LECTURERS TO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



Fl(!. lOlHj. -Mk. .I..IIN Ckai.:. 



"]r\^ VERY interesting feature of 

 If- — ^ \ the work of our Association is 

 /I ) \ the sending out of lecturers on 

 horticulture each year, to ad- 

 dress the affiliated societies. This is a 

 line of work hitherto largely neglected 

 by horticultural societies, but among the 

 most important of the objects for which 

 they exist and receive government sup- 

 port. In taking up this work we are 

 filling this want, and doing, in a small 

 way, extensive work in horticulture such 

 as is being carried on at great expense 

 in other countries. 



We have now twenty-eight Affiliated 

 Societies, and for these we provided 

 three lecturers. For the nine Societies 

 east of Toronto, the Hon. S. Fisher, 

 Minister of Agriculture, sent us Prof. 

 Craig, horticulturist of the Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, a sketch of 

 whose life appeared in a previous num- 

 ber. His subjects for lectures were (i) 

 " Decoration of Home Grounds " (illus- 

 trated ; (2) " Window Plants and Peren- 

 nials"; (3) "How Varieties Originate, 



and How Individuals are Multiplied" ; 

 (4) " Fruit Growing Regions of Canada " 

 (illustrated). 



Mr. W. M. Robson, Pres. of the 

 Society at Lindsay, sends us a glowing 

 account for the hearty reception given 

 Mr. Craig at that place, on Thursday 

 evening, Feb. 25. The chair was occu- 

 pied by the Mayor, and the hall was 

 packed. The local paper gives two 

 columns to a report of the address, and 

 the answer to questions. Similar reports 

 came from Smith's Falls, Napanee, and 

 other places. 



Afr. D. IV. Beadle, a sketch of whose 

 life has also appeared in this Journal, is 

 a well-known pioneer Canadian horti- 

 culturist and first editor of this maga- 

 zine, has made the following tour of 

 lectures, viz., to the Affiliated Societies 



Fio. lO'JT.— Mk. D. \V. Beaule. 

 at Freeman, Grimsby, Niagara Falls 

 South, Port Colbnrne, Hagersville, Port 

 Dover, Simcoe, Thornbury and Mea- 

 ford. He treated of such subjects as 



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