December, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



1916 Index for The Canadian Horticulturi^ and 



The Canadian Horticulturi^ and Beekeeper 



Volume XXXIX. 



Beekeeping — 

 A Method of Recording Color Varia- 

 tions 7 



Outdoor Wintering 8 



Losses from Maple Honey 9, 32 



Quebec Beelieepers' Annual Conven- 

 tion 10 



Poison Baits in their Relation to Bees 11 

 Useful Appliances for Elxtracting 



Honey 31 



Honey Sources of Northern Ontario.. 34 

 British Columbia Notes. .11, 35, 99, 128,155 



Notes from Manitoba 10-35 



Spring Management in the North .... 63 

 Cleaning up European Foul Brood. ... 64 

 How Victoria County Bees are Wint- 

 ered 65 



March In the Apiary 66 



Manitoba Beekeepers' Convention ... 66 

 Co-operative Experiments in Apicul- 

 ture in 1915 67 



Queen Records 95 



A Tale of Woe 95 



Spring Management 96, 97, 127 



Spring Dwindling 97 



Swarm Prevention and Control 98 



Some Suggestions for the Manufac- 

 turers 98 



New Brunswick Beekeepers Pro- 

 gressing 99 



Feeding the Bees 125 



I Sweet Clover Condemned 125 

 Out Door Wintering in Manitoba 127 

 Legislation for Beekeepers 128 

 A Beekeeper's Retrospect of 1915... 151 

 A Successful Wintering Experiment. . 153 



Rearing of Good Queens 154 



Honey from Blueberries 173 



The Experiences of the Farmer Bee- 

 keeper ■. . . 174 



Bee Notes from the Kootenays. . . . 177, 275 

 Packages of Beesi — Their Use and 



Abuse 197 



Swarm Control 199 



Notes for August 200 



Beekeepers' Supplies and Methods... 201 



Wintering Proiblems Discussed 221 



Random Observations 222 



Selling the Honey Crop 224 



White Honey Crop Report 225 



Freeing Bees from Supers 245 



Methods of Wintering Bees 245 



Experiences in Cellar Wintering 247 



The Honey Resources of Canada 248 



The Honey Crop and Market Prospects 248 



Don'ts for Beekeepers 249 



The Marketing of Honey 271 



Wintering the Bees 272 



An Efficient Beekeeper 273 



Comb Building 274 



Ontario Beekeepers' Convention .... 275 

 A Day with Beekeepers in Victoria 



County 293 



The Honey Season of 1916 294 



Eflficiency In Beekeeping 295 



Wax Extractors 296 



Beekeeping In Manitoba 296 



Conventions, Reports of — 



Queibec Fruit Growers HoM Profitable 

 Meetings 12 



Business Problems Discussed by On- 

 tario Fruit Growers 36 



Manitoba Horticulture and Forestry 



Association 84, 43 



Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers.... 81 



British Columbia Fruit Growers 210 



Canadian Horticultural Association.. 225 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion 280 



Ontario Horticultural Convention 297 



Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion 298 



Editorials — 



Theories Upset 10 



City Beautification 10 



A Remedy Required 10 



Dust Sprays 34 



The Growers and the Canners 34 



The Duty on Apples 66 



Town Planning and Practice 66 



The Collapse of Co-operation 66 



Home Markets Shrinking 98 



Protect the Plants 98 



Patriotism and Production 99 



Home Market Conditions 128 



Mother's Day 128 



The War's Influence Appearing 128 



Marketing Agencies 154 



Checking Transportation Interests ... 154 



Protecting Bird Life 154 



A Creditable Effort 154 



Trade Marking Fruit 176 



The Late Dr. James 176 



Weeds on City Lots 176 



Economic Issues 200 



Embellishing Buildings 200 



Beautifying Civic Playgrounds 201 



Government Interference 224 



Street Boulevards 224 



A Venture in Cooperation 248 



Forming New Societies 248 



Western Farmers Retaliate 248 



The Home Beautiful 249 



The Paper Situation 274 



Orchard Diseases 274 



Bird Protection 275 



Northern Grown Potatoes 236 



The Town Beautiful 296 



Fertilizers — 



Orchard 3 



A Fruit Farm Where Commercial 



iFertllizers Have Paid 5 



Prefers Commercial 6 



Principles Made Plain 8 



Flowers — 



Floral Sugigestions for January 7 



The Gloxinia 30 



Notes on Neiw Plants and Flowers. .31, 65 



Rubber Plants 32 



Dwarf Chrysanthemums 60 



The Development and Propagation of 



the Lilac 61 



Annual Flowers Worthy of Favor ... 95 

 Annual Flowers In Association With 



Other Plants 133 



The Control of Enemies of the Rose. . 149 



Hardy Perennial Borders 152 



Summer Care of Roses 172 



Summer Preparation for Winter 196 



The Night Blooming Cactus 199 



Plan Now for Paeonles Next Year 221 



How and When to Plant Bultos 223 



Are There Barren Paeonles 244 



Do Not Forget the Lilies 245 



Hints on Transplanting 246 



Simply Facts aibout the Growing of 



Bullbs 247 



The House Culture of Bulbs 268 



Pall Planting and Protection of Roses 269 



Rearranging the Flower Borders 272 



A Chat About Roses 28 



Asters and Their Requirements 90 



Plant Paeonles in Septemlber 220 



What Bulbs to Grow 243 



iFlowers that Brighten the Home 291 



Vines and Their Uses 293 



Decorative Perennials for the Autumn 



Garden 2S0 



Fruit- 

 Strawberry Crates for Ontario 1 



Notes on the Season's Fruit Trade 13 



A Nova Scotia Grower's Methods 26 



The Grading of Basket Fruits 37 



Seventeen Years' Experience In 



Peach Growing 53 



Problems of the Fruit Grower 55 



Pruning Trees to Promote Production 57 



Basket Packages for 69 



Packages for Tender [ 109 



Factors of Success in Strawberry 



Growing 117 



How Blossoms are Fertilized 119 



Essentials of Success in .-. 120 



Export Apple Trade 129 



The Apple Situation at the Cast 134 



Some Phases of Packing and Market- 

 ing Basket 141 



Best Packages for Tender Fruit Ship- 

 ments J45 



Nova Scotia's Production of Apples.. 163 



Marketing Tender Fruits 167 



Culture of Small Fruits 169 



Bees Not Injurious to 169 



The Outlook for 173 



The Fruit Trade at Montreal ........ 179 



Inspection in the East 182 



The Mcintosh Apple 185 



Cranberry Culti re in Nova Scotia 191 



Strawberry Growing in Quebec 206 



No British Emibargo on 209 



Quince as an Ontario Fruit 212 



Standardization of Fruit Packages.. 213 



Packing the ISI6 Apple Crop 215 



Raspberry Packing for the West 216 



Apple Orcharding Should toe a Main 



Line 217 



What Que<bec Might do in Fruit Pro- 

 duction 219 



Preceded Shipments of Strawberries. 226 



Small Fruit Packages and Packing 237 



Points to Watch Ordering Nursery 



Stock 239 



The Merits of the Duchess Apple 240 



Methods of a Large Apple Grower 241 



Canadian vs. the American Apple 



Standard Box 242 



Tests of Pears In Eastern Queibec 243 



Okanagan Valley Notes 252 



The Triumphs of Efficient Methods.. '261 

 The Expeditious Handling of Basket 



Fruit 263 



Pointers by an Experienced Pear 



Grower 264 



Lessons From the 1916 Apple Season. 265 

 Dealers' Views on Standard Packaiges. 266 

 Mulching Strawberries 273 



