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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1908 



Be Sure 



and 



Workthe 



Horse 



HE CAN VORK. 

 EVERY DAY 



If yoa ti8e Bickmore'sQallCureyourteamg 

 can work ri^ht along- and bo curt'd of Saddle 

 and Harneaa Galls, Chafes, Kope Burns, Cuts, 

 Scratches, Grease Heel, etc. while in har- 

 ness. The more work the quicker the cure. 



BICKMORE'S GALL CURE 



Is the standard Remedy for all these and 

 similar troubles. la excellent for Mantre and 

 Sore Teats in cows. Above trade mark iaon 

 every box. For sale by dealers. Money re- 

 funded if it fails. Sample and Horae Book 

 every farmer should read 10c. 

 WIMQATE CHEMICAL CO. LTD., Canadian Dist'brs. 

 645 NOTRE DAME ST., W. MONTREAL, CANADA 



■pinp STENCIL 

 jTViwiV r„. BRANDS 



I MFG. CO. _ RUBBER 



X! «A«i All twos roR All PUBPOSIS 



124- YONGE ST. TORONTO. 



TORONTO. 



Every year each one of us 

 consumes 15 lbs. of salt — 

 Science says, 



— More than a pound a- 

 month. 



Just as well to have it pure. 

 Your grocer will tell 



is becoming more popular than Paris green. 

 The writor has used it now for three years 

 and considers that it has several advantages 

 over Paris green, since the latter seems to 

 be adulterated more and more each year. 

 In the arsenite you buy your own ingredi- 

 ents and know what you are using. The lat- 

 ter also becomes incorporated with the Bor- 

 deaux better than the green. 



It would seem as if the orchards, as a 

 result of good literature and institute work, 

 were being as a rule very well cared for and 

 now what we want is more cooperative 

 work among the growers. 

 • This feeling is growing among the farmers 

 and has already resulted in the formation of 

 two or three cooperative packing and ship- 

 ping countries. If these prove successful, 

 it is probable the idea will become general.- 



Co-operation in Nova Scotia 



Co-operation is making its way slowly 

 but surely in Nova Scotia. The Berwick 

 Co-operative Association has now a splen- 

 did warehouse with concrete walls and gal- 

 vanized iron roof making a practically fire 

 proof and frost proof building. They have 

 already purchased their barrels and are 

 prepared to do business on a strictly co-op- 

 erative basis. It will be safe to predict that 

 the movement will spread rapidly now that 

 they have an example of the benefits of co- 

 operation. 



Forest Tree Ptanting 



There is at present a wide-spread in- 

 terest in forestry. In Canada, there are 

 wide areas in the west where forests are 

 few and far between, and in the east 

 where once were forests are now cul- 

 tivated or barren lands. The question of re- 

 forestration is one of great economic import- 

 ance. To regenerate a forest successfully 

 and to plant where no forest has been ne- 

 cessitates considerable knowledge of local 

 conditions and of trees. Regeneration may 

 be performed by natural seeding, by arti- 

 ficial seeding, by sprouts and suckers, by 

 planting seedlings or by a combination of 

 one or more of these. 



Probably the quickest and, in the long 

 run, the most economical method of re- 

 fore.stration is by planting seedlings. Par- 

 ticularly, is it best for the west and other 

 sections where timber and fuel is high 

 in price. Seedlings should be purchased 

 that'are well grown and true to name. Stock 

 of this nature — seedlings specially suitable 

 for reforestration purposes — are now being 

 offered for sale by Stone and Wellington, 

 Toronto. Read their advertisement on an- 

 other page of this issue and mention The 

 Can.\dian Horticulturist when writing. 



Farms Free From Insects. — There are 

 fruit farms in Canada this year that will 

 sustain no loss from insect pests. They 

 are the farms where the "Spramotor" is 

 called upon to exterminate the fruit grow- 

 ers' insect enemies. It is indeed a pity that 

 all farmers and fruit growers would not 

 awake to the exceptional merits of this 

 truly wonderful sprayer. A g-reat host of 

 owners has been added to the Spramotor 

 list this season — and more fruit and veg'e- 

 table growers will be counting: out larger 

 profits at the end of the season. The Spra- 

 motor Co. publish a book entitled "A Gold 

 Mine on Your Farm," which they will be 

 glad to send to all readers of this maga- 

 zine. Their address will be found in their 

 advertisement on page 157. 



Items o{ Interest 



The Niagara District Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition will be held at St. Catharines on 

 Sept. 17 and 18. 



British Columbia has sent a provincial 

 exhibit of fruit to the Dominion Exhibi- 

 tion at Calgary, June 29 to July 10. 



An article on greenhouse construction 

 will be published in the August issue of 

 The Can.\dian Horticulturist. Look for 

 it. 



Early in June, Dr. Jas. Fletcher of Otta 

 wa gave a very instructive lecture on wild 

 flowers and their care before the members 

 of the Hamilton Horticultural Society. 



Readers of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist will be pleased to learn that Prof. 

 John Craig of Cornell is improving rapidly 

 in health and is now thoroughly enjoying 

 his travels in Europe. 



Mr. Wm. Heikel, pomologist for the gov- 

 ernment of Finland and director of the 

 experiment station at Helsingsford arrived 

 at Quebec recently. He intends visiting 

 the fruit stations and agricultural colleges 

 of Canada. 



Everything is moving along enthusiasti- 

 cally tor the horticultural exhibition to be 

 held at Kentville, N. S., in October. This 

 promises to be the largest exhibition of its 

 kind ever held in Nova Scotia. The sec- 

 retary is Mr. F. C. Rand, Kentville. 



The Lindsay Horticultural Society dis- 

 tributed 175 tuberous-rooted begonias to its 

 members last month. They intend to hold 

 an aster show early in September. The 

 children of the public schools will be the 

 competitors. — F. J. Frampton, secretary. 



The ^Hamilton Horticultural Society has 

 sustained a great loss, and a personal one to 

 its members, in the death last month of its 

 president, Mr. John Cape. For many years, 

 Mr. Cape was an enthusiastic horticultural 

 worker. His contributions to the columns 

 of The Canadian Horticulturist were al- 

 ways instructive and interesting. At a re- 

 cent meeting of the society, Mr. F. H. Lamb 

 was appointed president to succeed Mr. 

 Cape. 



Coopers' Fluids 



The following is an extract from a letter 

 received from Mr. R. Davis, Hespeler, Ont.. 

 by Wm. Cooper & Nephews, Toronto: "Re- 

 VI Fluid that I got from you on April 19th. 

 1 sprayed my trees with it on Good Friday 

 and am pleased to say it has answered tlie 

 purpose for which I got it, viz.: to kill 

 the oyster-shell bark-louse on apple trees. 

 also the aphis and moths. I coiisider VI 

 the best on the market. It does the work 

 you say it will do if propeily applied. I 

 have over 100 fruit trees, pears, [ilums and 

 cherries. I sprayed the wh 'le with VI." 



Extract from letter from Horatio Webb, 

 Chilliwack, B.C.; "At present the trees 

 sprayed with your mixture VI are as clean 

 as those sprayed with lime, sulphur and 

 salt mixture, and, as the expense is much 

 less, if the V2 is as effective as the Bor- 

 deaux mixture you will have a large sale 

 in this country. I saw Prior's manager 

 from Vancouver the other day, and he was 

 well pleased with the reports he had of this 

 spray. He said that they had not nearly 

 enough VI to supply the trade, so you, may 

 look for good business next year in British 

 Columbia." 



