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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMBER 15. 189S. 



gethei- into pots of rich soil a,nd they 

 will make dwarf, bushy plants. Put 

 them almost touching one another in 

 the pots. E. 



Xo. lo. If palms are hadly covered 

 with scale it is very e.xpensive to clean 

 them by hand. Lay them on a hard 

 flat surface, keeping the leaves out 

 .-straight, and give them ?he full pres- 

 sure of water through a nozzle on the 

 end of the hose. Operator must wear 

 rubber boots and not be afraid of a 

 little water. Turn the plants and give 

 them a good dose all around. A wad 

 of newspaper on top of pot will keep 

 the soil from falling or being washed 

 out as the pot is rolled around. One 

 man can clean more palms this way 

 than five can by hand. E. 



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TORONTO. 



Canadian Hort. Association. 



The fii-st convention of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association, held in this 

 citv on the 7th and 8th inst., was an 

 unqualified success, not so much from 

 a point of numbers or demonstrative 

 enthusiasm as from the spirit of quiet, 

 business-like determination displayed 

 by those present to make the meeting 

 useful and instructive. It was clearly 

 seen by all that such an association is 

 a positive necessity in these days, and 

 all accordingly did their little best 

 towards giving it a good send-off onto 

 the sea of life. Long may it live and 

 prosper, and increase in stature and 

 usefulness. 



Amongst those present from a dis- 

 tance were Messrs. Suckling, of Truro, 

 Novia Scotia, Bennett, Campbell and 

 McKenna, of Montreal: Scrim, of Ot- 

 tawa; Gammage and Stevens, of Lon- 

 don: McLean, of St. Thomas: Dale, of 

 Brampton; Foster, Jr., and Webster, 

 of Hamilton; Brooke, of Fergus: 

 Mitchell, of Innerkip; Gilchrist, of 

 Toronto Junction; Mott, of Philadel- 

 phia, and others whose names I was 

 unable to get. There was also a 

 goodly contingent of the Toronto 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association 

 present. Mr. F. G. Foster, of Ham- 

 ilton, the vice-president, was un- 

 fortunately absent on account of sick- 

 ne.^s. The proceedings were opened 



by Mayor Shaw in a somewhat humor- 

 ous speech which in the absence of 

 the vice-president was ably responded 

 to by Mr. George Vair. Then came the 

 eloquent and impressive address of the 

 president, Mr. Gammage, the discus- 

 sion on which was postponed until af- 

 ternoon session. Secretary McLean 

 read his report and Treasurer Duntop 

 reported a balance to the good in the 

 bank. 



A letter was then read from the 

 Montreal Florists' Club, stating the 

 opinion of its members that the asso- 

 ciation shou'.d be a true parent society, 

 i. e., "a society which would embrace 

 all the various professional and ama- 

 teur societies in the country. A soci- 

 ety at whose convention every club 

 would be represented by official dele- 

 gates, a society that could settle any 

 discussion .or answer any question be- 

 yond the power or abilities of the local 

 clubs. A grand lodge in fact." There 

 was a long and animated discussion on 

 this which ended in a committee being 

 appointed to report on the matter at 

 the afternoon session. When the com- 

 mittee met it was soon found that 

 they were unanimously in favor of a 

 close trade organization and they re- 

 ported "that this organization should 

 be devoted to the interests of the trade 

 exclusively." When the matter came 

 before the convention again this was 

 quite unexpected, but after another 

 long discussion the report was 

 adopted. No further action could be 

 taken, however, according to the con- 

 stitution, and a notice of motion based 

 on the report will be put in, to be 

 brought up at the next convention. 

 Messrs. Bennett, Mott and Suckling 

 were appointed trade exhibit judges. 



At the opening of the afternoon ses- 

 sion Mr. H. Dale read a paper on "The 

 Rose, its cultivation today contrasted 

 with ten years ago." which proved to 

 be a most interesting and thoughtful 

 paper and brought out quite a lively 

 discussion. The question, "What is 

 the most economical fuel," proved con- 

 clusively that the old proverb, "what 

 is sauce for the goose is sauce for the 

 gander." has exceptions. One pre- 

 ferred "run of mines," another "select 

 lump." another the best anthracite. 

