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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 191 i 



RELIABLE NURSERY STOCK AT FIRST COST 



We have a grand assortmoiit of No. One Stock. Well grown. Sure to 

 please eustomers. Fruit, Ornamental and Shade Trees, Shrube. Vines, Koses. 

 Small Fruit Plants, Cal. I'rivet. etc For verity write to-day for new Price 

 List. 



Deal direct for Profit and Satisfaction. Caji't beat our Montmorency Cherry 

 Trees, at the CENTRAL NURSERIES. 



A. G. Hull 81 Son 



St. Catharines, Ont. 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 



Gooseberries, Josselyn, Red Jacket, Downing, Pearl, Houghton. Currants, 

 Perfection, Ruby, Cherry, White Grape, Lee's ProHfic, Champion, Black 

 Naples, Victoria. — Raspberries, Herbert, Cuthbert, Marlboro, Brinckle's 

 Orange, Golden Queen, Strawberry-Raspberry. — Garden Roots, Asparagus, 

 Rhubarb, Perennial Celery, Write for Catalogue. 

 WM. FLEMING, Nurseryman, Box 54, Owen Sound, Ontario 



Look at the H. P. Spramotor 

 spraying an acre of potatoes in 15 

 minutes. There are three nozzles to 

 a row and four rows, two spraying 

 from the sides and one from the 

 top. Adjustable as to height and 

 width up to 40 inch rows. Absolute- 

 ly non-clogging nozzles. 12 gallon 

 air tank, automatic and hand con- 

 trolled. 125 lbs. pressure guaranteed 

 with 12 nozzles open. Has agitator 

 clean-cut pressure relief into tank, 

 and nozzle protector, all under con- 

 trol of driver from seat. For 1 or 2 

 horses Fitted for orchards, vine- 

 yards and grain. Write for book- 

 let. 



HEARD SPRAMOTOR CO. 



1398 King St., London, Can, 



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Against Loss of Tone, and tone is the 

 most important factor in any piano. In 

 every Gourlay Piano tne expert knowledge 

 oi its builders and tlie determination to use 



NOTHING BUT THE BEST 



either in labor or material, produces a 

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 WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES 



GOURLAY, WINTER & LEEMING 



188 Yonge St., Toronto 



Horticultural Possibilities of 

 the West 



The Doutimoa Horticulturist, Mr. W. l 

 -Uacouu, ruturtied home leceutly from „ 

 two mouths trip to the W est ou liis nisi 

 tcur 01 inspection oi the horticultural worK 

 at the uraucli ii,xpei'imentul r'aims. lit 

 tiie prairie provinces he touiiU tliat lu 

 luust places the giu\viii)$ oi a^ipies uuu 

 proved a tailure, out alter careiuliy look- 

 ing into tiie couuuiuus lie lias coiue tc 

 tuu conclusion that tue lailure has oeeu 

 auo as much or more to the oouuition oi 

 tue soil as to the seventy of the climate, 

 xue prairie sells are lor tlie most part 

 iicu in humus, coutaiuiiig a large propor- 

 Liuu 01 nitrogen; the suusoil is lu most 

 places clay, and while the surface soil be- 

 comes very aiy at times, sencusiy injuring 

 annual crops, the roots of trees are in the 

 mcist, cooi soil below. ine richness ot 

 the soil and the moisture ot the sUtsoU 

 tavor a succulent growth, wtucli does not 

 as a rule ripen sumciently to be able to 

 withstaiiU the severe winters, with the re- 

 sult that tne trees are being constantly 

 Killed back. 



Mr. j>f.acoun feels that he is correct in 

 his conclusions by what he saw in bcuth- 

 ein Manitoba at Morden and vicinity, 

 riere the conditions ot soil are quite Uiuer- 

 unt. Xhere is a gravelly suusoil which 

 cuuroughly drains the land, ana the soil 

 IS not sc rich as in most of the settled 

 parts of the prairies, tlere be saw apple 

 Lrees perfectly healthy and hardy, iwenuy- 

 oue years of age, quite as good trees ais 

 may be seen auout Uttawa. Xhere are 

 Ciiousauds of acres along the Pembina hills 

 m southern Manitoba where the conditions 

 appear as favorable as at this place. Mr. 

 maccun, theretoie, believes that while 

 hardy apples may be originated which will 

 withstand the adverse conditions of both 

 soil and climate, among sucti being the 

 hardy cross-bred apples originated by L)t. 

 JSaunders and found hardy m many places, 

 the commercial orchards of the prairies, 

 if there are ever such, will be situated in 

 those parts of the west where the sell is 

 lightest and the drainage best. 



iSative plums and bush fruits succeed 

 well in many parts of the prairie pro- 

 vinces. Annual and perennial flowers do 

 particularly well on the prairies, the 

 colors appearing to be intensified by the 

 clear atmosphere and bright sunshine 

 there. Ornamental shrubs of many kinds 

 succeed well, as do a number of species of 

 trees, mcst of the shrubs grovving along 

 the driveway at Ottawa being hardy on 

 the prairies. In Mr. Macoun s opinion 

 there is no reason why the surroundings 

 of the farmer's home on the prairies 

 should not be made as beautiful as in the 

 province of Ontario. 



While in British Columbia, he visited 

 the famous Okanagan Valley, where there 

 is a good crop of fine apples this year. 

 On his way home he went to see the Ex- 

 perimental Stations in North Dakota, 

 South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa, in 

 order tc learn what they were doing there 

 which would be of value in Canada. 



After visiting many of the Experimental 

 Stations in the United States on this and 

 former occasions, Mr. Macoun believes 

 that the Experimental Station system con- 

 trolled by the Dominion Government and 

 extending, as it does, from Prince Edward 

 Island to British Columbia, is much pre- 

 ferable to a State or Provincial system 

 only where the influence of the work of 

 each station, good as it may be, is much 

 more limited than where the station in 

 every province or state is controlled by 

 the Federal Government. Mr. Macoun also 

 comes back believing that the Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm at Ottawa is the most 



