June, 19 1 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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success. Sumtncrland has set an example 

 which some other municipnlities might well 

 imitate, altlioimh perhaps a half-holiday 

 might be sufficient for most. 



MOTHERS' DAY 



Reports received by The Canadian Hor- 

 TtcuLTURisT show that Mothers' Day this 

 year was more widely observed in Canada 

 than ever before. In sucli leading centres 

 as Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Winni- 

 peg the demand for flowers was so great 

 many florists were bought out and a large 

 number of people who desired to observe 

 the day were disapijointed on account of 

 their inability to obtain the flowers. In 

 Toronto especially the ministers seem to 

 have given the movement their hearty sup- 

 port. A number of them t)reached appro- 

 priate sermons and a large proportion of 

 the members of their congregations attend- 

 ed the services wearing white or colored 

 carnations. 



The movement has so many commendable 

 features it should continue to grow in pub- 

 lic favor. The view is frequently expressed 

 that the young people of to-day do not show 

 the same reverence for their parents that 

 was once common. The growth of our 

 modern cities with all their facilities for 

 t;ratifying the love of the exciting is 

 blamed to some extent for this condition. 

 .\nything, therefore, which will serve to 

 draw the attention of the careless public 

 to all that we owe to our Mothers and lead 

 us to show our appreciation, in a simple 

 yet pleasing manner, should be supported. 



The fact, too, that the observance of the 

 day has a strong tendency to create a love 

 for flowers in the minds of thousands of 

 people who otherwise might never pur- 

 chase a flower for any other reason is to 

 be commended. Buying flowers for the ob- 

 servance of such a custom will be likely to 

 soon develop into a habit of buying them 

 for the celebration of other occasions as 

 well as for their natural beauty. Their 

 cultivation in the home will then follow. 



One of our subscribers in Hamilton ha« 

 called our attention to the fact that the 

 celebration of Mothers' Day, the credit for 

 launching which is generally credited to 

 Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, is really 

 a revival of "Mothering" Sunday, as ob- 

 served for many centuries in the Old Land. 

 On Mothering Sunday, the Mid-Sunday of 

 Lent, it was the practice to go and see one's 

 parents, especially the Mother, taking to 

 them some little present such as a cake or a 

 trinket. A youth engaged in this duty was 

 said to go "a-mothering," and thus the 

 day itself oame to bo called Mothering Sun- 

 day. This custom is one of great antiquity. 

 While she cannot be given credit for origi- 

 nating thi.s practice. Miss Jarvis is en- 

 titled to credit for having introduced the 

 use of flowers in connection with it. Next 

 year we feel that the Horticultural Socie- 

 ties throughout Canada should take hold 

 of the movement energetically and lead to 

 its more general observance. 



For many years the Montreal Witness has 

 .st<Kid for all that was best in daily jour- 

 nalism in Canada. Its rigid adhesion to 

 the highest principles and its refusal to 

 eater to special interests has won for it 

 many friends and made it strong enemies. 

 For years it has been known that it has 

 refused to carry all liquor or qu<'stionabIe 

 advertisements of any kind. Its stand in 

 this respect has generally been admired, 

 but to onl.v a limited few was it known 

 that its action was costing it hundreds of 

 thoasands of dollars. It came, therefore, 

 as a shock rec^ently when it was announe(Hl 

 by its publishers that for sonu' years the 

 VVitne-ss has been losing money steadily, 



and that unless its subscribers gave it cer- 

 tain definite support it would have to sus- 

 pend publication. Readers of the Witness 

 were asked to help double its circulation 

 within a limited period. The response that 

 this appeal has received from one end of 

 Canada to another must be most gratify- 

 ing to the publishers. Thousands of people 

 throughout Canada are uniting to main- 

 tain this excellent publication. Readers 

 of The Canadian Hortictjlttlrist who 

 would like to assist may do so by subscrib- 

 ing for the Daily Witness for $1.00 a year 

 or for the Weekl.v Witness for 65c. a year 

 as well as by getting their friends to do 

 the same. 



PUBLISHER'S DESK 



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The illustration on the front cover or 

 this issue of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist is from a photograph taken by G. H. 

 E. Hudson in the strawberry patch and or- 

 chards of Mr. Dymau, Upper Flats, Kel- 

 owna, B.C. The scene is one that is tyju- 

 cal of the fruit districts of that great pro- 

 vince. The enthusia.sm of the fruit grow- 

 ers of British Columbia concerning their 

 industry and their province is now becom- 

 ing more general in the other fruit sec- 

 tions of Canada, and this is going to prove 

 to the advantage of all. 

