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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



H orse-Radish 

 Wanted 



Highest price paid for good, 



firm roots free from dirt and 



small stringers. 



Wm. Davies Company, 



TORONTO, CANADA 



Cold Storage 

 Fruit Warehouse 



Finest Apple Rooms in the Dominion 

 for Export and Local Trade. 



Special Rooms for All Kinds of Per- 

 ishable Goods. 



The Canada Cold Storage Co. 



Limited 



53 William St., MONTREAL, QUE. 



What If You Could 



Make It Rain to Suit 



You Every Year?- 



AND everyone else had to 

 take their chances or else 

 spend most of their time 

 at the end oX a hose. 



Think of being able to forget 

 the word drought. Wouldn't 

 every year be a profitable one? 



That is exactly what we offer 

 you— and it costs little more 

 than hose. 



RAIN as much as you want 

 — ^wherever you want — any time 

 you want it — as long as gal- 

 vanized pipe will last. 



Turn on the Valve. That's 

 the Skinner System of Irriga- 

 tion. Send for Bulletin 115. 



CKINNER 



C) Y S T EM 



OF I R R I 



1 AT I O N 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



217 Water Street, 

 TROY, OHIO 



Picking Tomatoes for Seed. 



Each tub contains a special strain. This 



method has been followed with success by 



L. A. Waitzinger, Echo Place. Oat. 



in the commercial packing of fruit. He was 

 expected to spend most of the month of 

 October visiting isolated ranches where 

 packing schools were not practicable. 



An unusually large yield of onions has 

 been reported from Vernon, where Mr. J. P. 

 Mutrie, of Vernon, produced 206 tons of 

 onions on six and a half acres of land, or an 

 average of about thirty-two tons to the acre. 

 The Yellow Globe Danvers variety was 

 grown. At the price paid by the evapor- 

 ating plant of fourteen dollars per ton in 

 bulk, without sacks, this crop was expected 

 to net Mr. Mutrie $2,884, or about $443 an 



Why School Gardens Fail 



L. A. Devvolfe, Director of Elementary Educa- 

 tion, Nova Scotia 

 School gardens, I think, fall (1) Because 

 the teacher lacks enthusiasm and the power 

 of leadership with the pupils. 



(2) Because she is not well-balanced; and 

 lacks persuasive powers and leadership with 

 trustees and parents. 



(3) Because teachers in various depart- 

 ments of the same school fail to co-operate. 



(4) The teacher's ignorance of gardening 

 causes the children to lose confidence in her. 



(5) The school grounds are often unsuit- 

 able, either on account of condition or in 

 size. 



(6) Loafers on the school grounds after 

 school hours often do damage. Making the 

 school ground a thoroughfare also causes 

 trouble. 



(7) Too much is attempted. 



(8) The frequent change of teachers. 



(9) "Who will do the work" is a puzzling 

 question. Frequently, the matter of plough- 

 ing is left to the voluntary efforts of some 

 good-natured man Instead of having the 

 work done in a business-like way at the sec- 

 tion's expense. 



(10) Lack of care in summer vacation is, 

 perhaps, the greatest drawback. 



(11) Procrastination is fatal. Ploughing, 

 ordering seeds, and making plans are often 

 left until planting time. Hurriedly and 

 poorly prepared ground never results In a 

 good garden. 



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Bulletins and Reports 



A remarkahly fine volume in the Rural 

 Text-Book Series entitled "Soils, Their 

 Properties and Management" has recently 

 been issued by The MaoMillan Co., Ltd.. 

 Toronto. The authors are Prof. T. Lyttle- 

 ton Lyon, Prof. Elmer O. Fippin, and Prof. 

 Harry O. Buckman, of Cornell University. 

 The subjects dealt with include soil form- 

 ing processes, the geological classification 

 of soils, physical properties of the soil, soil 

 structure, forms of soil water and their 



movement, the control of soil moisture, acid 

 or sour soil, and many other similar sub- 

 jects. The book comprises over seven hun- 

 dred pages, and for those interested is well 

 worth the price asked for it, which is $1.90 

 a copy. It may be obtained through The 

 Canadian Horticulture. 



The University of Illinois, Urbana, Illi- 

 nois, is distributing Circular No. 180, en- 

 titled "The San Jose Scale." The informa- 

 tion contained is the latest available on this 

 subject. 



I have found the different articles on 

 perennial borders in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist a great help to me iu the plant- 

 ing of mine. Enclosed please find $1.00 for 

 renewal of my subscription. — Miss M. G. 

 Gillies, Niagara-ou-the-Lake, Ont- 



FOR PROFIT 



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 this fall. Evergreens, Shrubs, 

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 for Price List (no agents) at 

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 St. Catharines - Ontario. 



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ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND 



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 Catalogue on Appllcallon 



NEW AND RARE SEEDS 



Unique collection. Hundreds of vari- 

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ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX, ENQ. 



FREE LAND 



For the SETTLER in 



NEW ONTARIO 



Millions of acres of virgin soil obtain- 

 able free and at a nominal cost are cail- 

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Thousands of farmers have responded 

 to the call of this fertile country and are 

 being made comfortable and rich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 awaits you. 



For full information as to terms, regu- 

 lations, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. Macdonell 



Director of Colonization 

 Parliament Buildings, TORONTO 



HON. JAS. S. DUFF, 



Minister of Agriculture 

 Parilamtnt BIdgs., Toronto 



