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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1908 



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comforts of so many people but it has also 

 been foremost in transporting freight car- 

 goes. Originally the bulk of the ships' 

 cargoes consisted of lumber and grain sup- 

 plemented later by cattle, but as the country 

 developed, produce of all kinds was offered 

 for shipment, and to-day large quantities 

 of butter, cheese, eggs, bacon and apples 

 find their way to the European markets via 

 the Allan Line. 



The carrying of perishable traffic again 

 brought the business acumen of the mem- 

 bers of this line into prominence and after 

 several experiments, the government, in 

 -order to foster the fast gjowing trade in 

 butter and cheese, contracted with the 

 Allans for the installation of a refrigerating 

 plant in certain of their vessels. This 

 service proved successful from the very 

 beginning and the result is, with the most 

 modern of ships, the Allan Line has installed 

 an aggregate of 272,393 cubic feet of cold 

 storage and 158,782 cubic feet of cool air, 

 whilst the ordinary stowage of the ships is 

 improved by the introduction of steam 

 driven fans for the cooling of the holds. 



It may be interesting to our readers to 

 know that to the late Sir Hugh Allan, one 

 of tlie founders of the line, and to tlie late 

 Walter Shanly, general manager of the 

 Grand Trunk Railway, belongs the honor of 

 adopting the first through bill of lading for 

 ocean traffic. This was as far back as 1859, 

 and at that time New York was issuing 

 local ocean bills in exchange for inland ' 

 receipts. 



If it were possible to peruse a set of 

 these bills of lading from the year 1859 

 down to the present time some very interest- 

 ing facts would come to light in regard to 

 the rates of carriage. The writer h;is b:'en 

 unable to secure the east bound rates on 

 the first bill of lading but lias been 



fortunate enough to obtain the figures for 

 the first through bill issued from Liverpool 

 to Ontario points on dry goods, and finds 

 that the importer paid 121.90 per 40 cubic 

 feet, whereas to-day by fast Turbine ships 

 of the Allan Line delivering dry goods at 

 Toronto in 10 days after leaving liiverpool 

 the rate is approximately $6.00 per 40 cubic 

 feet which goes to show that with larger and 

 faster vessels the rate in the last 50 years 

 has been reduced about 72 per cent. The 

 export rates from Canada have no doubt 

 receded in the same ratio. 



In looking back, therefore, over the his- 

 tory of shipping one cannot help but con- 

 clude that the record of the Allan Line is 

 practically the history of Canadian 

 maritime commerce. Now in this year, 1908, 

 with a magnificent fleet of 30 vessels, the 

 Allan Line offers to its patrons the best 

 service of it's career. 



Species of Roses 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist: 

 In your report of my paper on "Roses" at 

 Coney Hill, I am reported as having said 

 that there are 300 or 400 species. What 

 I intended to say (and it was very dry up 

 in that section) was that the species varied 

 according to different botanists from 30 to 

 300 or 400, and that 50 species would no 

 doubt cover all the variations of the plant. 

 Lest there be any misunderstanding in re- 

 gard to my reference to tha drouth, I wish 

 to state that no inferences were intended. 

 G. P. Hitchcock, Massawippi, Que. 



I like The Canadian Horticulturisi 

 very much. I am very fond of plants and 

 flowers, and gain a great deal of useful in- 

 formation from it.— Mrs. W. S. O'Neil, 

 Paquftte Station, Ont. 



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