $2.00 

 H. W. Fulmer, Box 12, Andalusia, Pa. 



BEES and QUEENS from my New Jersey 

 Apiary. Price list free. J. H. M. Cook, 70 

 Cortland St., New Tork Oity. 



BEES FOR SALE— W. S. Walton. Soarboro 

 Jotn, Onit. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS as advertised 

 on page 133. Catalogue free. Deroy Taylor 

 Co., Newark, N.T. 



BEE SUPPLIES. 



BEEKEEPERS— Please write for our Catalog. 

 Morgan's Supply House, London. 



1,000 GUMMED HONEY LABELS, two colors, 

 any wording, for $1.30. Catalogue free. E&at- 

 ern Label Co., Clintonvllle, Conn. 



FOR SALE — Three hundred pounds Weed Pro- 

 cess Comb Foundation, any weight. R. F. 

 Holtermann, Brantford, Ont. 



A DAUGHTER of one of Dr. MUler's best honey 

 queens, and the Beekeeper's Review for 1916 

 for only $2.00. A daughter of one of the 

 very best honey-getting queens selected from 

 1.100 colonies worked for extracted honey, 

 from the yards of E. D. Townsend & Sons, 

 and the Review for 1916 for only $1.75. The 

 queens will be mailed in June direct from 

 our breeders in the South. A rare buy. Bee- 

 keepers' Review, North Star, Mich., U.S A 



WANTED— Honey Extractor, four frames 

 State condition, make and price. W W 

 Nancekivell Ingersoll, Ont. 



Deep Seedbeds 

 Properly Prepared 



--Thafs what you get when you u>=e 

 Jhe deep-cutting, double-turning, level- 

 ing and compacting 



"Acme" Pulverizing Harrow 



■'The coulters do the work"— you should sco 

 tnem mix the soil, cut clods, weeds and trash 

 Bnd make the whole into a firm yet mellowpeed- 

 bed several inches deep. The ' 'Acme" is simple 

 durable and easy to pull. Sizes 3 ft. to 17 1-2 ft 



6% ft. wide 



Tbe Bateman- WlHdnson Co. 



Limited 



"' Symington Avenue Toronto. Ont. 



be warm. Another compartment should 1. 

 provided where the temperature i.s a little 

 lower, and the colony house or the brooder 

 house floor should have even a still lower 

 temperature. This gives a chance for the 

 chicks to accommodate themselves to the 

 temperature they wish. 



Moderate Heat Required. 

 It is not necessary to have the cold com- 

 partment of the brooder very warm. When 

 chicks are well .supplied with heat under- 

 neath the hover, they can do with a fairly 

 cold temperature in the run. In fact, 

 strong, hardy chicks a week old will thrive 

 even if allowed on frozen ground for a little 

 while during the day. 



Constant care is essential in that the 

 chicks are not allowed to forget where the 

 heat is. On this account the extension of 

 the yard should be gradual. 



The brooder should be set level. This 

 Insures an even distribution of heat be- 

 neath the hover. 



It is best to have the runway from the 

 hover compartment on a level with the floor 

 of the house. There Is then not so much 

 danger of the chicks being unable to get 

 back to the heat before chilling. 



Chicks require a variety of food the same 

 as anything else. That is, a change now 

 and again is appreciated by them. 



Fine grit should be fed the chicks right 

 from the start. When the chicks are two 

 weeks old, they can be given grit the size 

 of a grain of wheat. 



Finely cracked grains are the best to feed 

 for the first few days, but it is astonishing 

 how quickly chicks can take whole wheat. 



An occasional feed of scalded milk or 

 boiled rice will help bowel trouble. Be sure 

 to watch the young chicks for head lice. If 

 they are not doing well, and you cannot 

 locate the trouble, look for head lice. 



Milk at all times makes good feed for 

 chicks. If it is supplied, other animal foods 

 are not so essential. 



Provide Animal Food. 

 Animal food of some kind will have to 

 be supplied; if it is not in the shape of milk, 

 it can be given in table scraps or beef 

 scraps. Ground green bone Is also good if 

 fed in limited quantities, and if it Is not 

 decomposed. 



If chicks get weak on their legs, it is a 

 sign that either the feed or the condition.=t 

 are wrong. Change both. Give more bone- 

 forming food, more green food and more 

 exercise. Get the chicks off the hard floor. 

 Give them fresh soil or green grass to run 

 on. 



If chicks crowd In the brooder, it is a sign 

 that there is too little heat. Give more of 

 It at once. 



Strawberry Plants 



The cream of the strawberry world. Only 

 a few thousand each of the following choice 

 varieties to offer. Order early. 



"Pride of Michigan" B, "Chesapeake" B, 

 "Donan" B, "Fendall" P, "Kelloggr's Prize" 

 P. Price 75c per hundred, $5.00 per thou- 

 sand 



Those marked P are Pistilates and should 

 always be planted with Bisexual varieties 

 marked B. 



Large stock of vegetable and bedding 

 plants at lowest prices. Tomato, celery, 

 cabbage, cauliflower, geraniums, petunias, 

 coleus, cannas, verbenas, salvia, asters. 

 pansiies, stocks, etc. Write for prices and 

 varieties. 



The Mitchell Nursery and 

 Floral Company 



MITCHELL 



ONTARIO 



