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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 1909 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Publuhed br The Horticultural 

 Publimhins Company, Limited 



PBTBRBORO AND TORONTO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 

 in the Dominion 



Officiai, Oroan op Britisb Columbia, Ontario, Qdb- 



BBC, Nbw Brunswick and Frincb Edward IslahO 



Fruit Growers' Associations 



H. Bronson Cowan, 

 Manasrinc Editor and Business Manaeer 

 A. B. CuTTiNO, B.S.A., Horticultural Editor 

 W, G. Rook, Advertisine Manager 



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 the 2Sth day of the month preceding date of 

 issue. 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



Since the subscription price of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist was reduced from $1.00 to 60 cents 

 a year, the circulation has grown rapidly. The 

 following is a sworn statement of the net paid 

 circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist for 

 the year ending with Dec, 1907. The figures giv- 

 en are exclusive of samples and spoiled copies, 

 and of papers sent to advertisers. Some months, 

 including the sample copies, from 10,000 to 12,000 

 copies of The Canadian Horticulturist are mailed 

 to people Itnown to be interested In the grow- 

 ing of fruit, flowers or vegetables. 



Circulation Statement 



January, 1908 7,650 January, 1809 9,456 



February, 1908 7,824 



March, 1908 8,056 



April, 1908 .8,250 



May, 1908 8,.')73 



June, 1908 8,840 



July. 1908 9,015 



August, 1908 9,070 



September, 1908 9,121 



October. 1908 9,216 



November, 1908 9,323 



December, 1908 9,400 



Total for the year, 104,337 



Average eacli iuue in 1907, 6.627 



Average each issue in 1908, 8,695 



(Increased circulation in one year over 2,000) 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon 

 application. 



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 culturist to feel that they can deal with our 

 advertisers with our assurance of the advertisers' 

 reliability. We try to admit to our colnmni 

 only the most reliable advertisers. Should any 

 subscriber, therefore, have good cause to bs 

 dissatisfied with the treatment he receives from 

 any of our advertisers, we will lool? into the 

 matter and investigate the circumstances fully. 

 Should we flna reason, even in the slightest 

 degree, we will discontinue immediately the pub- 

 lication of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant, 

 we will expose them through the columns of 

 the paper. Thus, we will not only protect our 

 readers, but our reputable advertisers as well. 

 AH that is necessary to entitle you to the bene- 

 fits of this Protective Policy is that you include 

 m all your letters to advertisers the words, 

 "I saw your ad. in The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist." Complaints should be made to us as soon 

 as possible after reason for dissatisfaction has 

 been found. 



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 Toronto OflHoe: PBTBRBOEO, ONTARIO. 



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REGULATING NURSERIES 



At the last convention of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, suggestions 

 were passed relating to controlling the sale 

 and distribution of nursery stock. The 

 proposed bill is published on page 39 of 

 this issue. The purpose of this bill is good, 

 but its wording may lead to confusion and 

 probably to trouble. If the fines that may 

 be imposed depend upon whether or not the 

 grower can show a fraudulent intent upon 

 the part of the nurseryman (see Clause 6), 

 then the Act will be almost useless. 



It would be clearly impossible, in nine 

 cases out of ten, to prove a fraudulent in- 

 tent; and it should not be necessary to do 

 so if the fact appears that stocij has been 

 sold which is not true to name or that has 

 other defects contrary to the Act. This fact 

 should secure a conviction irrespective of 

 whether the nurseryman intended to do it or 

 not. The loss to the fruit grower is just the 

 same, whether fraud was intended or not. 

 It would seem therefore, that the Act will 

 be more effective if the words in Clause 6, 

 "where fraud can be shown in the substitu- 

 tion of varieties or the sale of stock untrue 

 to name," be changed to read, "where the 

 substitution of varieties or the sale of stock 

 untrue to name can be shown." We would 

 suggest that the Ontario Fruit ©rowers' 

 Association have this matter rectified before 

 the bill is brought before the Legislature. 

 The public should realize, however, that if 

 this legislation is passed there is a possibil- 

 ity that the nurserymen will have to charge 

 more for their stock. The benefit of having 

 assurance that the stock purchased is relia- 

 ble would compensate for any reasonable 

 advance in charges by the nurserymen. 



ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS 



Among the many ways in which the On- 

 tario Agricultural College has benefited the 

 rural communities of Ontario is by tiie as- 

 sistance given farmers, orchardists and gar- 

 deners in overcoming drainage problems. 

