August, 1907 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



TKe Canadian Horticulturist 



Contents for August 



A Type of Ornamental Gardening .... Cover 

 Fruits and Fruit Gro-wing 



Horticulture in the West . . F. IV. Brodrick 183 



Larger Orchards : Smaller Trees . A. McNeill 184 



Fruit Growing in the West . D. IV. Buchanan 185 



Apple Growing in Manitoba . A. P. Stevenson 186 



Cover Crops H. S. Peart 186 



Fruits for New Ontario . . . . Chns. Young 186 



Varieties for the Prairie Provinces. .... 187 



Photograph furnished by R. M. Pahner 



Flo'wer Garden and LaAvn 

 Perennials in Manitoba . Dr. H. M. Speechly 189 



Photograph by the author 



Lawn and Garden Hints tor August .... 191 



Care of the Lawn R. L. Canning 192 



Shipping Flowers 192 



.\n Attractive Flower Garden . W. T. Macoim 193 



Photograph furnished by the author 



Vegetable Department 



Growing Celery in Manitoba . . >?. Larconibe 194 



Vegetables in Saskatchewan . Angus MacKay 194 



Diseases of the Potato .... Douglas Weir 1 95 



Tomato Growing in Alberta 190 



General 



Editorial 198 



Iced Cars for Fruit ig8 



New Brunswick Fruit Growers' Association . . igg 



Fruit Crop Reports 200 



Vegetable Crop Reports 201 



Notes from the Provinces 202 



Desired — A Dominion Conference in 1908 . . 204 



British Market for Canadian Fruit .... vii 



Onion Blight or Mildew . . . W. T. Macoun ix 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 



Acetylene Lamp viii 



Banks v, x 



Baskets, Boxes and Ladders .... i\-, 202, 204, 205 



Commission Merchants v, 202, 206, vii, x 



Exhibition 206 



Kencing vii 



Fertilizers 204, 205, 206 



Flower Pots x 



Fruit Evaporator 20^ 



Furnaces 206 



Gasoline Engines x 



Greenhouse Material ........ 20, 



Land Companies iv, vi, 201, 204 



Nursery Stock iii. vi, 200 



Orchard and Garden Tools x 



Paper for Fruit Wrapping: iii, 203, viii 



Pianos and Orgfans ix 



Roofing ix 



Rubber Stamps and Engravers viii, x 



Seeds, Bulbs and Plants iv, 205, x 



Spraying Machines and Insecticides xi 



Steamship Companies ii, 201, xi, xii 



Typewriters viii 



Veterinary Remedies x 



Water Tanks 206 



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