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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



The Horticulturist for 1907 



THIS being the season when our readers and 

 others are making up their reading hsts 

 for next year, we are going to take a Httle 

 space in which to tell you of the many new 

 features we arc planning for The Canadian 

 Horticulturist. During 1907 every depart- 

 ment of The Canadian Horticulturist will 

 be vastly improved. The 12 issues of the paper 

 will far surpass any we have ever printed. Al- 

 ready a splendid list of special features have 

 been secured that will be of unusual value to 

 Canadians, and that will make the paper of 

 great interest to fruit and vegetable growers, 

 and to amateur flower growers, including mem- 

 bers of horticultural societies.- 



A number of the best known horticultural 

 authorities in Canada, both professional and 

 amateur, have agreed to contribute articles, 

 and series of articles, each of which will be 

 worth to those interested our full price of 

 subscription. The following are some of the 

 good things we are preparing for our readers: 

 In our fruit department during the winter 

 months will appear articles on "Pruning Tree 

 and Bush Fruits," "Spraying for Scale and 

 Otter Orchard Pests," "The Seilection of 

 Varieties Best Suited to the Various Provinces," 

 "The Care of the Vineyard," "The Markets 

 of the West," and others of equal value. Next 

 spring and summer some of the fruit articles 

 that you may look for will be entitled: "Does 

 it Pay to Thin Orchard Fruits," "The Prin- 

 ciples and the Practice of Orchard Cultiva- 

 tion," "The Profits of Fruit Growing," "The 

 Culture of the Apple," "Plums and How to 

 Grow Them," "Marketing the Stone Fruits," 

 "Picking, Packing and Selling Apples," and 

 many timely articles on cultural directions. 

 Besides these, accurate crop reports from all 

 sections of Ontario and from the various prov- 

 inces will be a leading feature of The Horti- 

 culturist for 1907. 



garden department 

 Our Lawn, Garden and Flower Department 

 will be replete with valuable information for 

 the amateur gardener. Each month will be 

 published a page or two of seasonable reminders 

 — 50 pointers or more in one article. This 

 feature alone is worth the price of subscription. 

 There will be seen also articles on "The Care 

 and Management of Lawns," "The Culture of 

 Hardy Shrubs," "Landscape Gardening for 

 Amateurs," "The Best Perennials and How 

 to Grow Them," "A Garden of Old-Fashioned 



Flowers," "All the Wild Flowers Worth Grow- 

 ing," "Flowers for the Million and for the Mil- 

 lionaire," "Native Ferns and their Culture in 

 the Home Garden," "City Garden Troubles 

 and What To Do," "Grow Vegetables at 

 Home and Save Money," " Hardy Annuals for 

 the Suburban Garden," "Fruit Trees Worth 

 Growing on the Lawn," "The Real Thing in 

 Home Decoration," "The Window Garden," 

 "All the Tulips Worth Growing Inside and 

 Out," "How to Have a Succession of Fruits 

 in the City Garden," "How to Grow Many 

 Plants from a Few," and a score of other topics 

 that will please. 



for vegetable growers 

 The vegetable gardener will find special 

 pages for him. Some of the subjects to be 

 dealt with are: "Forcing Lettuce and Radish 

 under Glass," ,"A Simple Experiment with 

 Fertilizers: It Teaches Something," "Growing 

 Greenhouse Tomatoes," "Onion Growing," 

 "The Culture of Celery for Profit," "Melons 

 and Melon Growing," "All the Garden Greens 

 Worth Growing," "Growing Tomatoes for the 

 Canning Factory," "Asparagus for Market," 

 and numerous others. Each month, also, ac- 

 curate and complete reports of vegetable ciop 

 conditions in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada 

 will appear in our columns. Do not miss the 

 opportunity to get such information. 



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 ticulturist of special value to Canadians, 

 and as we desire to make the paper a publica- 

 tion of which every Canadian can be proud, 

 we hope to receive the support of every Cana- 

 dian interested in fruit, vegetables or flowers. 

 Not only should our readers renew their sub- 

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Will not our readers help us, not only by 

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The Ontario Vegetable Groovers* Convention 



THE second annual convention of the On- 

 tario Vegetable Growers' Association 

 was held in the City Hall, Toronto, 

 Nov. 8-9. President F. F. Reeves, 

 Htunber Bay, occupied the chair in a dignified 

 and business manner. 



The meetings were well attended, and the 

 papers and addresses received the greatest at- 

 tention, and drew out considerable discussion, 

 showing that the association is a live one, al- 

 most every member present taking part in the 

 discussion. The address by Prof. R. Har- 

 court, O.A.C., Guelph, on "FertiUzers in Re- 

 lation to Vegetable Growing," was so well 

 appreciated, that a standing vote of thanks 

 was tendered him. 



