October, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



241 



Jbut the proposition seems to hare overcome 

 them, as we hear nothing more about it. 



From a horticultural standpoint one of 

 the best things that could happen in Can- 

 ada would be the making of arrangements 



Why which each of the provincial exhibitions 



|now held annually in Nova Sootia. New 

 3runswick, Ontario and British Columbia 

 vould follow each other in consecutive or- 

 These could then be advertised. In- 



Itending well-to-do settlers could be encour- 

 aged to make a tour of all the provinces, 

 taking in each of the exhibitions; apple 

 buyers could be attracted, and a healthful 

 rivalry created between the provinces that 

 would prove beneficial to all. The sugges- 

 tion might receive attention at the next 

 Dominion fruit conference. 



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Prom time to time we have drawn atten- 

 tion to the need that exists that the work 

 of the entom logical division of the Do- 

 minion Department of Agriculture should 

 be extended and strengthened. In this con- 

 nection we would like to see the division 

 furnished with the funds that would enable 

 it to publish a bulletin or book, profusely 

 illustrated by colored plates, describing and 

 giving the life hLstory and characteristics 

 of the more important injurious insects of 

 the orchard, garden and farm. There are 

 numerous bulletins giving this information 

 in part, but none seems ever to have been 

 attempted that would deal with the sub- 

 ject at all comprehensively. The educational 

 value of the weed bulletin issued a few 

 years ago by the Dominion seed division 

 has been so great as to justify the expense 

 ";hat would be involved in the publication 

 f a similar volume dealing with insects. 



Compulsory spraying has frequently been 

 advocated in Ontario and elsewhere in the 



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Clean Advertising 



"He must go." That is what two 

 thousand representative advertising 

 men from Canada, the United States, 

 and England said at a great conven- 

 tion held recently in Boston, when 

 discussing the advertiser who pub- 

 lishes dishonest, unclean or untruth- 

 ful advertising. 



Publishers recognize that they can- 

 not allow the dishonest advertiser to 

 use space in their publications if they 

 are to retain the goodwill of their 

 readers and the patronage of reliable 

 advertisers. It Is as much their duty 

 to protect their readers from unre- 

 liable information In their advertising 

 columns as from misleading articles 

 in their reading columns. 



The Canadian Horticulturist was 

 one of the first Canadian publications 

 to adopt this principle In regard to 

 the advertisements It prints. For 

 years Its publishers have refused to 

 publish any advertisements they felt 

 to be unreliable or objectionable in 

 any way, or that they felt doubtful 

 about. 



This attitude, while it has cost the 

 publishers a great deal in loss of ad- 

 vertising which they might have ac- 

 cepted and published, has earned the 

 confidence of readers of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. They intend to con- 

 tinue to nierit that confidence. 



We believe thai every advertise- 

 ment in this issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist represents n reliable 

 individual or firm and one which our 

 readers need have no hesitation in 

 patronizing. 



East, but the proposal has never been treat- 

 ed seriously by those in authority. Such 

 a law prevails in British Columbia. If a 

 grower refuses to spray, government oflS- 

 cials have power to enter his orchard and 

 do the work for him, and he has to pay the 

 bill. Had there been such a law in Ontario 

 the San Jose Scale would never have made 

 the progress that it has. One of the worst 

 agencies, probably the worst, in the spread 

 of this pest were the orchards so far de- 

 stroyed by the scale that their owners neg- 

 lected them and left them to infest sur- 

 rounding orchards. Some townships have 

 appointed inspectors in an effort to deal 

 with the situation and much good work has 

 been accomplished by them. The situation, 

 however, has never been entirely satisfac- 

 tory. We can hardly wonder, therefore, 

 that we still meet those who favor compul- 

 sory spraying. 



From the outset the Ontario government 

 has acted as though the Jordan Experiment 

 Station was a sort of unwelcome infant that 

 had been forced upon it against its will. It 

 has never granted any more funds than it 

 could well help to develop the work for 

 which the station was established, and now 

 it is stinting these. An improvement in this 

 respect is over due. 



PUBLISHER'S DESK 



Our front cover illustration this month 

 shows a partial view of the celebrated 

 Prairie Valley, near Summerland, B.C. It 

 conveys a good idea of the beautiful nature 

 of the country in this favored fruit grow- 

 ing section. 



ing columns. We are always pleased to 

 furnish any such information as may be 

 desired by our readers. 



