THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1914 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



COMBINKD WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which hai been Incorporated 



The Canadian Bee Journal. 



Publiihed by The Horticultural 



Publithing ..Companr, Limited 



PKTKRBORO, ONTARIO 



EDITORIAL 



The Only Magazines in Their Field in the 

 Dominion 



Official Organs ok the Ontario and Quebec 



Fru:t Growers' Absociations 



AND OF The Ontario Beekeepers' Association 



H. Bronson Cowan Managing Director 



REPRESENTATIVES 



UNITED STATES 

 STOOKWELL'S SPECIAL AGENCY 

 Chicago OfiSce— People's Ga« Building 

 New York Office— 286 5th ATenue. 



GREAT BRITAIN 

 W. A. Mountstephen, 3 Regent St., London, S.M". 



1. The Canadian HorficnltnrlRt is pnbllshed in 

 two editions on the 25th dav of the month pre 

 oedinsr dote of Issue The first edition Is knowTi 

 ae The Canadian HortlcnltTirlflt. It Is devoted 

 exdnslvely to the horticultnTal Interests of 

 Canada. The second edition Is known as The 

 Canadian Horticulturist and Beekeeper. In this 

 edition eeToral pafres of matter appearing in the 

 first Issue are replaced by an equal number of 

 napes of matter relating to the bee-keeping In- 

 terests of Canada. 



2. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 oulturtst In Canada and Great Britain. «0 cents 

 a year: two years. «1 00. and of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper. .I] 00 a year For 

 tTnlted States and local subccrlptlons in Peter- 

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 extra a year. Includlnir postape. 



3. Remittances should be made by Post Office 

 OP ^J'?''*™ Money Order, or registered Letter. 



4. The Law Is that subscribers to newspapers 

 are held responsible nntll all arrearages are 

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6. Change of Address— When a change of ad 

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6. Advertising rates. $1.40 an Inch. Copy 

 received up to the 20th. Address all advertising 

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 Manager, Peterboro Ont. 



CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following Is a sworn statement of the net 

 nald circulation of The Canadian Hortlcnltnrlst 

 for the year ending with December. 1911. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 copies. Most months. Including the sample cop- 

 ies, from 13,000 to 15.000 copies of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 be Interested In the growing of fmlts, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



January, 1913 ....11.570 August. 1913 12.675 



February. 1913 ...11.550 September. 1913 ...13 729 



March. 1913 11.209 October. 1913 .. .13 778 



April, 1913 11.970 November, 1913 ...12 967 



May. 1913 12.368 December, 1913 ...13.233 



June, 1913 12.618 



July, 1913 12.626 Total 150.293 



Avernite each Issue In IM7. 1(177 

 • " I91S. 12,524 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed 

 upon application 



OUR GUARANTPn 



We guarantee that everv advertiser In this 

 issue is reliable. We are able to do thin because 

 .. "<J';ertiBing columns of The Canadian Hor- 

 tlcnltnrlst are as carefully edltcr) as the read- 

 ing columns, and because to protect our readers 

 we turn away all unscrupulous advertisers. 

 Should any advertiser herein deal dishonestly 

 with any subscriber, we will make good the 

 amount of his loss, provided such transaction 

 occurs within one month from date of this Issue 

 that It is reported to us within a week of Its 

 occurrence, and that we find the facts to be as 

 stated. It Is a condition of this contract that In 

 writing to advertisers vou state: "I saw your 

 advertisement In The Canadian Horticulturist." 



Bognes shall not ply their trade at the expense 

 of our subscribers, vinho are our friends, through 

 the medium of these columns: but we shall not 

 attempt to adjust trifling disputes beween sub- 

 scribers and honourable business men who ad- 

 vertise, nor pay the debts of honest bankrupts. 



Communications should be addrewsed 

 THE OAKADIAN HORTTOUT/rTTBIST 



PETBKBOBO. OUT 



PLANNING THE SMALL GARDEN 



We cannot expect satisfaction in the 

 planting and developing of the home sur- 

 roundings unless we have a definite con- 

 ception of what is to be done. The trouble 

 with home grounds is not so much that 

 there is too little planting of trees and 

 shrubs as that the planting is meaningless. 

 Every plot should be a picture in itself. 

 Happy is the lover of gardening who finds 

 himself in a positioii so fortunate that, 

 either as the owner or the tenant of a 

 virgin strip of land, he is able to design 

 his own garden so that it becomes, as it 

 ought to, a true image of his own per- 

 sonality. However, it is not every owner 

 of a garden to whom is offered the oppor- 

 tunity of taking part in the planning and 

 laying out of this plot of ground. If we 

 live in the city or in the suburbs of a town 

 the chances are that when we take posses- 

 sion of our new home we find inexorably 

 fixed for us the shape of our garden ; its 

 walks constructed ; its borders made ; and 

 the lawn already laid. This has been either 

 the work of the builder, who may have had 

 no soul above stone and lime, or of a pre- 

 vious occupier, who had neither the time 

 nor inclination to make his plot a thing 

 of beauty. When this has been our fate, 

 there is nothing to be done but, at some 

 considerable expense, design anew our mis- 

 shapen and disfigured plot, and to bring it 

 by hard work and perseverance into shape 

 in which the plants of our choice will 

 thrive. 



