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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



Easy Now to Rid 



Your Farm of Rats 



Wonderful DIscovary by Noted Scientist Kills 



Every Rat Within a Week's Time 



— Not a Poison. 



Eats cost farmers ovBrttwoohundred»inilllons 

 of ♦dollars'! aijear, through Vthe»^estructlon3of 

 Sraln, poultry and buildings. Farmers need no 

 longer suffer this loss becauee they can now kill 

 off all the rats on their farm in ieaa than a 

 week's time. This is possible through' the re- 

 markable discovery of E, R. Alexander, a 

 chemist, who has perfected a virus which kills 

 rats, mice and gophers as though by magic. 

 This product Is not a poison — It can be eaten 

 by human beings or any animal on the farm as 

 safely as their regular food, ibut means Quick, 

 sure death to rats. 



Ontario F.G.A. Programme 



This wonderful rat rirus, which ia known as 

 Alexander Eat-Killer is merely mixed with bread 

 or meat scraps and placed where rats, mice or 

 gi^phers can get to it. 'Wllthin a few hours after 

 a rat has eaten Alexander Rat-Killer he gets a 

 high fever and suffers a terrible thirst. He 

 leaves the bams and nesting hol»8 and goes to 

 the open fields in search of pure air and running 

 water. Rats and mice affeoted always die away 

 from the barns and houses, so there is no odor. 



It Is a scientiflc fact that one rat affects others 

 and soon the whole colony leaves the buildings 

 and dies. And though this virus is absolutely 

 deadly to rats — chickens, hogs, cattle or any 

 (arm animal can eat it and not be affected at all. 



So confident ie Mr. Alexander that Alexander 

 Rat^KlUer will kill every rat on your farm in 

 less than a week's time that he offers to send, 

 as an Introductory offer, a regular $2.00 tube 

 for only $1.00. Give It according to directions, 

 and if at the end of a week's time you are able 

 to discover any rats, mice or gophers on your 

 farm, your money will be refunded. A big 

 Toronto bank guarantees that Mr. Alexander is 

 reliable and will do as he says. 



Just send money order, check or currency for 

 $1.00 to E. R. Alexander, Alexander Laboratories 

 of Canada, 2005 Terminal Bldg., Toronto, Ont., 

 and the tube will be mailed at once on the 

 guarantee that If not absolutely satisfactory 

 your money will be returned without question. 

 Write today and stop your rat losses now. 



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 Wholly or Partially Destroyed 



L Drum3,Di3charge from Ears, etc. 



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"little Wirekss Phones for the Ears" require no 

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 Wherethey are invisible. Soft, safe and comfortable. 

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THE amiual convention of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, Prince 

 George Hotel, Toronto, Feb. 7 and 8, 

 will be in programme a stock-taking of the 

 fruit Industry of Ontario. Ontario's edu- 

 cational associations, orchards, varieties, 

 spraying, pruning, fertilizing, grading, pack- 

 ing, packages, sales organizations and finan- 

 cial returns from fruit will be dealt with. 

 Among questions for open discussion will 

 be the following: What about advertising 

 our fruit? Are we ready to supply the de- 

 mand? Can we change some of our varie- 

 ties profitably? What kind of grapes are 

 most profitaljle? Of strawberries, pears, 

 plums, peaches and apples? Shall we plant 

 Delicious, Jonathan, Winesap, Newton, Cox 

 Orange and Rome Beauty? Has the C.E.F. 

 anything better to offer? Shall we adopt 

 the imperial pint and quart boxes for ber- 

 ries? ShaJl we adopt the western grades 

 for boxes only? Why not more co-operation 

 in selling? Are we fooling ourselves on 

 our profits? 



Addresses will be given by the following 

 speakers: "The Ontario Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation," P. W. Hodgetts, Toronto; "The 

 Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion," C. E. Fisher, St. Catharines; "The 

 Northumberland and Durham Apple Grow- 

 ers' Association," H. Sirrett, Brighton; 

 "The Niagara District Grape Growers, Ltd." 

 and "The Niagara Peninsula Growers, Ltd.," 

 T. J. Mahony, Grimsby; "The Norfolk 

 Fruit Growers' Association," J. E. Johnson, 

 Simcoe; "A National Horticultural Coun- 

 cil," C. W. Baxter, I'^'ruit Commissioner, 

 Uttawa; "The Imperial Fruit Show: Its 

 Results," W. L. Hamilton, Collingwood; 

 "Spraying," Prof. L. Caesar, O.A.C., 

 Guelph, and W. A. Ross, Vineland Station; 

 ••Pruning and Fertilizing," Pro" J. W. 

 Crow, O.A.C., Guelph; "Further investiga- 

 tions Into the Fruit Industry in Ihirham 

 County and the Niagara Peninsula," Prof. 

 A. Leitch, O.A.C., Guelph. The directors 

 will report on the fruit outlook in all parts 

 of the province. Every fruit man in On- 

 tario should be present. 



