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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1914 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



COMBINKD WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which hn« been incoiporated 



The Cimadian Bee Journal. 

 Puhlished by The Horticultural 

 I'ubliiihing Company, Limited 



PKTKRBORO, ONTARIO 

 H. Bronson Cowan Managing Director 



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1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published in 

 two editione on the 25tlh day of the month pre- 

 ceding date of issue. The ilrst edition is known 

 ae The Canadian Horticulturist. It is devoted 

 exclusively to the horticultural interests of 

 Canada. The second edition is known as The 

 Canadian Horticulturi.st and Beekeeper. In this 

 edition several page« of matter appearing in the 

 first issue are replaced hy an equal number of 

 pages of matter relating to the bee-keeping in- 

 terests of Canada. 



2. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist in Canada and Great Britain, 60 cents 

 a year; two years, .$1.00, and of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. For 

 United States and local subscriptions in Peter- 

 boro (not called for at the Post Office), 25 cents 

 extra year, including postage. 



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4. The Law la that subscribers to new.spapers 

 are held responsible until all arrearages are 

 paid and their paper ordered to be discontinued. 



5. 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 

 correspondence, and copy to our Advertising 

 Manager, Peterlwro. Ont. 



CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following is a swoj-n statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December, 1911. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and fjpoi ed 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop- 

 ies, from 13,000 to 15,000 copies of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed to ipeople known to 

 be interested in the growing of fniits, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



Januar.v. IWJ ....11,570 August. 1913 12,«75 



February. 1913 ...11,55') September, 1915 ...13.729 



March, 1913 11,209 October, 1913 ....13,778 



April, 1913 .11,970 November, 1913 ..12,967 



Miay. 1913 12,368 December, 1913 ..13,233 



June, 1913 12.618 — 



July, 1913 12.626 Total ....150,293 



Average each issue in 1907, 6,627 

 " 1913, 12,524 



Sworn detailed statemente will be mailed 

 upon application. 



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We guarantee that every advertiser dn this 

 issue is reliable. We are able to do this because 

 the advertising columns of The Oanadian Hor- 

 ticulturist are ae carefully edited as the read- 

 ing columns, and bocauso to protect our read- 

 ers we turn away all unscrupulous advertisers. 

 Should any advertiser herein deal dishonestly 

 with any subscriber, we will make good the 

 amount of hisi loss, provided such transaction 

 occurs within one month from date of this issue, 

 that it is reported to tis within a week of its 

 occurrence, and that we ftnd the facta to be as 

 stated. It is a condition of this contract that in 

 writing to advertisers you state: "I saw your 

 advertisement in The Ca,nadian Horticulturist." 



Rogues shall not ply their trade at the expense 

 of our subscribers, who are our friends, through 

 the medium of these columns; but we shall not 

 attempt to adjust trifling disputes between sub- 

 scribera and honourable business men who ad- 

 vertise, nor pay the debts of honest bankrupts. 



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 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



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EDITORIAL 



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The late Linus Woolverton 



The announcement of the death of llip 

 late Linus Woolverton was heard with a 

 sense of pcrsoinal loss by an unusually lar^e 

 number of Canadians. From 1887 to 1!K)4 

 Mr. Woolverton was the editor of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist. In this position he 

 became widely known 10 those interested 

 in horticulture all throug-h Canada. Beins' 

 a recognized authority in ajfricultural mat- 

 ters, Mr. Wool vei ton was a worthy succes- 

 sor of hi,-; predecessor, the late D. W. Bea- 

 dle, and did much to establish the reputa- 

 tion of The Canadian Horticulturist as an 

 authority on horticultural matters. 



Probably Mr. Woolverton's greatest mon- 

 ument is his book entitled "The Apples of 

 Ontario," on which he spent many years 

 of work and which is the recognized author- 

 ity an this subject in Canada, He also ac- 

 complished much on behalf of the interests 

 of the fruit growers of Canada while he 

 was secretary-treasurer of the District 

 Experiment stations of Ontario. Mr. Wool- 

 verton was ever ready to help the novice or 

 to give aid whenever opportunity allowed. 

 His death removes one who never spared 

 himself to advance the interests of his 

 brother fruit growers. 



AN ENTOMOLOGICAL DIVISION 



Several years ago The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist pointed out editorially that the 

 Dominion Government might well pay more 

 attention to the work of the Entomological 

 branch of the Dominion Experimental 

 Farms. .-Xttentioin was called to the fact 

 that there was no sufficient reason why this 

 branch of the work of the Department of 

 .Agriculture should be classed with the work 

 of the experimental farms. It was. sug- 

 gested that it should be made a separate 

 department with a head responsible onlv to 

 the Deputy Minster and the Minister of 

 .Agriculture. Such a division has now been 

 made. Credit must be given to Hon. 

