FRC/T GROJVERS AT K/NGSTOX. 



Never in ihe liisiory of our Associa 

 tion have we had a more profitable meet 

 ing, and our report will be of the 



Fio. lO.'W. — I'kok. Short. 



ties so often seen in our city parks, in 

 the way of stiff designs or of ribbon bed- 

 ding. The stiff architectural element is 

 in keei)ing near the house, but should 

 shade off into the natural as you go from 

 it. 



Prof. Fowler's lecture on " Fertiliza- 

 tion of Flowers," was an excellent one. 



True, it dealt much with first princi- 

 ples, but these are often too little under- 

 stood, even by the practical hybridist, 

 who is aiming at both fame and fortune 

 by means of some fortunate cross or 

 hybrid. The professor showed clearly 

 the wholf processs of fertilization of the 

 ovules by the pollen grains, and e.\ploded 

 the old idea that the flowers of our fruits 

 depended each upon its own pollen, for 

 often the very position of stamens and 

 pistils with respect to each other were 

 unfavorable to this work being success- 

 fully accomplished. The pollen was 



greatest value. It is not often so much 

 talent can be brought together to discuss 

 fruit topics There were present both 

 the Dominion and the Provincial Min- 

 ister of Agriculture, Dr. Saunders and 

 Mr. John Craig, of Ottawa; Prof. H. I,. 

 Hutt, of Guelph ; R. J. Shepherd, of 

 Montreal ; Capt. Shepherd of Queens- 

 ton ; Mr. J. I.. Haycock, M.P. ; Mr. 

 Ruddick, Superintendent of the Dairy 

 School, and numerous experts in fruit 

 culture from all parts of the Province. 

 Not least, among us was, the array of 

 talent which we were able to borrow 

 from the neighboring Queen's College 

 Mr. Adam Short, Professor of Politic;il 

 Science, gave an excellent paper on 

 "Gardening in Relation to Civilization, ' 

 and showed us clearly the steps of ad- 

 vance in the history of gardening. He 

 seemed to favor the natural style of 

 gardening, rather than the artificial, and 

 mercilessly condemned the monstrosi- 



canied from one flower to another by 

 wind and by insects, and was more 

 potent with another flower than with its 

 own. 