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Ontario V.G.A. Programme 



THE annual convention of the Ontario 

 Vegetable Growers' Association will 

 be held in the Canadian Foresters' 

 Hall, Toronto, Feb. 16. An excellent pro- 

 gramme of reports, addresses, and discus- 

 sions has been arranged. 



Morning Session — President's address, 

 Maurice May, Teciimseh; report of the 

 secretary-treasurer, J. Lockie Wilson, To- 

 ronto; "Asparagus," Harper Secord, St 

 Catharines; "Ontario Should Supply Her 

 Own Potato Market," Henry Broughton, Sar- 

 nia; "Northern-Grown Potatoes for Seed," 

 W. A. Broughton, Whitby; "Currants and 

 Other Small Bruits," J. R. Bemey, Owen 

 Sound. 



Afternoon Session — "New Methods De- 

 veloped in Control of Insects and Fimgous 

 Diseases," A. H. McLennan, Vegetable 

 Specialist, Toronto; "Successful Green- 

 house Growing," C. Fretz, Vineland Sta- 

 tion; "Canning Vegetables," W. H. Stew- 

 art, Aylmer, Que.; "Suggested Improve- 

 ments in Field Crop and Garden Competi- 

 tions," J. J. Davis, London; "Profitable 

 Growing of Onions, Seed and Transplant- 

 ed,' Howard Rittenhouse, Beamsvllle; "My 

 Experience with Fertilizers on Vegetable 

 Crops — Tomatoes Especially," W. M. Grant, 

 Blenheim. 



Evening Session— Banquet at 6.30 in 

 Y.M.C.A. BuUdlng, 40 College St., at 

 which prominent speakers will deliver short 



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FOR SALE and WANT ADS 



Advertisements in this department 

 inserted at the rate of 5 cents per 

 word. Each word, initial or group 

 of figures counts as one word. 

 Minimum 50 cents cash, strictly 

 in advance. 



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REAL ESTATE 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS— Fruit forms a speci- 

 alty. Write, stating requirements. W. B. 

 Calder, Grimsby. 



SEEDS, BULBS. PLANTS 



SEEDS — Vegetable, garden, flower, field. 

 FYench -grown. Import orders only. J. E. 

 Shoemaker, 33 Fifth Ave., Ottawa, Ont. 



BULBS — Lily of the Valley and Gladioli of all 

 d-escriptions. Write for prices. C. Keur & 

 Sons, Hillegom, Holland. New York address 

 — 5625 Mosftiohi Ave. The trade will bo visited 

 by us in due time as usual for 1322 spring 

 and fall orders. Uly of the Valley and 

 Gladioli can be shipped Immediately direct 

 from our warehouse and Canadian farms. 



GREENHOUSES 



GREENHOUSE FOR SALE— lord and Burn- 

 ham construction, 18x40, in first class condi- 

 tion, hot watei- heating. Complete line of pot- 

 ting house pottery and equipment. Easily 

 moved. Apply Box 60, The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist, Peterboro, Ont. 



FOR SALE — Two Greenhouses, with complete 

 heating plant, hotbed sash, iron pipe and 

 garden tools. J. MdcNamara & Sons, 789 

 I>avenport Road, Toronto, Ont. 



GMADIOLI 



20 Butterfly ......10c 30 Anna Bberius 30c 



7 Jack London... 40o 10 Marechal Foch 20c 



20 Lily White 20c 10 Myra 30c 



25 Prim Beauty ..49c 10 Kennermerl'd. 10c 



20 Salmon Beauty. 15c 20 Sirius 10c 



W. E. SAUNDERS, 

 London, Ontario. 



addresses. Later, commencing at 8.00 — 

 General discussion on the value of green 

 cover crops as fertilizers; "A Canadian 

 Council of Horticulture," L. F. Burrows, 

 Assistant Fruit Commissioner, Ottawa; 

 "Woiild Flowers Be a Valuable Adjunct to 

 Vegetable Growing," illustrated, George M. 

 Baldwin, Toronto. 



Time for discussion following each paper 

 will be provided. Every market gardenar 

 in the province is requested to attend. It 

 will be a day well spent. 



Winter Meetings 



COMING events of horticultural Impor- 

 tance and others of Indirect horticul- 

 tural Interest are listed "elow. Secre- 

 taries of associations and exhibitions are 

 requested to send dates and other infor- 

 mation as early In advance a" .Poff '""• 

 particularly for events of provincial or 

 district, rather than local, scope. 

 Grimsby— Niagara Peninsula Growers, 



Ltd. (shariholders) Feb. 20. 



Ottawa-Dominion Fruit Conferenc^e. 



St. Catharines-Niagara ^Dlff'^* °"io 

 Growers, Ltd., (shareholders) Feb. 10 



Toronto-Ontario Association of f^a'" 

 and Exhibitions Fe". 7-8. 



Toronto-Ontario Fruit G™««"' '^^V 

 elation ^^°- ',■ 



Toronto-Ontario Horticultural Associa- 

 tion '■'"'• "■' 



Toronto— Ontario Vegetable Growers' As- 

 sociation Feb. lb. 



Toronto— Ontario Good Roads Associa- 

 tion Mar. 2-3. 