The perfect garden is that which, at a 

 first embracing glance, satisfies the artistic 

 sense of the beholder. Therefore, where 

 the garden is to be transformed into a de- 

 lightful setting for the home, it will be 

 necessary to consider other things than 

 the. successful culture of perfect flowers. 

 Should there be any feature of it out of 

 proportion, which attracts the eye and de- 

 tains it to the exclusion of other things, 

 then is the garden ill-planned. 



Have your plot so planned that the ob- 

 server catches its entire effect and pur- 

 pose without hesitating to analyze its parts, 

 every feature contributing its part to one 

 strong and homogeneous effect. This stvle 

 of designing and planting makes a land- 

 scape, even though the garden be no larger 

 than your parlor. 



A mistake that is commonly made in 

 garden planning is to make the principal 

 borders subservient to the paths. Their 

 consideration should be in the reverse 

 order. If the desire of the owner be to 

 cultivate perfect flowers, he must not stint 

 his beds and borders for space. The two 

 feet border only tends to cramp and over- 

 crowd, whereas a border five or six feet 

 m width gives scope for bold massing and 

 tasteful arrangement. 



Retrardihg the paths, it rarely occurs 

 that we have much say in this matter, as 

 these are generally fixed for us, and we 

 must make the best of them. Whether 

 they be triangular, rectangular, or curved, 

 we are compelled, in the maiority of cases, 

 to make our plan conform to the outlines 

 which other people have decided for us. 

 We may, however, if we desire, so har- 

 monize our paths that they shall work in 

 with the design chosen for the' principal 



borders and beds. It should always be 

 borne in mind that the path is meant to 

 serve a useful purpose ; that it is intended 

 to lead somewhere. The straight, broad 

 path, leading past the principal border, 

 has superior advantage over all others, es- 

 pecially where space is limited. The wind- 

 ing path is difficult to plan tastefully, and 

 tends to eat up ground which might be 

 devoted more satisfactorily to the cultiv 

 tion of flowers. 



We must each decide for ourselves the 

 features we wish to introduce ; whether, for 

 instance, if we love roses, we shall devote 

 a section for this flower; whether we will 

 introduce a pergola and arches for the sup- 

 port of the many climbing plants that go 

 a long way in adding to the splendor of the 

 garden ; whether we will construct a rock- 

 ery ; or whether we will have space enough 

 for the erection of a summerhousc. Ac- 

 cessories, such as seats and benches, and 

 tubs for ferns, if good taste be displayed, 

 add to the beautifying of the garden pic- 

 ture. The greatest returns from our labor 

 will be obtained if we plan our gardens so 

 that they will have a pictorial effect, that is 

 restful and satisfying. 



FRUIT COMMISSIONER WANTED 



The death of Alejcander McNeill has left 

 the Dominion Fruit Division without a chief 

 executive officer. Hon. Martin Burrell, 

 Dominion Minister of Agriculture, will do 

 well if he takes advantage of the situation 

 to fulfill the promises made when his party 

 was in opposition, by raising the status of 

 the Fruit Division through the appointment 

 of a fruit commissioner responsible only 

 to the Deputy Minister and the Minister of 

 Agriculture. 



Hitherto the Fruit Division has been one 

 of three divisions under the charge of the 

 dairy and cold storage commissioner. For 

 ten years the fruit growers of Canada have 

 been agitating that the Fruit Division 

 should be given the same standing in the 

 department as is occupied by the seed, 

 live stock, and veterinary divisions, each 

 of whom have commissioners at their head 

 who have the entire responsibility for the 

 work conducted in their lespective divi- 

 sions. Such a change was strongly advo- 

 cated at the Dominion Fruit Conference 

 held some six years ago. The change was 

 ai-ain urged at the fruit conference held in 

 Ottawa two years ago. 



The great development that has taken 

 place during the past two years in the 

 fruit interests of the Dominion has mad 

 it imperative that this change should 1 

 made without further delay. Nothing Hon. 

 Martin Burrell can do would please the 

 fruit growers more than the making of thi 

 change at this time. Knowing the interes 

 the_ Minister of Agriculture takes in the 

 fruit industry we are assured that whoever 

 may be appointed as fruit commissioner 

 will be a man thoroughly w-ell qualified to 

 administer the important position Tie will 

 occupy. 



A WIDENING VISION 



The rapid development that is taking 

 place in the fruit interests of Canada is 

 evidenced by the business-like view thi 

 officers of our l"ading fruit growers' asso- 

 ciations are taking of the future of the in- 

 dustry. .A few years ago most of our fruit 

 erowers paid but little attention to fruit 

 interests outside of their respective pro 

 vinces. The improvement in transporta 

 tion facilities and the development of the 

 cooperative marketing of fruit has brought 



