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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 191 1 



Barrie 



Mr- (\co. Vickors, Prwt. of Barrie Society, 

 althoiiRh busy with the cares of a lar(j« store 

 at Easter time had time for a short descrip- 

 tion of the benefits oonferrod upon the 

 town of Barrie by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety. He promiaed to write an article on 

 the place The Canadian Horticulturist 

 should occupy ns the official organ of the 

 Societies in the Province. 



Whitby 



Mr, H. W. Wilcox, Sec. of the Whitby 

 Horticultural Society reports that the in- 

 terest in their work is steadily growiiig. 

 Since he has resided in the town he ha.s seen 

 much improvement in the homes and sur- 

 roundings of the people and much of the 

 credit for the improvement can be given to 

 the Horticultural Society. Last year vines 

 wore given to the factories, schools and 

 ohurchee which in a few years will add 

 greatly to their appearance. 



When societies are willing to incur an «x- 

 Dense of ten or twenty dollars or more send- 

 ing delegates to a convention some effective 

 method of distributing their report should 

 be adopted even if it does cost a few dollars 

 more. The annual government report can- 

 not take the place of a special report by 

 local delegates. 



Perth 



We are in receipt of a printed copy of 

 the report of the convention of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Association as given to the 

 Perth Horticultural Society by its delegate 

 the Rev. A. H. Scott, M.A. This is a meth- 

 od of presenting reports which might be 

 followed by other Horticultural societies. 



Frequently valuable reports of meetings 

 prepared by delegates after an expenditure 

 of considerable time and trouble, are prac- 

 tically wasted, owing to unfavorable weath- 

 er or other competing meetings causing a 

 small attendance at the meeting when the 

 report is jiresented. Thus very few obtain 

 any benefit from the report. By having the 

 reports printed all the members can be made 

 familiar with the contents of the report. 



Essay Competition 



Through the generosity of Mr. Hermann 

 Simmers of the firm of J. A. Simmers, 

 Limited, of Toronto, who was the first to 

 make the suggestion, and Mr. R. B. Whyte 

 of Ottawa, the President of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Association, each of whom 

 has donated $25.00, it is proposed to offer 

 prizes for the best essavs submitted for 

 competition through the Horticultural So- 

 cieties on the subject of "My Favorite Gar- 

 den Flower and How I Grow it." In con- 

 nection with the proposed competition the 

 following rules have been decided upon : — ■ 



1st. — That the essays shall not exceed 

 one thousand words in length. 



2nd. — That they shall be written by mem- 

 bers of Horticultural Societies, or their sons 

 and daughters who are twenty-one years of 

 age or less. 



3rd. — That the essays shall be written on 

 one side of the page only and forwarded 

 through the Secretary of the local Horti- 

 cultural Society to H. B. Cowan, The Can- 

 adian HoRTicuLTTjRiST, Peterboro, Ontario, 

 not later than Augu,st 1.5th, 1911. 



4th. — That the local Horticultural Societ- 

 ies shall have the privileges of reading the 

 paper submitted through it at any 01 etieir 

 regular meetings prior to August 10th, 1911. 



5th. — That four cash nrizes shall be offer- 

 ed as follows, $10, $7, $5 and $3. In addi- 

 tion to the four cash prizes four medals will 

 be given to the foui winners. 



Beekeeping for Fruit Growers 



Geo. W. Tebbt, Hespeirr, Oat. 



The question has often been asked, 

 "Will it pay to buy bees simply for 

 benefit to be derived from fertilization 

 the flowers, and where it is not intende 

 either for lack of time, or because of lackl 

 of interest to properly care for them?" I 

 would reply at the outset that it is bad for 

 the beeA. They deserve better treatment 

 at our hands, for no other little creature 

 gives such abundant appreciation of, Bay, 

 ordinary care than do our litle pets, the 

 honey bees. 



As an apiarist "crank," of course, I am 

 .strong on prc.per attention for therm, and 

 see no rea.son why the people who simply 

 want to use them for fertilizing blossomB 

 .should not raise instead bumble bees, or 

 some of the many types of flies, which would 

 not prove to be so determined in their 

 efforts to make one see and feel the point 

 of interference with their business. 



Let our fruitgrowers note that the "sea- 

 son" is often controlled not so much by 

 the pre,sence of frost or not, as by th« 

 fact that dull, blossoming days, when little 

 or no cross fertilization takes place by th« 

 aid of nature's carriers, the bees. 



I would go just a step further and say 

 to the man who wants to get the very 

 best from his orchard, that bees are not 

 only helpful, but are indispensable. Don't 

 s]>ray your tree^ when in full blossom and 

 .so kill your best friends. Besides, it is a 

 crimina-l offence in thLs province. But if 

 you keep bees take care of them, and 

 your wife will say that jars of fruit and 

 jars of honey look very nice on her pantry 

 shelves, side by side. 



Send fruit crop prospects for publication 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



WE DF.SIRE TO THANK OUR M.\NY CUSTOM- 

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 CRITICAL BUYERS IN THE COUNTRY. THIS 

 YEAR THESE PEOPLE CAME BACK TO US,— 

 THEIR FRIENDS BOUGHT PEDIGREED TREES 

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 PERFECT TREES. OUR YOUNG STOCK HAS 

 COME THROUGH THE WINTER IN FINE CON- 

 DITION, AND WE SHALL HAVE A LARGE 

 STOCK ON HAND FOR FALL TRADE. 



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