June. 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



TKe Canadian Horticulturist 



Contents for June 



Spring Bloom in Dundurn Park, Hamilton Cover 



Fruits and Fruit Gro-win^ 



Thinning Fruit on Trees ... E. D. Smith i-;5 

 Ripe Strawberries and How to Handle Them . 13b 

 Relation of Tillage to Soil Moisture .... 137 



Photograph by C. E. Saunders, Ottawa 



The Currant Wm. Flemitig- 138 



Currant Bush Pests .... W. E. A. Peer 138 

 Originating Varieties of Apples . B.S.Pickett 138 



Sketch after Jordan 



Flo-wer Garden and La-wn 



Weeds in Lawns 140 



Dendrobium Wardianum 140 



Photograph furnished by VV. J. Wilshire 



Lawn and Garden Hints for June 141 



Photos of backyards by Gatbraith (142), and E. Utiey (14,-5, M.s) 



Color Schemes for Gardens . ^- J- Wilshire 143 



Mowing the Lawn 144 



Growing Gourds 144 



The Mixed Flower Border . . . Wyn. Hunt 144 



Grow Salad Crops at Home 145 



Rose Pests 146 



Culture of Gladioli H. H. Groff 146 



Bedding Plants 146 



To Grow Good Poppies . . . R. B. Whyte 146 



Window Boxes 147 



Vegetable Department 



Cultivating the Market Garden 147 



Cauliflower Growing F. F. Reeves 147 



Transplanting Tomatoes . . Angus Mclnnis 148 



Growing Celery J. Friendship 148 



General 



Editorials 150 



Hardy Trees and Shrubs . . . C. S. Harrison 152 



Value of Northern Trees . . W. T. Macoun 152 



Fruit Crop Reports 153 



Notes from the Provinces 154 



Cooking Recipes L. Shuttleworth 155 



Bulletins and Reports 155 



Vegetable Crop Reports 157 



Poultry Department 158 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 



Acetylene Lamp . . ix 



Banks vi, viii 



Baskets, Boxes and Ladders v, vi, 158 



Cherry Picker i-^S 



Commission Merchants 15S 



Fencing ix 



Fertilizers iv, x 



Flower Pots . x 



Furnaces vii 



Greenhouse Material .... vi 



Horticultural Books viii, ix, x 



Nursery Stock ix, xi, 157 



Orchard and Garden Tools 1 1;6 



Paper for Fruit Wrapping- vi 



Pianos and Organs iji 



Rubber Stamps and Engravers ix, iv 



Salt X 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants ......... vi 



Spraying Machines and Insecticides .... vii, iii, x 



Steamship Companies ii, 1^8, xi, xii 



Typewriters iv 



Veterinary Remedy vii 



Water Tanks jii 



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