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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1909 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Publuhed by The Horticu1tiir«l 



Publiahins Company, Limited 



PBTERBORO, ONTARIO 



The Only Horticultural Magazine 



in the Dominion 



Official Organ of British Columbia, Ontario 



Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward 



Island Fkuit Growers' Associations 



H. Bronson Cowan, Manairing Director 

 A. B. Cutting, B.S.A., Editor 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT. 



rsince the subscription price of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist was reduced from $1.00 to 60 cents 

 a year, the circulation has grown rapidly. Tbe 

 following is a sworn statement of the net paid 

 oircnlatlon of Tbe Canadian Horticulturist for 

 the year ending with Dec, 1908. 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 known to be interested In the grow- 

 ing of fruit, Sowers or vegetables. 



January, 1908 7,650 



February, 1908 7,824 



March, 1908 8,056 



April, 1908 8,250 



May, 1908 8,573 



June, 1908 8,810 



July, 1908 9,015 



August, 1908 9,070 



September, 1908 9,121 



October, 1908 9,216 



November, 1908 9,323 



December. 1908 9,400 



January, 1909 9,456 



February, 1909. 9,310 



March, 1909 9,405 



April, 19U9 9,482 



May, 1909 9,172 



June, 1909 8,891 



July, 1909 8,447 



August, 1909 8,570 



September, 1909 8,605 



October, 1909 8,675 



November, 1909 8,750 



Total for the year .104,337 



Average each issue in 1907, 6,627 



Average each issue in 1908, 8,695 



(Increased circulation in one year 2.068) 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed npcn 

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 onlturist to feel that they can deal with our 

 advertisers with our assuran>.~ ot the advertisers' 

 reliability. We try to admit to ou.- columns 

 only tbe most reliable advertisers. Should any 

 subscriber, therefore, have good cause to be 

 dlssatis&ed with the treatment be receives from 

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 Should we find reason, even in tbe slightest 

 degree, we will discontine immediately the pub 

 lication of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant, 

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EDITORIAL 



THE SOCIETIES' GRANT 



At the convention of the Ontario Horti- 

 cultural Association, a resolution asking 

 the government to increase the grant to 

 horticultural societies by $5,000 was passed 

 unanimously. There is urgent need that 

 this resolution meets the favor of the gov- 

 ernment. The organization of new so- 

 cieties at Oshawa, Whitby, Vankleek Hill, 

 Milton and elsewhere has tended to decrease 

 the amount available for the other societies 

 and the applications from Fort William, 

 Port Arthur, Springbrook and other places 

 for the organization of horticultural so- 

 cieties, indicates that more societies will 

 be organized and that the grants available 

 for the old societies will be reduced still 

 further. 



No better work is done by any organiza- 

 tion for the general uplift of the province 

 than that performed by our horticultural 

 societies. Their request for an increase of 

 $5,000 in the grant should be recognized 

 at the coming session of the Legislature 

 by a full compliance with same. The hor- 

 ticultural societies need the money and will 

 use it in a manner that will benefit the 

 province at large. 



QUEEN VICTORIA PARK 



Following his reference to Queen Victoria 

 Park at the convention of the Ontario Hor- 

 ticultural Association, Major H. J. Snel- 

 grove, the late president, was invited by 

 Chairman Langmuir of the Park Commis- 

 sioners to attend a meeting of the Board 

 in Toronto on November 19th and furnish 

 the commissioners with such information as 

 he possessed. This invitation indicates that 

 the park commissioners are awakening to 

 their responsibilities and that necessary re- 

 forms in the management of the park may 

 be made. It will be gratifying to the pub- 

 lic to learn that this is the case. Many 

 times during the past year or more, atten- 

 tion has been drawn in these columns to the 

 incompetence of the park management. 

 The words of the ex-president confirmed 

 our stand. He deserves credit for bringing 

 the matter so forcibly to the attention of the 

 public and of the park commissioners. 



