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September, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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pears to exist that the Dominion Govern- 

 ment shall hand out millions of dollars an- 

 nually to railroad corporations. What most 

 people would like to know is were these 

 railways constructed as economically as they 

 might have been and t'o what extent have 

 their stocks been watered. Light on these 

 two points would aid us in reaching intelli- 

 gent conclusions as to what our attitude to 

 the railways should be. The commission 

 appointed by the Dominion Government t'o 

 investigate railway conditions in Canada 

 should probe these matters to the bottom. 

 The commission should not be composed en- 

 tirely of railway experts. The public should 

 be represented on it. The government, if it 

 is not yet too late, would do well to note this 

 point. 



Planting Trees in the Town? 



A recent bulletin from the Colorado Agri- 

 cultural College says that every thriving, 

 growing town with any prospects for the 

 future should be wide awake on the matter 

 of street tree planting. Mistakes made now 

 will exceedingly embarra.ss the town in the 

 future; it is important that these matters be 

 started right. 



A scheme for planting should be prepared 

 in advance and adhered to. Without a well 

 thought out plan for street planting, the 

 town has little more chance of doing a pleas- 

 ing job than the man who starts building a 

 house without any kind of an architectural 

 plan. 



The species to plant on a street, whether 

 in single or double rows, the alignment, and 

 the spacing, are among the subjects to be 

 decided upon in advance. Such matters have 

 been given little attention in the past, but 

 with increasing wealth and a keener sense 

 of the artistic, street tree planting is not 

 being left to the individual property owners 

 in the best governed municipalities. In order 

 to effect uniformity in developing the plans, 

 street tree planting and care is best admin- 

 istered by the municipal authorities. 



A Civic Alphabet 



A. — Abandon the care of your back yard and 

 you pave the way for typhoid fever. 

 B. — Better observe "Clean-up Day" this year 

 than have cause for regret hereafter. 

 C. — Civic Improvement calls for the best ef- 

 fort of humanity. 

 -Do your work well and disregard the 



critic. 

 -Educate persons not to throw paper or 

 trash on the street, but to place it In 

 receptacles. 

 -Fire prevention saves life and property. 

 J. — Good roads will add materially to the 



prosperity of your town. 

 [. — Hearty cooperation of citizens and club 

 members in work undertaken will ef- 

 fect wonderful results. 

 I. — Improve school rooms and grounds so 

 they will be attractive to both chil- 

 dren and citizens. 

 J. — Join Civic Improvement Clubs. You are 

 needed. 

 -Knock on the unsightly bill board and 

 continue to knock. 

 •• — Lead a crusade for the city beautiful. 

 -Make your club a factor in your town 

 life. 



^.— Never say quit when it is a question of 

 health and beauty for your home town. 

 -On with beauty, cleanliness, and health. 



P.— Push, pull, and perseverance will make 

 your town a model. 



Q. — Quit criticising and begin working. 



R.— Request the city authorities to enforce 

 the sanitary laws. 



S. — See that your premises are above criti- 

 cism. 



T.— The Tin Can Districts become germ 

 breeders; banish them from your 

 town. 



U.— Use every effort to have all eatables 

 that are exposed for sale screened. 



V. — Vines and roses will beautify your 

 premises. 



W. — Wage war on flies, mosquitoes, and 

 weeds, for they carry and cause dis- 

 ease. 



X. — Xpect help from every person In the 

 efforts to make the town sanitary. 



Y. — You are responsible for the appearance 

 of one part of your town. Don't for- 

 get that. 



Z. — Zeal exhibited at the annual clean-up 

 day will put your town in a sanitary 

 condition. 



tiring from the banking business some 

 years ago, Mr. Cavers established the Oak- 

 vllle Gardens, at Oakville, Ont., and through 

 his advertisements in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist and other publications became 

 well known to the public in this capacity. 

 His loss is deplored by all who were ac- 

 quainted with him and who appreciated his 

 upright character and high sense of public 

 duty. 



Canadian Horticultural Ass'n. 



The annual convention of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association was held at Ber- 

 lin, Ont., August 8-10, and was well at- 

 tended. Mr. Jas. Fraser, of Prescott, was 

 elected President; E. J. Hay ward, Montreal, 

 1st Vice-Pres.; F. Dicks, London, Ont., 2nd 

 Vice-Pres.; Julius Luck, Montreal, Sec- 

 Treas. The next convention will be held 

 in Montreal. This association is composed 

 of commercial florists and gardeners. 

 Several Interes.ting papers and discussions 

 relating to commercial floriculture were 

 featuras of the convention. 



SOCIETY NOTES 



Death of Mr. Cavers 



The officers and members of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Association, and also of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association, will 

 hear with deep regret of the death of Mr. 

 John Cavers, of Oakville. For years Mr. 

 Cavers has been a regular attendant at the 

 annual conventions of both associations. 

 For several years he was the chairman of 

 the Nomenclature Committee and of the 

 Names and Varieties Committee that did 

 good work in connection with both organiza- 

 tions. During the past two years he was 

 an active member of the Plant Registry 

 Committee which has succeeded in Inducing 

 tlie Commissioners of the Queen Victoria 

 Park, Niagara Falls, to establish a trial 

 grounds for plants. Mr. Cavers attended 

 the anniial convention of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association held in Berlin, 

 Ont., Aoigust 8-10, where he took an active 

 part in the discussions on the report of the 

 Plant Registry Committee. His death oc- 

 curred suddenly two days later. After re- 



Peterboro 



A succeasful lawn and garden competi- 

 tion was conducted this season by the 

 Peterboro Horticultural Society. The 

 classes Included one for lawns cared for 

 entirely by the owner; one for lawns and 

 flowers, the owner's work entirely; one for 

 back gardens, and one for premises cared 

 for by professional help. The judge, F. W. 

 Adams, of Toronto, reported that he was 

 agreeably surprised at the extent to which 

 home beautiflcatlon had been carried out 

 by the citizens. 



Haileybury 



■rSe excellent work of the Haileybury 

 Horticultural Society has been continued 

 this year with distinct success. A meeting 

 of the society was attended recently by Mrs. 

 R. B. Potts, secretary of the Hamilton So- 

 ciety, at the request of Mr. J. Lockle Wilson, 

 Superintendent of Horticultural Societies. 

 Although Haileybury is on the north of the 

 height of land, Mrs. Potts was shown splen- 

 did ripe tomatoes and exceptionally fine 

 specimens of crimson ramblers and clema- 

 tis. Numerous other varieties of flowers 

 were noted to be growing to excellent ad- 

 vantage. 



The lioIdinK of flower shows by horticultural societies has been found an exrclKnl in.lUod of 

 arou.sing public interest. An exhibit by the Hamilton society ia here shown. 



