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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



COMniNHU WITH 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which hns been Incorporated 



The Canadian Bee Journal. 



Published by The Horticultural 



Publishing Company, Limited, 



PETERBORO, ONTARIO 



H. BRONSON COWAN, Managing Director. 



The Only Magazines In Their Field In the 

 Dominion 

 Official Organs of the Ontario and 

 Quebec Fruit Growers' Associations 

 and of the Ontario, Manitoba and 

 New Brunswick Beekeepers* Associ- 

 ations. 



REPRESENTATIVES 

 IINITED STATES 

 STOCKWELL'S SPECIAL, AGENCY. 

 Chicago Office — People's Gas Building. 

 New York Office — Tribune Building. 



GREAT BRITAIN 

 W. A. Mountstephen, 3 Regent St., London, S.W. 



1. Tlie Canadian Horticulturist is publislied in 

 three editions on the 25th day of the month 

 preceding date of issue. The first edition is 

 known as the fruit edition, and is devoted 

 chiefly to the commercial fruit interests. The 

 second edition is known as the floral edition, 

 and is devoted chiefiy to the interests of ama- 

 teur flower, fruit and vegetable growers. The 

 third edition is known as The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist and Beekeeper. In this edition several 

 pages of matter appearing in the first and 

 second issues are replaced by an equal number 

 of pages of matter relating to the beekeeping 

 interests of Canada. 



2. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist in Canada and Great Britain, $1.00 a 

 year; three years for $2.00, and of The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. 

 For United States and local subscriptions In 

 Peterboro (not called for at the Post OfBce), 

 2.') cents extra a year, including postage. 



3. Remittances sliould be made by Post Office 

 or Express Money Order, or Registered Letter. 



4. Change of Address — When a change of ad- 

 dress is ordered, both tlie old and the new ad- 

 dresses must be given. 



5. Advertising rates, $1.40 an inch. Copy re- 

 ceived up to the 20th. Address all advertising 

 correspondence and copy to our Advertising 

 Manager, Peterboro, Cnt. 



CIRCULATION STATEMENT 

 The following is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December 1913. Tlie 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and 

 .spoiled copies. Most months, including the 

 sample copies, from 13.000 to 15,000 copies of 

 The Canadian Horticulturist are mailed to peo- 

 ple known to be interested in the growing of 

 fruits, flowers or vegetables. 

 January, 1913 ...11,570 August. 1913 12,675 



February, 1913 ..11,550 



March, 1913 11,209 



April, 1913 11,970 



May, 1913 12,368 



June. 1913 12,618 



July. 1913 12.626 



September, 1913 .13,729 

 October. 1913 ...13,778 

 November, 1913 .12,967 

 December, 1913 .13,233 



Total 150,293 



Average each Issue In 1907 6.627 



Average each Issue In 1913 12,524 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed upon 

 application. 



OUR GUARANTEE 



We guarantee that every advertiser in this 

 issue is reliable. We are able to do this because 

 the advertising columns of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist are as carefully edited as the reading 

 columns, and because to protect our readers we 

 turn away all unscrupulous advertisers. Should 

 any advertiser herein deal dishonestly with any 

 subscriber, we will make good the amount of 

 his loss, provided such transaction occurs within 

 one month from date of this issue, that it is 

 reported to us within a week of its occurrence, 

 and that we find the facts to be as stated. It 

 is a condition of this contract that in writing to 

 advertisers you state: "I saw your advertise- 

 ment In The Canadian Horticulturist." 



Rogues shall not apply their trade at the ex- 

 pense of our subscribers, who are our friends, 

 through the medium of these columns; but we 

 shall not attempt to adjust trifling disputes be- 

 tween subscribers and honorable business men 

 who advertise, nor pay the debts of honest 

 bankrupts. 



Communications should be addressed 

 THE CAN.\DIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



PETERBORO, ON'T. 



Canada's Seed Supply 



Last year when the European war hroke 

 out the public was advised that there was 

 little danger of there being a shortage this 

 J ear in our supply of seeds, of flowers and 

 vegetables, owing to the fact that for the 

 most part these had been procured before 

 the outbreak of hostilities. We were warned, 

 however, that should the war continue for 

 more than a year the situation in 1916 

 would be more serious. 



It appears to be evident that the war is 

 likely to last much longer ihan was at first 

 anticipated. The public is beginning to 

 resign itself to the conviction that Lord 

 Kitchener's prediction that the war would 

 last three years may prove to be not fai 

 from the mark. This makes it important 

 that attention should be given this year to 

 the growing of vegetable and flower seeds 

 so that we may be ready for all contingen- 

 cies. The Dominion Government is to be 

 commended for its action in issuing a bul- 

 letin dealing with this subject. Those who 

 would like to undertake the growing of field 

 root, vegetable and flower seeds, will find 

 much helpful information in this bulletin. 

 It is bulletin No. 22, issued by the Central 

 E.xperimental Farm, Ottawa. 