 By sending qualified men to survey farms 

 for drainage systems, the department of 

 physics has done, and promises yet to do, 

 work that is of great value. Equally im- 

 portant work could be done by the depart- 

 ment of landscape gardening in the matter 

 of making plans for and laying off rural 

 school grounds. The excellent bulletin re- 

 cently issued by the Ontario Department of 

 Education, and prepared by H. L. Hutt, 

 B. S. A., Professor of Landscape Gardening 

 at Guelph, which is reviewed in another 

 column, states that the professor will be 

 glad to give school boards and inspectors 

 assistance in any way possible. He is pre- 

 pared to visit personally any rural schools 

 that may desire his services. It is hoped 

 that many schools will take advantage of 

 this opportunity. The country would be 

 made more beautiful and the ideals of the 

 school children elevated. 



The work of visiting applicants, survey- 

 ing and drawing plans for grounds need not 

 be burdensome on the department of land- 

 scape gardening. If the professor has not 

 the time to visit all the schools that apply 

 for assistance, there are always student- 

 specialists in horticulture who would be 

 available. Instead of being a burden the 

 work would be welcomed. It would afford 

 an opportunity for practice in landscape 

 architecture for the student and it would 

 bring that particular department of the col- 

 lege in closer touch with the people. 



Instead of requiring school boards to pay 

 a part of the cost of travelling, and so forth, 



as is done with the farmers, who want their 

 farms surveyed for draining, these services 

 will be given free. Improved school grounds 

 are a public asset. They may make a last- 

 ing impression upon the homes of the peo- 

 ple of the country. The assistance offered 

 by the college will be the means of rapidly 

 improving scores of school premises that 

 now are a disgrace to the province. 



QUEEN VICTORIA PARK 



On account of climate conditions, there 

 are more possibilities for horticultural 

 achievement in Queen Victoria Park at 

 Niagara Falls than can be found in any 

 other part of Canada, excepting probably 

 the southern part of the Island of Vancou- 

 ver. Its situation, its natural advantages 

 and the care given it previous to the present 

 management, made it one of the greatest at- 

 tractions of our country. Unless competent 

 men are appointed, Canada will soon lose 

 one of her most beautiful features. Care- 

 lessness and mismanagement can do more 

 harm in a short time than years of proper 

 care and attention can restore. The effect 

 of mismanagement already is noticed in a 

 marked degree. It should be terminated at 

 once. 



Before growth commences in spring 

 (which is early at Niagara Falls), capable 

 gardeners should be placed in charge. There 

 are scores of experienced men in the coun- 

 try whose services could be secured. Practi- 

 cal men are needed at this park, not wine 

 merchants, ex-postmasters, ex-engineers and 

 railroad men. The right kind of men can 

 and will make the park the best on the 

 continent; the wrong kind cannot if they 

 will. The future of the park depends upon 

 quick action on the part of the Ontario 

 Government. 



Something should be done to prevent un- 

 necessary destruction of trees on the streets 

 and roads of our cities, towns and country. 

 Beautiful trees that have been growing for 

 ten, twenty or fifty years are destroyed 

 recklessly by telephone and traction com- 

 panies and by others who do not know 

 what they are doing and do not care. Mr. 

 J. S. Pearce, Superintendent of Parks for 

 London, Ont., refers to this matter in an- 

 other column of this issue. The government 

 of Ontario and our municipalities should. 

 see that this wanton destruction of trees is 

 prevented in future. 



Unless the Canadian exhibits at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Show get 

 good write-ups in the London papers, there 

 is very little advertising to be got out of the 

 exhibition, as the attendance is not very 

 good. It has been suggested that it would 

 be better for representatives of the provinces 

 to put up a show of their own in some hall 

 in London, during the Smithfield Cattle 

 Show, or other favorable opportunity. Can- 

 ada would then be free to develop every op- 

 portunity that such shows afford for adver- 

 tising her great horticultural possibilities 

 and resources. Some change is necessary in 

 order to make it worth while to continue 

 sending exhibits to Great Britain. 



The illustration on the front cover of this 

 issue of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 was kindly furnished by The Goulds' Manu- 

 facturing Co., of Seneca Falls, N. Y. It 

 shows one of the Gould sprayers in opera- 

 tion. 



I am always looking forward for the next 

 issue of The Canadian Horticulturist. I 

 think it should be in the hands of everyone 

 interested in fruit growing. — J. W. Hepburn, 

 Kelowna, B. 0. 



