February 3, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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Office Department, should be immedi- 

 ately enacted into law." 



An overwhelming expression of pub- 

 lic opinion is needed if this bill is to 

 pass this winter. Copies of the argu- 

 ment may be had on application to 

 James L. Cowles, Secretary, 34G Broad- 

 way, New York. 



STATE FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION 

 OF INDIANA. 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana, held its annual meeting at 

 Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9, 1906. The fol- 

 lowing resolutions were unanimously 

 adopted: 



Resolved, That we recommend that 

 a national color chart be adopted by 

 the S. A. F. & O. H. 



Resolved, That a copy of these 

 resolutions be forwarded to Mr. Wil- 

 liam J. Stewart, Boston, Mass., secre- 

 tary of the S. A. F. & O. H. 



F. SYDNEY SMITH, Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club, on Feb. 12, C. W. Ward 

 will deliver an illustrated lecture on 

 carnations. 



J. Woodward Manning of Reading, 

 Mass., spoke before the Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society, on Jan. 

 25, on "Ornamental Trees and Shrubs." 

 Mr. Manning classified them according 

 to their uses, and as he read the lists 

 made brief mention of the prominent 

 features of the most desirable. 



The annual meeting of the Ottawa 

 Horticultural Society (Can.) was held 

 on January 10. Reports showed a 

 membership of 248. A series of af- 

 ternoon meetings for practical demon- 

 strations was proposed. Samuel 

 Short and J. F. Watson were elected 

 president and secretary, respectively, 

 for the ensuing year. 



GARDEN DECORATION. 



The lecture of Loring Underwood 

 before the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society on January 20 was illustrated 

 with beautiful views of gardens, fount- 

 ains and other out-door ornaments. 

 In the course of his lecture he said: 



"There is being awakened a reali- 

 zation of the fact that we ought to 

 make more use of the gardens, apart 

 from the pleasure of gathering and 

 caring for flowers, and that is by 

 making them out-of-door living rooms. 

 No matter whether your garden is 

 large or small, there is generally a 

 cosey spot where a summer house 

 would fit in nicely." 



Another feature is a fountain, and 

 to supply it with water need not be 

 very expensive. A few fish in the pool 

 keep it free from mosquitoes. 



The speaker said that a garden seat 

 is a welcome accessory, and showed 

 some very handsome ones, though not 

 necessarily costly. He spoke of them 

 as making very desirable memorials 

 for town squares and small parks, and 

 showed one such, topped with a sun 

 dial. 



"Walls and terraces are to a gar- 

 den," he said, "what the wall of a 

 house is to its interior." 



In closing the speaker said: "I want 

 to call your attention to the great pos- 

 sibilities in this field of garden acces- 



sories, as applied to the city back 

 yards. These yards, as they exist for 

 the most part in the homes of our 

 well-to-do people, are a disgrace to 

 the community. Neat some of them 

 may be, but what ugliness is to be 

 seen when one looks out of a dining 

 room window and sees an assortment 

 of clothes and clothes lines, ash bar- 

 rels, garbage boxes and the like, all up 

 and down the line. Let us hope that 

 the ever increasing regard for our gar- 

 dens as places that should give com- 

 fort and beauty combined will lead to 

 a fuller appreciation of the proper use 

 of garden accessories." 



QUEBEC. 



Kipling described Canada as "our 

 lady of the snows," and in the winter 

 his simile will apply, but in the sum- 

 mer he might also have characterized 

 her as "our lady of the fruits and 

 flowers," and thus would have given 

 her a fair description. It is true our 

 winters are long and sometimes se- 

 vere, but the salubrious climate of 

 spring, summer and autumn more 

 than compensate for the length and 

 severity of the winter. 



The rapidity of growth of all vege- 

 tation is remarkable, especially in 

 some seasons, and although it keeps 

 the farmer and gardener busy to keep 

 up with it and plant their crops 

 promptly so that they will be ready 

 to meet the weather favorable to their 

 rapid development, it has a good effect 

 in making the successful ones watch- 

 ful and alert, because they must lit- 

 erally "make hay while the sun 

 shines." 



Agriculture and horticulture are by 

 no means neglected in this Province. 

