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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 1914 



GLORIOUS GARDENS 

 from ENGLAND 



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KELWAY'S famous Hardy 

 Herbaceous Perennials— Gail- 

 lardias, Pyrethrums, Paeonies, 

 Delphiniums and others— are from 

 strong, country-grown stocks which 

 flourish under almost all conditions of 

 soil and climate and make it possible 

 to reproduce successfully in this 

 country much of the charm and beauty 

 of the finest old English gardens. 



Choice named collections (specially 

 picked to suit Canadian conditions) 

 of Paeonies from $3.75 to $17.00; 

 Delphiniums from $2.25 to $13.50 ; 

 Gaillardias from $1.50 to $4.50 ; Pyre- 

 thrums, $1.50, $3.00 and $5. 10 a dozen. 



Full particulars and illusl rations are g-iven 

 m the Kelivav Manual of Horticulture 

 mailed Free on receipt of 60 cents, by 



KELWAY & SON 



LANGPOHT - SOMERSET 



■_>IB7n ."..I ENGLAND 



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Kelway's Perennials 



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 Canadian Gardens 





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TTieRoyal Horticulturists 



lANGPORT ENGLAND 



This is the K^lwky 

 Book which every 

 Garden lover should 

 write for to-day 



Ontario Fruit Growers and 

 Transportation 



{Continued friim paye Ml 

 Our request was for reciprocal demur- ] 

 rajfe, that is, a system by which the rail- ' 

 ways as well as the shipper would be fire 

 for delay in unloadims:, accordinjr as o; 

 or the other was responsible. The same 

 would apply in the orderinjf of cars, if cars 

 were not supplied in forty-eight hours, the 

 railways would pay the shipper demurrage 

 for each day's delay ther:ifter, and if sup- 

 plied and not loaded in proper time, then 

 the shipper would pay the same rate. De- 

 lays in transit or in plarimK would or should . 

 be in the form of a penalty. 



By the v'Tage demurraRC system the 

 charse on all ears held for loading or un- 

 loading: by shipper or receiver would be 

 computed on the basis of the average time 

 of detention to all such cars released dur- 

 ing each calendar month as follows: 



First — k credit of ome day allowed for 

 each car released within twenty-four hours 

 of free time, and a debit of one day charg- 

 ed for each twenty-four hours beyond the 

 first forty-eight hours of free time. ' 



Second — At the end of the month the 

 total number of days credited will be de- 

 ducted from the total number of days 

 debited, and one dollar a day charged for 

 the remainder. 



In supporting the reciprocal plan, 1 be- 

 lieve its adoption would be a fair settle- 

 ment of the question, whereas the average 

 plan would discriminate against the small 

 shipper in favor of the big one. Let the 

 railway as well as the shipper be penalized, 

 but we must be prepared and willing to 

 accept any ruling whereby the service will 

 be improved. 



From returns furnished me by shippers 

 who kept records of shipments, as request- 

 ed, last season, I was enabled to present 

 to the Board acurate data showing losses 

 sustained by shippers throuirh delays in 

 supplying refrigerator cars, etc. Out of 

 forty shipers, requiring one thousand one 

 hundred and eighty-six refrigerator cars, 

 twenty-siz experienced delays of from four 

 to thirty-eight d.ays in getting them, and 

 in some instances were compelled to use 

 box cars. An instance mav be given of 

 one shipper,' who ordered eight refrigera- 

 tor cars from the M.C.R Co. on October 

 24th. He received two on November 28— 

 3.'j days; one on November 30 — thirty-seve<n 

 davs-.' one December 1st— thirty-eight days; 

 and no more until December 13th. Another 

 ordered six refrigerators from th« P.M. 

 Railwav Co. on November 4th, and re- 

 ceived the first car on December 10th, and 

 so on all through the list. 



Regarding delays in transit, the evidence 

 submitted covered everything required b> 

 the fruit grower, from the nursery stock 

 to the orchard product, including spray 

 material. On fruit shipments to the west- 

 ern market, Winnipeg shipments traveller 

 as slow as two and three-quarter miles ar 

 hour; Bramdon. from four and three-quartei 

 to ten miles an hour: Regina, four anc 

 three-quarter, five and one-half, and si> 

 miles an hour, and several other point: 

 al50ut as bad. Conditions at export point: 

 were also referred to, instances being quot 

 rd where cars were held a full week ant 

 more durin.g severe cold weather, and wer< 

 badlv frosted. Fifty-seven shipments o 

 nurs'erv stock bv one shipper to points 11 

 Ontario, durimg the month of May, wa; 

 even acknowledged by the railway repre 

 B.Mitatives to be a most shameful conditioi 

 of affairs. Some of these required seven 

 teen days gojngf twenty-three miles, fifteei 