 Messrs. Dale and Dunlop use "soft 

 screenings." some one else liked coke, 

 and one burned coke dust or screen- 

 ings and found it cheap and good. 

 Everything depends on the locality, 

 the price, size of plant and kind of 

 l>oiler. 



W. W. Willshire. of Montreal, was 

 to have read a paper, "Can Dutch 

 Bulbs Be Made to Pay by the Retail- 

 er?" He was, however, unable to be 

 present, and Mr. Campbell, of the 

 same place, was deputed to open a dis- 

 cussion on the suhiect. There was 

 great diversity of opinion on this 

 question also. Mr. Campbell thought 

 they did not pay on account of the 

 great liability to loss owing to irregu- 

 larity of demand. Mr. Gammage 

 thought some paid, but that tulips. 

 Von Sion and Dutch hyacinths did not. 

 Mr. Dunlop. as a wholesaler and retail- 



er, thought they paid well, and all, 

 pay or no pay, agreed that they must 

 have tliem if only to help decorate 

 store, windows. Later on a paper ar- 

 rived from Mr. Willshire, which was 

 read and also discussed. 



In the evening Mr. J. H. Dunlop 

 read a paper on "What Plants Should 

 Be Protected? Are New Plants for 

 Propagation and Dissemination Prop- 

 erly Dutiable?" This brought out a 

 discussion on the whole tariff ques- 

 tion, and finally, on a motion to that 

 effect, a committee was appointed from 

 different parts of Canada to get the 

 feeling of the trade generally on what 

 should be free and what dutiable, and 

 report to the executive committee be- 

 fore the next session of the Dominion 

 parliament. 



Mr. Geo. Hollis read a very interest- 

 ing paper on "Carnations to Date," 

 giving hints on growing seedlings and 

 general handling of carnations. A 

 good discussion ensued. A point that 

 brought out lots of talk was the sum- 

 mer indoor growing of plants for win- 

 ter bloom, the general opinion running 

 in favor of it. 



Mr. Gammage then read his paper. 

 "How to Make a Chrysanthemum 

 Show Pay?" on which there was also 

 a good discussion; most of the speak- 

 ers agreed with his ideas, but there 

 are still some left who believe in run- 

 ning a flower show on its merits (your 

 correspondent is one) and not mixing 

 it up with charitable institutions, hos- 

 pitals or social entertainments and 

 frivolities. A letter from the secretary, 

 Mr. Hugh McLean, resigning his posi- 

 tion on acount of his leaving Canada 

 for the south, was read and laid on 

 the table. 



On Thursday morning everyone was 

 present to partake of the treat given 

 by the city council through the park 

 and gardens committee, in the shape 

 of a carriage drive around the city. 

 Mr. Chambers, the able, genial and 

 "comfortable" park commis.sioner, led 

 the way through the Horticultural 

 Gardens, Riverdale Park, through 

 some of the principal residential 

 streets. Queens Park. University 

 grounds, and on up College street to 

 High Park i37.5 acres), where the car- 

 riages rolled smoothly round and 

 round the beautiful drives with natu- 

 ral park land and bush on either side 

 for fully an hour, bringing up before 

 the capacious pavilion, where the com- 

 pan.v, all as hungry as hunters, de- 

 scended and were invited to partake of 

 as nice and tasty a lunch as one could 

 wish for. And the company did par- 

 take and did not leave enough to make 

 a square meal for the house dog. Short 

 speeches and toasts followed, everyone 

 agreeing that they had spent a most 

 delightful morning, one that they 

 would remember for a long time and 

 always look back to with pleasure. 

 Mr. Chambers came in for a lot of 

 praise for his efficient management of 

 the Toronto park system. The car- 

 riages were then brought into requisi- 

 tion again and took the party to the 

 exhibition grounds, where it was swal- 