 The bureau of agriculture is very effi- 

 cient and does a great deal to encour- 

 age this most important industry. Nu- 

 merous bulletins and pamphlets on 

 various economic subjects are pub- 

 lished and distributed free, agricul- 

 tural and horticultural associations 

 and farmers' clubs are liberally sub- 

 sidized, popular lectures are employed, 

 and a series of premiums for the best 

 cultivated farms are awarded. 



It is a mistake to suppose that the 

 only agricultural and horticultural 

 products of Canada are those of her 

 northwest or upper Provinces. It is 

 true that some fruits and flowers will 

 not thrive with us as they do there, as, 

 for instance, grapes and peaches, but 

 those which do so cannot be beaten 

 in quality; small fruits, such as 

 strawberries, raspberries, blackberries 

 and currants, are very superior. As 

 to flowers, such as will grow have a 

 peculiar richness of color and wealth 

 of foliage which it would be hard to 

 surpass. 



The scenery around Quebec is very 

 beautiful; it is doubtful whether the 

 landscape seen from the citadel, tak- 

 ing into consideration the majestic 

 St. Lawrence, the distant mountains 

 in the extreme background, the gently 

 sloping hills and occasional precipi- 

 tous rocks, dotted with snug looking 

 farmsteads, the long stretches of 

 green meadows and the miles upon 



miles of country that can be seen at 

 a glance, can be much excelled in any 

 part of the world. 



The city is built upon a hill which 

 rises precipitously from the St. Law- 

 rence on its northern bank and the 

 natural formation of rocks rendering 

 it impregnable from the river front 

 have earned for it the title of the 

 Gibraltar of North America. On the 

 north side of the city is an almost 

 level plain which stretches for many 

 miles. 



The elevation of, what is called, the 

 "Upper-town" is such that vistas of 

 landscape can be seen from one end 

 or other of every street, whether run- 

 ning east or west, north or south. A 

 good deal of attention is paid to gar- 

 dening. There are several well laid 

 out parks and pleasure grounds, and 

 one on the historical Plains of Abra- 

 ham is projected. The grounds around 

 the parliament house and city hall are 

 tastefully planted with shrubs and 

 flowers, and the lawns, well kept. 



In the suburbs are very pretty resi- 

 dences of the leading citizens and 

 government employees, each with its 

 pretty garden or lawn. The most 

 fashionable thoroughfare — 'the Grand 

 Allee — is planted on each side with 

 rows of American elms to commemo- 

 rate the convention of the United 

 States and Canadian forestry asso- 

 ciations, held in Quebec in 1892 by the 

 direction of Sir Henri Joly de Lot- 

 binere, the honorable gentleman who 

 has done more than any one else to 

 foster and encourage Canadian forestry 

 and arboriculture. These trees bespeak 

 by their robust growth, how well the 

 work of planting was done, and will 

 form, as the generations pass, a noble 

 avenue worthy the entrance to the 

 ancient city. 



Further out on the St. Louis road 

 are some fine residences and grounds, 

 belonging to the affluent Spencer 

 Wood. The official residence of the 

 Lieutenant-Governor is a specimen of 

 the landscape gardening and architec- 

 ture of the eighteenth century, is in 

 charge of a most efficient gardener and 

 is always a picture of neatness and or- 

 der, while the conservatories and fruit 

 houses are replete with well-grown 

 specimens. 



Spencer Grange where resides Sir 

 James Lemoine, Quebec's poet, his- 

 torian and man of letters, is another 

 place which may be described in the 

 same way. Embowered in its groves 

 of native trees and surrounded by 

 pastures is the cozy dwelling in 

 which a gentleman of such a sympa- 

 thetic nature and who has contributed 

 so much to the amusement and in- 

 struction of his fellows might well 

 wish to pass his declining years. 



In near proximity are the two 

 cemeteries — Mount Hermon, Protes- 

 tant, and St. Patrick's. Catholic — both 

 admirably located and well kept. 



Space will prevent me from de- 

 scribing at length more of the beauti- 

 ful estates in this most picturesque 

 locality, but if your readers who enjoy 

 the beauties of nature, the relics of 

 antiquity, a glimpse of the old world 

 without crossing the Atlantic, or love 

 to visit places of historic interest, will 

 make a visit to old Quebec, they will 

 be amply repaid for the little exertion 

 necessary, and will doubtless return 

 with favorable impressions as to this 

 Canada of ours. 



GEORGE MOORE. 



