. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. SUBSCRIPI'ION PRICE, $ per year, entitl ng the subscriber to membership ot the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its pi-ivileges.' a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address label. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Exposition of the World's Fair will be dedicated with a})propriate ceremonies on October 12th, 1892, the 400th anni\ersary o
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. SUBSCRIPI'ION PRICE, $ per year, entitl ng the subscriber to membership ot the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its pi-ivileges.' a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address label. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Exposition of the World's Fair will be dedicated with a})propriate ceremonies on October 12th, 1892, the 400th anni\ersary of the discovery of America by Columbus. Some $300,000 are to be spent to make these ceremonies as im])ressive as possible. The exposition is to open its doors to the public on May ist, 1893, and close them on October 31st, of the same year. 'l"he buildings are all making satisfactory progress, and the horticultural pavilions are up at the roof line. The electric lighting of these building will require 138,218 electric lights, and the cost will be something like $1,500,000. Transportation conveniences to and from the exposition, both for visitors and exhibits, are to be as perfect as possible, and the facilities will be so abundant that a maximum of 400,000 persons can be carried to and from the grounds every day. Groundless Alarm Over American Fkiit.—The Horticultural Times, of London, England, in its attempts to develoji the English fruit growing industry, is lending to the trick of abusing the American competitor. In its issue for the 18th of January, an article appears headed, " Arsenic in American apples. Death stalks in the wake of the poisoned ; This article states that American ai)ples are coated with arsenic to destroy insects-=-that a fine delicate powder may be rubbed off all such apples when the barrel is first opened, which is arsenic—that this is absorbed through the skin into the apples, poisoning the flesh—that the high color of
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