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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April 191 1 



FIRE, LIGHTNING. RUST 

 AND STORM PROOF 



SiMCOE, Ont., April 9th, 1908 

 "We have handled your 'Eaatlako' 

 Shingles for nearly a quarter of a cen- 

 tury. They have been on the Court 

 House, Free Library, and other public 

 buildings of this town for 18 years. We 

 have used very large quantities during 

 the past 25 years, and they have always 

 given first-class satisfaction, and have 

 never required any repairs,' 

 (Signed) MADDEN BROS. 



Tinsmitfas and Hardware Merchants. 



Write for Booklet. 



The Metallic Roofing Co. 



Limited, Manufacturers 



TORONTO & WINNIPEG 



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Agents wanted in Some Sections 



Strawberry Plants 



40 leading varieties sold at 

 prices you can afford to pay. 

 Catalogue free. It will pay you 

 to secure it before you order 

 your plants. 100 plants sent 

 post paid to any address Ib Can- 

 ada for $1.00 



JOHN DOWNHAM 



STRATHROY. - - ONTARIO. 



The Clipper 



There are three things 

 that destroy your lawns. 

 Dandelions, Buck Plantain 

 and Crab Grass. In one seas- 

 on the Clipper will drive 

 them all out. 



CLIPPER LAWN MOWER Co. 

 Dixon, Ulinvit 



ARTICHOKE ROOTS 



WHITE AND RED 



$2.00 a bushel (50 lbs.) 50 cents a bushel 

 on ordering, the balance on delivery; ex- 

 press or freight charges at the buyer's 

 expense. 



$1.50 a bushel lor farmers' clubs and 

 dealers. 



We will accept orders till the 16th of 

 May. 



Write for circulars. French and English, 

 which give you all necessary informa- 

 tion. 



We have in culture seven acres of white 

 and' red artichoke roots. 



We encourage all farmers to try that 

 easy, money making and very economical 

 cu'ture for feeding pigs. 



Send your order early and as in the 

 past we'll give you satisfaction. 



MARCOTTE & GOSSELIN, Prodacers 

 St. Roch de Richelieu 



Dahlia Culture 



L. W. B>rcl«7, Morriabnrg, Ool. 



If all the readers of The Canadian 

 HoRTicuLTtTRiST knew, as many of them do, 

 the pleasure and beauty to be derived from 

 the planting of a few select dahlia roots, 

 there would be many more flowers to de- 

 corate their hemes this season. 



The Dahlia is not very particular as to 

 kind of soil on which it is grown, but it 

 prefers a sandy loam and it wants it rich 

 and loose, and above all, well drained. 



LOCATION 



They should be planted in a position 

 where they will get the full sunlight the 

 greater part of the day. A shady situa- 

 tion causes too spindly a growth and poor 

 flowers. 



It takes a Dahlia plant nearly two weeks 

 to get through the ground after planting, 

 therefore the season should be so chosen 

 that the young shoots will appear after all 

 danger of frost is past. Otherwise it will 

 he necessary to cover them on cold nights. 

 Plant the tubers on their side about flve 

 inches deep. 



Do not crowd your plants. Give each 

 Diant a space of at lea.st two and a half 

 feet. A stake .should be .set at planting 

 time for securing the plant from winds. 

 If pushed in the ground later when the 

 plant is two or three feet in height, the 

 roots, or perhaps the tubers, will be 

 severely injured. 



PINCH OFF SHOOTS 



As soon as the first shonts are six inches 

 tall, cut off all but one. or .it least two. of 

 the strongest and keer) all shoots that 

 como out later cut off. This is one of the 

 main kinks in Dahlia culture, and one cer- 

 tainly not to be despised if fine flowers are 

 wanted. Some pinch off the top of the 

 sheets when they are a foot high to make 

 a more bushy plant, but I do not advise 

 this practice. 



Cultivate and water well — not a sprink- 

 ling now and then, but at least two pailS 

 full every week. Give a good soaking at 

 each watering. 



There is a color or combination of colors 

 and a type of Dahlia to suit almost any 

 fancy, but I prefer the shew Dahlia, and if 

 I have any particular choice it is the 

 Frank Smith, a purplish maroon, shaded 

 to almost black, each petal tipped white. 

