PROMINENT CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS. 



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Fli;. 10.")1, — E.M'EKIMENTATION IN THK HoRTILTLTURAL DErAKT.MENT. 



The engraving represents part of a plot {a little over an acre in extent), in which 155 varieties of 

 strawberries are in test, under Mr. H. L. Hutt, 'he Cole e Horiicultiirist. The photogfraph was 

 taken in the latter part of June, about two months after the plants were planted. Each variety is 

 plainly labelled upon a white wooden stake, as shown in the engraving. Mr. Hutt intends giving a 

 full report of the yields made from 120 varieties that fruited this year in the next College report. 



Strawberry," given at out meeting at 

 Kingston. We are indebted to our 

 worthy contemporary, " Farming," for 

 the two engravings. 



Another favorite line in his green- 

 house work is the cultivation of the 

 chrysanthemum. So attractive a dis- 

 play as that at the college is not seen 

 short of Toronto, and the visitors are 

 very numerous not only from Guelph 

 but from the surrounding country. We 

 give twoviews of the interior of this house 

 in "mum" season, (Figs. 1050 and 

 1052) which give some idea of the ex- 

 cellence of the exhibit, and our frontis- 

 piece shows a few choice varieties. 



In reply to an enquiry about the 

 varieties in bloom, about Thanksgiving 

 Day, 1896, the professor replied as fol- 

 lows : 



We have 120 varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums now in bloom. The following 



are some of the choicest. I have not 

 time to give full descriptions of each 

 now : Enfant des deux mondes, feath- 

 ered, white ; Ivory, dwarf white ; Pres. 

 .Smith, light pink ; Ivory, pink, curled 

 (ju'lled ; L B. Bard, pink, straight quill- 

 ed ; Pitcher and Manda, cream with 

 yellow centre ; Golden Gate, golden 

 yellow ; Louis Boehmer, feathered, dark 

 pink ; Rohallion, quilled, sulphur yel- 

 low ; O. P. Basset, very deep red ; Phila- 

 delphia, cream ; Tiger, bronze and old 

 gold ; Judge Hoitt, anemone centred. 

 During the winter of 1897-8 we expect 

 the Department of Agriculture will allow 

 us to send Professor Hutt out as lecturer 

 to our Horticultural Societies, and no 

 doubt one of his subjects will be the 

 "Cultivation of the Chrysanthemum." 

 Perhaps his visits may stimulate each So- 

 ciety to attempt a Chrysanthemum show 

 in 1898. 



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