Eliminating the Middle Man 



So much has been said of late years and 

 so little apparently has been aocompliihed 

 in the direction of eliminating the unneces- 

 sary middleman in the marketing of the 

 fruit crop there is a natural tendency some- 

 times for a feeling of discouragement to as- 

 sert itself on the part of the individual fruit 

 grower. Nevertheless, the problem may be 

 nearer a solution than many suppose. 



The fact that the prices received by fruit 

 growers are often so small whereas the 

 sums mulucted from the consumers are often 

 so high as to be practically prohibitive, has 

 ied to this problem being attacked from dif- 

 ferent angles. Fruit growers are organizing 

 co-operative companies to eliminate ex- 

 pense in the marketing of their crop, while 

 consumers are forming co-operative socie- 

 ties in order that they may be able to pur- 

 chase their supplies more cheaply. In some 

 cases fruit growers have opened up stores 

 in nearby cities where consumers are able 

 to purchase their fruit direct. Recently 

 the United Fruit Growers of Nova Scotia 

 Ltd., opened a store in Halifax which deals 

 in all lines of farm supplies as well as in 

 fruit and which already has worked up a 

 large trade. In Toronto the Labor Unions 

 have been working for some time to estab- 

 lish direct connection with the producers. 

 The land question, as we have pointed out 

 before, is a factor which must be considered 

 before a final solution can be reached. It 

 is gratifyins, however, to note that the in- 

 terest in this subject is now so general. 



Spare the Native Flowers 



The rapid disappearance in many sec- 

 tions of Ontario of some of our most beauti- 

 ful native wild flowers calls attention once 

 more to the need for uhited action being 

 taken by responsible organizations for the 

 preservation of our native plants. Several 

 states of the American Union have enacted 

 laws prohibiting the removal of some of the 

 most attractive and delicate wild flowers 



from wa.-5ic oi v\Lti7U"ru laiids. ijio ujj^ging 

 up of pfcrennial roots and the plucking of 

 Uie flowers of annuals have been made 

 ciimlaal offences. 



Every spring there is a stampede by msuiy 

 t^wn and city people to the adjacent woods 

 to pick the first wild flowers. This tendency 

 IS a natural one, although it cannot be com- 

 mended. Did the people who pick these 

 flowers realize the damage they were doing 

 they might be restrained from actions, the 

 final result of which is the destruction of 

 the very things they love. Lovers of wild 

 flowers can perform a valuable educational 

 work by writing to their local papers asking 

 for the protection of these beautiful deni- 

 zens of our woods and dells. The local 

 horticultural societies of Ontario, acting 

 through the Ontario Horticultural Associa- ^ 

 tion, might well bring pressure to bear upon 

 the Provincial Government to have suitable 

 legislation enacted in Ontario. 



Mothers' Day 



The observance of iMothers' Day this year 

 was more general and successful than ever 

 before. Seldom, if ever, has the observance 

 of a general custom sprung into such hearty 

 favor and widespread acceptance as has 

 been the case with Mothers' Day. The de- 

 mand for flowers has grown so rapidly that 

 florists find it a difficult matter to obtain 

 a large enough supply to meet the require- 

 ments of the public. This year this led in 

 some centres to quite a demand for wild 

 flowers which were picked by children and 

 sold or itreet corners. It is pleasing to 

 note that on the whole, florists appear to 

 appreciate the spirit of the day and have 

 not shown an undue tendency to ask un- 

 reasonable prices for flowers. 



A regrettable tendency was noticed this 

 year in some sections to use artificial flow- 

 ers. Where patriotic organizations sold 

 flowers on Mothers' Day artificial flowers 

 were sometimes used to augment the supply 

 of real flowers even before the latter had 

 become exhausted. Such action is not likely 

 to meet with public approval. If one's love 

 for one's mother is such as to lead to a desire 

 to evidence it by the sending or wearing of 

 a flower, the natural impulse of the heart 

 must be to secure the best obtainable. 

 Naturally, this cannot partake of the arti- 

 ficial. The use of artificial flowers for such 

 a purpose should be discouraged in every 

 possible way. 



Dominion Fruit Commissioner Johnson is 

 doing things in Ms Department, and the 

 things he is doing are receiving the hearty 

 commendation of fruit growers. Two im- 

 portant moves he has made lately provide 

 for the inspection of baskets used by fruit 

 growers, as turned out by the different bas- 

 ket factories, and the inspection of fruit 

 packages by the fruit inspectors for im- 

 mature fruit. Action along both lines has 

 been required for some years. It is gratify- 

 ing to know that an improvement may be 

 expected during the coming season. 



.A rather striking custom has sprung up 

 in English society since the outbreak of 

 the war. It is the wearing of purple pansies 

 by people who have had an intimate friend 

 or relative wounded at the front. English 

 society has pou'-ed out the best of its young 

 manhood for the defence of the Empire. 

 The result is that there are few people in 

 English society who have not had at least a 

 friend and more often a relative. who has 

 been wounded in some of the many engage- 

 ments. At some of the fashionable gather- 

 ings practically all the women of late have 

 worn these flowers. 



