June, 1913. 



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does in soirM- districts, and protect the 

 progressive fruit grower. 



In several provinces of Canada th^ pro- 

 vincial governments have enacted laws that 

 more or less cover the difficulty. British 

 Columbia has a law that makes spraying 

 compulsoiry. The Nova Scotia Govern- 

 ment is helping the fruit growers fight 

 the brown tail moth. Inspectors are sent 

 out to destroy the nests and bounties are 

 offered for the same purpose. In Ontario 

 the municipalities may appoint local fruit 

 inspectors, and provision has been made 

 for the appointment of provinicial inspec- 

 tors as well. 



The fruit growers of Canada require a 

 system of inspection that will be thorough. 

 They believe that a well organized corps 

 of inspectors is needed and that their ap- 

 poinitment should rest with the provincial 

 governiments. By avoiding the appoint- 

 ment of local men in a district a more im- 

 partial inspection is secured. Moreover, 

 fruit growers believe that the inspectors 

 should have authoritv to compel the de- 

 struction of wild fruit trees and similar 

 nuisances where these are a source of in- 

 feictioni. In addition, a law making spray- 

 ino- compulsory in the leading fruit dis- 

 tricts is required. 



These provisions would fill a long felt 

 want. The Ontario Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation has placed itself on record as 

 favoring thorough provincial inspection 

 of orchards. The destruction of roadside 

 pests should not be overlooked. 



Reports received by The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist show that Mother's Day was 

 more generally observed this year than 

 ever before. In manw towns and cities, 

 difficulty seems to have been experienced 

 by the public in obtaining flowers, the 

 florists in many instances having beeni sold 

 out by noon. It is evident that the dav is 

 making a well-deserved place for itself im 

 he national observances of the country, 

 s there is always likely to be a shortage 

 in the supplv of cut flowers at a time when 

 there is such an unusual demand the use 

 of pot flowers on Mother's Dav should be 

 emcouraged. This is nuite in harmony 

 with the general idea of the day which for 

 a lonig period in the Mother Land was ob- 

 served by the giving of any form of pre- 

 sent. 



A glance at the reports published on 

 this page of the work being done bv vari- 

 ous horticultural societies in Ontario will 

 serve to show that greater interest is be- 

 ing taken this year in the work of a num- 

 ber of the prominent societies than ever 

 before. The St. Catharines society has 

 long been noted as one of the best man- 

 aged and most successful in the provimce. 

 It is encouraging, therefore, to see that 

 the St. Thomas society is beginning to 

 challenge its pre-eminence, and that it 

 has already passed it in point of member- 

 ship. The indications are that the mem- 

 bership this year of the horticultural so- 

 cieties of Ontario as a whole will be con- 

 siderably the largest on record. Their 

 value to Ontario will be increased in pro- 

 portion . 



Every year reports are received of fruit 

 growers who have been swindled by enter- 

 prising agents of practicallv unknown 

 nursery concerns. In the Niagara Dis- 

 trict, where these games have been worked 

 time and again, one would expect that the 

 growers bv now would be wise enoup'h. be- 

 fore ordering nursery stock, to investigate 

 thoroughly, where n<'Cess.'iry, the standing 

 of the firms with which they proposed to 



do business. The fact that a large num- 

 ber of growers in the Niagara District 

 have recently been caught nappinig by a 

 United States concerni indicates that we 

 still have many growers who are not as 

 careful on these points as they should be. 



PUBLISHER'S DESK 



Our frontispiece illustration this month 

 shows a package of British Columbia 

 strawberries ready for market. Last month 

 our cover illustration showed May blos- 

 soms in a Nova Scotia orchard. The Can- 

 adiam Horticulturist circulates freely in 

 both districts. Could anything better il- 

 lustrate its national character ? 



Last month we announced that at the 

 solicitation of The Ontario Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation!, we had undertaken to publish 

 a second edition of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist which would be known as The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist and Beekeeper and 

 which would contain some five pages of 

 matter of special interest to beekeepers. 

 The first issue appears to have been re- 

 ceived with general satisfaction by the 

 beekeepers. This month's issue of The 

 Beekeeper will be even better. During 

 May we purchased The Canadian Bee Jour- 

 nal, published at Brantford, Ontario, 

 which for over twenty-one years has been 

 the recognized exponent in Canada of the 

 beekeeping interests. The circulation of 

 The Canadian Bee Journal has been merg- 

 ed in that of The Beekeeper. It is our 

 intention that The Beekeeper shall con- 

 tinue to fill the place in the beekeeping 

 interests of Canada that has always been 

 held by The Canadian Bee Journal. As the 

 subscription price of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist and Beekeeper is $1.00 a year 

 readers of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 who desire to have their subscriptions 

 changed so that they may receive instead 

 The Canadian Horticulturist and Bee- 

 keeper will be expected to remit the differ- 

 ence in the price of the two publications. 