 It is certainly a beauty. 



WINTER CARE 



When the green plants liave been frozen 

 by the first hard frosts, cut off the stalks to 

 six inches. Carefully lift the tubers, leav- 

 ing quite a lot of ground on the clumps. 

 Place where they will dry thoroughly for a 

 few days, when tliey can be placed in the 

 cellar until spring. A Dahlia root will 

 keep safely anywhere a potato will, but 

 they must be kept from frost or excessive 

 heat during the winter months. 



BEZZO'S FAMOUS PRIZE ASTERS 



Prize at New York State Fair, September, 1910 



Vick's Vio'et King. Mikado White, Mikado (Rochester) Pink, Vick's Karly Branching, Rose and White, 

 20c per dozen, $1,00 per hnndred. 



Viik's Branching Pink, White, Rose, Lavender Semple's Pink, Royal Purple. Daybreak and Purity, 

 truly the aristocrats of tl>e aster family; 15c per doz„ 7oc per hundred; packed and labeled separately in wet 

 moss. All plants sent by express and guaranteed to arrive in good condition. Express prepaid on orders 

 over $2.00. Remit by money order. 

 C. MORTIMER BEZZO, BERLIN, ONTARIO 



HANDY GARDEN TOOL 



lltr- s ,', |,r.-i' til al t'i'il fnr 1 lit- ffiriiit-r or 

 y:ar'l<ii. r ..iir No. 6 (.'omliitierf l)'Fiii,U. B,nd 

 .Sink'].- wt,.«l H'tf. Hill and I)ri;i s*M-der. 

 i''.iir x.<--\- for Ww price uf on*-, it planta 

 in hlil.~ •iv contiriuoU!* rows, foverh ttif ^»;ed, 

 rolls the Koil. inarks the neit r"Vk'. lioes, 

 weedK and ciiltivitUfu. Himple, f(ii.> i-. opt-r- 

 *t«, and due* a dar*s work lu 60 mliiules. 



Farm and 



Garden Tools 



For 75 year« we liaTo 

 mode detK-ndnbletuols 

 of quality for the 

 Fanner, trucker and 

 to w n (fardeneriL We 

 make 33 garden tools 

 at r^.&O to $12.00 each. 



IRQHAQE 



Wrlle to-day for Anniversary Catalog 

 debcribinif our entire line including 

 potato planters, cultivators. Bprayers, 

 diggers, orchard and other tools. 



BATEMAN M'F'G CO. 

 HQl 5162 GRENLOCH. N. J. 



Stoelis rarriecl at many convenient points. 

 A«k fiiraililreBsiif luarfKt C'Miiaillan agency 



You can cultivate be- 

 tween berry bushes when 

 the Bissell Garden Disc 

 Harrow is closed up, or 

 under fruit trees with 

 wings added. Adjustable— for single horse, 

 or light two horse harrow. IjOW or high 

 seat. Reversible— In-Throw to Out Throw. 

 Remember, no harrow is genuine without 

 Bissell name stamped on it. Ask local deal- 

 er about the Bissell or write Dept. N for 

 Catalog. 



T. E. Bissell Co. Ltd., Elora, Ont. 



The Bissell 



GARDEN HARROW 



Yoj can't sow Ihistle? and 

 reap ligs. If you plant 

 Ferry's Seeds you 

 grow exactly what 

 you expect and in 

 a profusion 

 and perfec- 

 tion neve 

 excelled. 



'ifty 



years of 



study and 



experience 



make them re- 



liable For sale 



^everywhere. Ferry's 



1911 Seed Annual 



rce on request. 



D. IH. FERRY S CO.. 

 Windsor. Ont 



R.\ibber Stamps 



BRASS STENCILS, Etc. 



ALI. KIND8-AI-I. PCBPOi«S 



W. E. IRONS iia^v ". TORONTO 



Since the resignation oi Mr. A. Mo- 

 Means from the sta£F of the Guelph Agri- 

 cultural College, the vegetable growers of 

 Ontario have net been represented by a 

 practical vegetable grower at the college. 

 What do our vegetable growers think 

 about it? 



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