April, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



THe Canadian Horticvilturist 



Contents for March 



Power Spraying- in Nova Scotia . . . Cover 



Photogrraph furnished by F. C. Sears, Truro, N.S. 



Fruits and Fruit Growing 



Selecting and Planting Fruit Trees G. Reynaud 79 



Growing European Plums . . . C. C. Pettit 80 



The Gooseberry .... Stanley Spellette 80 



The Importance of Spraying . R. W. Starr 81 



Photograph by F. C, Sears, Truro. N.S. 



Varieties for the North . . . G. C. Caston 82 

 The Best New Varieties of Straw- 

 berries E. B. Stevenson 83 



Varieties for Manitoba . . F. W. Broderick 84 

 Renovating an Old Orchard^ 



The Apple Aphis . . . ,- 84 



Transplanting Currants J 



Floral Department 



The First Flowers of Spring . Roderick Cameron 85 



Shade Trees for Our Cities Prof. D. P. Penhallow 86 



The Amateur's Greenhouse 88 



The Leopard Plant . . . S. Armstrong 88 



The Care of Garden Tools 88 



Lawn and Garden Notes 88 



Timely Pointers for Amateur Flower Growers . 89 



The Best Way to Grow Sweet Peas. Edwin Utley 90 



Vegetable Section 



Growing Potatoes for Profit W. A. Broughton gi 

 Melons and Melon Growing . W. G. Home 91 

 Celery a Profitable Crop . . .J. Friendship 92 



General 



Editorial 94 



Practical Pointers on Small Fruit Culture . 96 



The Evidence of the Chief of the Fruit Division . 97 



New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Convention . 97 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers Plan Their Year's 



Work loi 



Keeping Hens for Profit 104 



British Columbia Notes 104 



Prince Edward Island Letter 105 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 



Banks vi, viii 



Baskets, Boxes and Ladders . . . 106, viii 



Commission Merchants 104, 105 



Engravers x 



Fencing 105 



Fertilizers 102, 106, vii 



Flower Pots 106, ix 



Fruit Growers' Supplies .... 106, vii, viii 



Garden Tools 97, loi, 103 



Greenhouse Material viii 



Horticultural Books vii, viii 



Manure Spreaders 103 



Nursery Stock ..... iii, iv, 102, 104 



Pianos and Organs . ■ x 



Poultry, Incubators and Brooders .... 104 



Salt vii 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants, v, vi, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, vii 

 Spraying Machines and Insecticides, iii, loi, 102, 103, 

 106, vii, viii 



Steamship Companies ii) iv, xii 



Typewriters x 



Water Tanks iii 



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