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Floral Edition. 



Irrigation Tests 



(Continued from page 251.) 



at a few cents per thousand gallons. Where 

 this low cost of water prevails, market gar~ 

 deners and florists should give it a fair trial. 

 From present indications, not only from the 

 experimental farms, but also from the prac- 

 tical men who have already used it, there is 

 great promise of its being a means of increas- 

 ing our returns. It is a splendid way for the 

 man of small acreage near our rapidly grow- 

 ing cities to increase his output without in- 

 creasing his land area. In fact, with many 

 crops it is possible to double them, which is 

 equivalent to doubling one's acreage without 

 irrigating. In many places you would not 

 hesitate to pay from one to three hundred 

 dollars an acre for land. This is only the 

 cost of installation, and with irrigation you 

 have the added satisfaction of growing better 

 and earlier crops, that are more saleable, and 



will usually command the "top of the mar- 

 ket" prices. 



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 SOCIETY NOTES 



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Aylmer Ont. 



A horticultural society has been estab- 

 lis'hed here with Mr. A. J. Elliott as pro- 

 visional secretary. The society expects to 

 have about 100 meiabers. The good work 

 accomplis'heii during the past few years by 

 the St. Thomas Society has proved an in- 

 spiration here. Dr. F. E. Bennett, of St. 

 Tihomas, helped In the organization work. 



Toronto 



Great laterest was taken at a meeting held 



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COMMISSION MAN 



in the Massey Hall, Toronto, during October 

 for the distribution of prizes in connection 

 with the second annual <Dovercourt Back- 

 yard Garden Contest. In all there were 616 

 contestants. The average size of each gar- 

 den was 1,500 sq. ft., of which space two- 

 thlrd.s was devoted to the growing of veget- 

 ables. One of the most popular wicjiers 

 was Mr. Jos. Mantell, of 69 Herbert Ave., 

 who was 105 years of age, and who was 

 given a medal for the excellence of his gar- 

 den. A boy seven years of age also won a 

 prize. The chairman, Mr. W. W- Dinnick 

 stated that if eighty per cent, of the back- 

 yard gardens of Toronto were devoted to 

 the cultivation of vegetables, the net value 

 of the production would be almost >2,000,000. 



Bulletins and Reports 



Cut worms are the cause annually of Im- 

 mense losses to fruit and vegetable growers, 

 as well as to general farmers. This year 

 their depredations have been unusually 

 heavy. Those who have suffered from their 

 activities will be interested in a 31 paged 

 bulletin (No. 10) entitled "Cut Worms and 

 Their Control," prepared by Mr. Arthur G4b- 

 son. Chief Assistant Entomologist, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. This is an en- 

 larged and revised .dition of a former bulle- 

 tin dealing with the same subject. It Is well 

 illustrated and worth procuring. 



The University of Illinois Agriculture Ex- 

 perimental Station is distributing Circular 

 No. 182, entitled "The Fertilizer Problem 

 from the Vegetable Grower's Standpoint," 

 by C. E. Durst. 



The College of Agriculture, Berkeley, Cali- 

 fornia, has issued bulletin No. 257 entitled 

 "New Dosage Tables," one of a series re- 

 lating to fumigation studies and investiga- 

 tions. 



Rose growers in Canada will be interested 

 in bulletin No. 85, entitled "Hardy Roses, 

 Their Culture in Canada," prepared by Mr. 

 W. T. Macoun, E>ominion Horticulturist and 

 his Assistant, Mr. F. E. Buck, of the Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa. This bulletin 

 amplifies the information contained In a 

 previous publication entitled Pamphlet No. 

 9, for wTiich there was a large demand. It 

 deals with the site and soil for roses, plants 

 and planting, cultivation, pruning, winter 

 protection, insect and fungus enemies, and 

 gives also descriptions of the leading 

 varieties of roses. 



The Fruit Growing Society of the Pro- 

 vince of Quebec is distributing the annual 

 report for 1914. It is an ambitious publica- 

 tion, comprising almost 200 pages, and giv- 

 ing in full the papers and discussions at the 

 last annual convention. 



Catalogues. 



Fall catalogues that have I'eached The 

 Canadian Horticulturist include one from 

 Harrison's Nurseries, Berlin, Maryland, 

 which deals both with fruit and flowers, and 

 one entitled "Bulbs, Alpines and Perennials 

 for Autumn Planting," from Perry's Hardy 

 Plant Farm, Enfield, Middlesex, England. 



Recent bulletins and reports that have 

 reached The Canadian Horticulturist include 

 the following : Bulletins 128 on, "The Ar- 

 senates of Lead." 130 on "Pruning," and 129 

 on "Fruit Bud Development of the Apple." 

 These three were issued by the Oregon Agri- 

 cultural College. CorvAllis. Oregon. The 

 University of Florida has issued Bulletins 

 121 dealing with "Cucumber Rot," and 125 

 dealing with "Tomato Insects." These can 

 be obtained free upon application to the Ex- 

 periment Station, Gainesville, Fla. 



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