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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



The Canadian Horticulturist fg^ '^^ '^^ ™ "^ ™ "» »*' '*» " '*■ "™™wr 



COMBINED WITH |^ EDITORIAL ^ 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST ' 

 . AND BEEKEEPER 



placiiig Ontario on the map as a potato-pro- 

 ducing Province. 



With which has been Incorporated 



The Canadian Bee Journal. 



Published by The Horticultural 



Publishing Company, Limited. 



PETERBORO AND TORONTO 



ONTARIO 



M. BRONSON COWAN, Managing Director. 



The Only Magazines In Their Field In the 

 Dominion 

 Orricial Organs of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, and of the 

 Ontario, Manitoba and New Bruns- 

 wick Beekeepers' Associations. 



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 UNITED STATES 

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1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published in 

 three editions on the 25th day of the month 

 preceding date of issue. The Arst edition is 

 known as the fruit edition, and Is devoted 

 chiefly to the commercial fruit interests. The 

 ■econd edition Is known as the floral edition, 

 and is devoted chiefly to the Interests of ama- 

 teur flower, fruit and vegetable growers. The 

 third edition is known as The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist and Beekeeper. In this edition several 

 pages of matter appearing In the first and 

 ■econd Issues are replaced by an equal number 

 of pages of matter relating to the beekeeping 

 Interests of Canada. 



1. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist in Canada and Great Britain. Jl.OO a 

 year; three years for $2.00, and of The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. 

 For United States and local subscriptions In 

 Peterboro (not called for at the Post Office), 

 16 cents extra a year, including postage. 



J. Remittances should be made by Post Office 

 or Bxpress Money Order, or Registered Letter. 



4. Change of Address — When a change of ad- 

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5. Advertising rates, $1.40 an inch. Copy re- 

 ceived up to the 20th. Address all advertising 

 correspondence and copy to our Advertising 

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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following Is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with Deceonber 1915. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and 

 ■polled copies. Most months. Including the 

 s-iample copies, from 11,000 to 13,000 copies of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist are mailed to peo- 

 ple known to be lntere.sted In the growing of 

 fruits, flowers or vegetables. 



January, 1915 ...11,15» August, 1915 10,294 



February, 1915 ..10,9.42 September, 1915 .10,067 



March, 1916 10,884 October, 1916 ...10,017 



April, 1916 10,917 November, 1915 . 9,704 



May, 1916 10,927 December, 1915 . 9,263 



June, 1915 10,329 ^__ 



July, 1915 10,448 Total 124,920 



Average each Issue In 1907 6,627 



Average each Issue In 1915 10,410 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon 

 application. 



OUR GUARANTEE 



We guarantee that every advertiser in this 

 Issue Is reliable. We are able to do this because 

 the advertising columns of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist are as carefully edited as the reading 

 columns, and because to protect our readers we 

 turn away all unscrupulous advertisers. Should 

 any advertiser herein deal dlshone.stly with anv 

 Bubserlber. we will make good the amount of 

 his loss, provided such transaction occurs within 

 one month from date of this Issue, that It is 

 reported to us within a week of Its occurrence, 

 and that we find the facts to be as stated. It 

 is a condition of this contract that In writing to 

 advertisers you state: "I saw your advertise- 

 ment In The Canadian Horticulturist " 



Rogues shall no*, ply their trade at the ex- 

 pense of our subscribers, who are our fnenus, 

 through the medium of these columns: but we 

 ■hall not attempt to adjust trifling disputes be- 

 tween subscribers and honorable business men 

 who advertise, nor pay the debts of honest 

 bankrupts. 



Communications Bhould be addressed 



THB CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



PETERBORO. ONT. 



Northern Grown Potatoes 



There is no reason why Ontario should 

 not grow and export large quantities of po- 

 tatoes. Large areas in southern Ontario 

 are admiratily suited to their iproduction. 

 Why, then, do not the growers in those dis- 

 tricts produce those bumper crops? Simply 

 because they laclc good seed. Good seed po- 

 tatoes cannot be grown in southern Ontario. 

 The climate makes for yield rather than 

 quality In the stock, when considered from 

 the seed point of view. Good potatoes must 

 be grown in a more northerly climate, where 

 the season is shorter. 



The men in Ontario who are reaping the 

 largest and most profita'ble croips of potatoes 

 are those who are using northern grown 

 seed. This fact came out at the recent 

 Vegetable Growers' Convention, when It 

 was given as a conservative estimate that 

 from northern grown seed at least twenty- 

 five per <;ent greater yield is obtained, and 

 further that the resulting crop matures 

 much earlier than that from our southern 

 grown stock. Northern grown seed Is at 

 present being imported from Wisconsin, be- 

 cause we have no Canadian supply of this 

 commodity. But why should we have to im- 

 port our seed from the United States? The 

 very best of seed can be grown in the new 

 districts of northern Ontario. 