 Martin Burrell, for inaugurating the 

 change. 



The Entomological Division is one of the 

 important branches of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. This has been 

 because its head has had greater power of 

 iniative than would have been the case had 

 the work of his department been maintain- 

 ed as a mere branch of some other line of 

 govermmental activity. Under the new ar- 

 rangement we may expect to see our Cana- 

 dian Entomological Division increase in 

 importance. It should also receive more 

 liberal financial assistance than it has hith- 

 erto. 



This division is charged with the re- 

 sponsibility of preventing the introduction 

 amd spread in Canada of injurious insects, 

 the investigation of insect pests affecting 

 agriculture, horticulture, forestry and the 

 health of domestic animals and man, and 

 the imparting of the information so obtain- 

 ed to the public by means of bulletins, press 

 notices, addresses, and in other fin:>il.->r 

 wavs. Its chief. Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, is 

 well qualified for the position he holds. He 

 may be expected to take full advantage of 

 the increased opportunities he will now have 

 for public service. 



CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION 



In young countries it is always difficult 

 to arouse public interest in schemes of 

 civic beautifi<ation. An evidence that Can- 

 ada is advancing out of the pioneer sta.ge 

 of development is found in the fact that 

 towns and cities throughout Canada are 

 giving more attention this year than ever 

 before to comprehensive plans for civic im- 

 provement. Cities in the prairie provinces 

 are fully abreast of the cities in the east. 



"Clean-up" campaigns as conducted in 

 the smaller centres are becoming increas- 

 ingly popular and are another expression 

 of the same desire for improvement. In 

 some centres a commendable move has 

 been made to improve the back premises as 

 well as the front by the tearing down of 

 ugly sheds and board fences, and the re- 

 placing of the latter by Tieat wire fences. 

 This has led to the converting of manv 

 back yards into gardens and lawns. The 

 international congress on city planning be- 

 ing held in Canada this year for the first 

 time is an indication of advancement. 



All over the continent steadv even rapid 

 nroc-ress is being m^de in the di'-ection of 

 placing the f—it ind'istry on a firmer busi- 

 ness basis. Guesswork is fast being elimin- 

 aAed. It was estimated last vear that the 

 fruit growers of the four Pacific Northwest- 

 ern States, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and 

 Montana, lost two hundred and fifty thou- 

 sand dollars on account of the lack of relia- 

 ble crop estimates. Early in the season the 

 crop was estimated to be fifty per cent. 

 greater than it was. This year the North 

 Pacific Distributors, the Central Selling 

 .\gency cointrollcd by the growers, has 

 arranged to take a tree census in 

 the four States, ' in an eflFort to se- 

 cure reliable and approximately cor- 

 rect information as to probable tonnao-e 

 in the various districts. Every grower in 

 the branches affiliated with sub-centrals of 

 the distributors, will make a detailed esti- 

 mate on his crop, tree by tree, and variety 

 by variety. The estimate of the growers 

 will not be taken -ts final but inspectors 

 will visit ever>- district and work on the 

 basis of acreage and average in former 

 years, and actual conditions om stated 

 areas. These men will be experts, and by a 

 double system of estimating fairlv approx- 

 imate figures can be secured. I'sing this 

 system of estimating the Yakima Valley 

 Fruit Growers' -Association one season esti- 

 mated within two carloads of its entire ton- 

 nage, and another season within twenty car- 

 loads. The general adoption of methods 

 such as these will ultimately give the grow- 

 ers full control of their industry. 



The extensive scheme of civic improve- 

 ment that has been launched by the Peter- 

 boro Horticultuial Society, imcluding as it 

 does a complete plan of parks driveways, is 

 an indication of the truth that it is often 

 easier to accomplish things on a large than 

 on a small scale. Many organizations put 

 forth more effort and achieve less returns 

 by trying to do small things in a small way 

 than could be effected were they to take a 

 broader view of the problems in hand and 

 devise a plan and method of work that by 

 its uniqueness would be sure to challenge 

 attention and enlist public support. Other 

 horticultural societies may not be able to 

 carry out just such a scheme as the Peter- 

 boro Society has launched, but they may be 

 able to learn something from the methods 

 jhat the Peterboro Society has followed. 