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Mention was made in this department 

 last month of the rapid increase of the cir- 

 culation of The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 Thi>, is might be expected has been due 

 to the increased interest being taken this 

 year in the work of our horticultural so- 

 cieties as well as in fruit and vegetable 

 growing generally. Not only has the num- 

 ber of new subscriptions received to date 

 from individuals shown a marked increase 

 as compared with these obtained during the 

 corresponding period last year but the sub- 

 scriptions forwarded by various organiza- 

 tions have also shown a large increase. The 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association this 

 year has sent us over 1,200 subscriptions as 

 comjjared with about. 900 last year. New 

 horticultural societies have been formed at 

 Berlin, Weston, and other points which 

 have either taken The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist for all of their members or have 

 sent us nice lists of subscriptions. Socie- 

 ties which have not taken The Canadian 

 Horticulturist during the last year or so 

 have commenced to take it again, includ- 

 ing the London and Walkerville societies. 

 Other societies which have stood by The 

 Canadian Horticulturist for years are 

 sending us larger lists than ever before. 

 All this we find most encouraging. It 

 means that if it will continue but a little 

 longer we will soon be able to still further 

 enlarge and improve The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist. We have numerous plans for 

 the betterment of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist, but their introduction depends 

 largely upon the support we receive from 



our readers. 



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The September issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist promises to be the largest 

 and best we have ever published. A special 

 design in colors i.s being prepared for the 

 front cover. It will be a combined Exhibi- 

 tion and Packing Number. Copies of this 

 issue of The Canadian Horticulturist will 

 be distributed at the leading fall exhibi- 

 tions throughout Canada. Every depart- 

 ment of the |)aper will be unusually strong, 

 and in addition w© will have a number of 

 special features. Leading authorities in 



Canada will contribute articles dealing with 

 the picking, grading and packing of fruit, 

 and these will be profusely illustrated. The 

 issue will be much enlarged in size. When 

 our readers receive it we expect that they 

 will see how rapidly we are succeeding in 

 our aim to give them a paper, everything 

 considered, second to none of its class on 



the continent. 



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Elsewhere in this issue appears an an- 

 nouncement of our new premium offer. 

 We have just comjileted arrangements 

 whereby we can ofi^er one of these excellent 

 fountain pens delivered free of cost to any- 

 one sending a list of five new subscriptions 

 to The Canadian Hortic iJlturist taken at 

 60 cents a year. This pen is guaranteed 

 by the manufacturers, and a copy of the 

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 boys and girls about this offer. A fountain 

 pen is just the thing they need for examina- 

 tion time, and they will be glad of this 

 opportunity to get one. The pen is so at- 

 tractive that anyone will be pleased to 

 own one. See a few of your friends and 

 get them to subscribe. You will be doing 

 them a good turn by getting them in touch 

 with the valuable information contained in 

 The Canadian Horticulturist, you will be 

 helping extend the influence of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist by increasing the 

 number of its subscribers, and you wiU re- 

 ceive a handsome premium in return for 

 the time spent in securing the subscrip- 

 tions. If some of your friends are too far 

 away, sit down and write them a short 

 note suggesting that they subscribe to The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. Ask them to 

 enclofee your note when sending their sub- 

 scription to us and we will credit you with 

 the subscription I6fe same as if you sent it 

 yourself. Try it. You will find it easy to 

 get one of these splendid fountain pens. 



SOCIETY NOTES 



We invite the officers of Horti- 

 cultural Societies to send in short, 

 pithy reports of work that would in- 

 terest members of other Horticultu- 

 ral Societies. 



Two New Societies 



Two strong horticxdtural societies have 

 been organized at Sudbury and North Bay 

 b.v Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, Superintendent 

 of Agricultural and Horticultural Societies. 

 Each starts out with a membership of more 

 than a hundred. They have been formed 

 too late to enable them to draw a govern- 

 ment grant this year, but they will partici- 

 pate in next year's grant. Mr. J. F. 

 Black, of Sudbury, is the secretary of that 

 society, and Mr. A. C. Casselman, the 

 secretarv of the North Bay society. Prof. 

 H. L. Hutt, of the O.A.C., Guelph, gave 

 his illustrated lecture to the members of 

 the North Bay society which was much ap- 

 preciated. 



Wcstoiv 



The Weston Horticultural Society w^s 

 org mizod last January with a full list of 

 officers and eighty members. The societjy 

 arranged to supply the members ■with sorte 

 bulbs, and these were distributed a short 

 time ago. The society meeta on the secona 

 Friday of each month. At the May meeting 

 it was decided to ort^er The Canadian Hoft- 

 ticui.turist for each member for the bal- 

 ance of the year. 



Arrangements are also being made to 

 supply bulbs to the members in the fall. 

 The society will hold an exhibition in 4he 

 fall, when prizes will be given for the best 



