September, 1913. 



THE CANADIAN HORTIC U LTUEIST 



23S 



Perennials 



For Fall Planting 



Set them when ground is moist 

 and sun low. Don't wait till 

 spring, with its strong sun, dry- 

 ing winds, and rush of work. 



HOLLYHOCKS. 



Double mixed. Chater's celebrat- 

 ed English strain. Specially pot 

 grown, so that every one you set 

 will grow. 



10 cents each; $1.00 per doz. 



PANSIES. 

 At 30c per doz. or $2.00 per 100: 



Seed from Mette, Germany. Twelve 

 named varieties, ranging from 

 white to black. (Customers please 

 say what colors they wish to pre- 

 dominate.) 



ENGLISH DAISIES. 



(Not the small old-fashioned sorts). 

 The Bride, Giant White long- 

 stemmed, Monstrosa Rosea, Giant 

 Rose. 



FORGET-ME-NOT 

 (Everybody loves it), blue or white. 



COLUMBINE. 



Long-spurred Hybrids. Few know 

 the exquisite grace of a vase of 

 these as cut flowers. 



CALLIOPSIS GRANDIFLORA. 



A splendid subject to help fill the 

 need of more yellow in the peren- 

 nial border. 



SWEET ROCKET, White. 

 Also 



WALLFLOWERS, 

 35c per Doz., $2.50 per 100. 



From finest English seed. 



These are not hardy in Canada, 

 but can be carried through winter 

 with greatest ease in cool conser- 

 vatory. 



Every plant a healthy trans- 

 planted one. 



Please send cash with order. 



Express shipments only. 



All Plants Ready Sept. 15th. 



ORDER NOW. 



RYEfiSE BROS. 



Simcoe, Ont. 



British Columbia 



Fire blight is reported to have again 

 broken out in the Vernon district. This 

 means that decisive measures will have to 

 be taken by the growers for its eradication. 

 Investigation has proved that this disease 

 is controllable. If, upon the discovery of 

 an outbreak, the diseased wood is cut out 

 at least a foot below where the disease has 

 made its appearance, fire blight can be 

 kept in check. An outbreak was also re- 

 ported from the Similkameen Valley, but it 

 has since been authoritatively denied. 



Australia is proving to be a growing 

 market for Okanagan fruit. A contract for 

 thirty thousand boxes of Joinathans (fifty 

 car loads) at one dollar twenty cents to 

 one dollar forty cents a box, f.o.b. ship- 

 ping point, has been made by Mr. Duffy, 

 who makes a specialty of shipping apples 

 to Australian markets. Mr. Duffy is at 

 present in Europe, and the original con- 

 tract has been taken over by the Central 

 Selling Organization. Although the price 

 is not a fancy one, it will net the grower 

 over one dollar a box. 



The British Columbia consumer will 

 benefit by the recent amendment to the 

 Provincial Horticultural Act. This amend- 

 ment empowers inspectors and agents to 

 destroy all trees, plants, fruits, and vege- 

 tables offered for sale, that have been 

 damaged by frosts or otherwise injured. 

 Imported apples, oranges, and other fruits 

 have been foisted upon the public as be- 

 ing of first quality, but which «oon after- 

 wards showed signs of decay because of 

 having been frozen. 



There has been much conjecture as to 

 the freight and express rates that would 

 apply to fruit shipped to the prairie pro- 

 vinces. The matter has been finally set- 

 tled, howeevr, and although all expectations 

 have not been fully realized, decided reduc- 

 tions have been made. It was hoped that 

 the twenty per cent, reduction on express 

 rates ordered by the railway commission 

 would apply to the special rates on fruit 

 and vegetables, but such is not the case. 

 At the request, however, of the British 

 Columbia Fruit Growers' Association the 

 Dominion Express Company has made 

 some reduction on the rates of these com- 

 modities. The fruit growers of Wenat- 

 chee. Wash., have secured from the Great 



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THE TENTH ANNUAL 



Horticultural 

 Exhibition 



Under the auspices of the 

 St. CatharineH Horticultural 

 Society, will be held on 



WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 



Sept. 10th and 11th, 1915 



At the 



Armory, St. Catharines 



Unexcelled Displays of Fresh and Preserved 

 Fruits, Cut Flowers and Greenhouse Plants. 



Single fare from all stations on Orand Trunk 

 where single fare does not exceed $2.50. 



The famous 19th Regimental Band in attend- 

 ance. 



Prize Lists and other information on applica- 

 tion to the Secretary. 



C. A. HESSON W. B. BURGOYNE 



Treasurer President 



MISS L. A. RADCLIFFE, Secretary 



I r4 Queen St., St. Catharines, Ont. 



This Book Sent Free 



Write for a copy to-day 

 It is mailed for the asking 



"Spraying, a Profitable Invest- 

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 and more profitable crops. It is a 

 book of 120 pages, containing oVer 50 

 illustrations and telling how, why and 

 when to spray. It was compiled from 

 data gathered by experts, and gives 

 complete information regarding the 

 important insect pests and the most ef- 

 ficient method of exterminating them. 



Some of the spraying materials 

 that are advocated and used by the 

 largest fruit growers are manufactur- 

 ed by The Sherwin-Williams Insecti- 

 cide Dept. Probably the most widely 

 used insecticide is Arsenate of Lead, 

 but owing to the gr<?at demand there 

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 manufacturers, do not combine the 

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 ency and economy. These Leads are 

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 Arsenic Acid is either not wholly com- 

 bined with the Lead, or else is very 

 loosely combined, so that the action 

 of the sun and the atmosphere, after 

 spraying, causes disintegration or 

 freeing of the Acid from the Lead. 

 When this occurs foliage burning re- 

 sults, also russeting of the fruit. 



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