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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1909 



and in the eastern townships. The law 

 governing this product, making it either 

 pure, or compound, is a good one if strict- 

 ly carried out. 



Our large steel sheds to accommodate the 



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Canvassing for subscriptions to The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. Write for sample copies and 

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freight of our ocean steamers, now com- 

 pleted, at a cost of millions of dollars, 

 may well be put on the sight seeing list of 

 Montreal, and, it is here that the visitor 

 can form a conception of our commercial 

 wealth by the watching of hundreds of 

 cars unloading into the massive sheds the 

 products of our country, and also thous- 

 and of tons of incoming freights to meet 

 our wants. 



One of the most complete reports on ag- 

 riculture that has been received at this of- 

 fice is the annual report for 1908 of Prof. 

 M. Gumming, Secretary for Agriculture 

 for Nova Scotia and Principal of the Nova 



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WHEN the weather is beginning to turn mild, and there 

 remains just enough chill and uncertainty in the air 

 to demand extra care in the management of a hot house, 

 then is the time the 



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Scotia Agricultural College. It contains a 

 wealth of valuable information for the ag- 

 riculturist and stockman. The sub-report 

 of Prof. P. J. Shaw, of the Agricultural 

 College, Truro, deals with the progress of 

 horticulture in that province. Reference is 

 made to the canker worm and the hard 

 knot disease of pears, two orchard troubles 

 that caused considerable loss last year. The 

 work of the model orchards is mentioned 

 and a list of them is given. The report 

 indicates that the future for horticulture 

 in Nova Scotia is bright. 



There are evidences of a very large 

 movement of manufactured goods this year, 

 especially in lines purchased by farmers. 

 The Page Wire Fence Company, Limited, 

 report March sales as showing an increase 

 of over 40 per cent, more than in same 

 month of last year. 



Mr. J. H. Wismer of the Port Elgin 

 Nurseries, writes us that he has still a good 

 stock of fruit and ornamental trees, flower- 

 ing shrubs, Norway spruce, Austrian and 

 Scotch pines, etc., etc. His ad. is in this 

 issue, and he is anxious to send you his 

 catalogue if you are interested and will 

 apply. 



A copy of the seed, bulb, plant and fruit 

 catalogue of L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, 

 Minn., has been received. In it are listed 

 all the leadingvarieties of these horticultural 

 products that are grown in the temperate 

 zone as well as many, novelties. The cat- 

 alogue is replete with descriptive matter 

 and cultural directions. A copy may be 

 had on application to the firm. 



Some changes have been made in the On- 

 tario Horticultural Society's Act. The 

 limit of the grant to new societies in fu- 

 ture will be $75 instead of $100. After 

 January, 1910, no society shall be entitled 

 to receive an annual grant of more than 

 $800. The request of the provincial asso- 

 ciation that the total grant to the societies 

 of the province be increased from $8,000 

 to $10,000 was not granted. 



Get one of our three-year old Crimson 

 Rambler rose bushes free of cost. See our 

 premium offer on another page of this is- 

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Choice Mixed, 10 for 30c; 25 for 6oc; $2.00 

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GrofPs Hybrid Seedlings, mixed, 10 for 40c ; 

 25 for 75c; $2.50 per 100, post paid. 



Bruce's White and Light Shades, 10 for 40c; 

 25 for 85c; S3. 00 per 100, post paid. 



Childsi, mixed, 10 for 60c; 25 for $1.25; $4.00 

 per 100, post paid. 



Bruce's Superb, mixed, made up by ourselves 

 from all varieties, the best, 10 for 65c; 25 for 

 $1.25; $4.50 per 100, post paid. 



Groff's World's Fair Collection. Novelties in 

 all colors, grand, 15c each, 10 for $1.20; 25 for 

 $2.50, post paid. 



New Grand Named Varieties, almost any 

 color, 14 sorts, 20c each; 14 for $2.50, post paid. 



DAHLIAS 



Splendid Named Sorts, all colors, Show, 

 Cactus, and Pompon Varieties, 22c each; $2.20 

 per doz., post paid. Ordinary varieties, mixed, 

 I2c each; $1.20 per doz., post paid. 



TUBEROSE 



The Pearl, double white flowers, each 5c; per 

 doz. 40c; per 100 $2.50, post paid. 



Single Orange Scented, beautiful orange-like 

 blossoms, each 5c; doz. 50c; 100 $3.50, post paid. 



LILIES 



Auratum, Lancif. Album and Rubrum, Elegans, 

 Pardalinum, Tigrinum, Umbellatum, Tenuif olium 

 and Wallacei, each 20c; per doz. $1.80, post paid. 



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