Thursday morning's session was devoted to 

 an address by the president, who congratu- 

 lated the members on the growth of the asso- 

 ciation, and stated that the future looked very 

 bright. Already there were branch associa- 

 itons at Toronto, St. Catharines, Brantford, 

 Tecumseh, Kingston, Chatham, Samia and 



Ottawa. Mr. Geo. A. Robertson, of St. Cath- 

 arines, followed with an interesting paper on 

 "Experiments with Tomatoes." He advo- 

 cated careful selection of seed from year to 

 year to increase the yield. Nitrogen would 

 increase the crop, but at the expense of earli- 

 ness. Mr. C. Gibbard, of Todmorden, followed 

 with a paper on "Growing Tomatoes Under 

 Glass." To make this profitable, he said that 

 glass houses must be used for other purposes 

 as well, such as lettuce, radishes, and so on. 

 Tomatoes require careful and strict attention. 

 Mr. Eugene Davis, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 

 was not present to read his paper on "Lettuce 

 Forcing and Bean Growing." It was a very 

 pithy paper, and full of practical points. 



At the afternoon session Professor Harcourt 

 gave his address on "FertiHzers." He advo- 

 cated the use of barnyard manure, aided by 

 different chemical fertilizers for different crops. 

 Potash and phosphoric acid for fruit, and 

 nitrogen for leafy growth. Lime would check 

 the acidity of some soils, which is due to the 



acid-forming tendency of decaying vegetable 

 matter. The reading of the prize essays occu- 

 pied the rest of the afternoon. 



At Friday morning's session, Mr. E. E. Adams 

 of Leamington gave a paper on "Forcing Early 

 Vegetables," i.e., starting them under glass and 

 transplanting to the open field. Mr. Adams 

 makes this pay, and his paper demonstrated 

 how to do it "Onion Growing" was ably 

 illustrated in the paper read by Mr. E. G. 

 Malcolm, of Scotland, Ont., a most successful 

 onion grower. Mr, T. Benstead, of Strathroy. 

 told the association how he grows prize celery, 

 and Mr. Mclnnes, of London, gave an address 

 on "Storing Celery for Winter Use." This was 

 followed by a paper on "Melon Growing" by 

 W. G. Home, of Clark.son, Ont. Mr. Home 

 advocates planting the seed in pieces of sod 

 under glass. The meeting was closed by a 

 short talk on other vegetables by Mr. A. Mc- 

 Means, O.A.C., Guelph. 



Among those who took a prominent part in 

 the various discussions were W. W. Armstrong, 

 Queenston; Robert Bushell, King.ston; A. Mc- 

 lnnes, Ix)ndon; Geo. Syme, Jr., Carlton West; 

 James Gibbard, Sr., Todmorden; Professor 

 Macoun, Ottawa; Thos. Delworth, Weston; 

 Robert Thompson and Geo. A. Robertson, St. 

 Catharines; E. Purdy, Kingston; F. Shuter, Jos. 

 Rush, Huraber Bay; and George Nicholson, 

 Orangeville. 



Christmas Gifts for All 



Have you some friend you would Uke to re- 

 member this Christmas by a practical but inex- 

 pensive gift? Something that would be of 

 practical value to him, and that would keep. 

 We have a splendid list of books which could be 

 given as Christmas gifts to all your friends. Here 

 are a few of them: 



FOR THE FRUIT GROWER 

 "Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing, etc.," 

 F. A. Waugh, $1.00. "The Grape Culturist," 

 A. S. Fuller, $1.50. "The Grape Grower's 

 Guide," William Chorlton, 75 cents. "Peach 

 Culture," James A. Fulton, $1.00. "Pracrical 

 Fruit Grower," S. T. Maynard, 50 cents.f^ ' 



FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 



"The Beautiful Flower Garden," F. Schuyler 

 Mathews, 40 cents. "The Chrj'santhemum," 

 Arthur Herrington, 50 cents. "Garden Mak- 

 ing," L. H. Bailey, $1.00. "Home Floricul- 

 ture," E. E. Rexford, $1.00. "Pictorial Prac- 

 tical Gardening," Walter P. Wright, 75.cents. 

 "The Window Flower Garden," Julius Heinrich, 

 50 cents. "Your Plants," James Sheehan, 

 40 cents. 



MARKET GARDENING 



"Asparagus," F. H. Hexamer, 50 cents. 

 "Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vegetables," 

 C. L. Allen, 50 cents. "Gardening for Profits," 

 Peter Henderson, $1.5Q. "Market Gardening 

 and Farm Notes," Burnet Landreth, $1.00. 

 "Vegetables Under Glass," Henry A. Dreer, 

 25 cents. 



OUR SPECIAL OFFER 



We will give any of the above books to any 

 of our subscribers who will send us one new 

 subscription for each fifty cents on the price of 

 the book. For example: "Garden Making," 

 by L. H. Bailey, is sold for $1.00 a copy. We 

 will give a copy of the book free for two new 

 subscriptions. If the price of the book were 

 $1.50, as in the case of "Gardening for Profits," 

 by Peter Henderson, then we would send it free 

 on receipt of three new subscriptions. For each 

 50 cents, or fraction thereof, in the value of the 

 book, send one new subscription. 



This is a good way in which to secure a library 

 on any horticultural subject. Besides the books 

 we have named above, we have a large number 

 of others. Our catalog will be mailed free to 

 all who are interested. 



The Missouri State Hort'l Soc. will hold its 

 annual meeting on Dec. 4, 5, 6 at Boonville, Mo. 