From time to time we are asked why we 



do not publish more news from British Co- 

 lumbia in The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 The same mail that brings such a letter 

 may bring similar letters from subscribers 

 in Nova Scotia and Quebec who feel that 

 the fruit interests of their sections do not 

 receive adequate attention in our columns. 

 To all such letters we reply that The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist is national in scope. 

 The territory covered by The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist is so broad it makes it impossi- 

 ble for us to publish as much information 

 and as many special articles relating to 

 each section as we could were this paper 

 local in character. As far as practical we 

 endeavor in each issue to publish some 

 notes from each of the leading fruit grow- 

 ing provinces and also articles that will be 

 of equal value wherever they may be read. 

 Within the next year or so we expect to 

 be able to enlarge The Canadian Horticul- 

 turLst sufficiently to enable us to give more 

 attention to each province than we now do. 

 Thus, while we will give more local news 

 connected with each province, The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist will still remain na- 

 tional in scope and in usefulness. 



Quite often we receive letters similar to 

 the two mentianed in the advertising talk 

 in our September number, asking for in- 

 formation as to where a certain class of 

 goods may be purchased. There are prob- 

 ably many of our readers who wish to se- 

 ca?9 some such information, but who hesi- 

 tate to write us. As our advertising de- 

 l)artment is in touch with the leading man- 

 ufacturers and dealers handling goods and 

 as readers of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 may wi.sh to buy, we can usually furnish the 

 desired information to inquirers, where they 

 fail to find what they want in our advertis- 



Plans are being laid for next year's issues 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist which will 

 insure our publishing the strongest num- 

 bers of the magazine our subscribers have 

 ever received. Experts are being engaged 

 to furnish timely articles for each issue 

 throughout the year. Everv issue will be 

 filled with the most helpful class of in- 

 formation, and it will all be furnished by 

 well known Canadian authorities on the 

 subjects dealt with. The illustrations in 

 each issue will also be of special merit. Ex- 

 pert photographers have been at work this 

 year securing photographs for publication 

 next season when their appearance will be 

 most helpful. Attention is being given to 

 each department of the paper, including 

 the fruit, flower and vegetable sections. 

 We expect to have our plans sufficiently 

 complete to enable us to tell you more about 

 them in our November issue. 



SOCIETY NOTES m 



We invite the oCBoers of Hortl- ^S 



cultural Societies to send in short, afl 



pithy reports of work that would In- (UH 



terest members of other HorticuHn. ani 



ral Societiee. njH 



The Ontario Association 



A meeting of the directors of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Association was held in the 

 tent of the Ontario Department of Agri- 

 culture on the Exhibition grounds, Toron- 

 to, September 5th. There was a full at- 

 tendance, with the president, R. B. Whyte, 

 in the chair. An excellent programme has 

 been drawn up, which will make the ap- 

 proaching annual convention a most inter- 

 esting one. Flowers, small fruit and civic 

 improvement will be discussed. The selec- 

 tion of the date for the convention was left 

 to the president and secretary. It will bo 

 held during the week of the Ontario Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition in November next. 



LET ITS HAVE DISCUSSIONS 



In establishing this department in The 

 Canadian Horticulturist our desire has 

 been that officers of horticultural societies 

 would discuss through it methods, of work 

 that they found most successful. We would 

 like to see discussions on such siibjects: for 

 instance, as whether or not it is advisable 

 for societies to hold regular exhibitions. 

 Some societies that have been holding ex- 

 hibitions for years claim that by means 

 of the exhibitions they interest the _ jjub- 

 lic in their work and that the competitions 

 lead their members to put forth greater 

 efforts to produce the highest quality of 

 fruits and flowers. Against this it is con- 

 tended that almost invariably the prises 

 at these exhibitions are captured by the 

 same growers month after month and year 

 after year, that not over five per cent, of 

 the members of the average society draw 

 any of the prize money offered and that 

 more good would be accomplished were the 

 monev that Ls spent for prizes given for 

 lawn "and gar.len competitions and for the 

 purchase of more liberal premiums for a>*- 

 tribution among all the members. Officers 

 of societies who have had experience in 

 both lines of work are requested to fur- 

 nish us with statements giving the reenlts 

 of their experience. 



OAtT 



The September exhibition of the Gait 

 Horticultural Societv was held in the Mar- 

 ket Hall, which was filled with unusually 

 attractive exhibits. An entrance fee of flf- 