Major Snelgrove did not accept the in- 

 vitation of the park commissioners and in 

 this we believe that he acted wisely. In- 

 stead, he reiterated in reply his statements 

 at the convention and intimated his willing- 

 ness to appear before a board of investi- 

 gation should such be appointed. Had 

 Major Snelgrove complied with the request 

 of the commissioners, he would have been 

 placed in an impossible position. When 

 rumors of park management in Toronto 

 were rife, what chance would one man have 

 had in substantiating them before the com- 

 mittee of the city council responsible for 

 the management of the parks? Such an 

 investigation would have been farcical. In- 

 stead, scores of witnesses were called to 

 give evidence before competent and impart- 

 ial judges, and the charges were proved. The 

 situation regarding Queen Victoria Park 

 is analagous. If an investigation is to be 

 made, it should be conducted by judges, 

 unprejudiced and disinterested, with power 

 to summon as many witnesses as are ne- 

 cessary to a full understanding of the 

 situation. An investigation of this na- 

 ture should not be necessary. Now that 

 the park commissioners themselves have as- 

 serted a desire to see an improvement, it 



should not be difficult for them to investi- 

 gate the charges of incompetence that have 

 been made and to institute the needed re- 

 forms. The people of Ontario look to them 

 tor a change. 



At the convention of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association the pillaging of fruit 

 by employees of express companies was 

 condemned in vigorous terms. This is a prac- 

 tice that is becoming altogether too com- 

 mon. It is a disgrace. Many growers 

 present told of specific cases. It is the 

 duty of the officials of the express com- 

 panies to use means, including "spotters," 

 to locate the culprits. A term in prison 

 for those found guilty would teach a well- 

 earned lesson and show the companies' em- 

 ployees that pillaging fruit is stealing and 

 will not be tolerated. 



At the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition, 

 visiting fruit growers showed keenest in- 

 terest in the exhibits of fruit packed in 

 boxes and barrels. Some of the judges were 

 kept busy answering questions on best meth- 

 ods of packing and on why one pack and 

 package received awards over the others. 

 Special credit is due to Mr. P. J. Carey, 

 Dominion Fruit Inspector, for his kindness 

 in this matter. For next year's and future 

 shows we would suggest that the exhibition 

 management arrange for one or more ex- 

 perts to be on hand during certain hours 

 of each day after the judging is completed 

 to make such explanations and that .such 

 be announced by placards and at the fruit 

 growers' convention. More can be learn- 

 ed in short time by giving reasons for 

 placing awards than by most any other way. 



Much dissatisfaction was expressed by vis- 

 itors to Toronto during horticultural week 

 at the over-lapping of conventions. The 

 convention of the Ontario Horticultural As 

 sociation over-lapped that of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, the latter, that 

 of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion. The ofiicials in charge of the arrange- 

 ments know this difiiculty and would change 

 matters if it were possible. One difficulty 

 lies in the desire of each association to 

 hold its convention as early in the week as 

 possible. It is impossible to get a satis- 

 factory attendance on Monday, on account 

 not only of the distance that some delegates 

 live from Toronto but because the cheap 

 railway rates cannot be secured for that 

 day. Saturday is "going home" day and 

 few care to remain even until Friday. It 

 is regrettable that the over-lapping occurs, 

 but it is unavoidable. The interests of the 

 majority must be considered. 



PUBLISHERS' DESK 



The national character of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist makes it necessary for us 

 to proportion the sjiace allotted in each is- 

 sue to the various provinces in accordance 

 with our circulation in each of them. Some 

 of our readers imagine that we should con- 

 fine practically all the space in this maga- 

 zine to the interests of the province in which 

 they reside. Occasionally a friend in Nova 

 Scotia will tell us that we are not giving 

 enough consideration to the horticulture of 

 that province. Words of similar nature 

 come sometimes from British Columbia, as 

 is indicated by the following from a gentle- 

 man on Vancouver Island, who said, when 

 sending his subscription : "I dropped my 

 subscription before only because your paper 

 is for eastern Canada." About the same 