 .Sample copies of The Beekeeper will be 

 sent free on request to those applying for 

 them. — ■ 



This month's issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist is being mailed to the larg- 

 est number of paid subscribers we have 

 ever had. We are also printing the larg- 

 est number of copies that have ever been 

 run off the press for any one issue. Last 

 year the average paid circulation of The 

 Canadian Horticulturist for the vear was 

 eleven thousand and fifty-seven. The June 

 isue a year ago had ten thousand nine 

 hundred and forty-six paid subscribers. 

 This year the paid circulation of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist with its second edi- 

 tion. The Canadian Horticulturist and 

 Beekeeper, is twelve thousamd six hundred 

 and eighty-four. The number of copies of 

 the two editions that have been prinitcd 

 is fifteen thousand one hundred. As new 

 subscirptions are coming to hand rapidly 

 from all parts of Canada for both editions 

 wo expect to soon be able to announce the 

 establishment of still higher records. We 

 know that the readers of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist like to hear of the progress 

 we are making and it therefore gives us 

 pleasure to be able to report such facts. 



Never before has The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist given its advertisers such good 

 service as at present. This is du<' in i)art 

 to the inatural but (J(Kidcd incrcast; that 



has taken, place in the circulation of The 

 Canadian Horticulturist, in part to the 

 extra increase in circulation that has been 

 brought about by the launching of its 

 second edition known as The Beekeeper 

 and in part to the improvement that has 

 been effected during the past couple of 

 years in the editorial standard of the ar- 

 ticles published. For these reasons, as 

 well as for the fact that these improve- 

 ments have materially increased the cost 

 of publication, it has been decided to ad- 

 vance the advertising rates of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist, including The Bee- 

 keeper, on and after August 1st next, to 

 ten cents a line, or one dollar forty cents 

 an inch. This is a flat rate, and will apply 

 to all contracts. .A.dvertisers who desire 

 to do so may comtract for space for one 

 year only in advance from the thirty-first 

 of July next at our present low rate of 

 only nine cents a line, or one dollar 

 twenty-five cenits an inch. Those adver- 

 tisers who take advantage of this offer will 

 be assured of receiving great value in the 

 service we will give them, as they will 

 reap the full benefit of the rapid increase 

 that is taking place in the circulation of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist with its 

 second edition The Beekeeper. 



Lack of space prevents our outlining in 

 this issue the special articles that will be 

 a feature of the July number of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist. Our readers are as- 

 sured, however, that they will be unusu- 

 ally intersting. The illustrations also will 

 be hi.gh-class. 



We inTit© the offlcere of Horti- 

 cultural Societies to send in short, 

 pithy reDorte of work that would in- 

 terest membeiB of other Horticultural 



Societiee. 



St. Thomas 



The St. Thomas Horticultural Society 

 does not believe in "letting the grass 

 grow under its feet." Last year it had a 

 membership of some three hundreed. This 

 year it is aimin.g at one thousand. Al- 

 ready over seven hundred have been ob- 

 tained. 



This sprinig it has carried on a whirl- 

 wind campaign in the interests of home 

 gardening and city beautifying. The prizes 

 offered are generous and cover fourteen 

 classes, such as home vegetable and flower 

 gardens, lawns, school gardens, and fac- 

 tory premises. Dr. F. E. Bennett, the 

 president, is inspiring everybody with his 

 enthusiasm. It is expected the final mem- 

 bership will well exceed the thousamd aim- 

 ed at. which will make the society con- 

 siderably the largest in the province. 



Ottawa Flower Guild 



The work of the Ottawa Children's 

 Flower Guild is coming in for much favor- 

 able comment. Besides having their minds 

 instilled with the beauties of nature and 

 the need of pleasant home surroundings, 

 the children are impressed with the value 

 of good citizenship and of taking a pride 

 in their country. For this purpose, the 

 children are taken to visit the Houses of 

 Parliament, the conservatories, the parks, 

 and the Museum. Such a society is wor- 

 thy of all encouragememt. 



.Mr. R. B. Whyte, the president, is as- 

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