THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 



Advertisements in this department inserted at rate of 3 cents a word for 

 each insertion, each figiire, sign, or single letter to count as one word, mini- 

 mum cost 30c., strictly cash in advance. 



REAL ESTATE 



ALL KINDS OF FARMS — Fruits farms a speci- 

 alty. W. B. Calder. Grimsby. 



NIAGARA DISTRICT FRUIT FARMS— Before 

 buying, It will pay you to consult me. I make 

 a specialty of fruit and grain farms. Melvln 

 Gayman & Co., St. Catharines. 



FARMS — ^All kinds, all sizes, for sale, fruit 

 stock, grain and dairy farms. Let me know 

 wihat you are looking for. H. W. Dawson, 

 Brampton, Ont. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



FOR SALE — Three banded Italian queens, 

 from tlie best honey-gathening strains, that 

 axe hardy ajid gentle. Untested queens, 7&c. ; 6, 

 J4.26; 12, $8.00. Tested queens, $1.25; 6, $7.00; 

 12, $13.00. Selected queens, add 25 ots. each 

 to above prices. Breeding queens $3.00 to 

 $6.00 each. For queens ta larger quantities, 

 write for prices and circulars. Robert B. 

 Splcer, Wharton, N. J. 



GOLDEN AND 3-BAND ITALIAN, also Car- 

 nlolan queens. Tested, each, $1.00; 3 to 6, 

 95c; 6 or more, 85c. Untested, 75c; 3 to 6, 

 70c; 6 or more, 65c. Bees, per pound, $1.50. 

 Nuclei, per frame, $1.50. C. B. Bankston, 

 Buffalo, Leon Co., Texas. 



BEST THREE BANDED ITALIAN QUEENS— 

 June to October, mothers selected from more 

 than 100 coloinies and reared fa hives run- 

 ning over with bees, according to the latest 

 scientific methods. Every queen a damdy. 

 £>atisfaction guaranteed. Each 75c, per dozen 

 $7.20, per hundred $50.00. Also bees and 

 honey. J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Mich. 



GOLDEN 3-BANDED ITALIANS, also Caml- 

 olan queens. Tested, $1.00 each, 6 or more, 

 85c each. Untested, 75c each, 6 or more, 65c 

 each. Everything guaranteed to reach you In 

 good shape. No dlsea.se. I. N. Bankston, 

 Buffalo. Texas, Box 136. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS, reared for 

 Canadians. Hardy, winter well. Send for 

 circular. Standard bee hives shipped direct 

 from factory In Iowa at $1.20 each. Stover 

 Apiaries, Maybew, Miss. 



HOLLOPETER'S honey - gathering strain of 

 three-band Italian queens can now be had for 

 60c each until end of sea.^on. Pound bees with 

 queen, $2.00. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 gTiaranteed. Lots of them in Canada J. B. 

 Hollopeter, Queenbreeder, Pentz, Pa 



FOR SALE — A 1% H.P. Gilson Gasoline Engine 

 (practically new), on truck, with 60 speed 

 countershaft and five Interchangeable pulleys. 

 Chas. T. Ross, 88 Quebec St., Sherbrooke, Que. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



1,000 GUMMED HONEY LABELS, two colors. 

 any wording, for $1.30. Catalogue free. Pearl 

 Card Co., Clin ton ville, Gonn. 



port on behalf of the Names and Varieties 

 Committee. The retiring president — H. B. 

 Cowan, of Peterboro — was presented with a 

 cabinet of silver. 



Election of Officers. 

 The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, F. W. Adams, Toronto; 

 first vice-president, James Fraser, Preseott; 

 second vice-president, F. Dicks, London, 



Pease's 

 Automatic-Feed Fruit Grader 



The most convenient and serviceable grader on the market. It is strong, durable, running 

 easily by hand or power, and Is readily movable both in the orchard and packing house. 

 Instantly adjustable from 1 7-8 Ins. up, giving from 2 to 5 sizes. 



Capacity — 3 cup grader — 200 barrels per day. 

 " 5 cup grader — 500 barrels per day. 



For prices and catalogue write, 



ROBERT Ji^RDINE 



134 PioDade St., BellcTille, Ont. 



BrtDch of F. B. PEASE CO. 



Ont.; secretary-treasurer, Julius Luck, 1018 

 Queen .Mary Road, Montreal. 



Bifccutlve Committee — For two years: E. 

 H. Hamilton, London, Ont. For three years: 

 E. J. Hayward, Montreal; E. F. Collins, To- 

 ronto; F. Wise, Peterboro. Other members 

 of the executive are: For two years: Luke 

 Williams, Ottawa; George Douglas, Toronto. 

 For one year: R, L. Dunn, St. Catharines; 

 H. J. Eddy, Montreal; S. Jordan, Peterboro. 



Improvement of the Potato Industry 



H. T. Gussow, Dominion Botanist, Ottawa, Out. 



The Hon. Minister of Agriculture has ap- 

 pointed Mr. G. C. Cunningham, B. S. A., and 

 Mr. Paul A. Murphy, B. A., to assist the 

 farmers of the Maritime Provinces In com- 

 bating the diseases wlilch attack their crops, 

 particularly the potato crop. 



The primary object is to help the farmers 

 to produce larger crops of A. No. 1 seed 

 potatoes, and to ensure for that seed the 

 place in the market which Us high quality 

 deserves. Produce which is marketed under 

 a guarantee of freedom from disease and 

 purity is bound to obtain a higher price 

 than could be otherwise secured. Such a 

 course, if followed regularly for a few years, 

 will give seed potatoes from these provinces 

 an enviable position of superiority among 

 buyers, and thus Increase the returns of 

 the growers. 



It is proposed to make an examination 

 of the potato fields, first during the growing 

 season and then at the time of harvest, to de- 

 tect the presence of all disea.^es which de- 

 preciate the value of the crop by lowering 

 the yield and reducing the price. 



Those who wish to have the services of 

 these men for any special purpose during the 

 current season are asked to send a request 

 to G. C. Cunningham, care of Experimental 

 Station, Fredericton, N. B., for the provinces 

 of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec, 

 and to Paul A. Murphy, Experimental Sta- 

 tion, Charlottetown, for Prince Edward 

 Island. These pathologists will be entirely 

 at the service of the farmers of their re- 

 spective provinces in assisting them to Im- 

 prove all their crops, as well as the potato, 

 in yield and quality, and all inquiries con- 

 cerning diseases will be gladly answered. 



Items of Interest 



The Ontario Department of Agriculture Is 

 conducting experiments on Pelee Island In 

 Lake Erie in the growing of early tomatoes. 

 It is expected that it will be found that 

 tomatoes can be matured on this island at 

 least a week earlier than in any other sec- 

 tion of the province. Only about a quarter 

 of an acre is under test but if the experiment 

 proves successful it may result in large 

 plantings in the future, owing to the high 

 prices generally paid for early tomatoes. 



The Canadian Forestry Associa.tion has 

 i'Sisiued a little booklet entitled "Twenty 

 Canadian Trees," by Jas. Lawler, B.A., a 

 former secretary of the association. The 

 booklet contains illustrations of twenty of 

 our best known Canadian trees with de- 

 scriptions of them which will enable us to 

 pick them out and distinguish them. Any 

 one tmacquainted with our Canadian trees 

 will find this booklet helpful an^d interest- 

 ing. Copies may be obtained from The 

 Canadiam Forestry Association, Journal 

 Building, Ottawa. 



We always find much of interest in The 

 Canadian Hontioulturis-t and wish it the con- 

 tinued success such a pood journal deserves. 

 —Mrs. Laura Rose Stephen, Huntingdon, 



