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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, igo^'* 



or hedges suffered last winter even in the 

 eastern townships. "The trees, either banked 

 with earth or well mulched with coarse 

 manure, were not damaged," so writes Mr. 

 House of Messrs. Miller & House, nursery- 

 men of Stanstead county. 



A large number of new orchards were 

 planted last spring and old ones enlarged 

 in eastern Quebec, wliich have a good ap- 

 pearance. Some farmers who bought of tree 

 pedlars, good strong trees at $5.00 a dozen 

 receivetl weak, knotty trees which they 

 should not have accepted. In our cold 

 country only strong vigorous trees can 

 succeed. 



The Kincardine Horticultural Society will 

 hold its annual flower show on Sept. 2. 

 The president of the society is Mr. J. C. 

 Cook and the secretary, Mr. Jos. Barker. 



Irrigation Convention 



The second annual convention of the 

 Western Canada Irrigation Association was 

 held in Vernon, B. C. on Aug. 10-15. The 

 program for the week included business 

 sessions, papers by authorities on irrigation 

 and several excursions to points in the 

 valley. Many matters of great importance 

 were discussed and a number of resolutions 

 were passed. It was decided to hold the 

 third annual convention at Lethbvidge, Alta. 

 next year. 



The election of officers resulted as follows : 

 H/m. Pres., Hon. H. G. V. Bulyea, Lieut.- 

 Governor of Alberta: president, J. S, Dennis 

 Calgary; 1st vice-president, Hon. F. J. Ful- 

 ton, Victoria; 2nd vice-president, P. L. Na- 

 smith; secy-treas., W. H. Fairfield, Leth- 

 bridgc; executive, C. W. Rowley, Calgary; 

 J. P. Hall, Medicine Hat; R. R. Bruce, 



Windermere; Wm. Pearse, Calgary; R. D. 

 Bennett, Calgary; W. C. Ricardo, Vernon 

 and T. W. Stirling, Kelowna. The more 

 important features of the convention will 

 be mentioned at greater length in the 

 October issue. 



Last month the Owen Sound Horticultural 

 Society held a two-day exhibition. Whili 

 flowers and plants were the leading features, 

 fruits and vegetables were exhibited and 

 showed much merit. The exhibition also 

 included a highly creditable display of 

 ladies' work which lent variety to the show. 

 Those present, including Mr. Wm. Hunt, 

 Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, who 

 judged the horticultural exhibits, were well 

 pleased with the show in all respects. Mr. 

 ' Hunt stated that it equalled and probably 

 surpassed any exhibition of similar nature 

 held in Ontario this year. 



Be Prepared for Emergencies. 



If you live in a small villag-e or country t'.istrict, 

 you will appreciate the value of a telephone. 



Haven't there been times when you would have given a ijood 

 deal to communicate with a friend ? 



Or, perhaps you needed the services of a doctor, In a hurry, but 

 had no way of communicatingf with him, at once. 



The minutes seemed like hours, didn't they, when you've had to 

 suffer while the doctor was being sent for ? 



Have one of our telephones placed in 3'our house and so be 

 prepared to summon the doctor at a moment's notice. 



A short delay in getting a doctor may mean life or deji'.h, so why take chances, 

 why not be prepared for any emergency ? 



Suppose a fire should occur or burglars break in and your wife and children 

 were alone, what protection would they have if there was no telephone in the house ? 



But a telephone is something you can't take chances with. 



You must have one that you can absolutely depend upon. 



Send us your address and we will tell you all about a reliable telephone that is easily 

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