Of course the growers of seed potatoes in 

 northern Ontario would never be able to 

 compete with the southern planter In the 

 open market, where potatoes are potatoes. 

 But they would not be expected to. The 

 same factors that make the northern grown 

 seed more valuable make also for a smaller 

 yield. These potatoes would sell at an ad- 

 vanced price, because as seed they would be 

 worth more. A numlber of practical grow- 

 ers have given as their opinion that It pays 

 better to buy northern grown seed at two 

 dollars, than ordinary seed at twenty^five 

 cents a bushel. 



As a straight commercial proposition, the 

 growing of potato seed in northern Ontario 

 should he attractive. There is one draw- 

 back, however, to private enterprise In this 

 direction in the fact that the early planting 

 season of the southern counties would neces- 

 sitate the shipping of seed from the north 

 before danger of freezing in transit Is past 

 in spring. To overcome this it would be 

 necessary to ship the potatoes down in the 

 fall, and store them in some suitable place 

 until time for distribution in the spring. 

 Such a project would be beyond the means 

 of an individual or an association. 



With this in mind, the recent Vegetable 

 Growers' Convention drew up a memorial 

 asking that the Ontario Government take 

 steps toward the estaJblishment of a potato- 

 seed growing industry in northern Ontario, 

 and also that they finance some scheme for 

 the distribution of the seed among the 

 growers of southern Ontario. There is no 

 reason why the growing of seed potatoes 

 cannot profitahly ibe carried on in northern 

 Ontario. Our growers in the south are ready 

 to pay a premium for such seed. Any action 

 which may be taken hy the Government to- 

 ward the estaiblishing of farms for the pur- 

 pose of potato-seed production, or the ap- 

 pointment of specialists to experiment in 

 the best methods of producing seed, or as- 

 sisting in the inspecting, grading and dis- 

 tributing this seed among the southern 

 growers will have a far-reaching effect in 



The Town Beautiful 



We cannot have a beautiful town without 

 beautiful homes, but beautiful homes alone 

 will not make a beautiful towa. What 

 avails it from a civic standpoint to plant 

 trees, shrubs and flowers around our homes, 

 if our streets and street corners are not 

 made beautiful, or if our beautiful homes are 

 separated by areas of weed infested vacant 

 lots? The ninety-one horticultural societies 

 throughout the Province are doing much to 

 improve the home surroundings of their 

 members. Many of them have taken up the 

 planting of trees on the streets, the setting 

 out of flowers in beds in waste places, the 

 establishment of parks, playgrounds and 

 rest shelters. But all are faced with the 

 ugly, weedy gaps in the town beautiful, 

 caused by the vacant lot industry. 



Towns and cities have the cure for this 

 disease within their own grasp — the taxation i 

 of land values alone. But in our Ontario " 

 towns and cities the speculator Is encour- 

 aged to allow his lots to grow weedy. Our 

 towns add to the hurden of the householder 

 who improves his place by taxing him for 

 setting out flowers and shrubs. The work 

 being taken up by societies of trying to 

 beautify these vacant areas, is more than 

 the act of a good Samaritan. It is the act 

 of one who in his pity for the frozen viper, 

 places it within his bosom. 



These lots are held for an increase in 

 value. And who is contributing to their In- 

 creased value? Kvery citizen who, by build- 

 ing a residence, painting his fence, or plant- 

 ing a vine, makes that city more desirable as 

 a residential city, increases the value of the 

 vacant land in his city. Their value is great- 

 ly increased by the work of the horticultural 

 societies. And in return for this increased 

 value, what does the owner of the vacant 

 lot contribute to the society which is en- 

 richimg him? Nothing but ugliness! If 

 the twenty thousand vacant city lots in Tor- 

 onto were taxed as they should be, we would 

 quickly be rid of the weedy lot problem. 



But in lieu of this method of removing the 

 fundaimental cause of the vacant lot, the 

 work of the societies for the placing of this 

 lot under cultivation is a highly commend- 

 able one. By this means many of our work- 

 ing people are enabled to enjoy fresh vege- 

 tables, which they could not otherwise af- 

 ford. They are improved physically and 

 morally, through their work in the garden. 

 An-d from the civic point of view a great 

 stride has been made toward the beautiful 

 when the weedy lot gives way to the vege- 

 table or flower garden. 



Publisher's Desk 



The front cover of this month's issue of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist shows St. 

 John's Anglican Church, Peterboro. From 

 the standpoint of its setting, it is one of 

 the most beautiful churches in Canada. It 

 is situated on an elevation which slopes In 

 well arranged terraces to the street, and is 

 surrounded by attractive trees. In summer 

 it is covered by a maigniflcent ivy. 



Our readers will notice the absence of 

 our regular index in this number. All the 

 articles will, however, be found in the yearly 

 index on pages v. and vi. This yearly 

 index is a new feature, and one which will 

 make the year's issues of more value when 

 bound for reference. 



At the time we go to press we are unable 

 to state in just what form The Canadian 

 Horticulturist will appear for the month of 



