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Paris. — Mr. C. H. Roberts, the en- 

 ergetic Secretary of this Society, sends 

 us a copy of his Annual Report. The 

 finances are in a very encouraging con- 

 dition, there being a balance in hand of 

 $ioo, and the portion of the grant com- 

 ing to them amounting to $140 per 

 annum. The Society is distributing be- 

 gonias, climbing roses, altheas, and rasp- 

 berries. It also gave prizes to the scholars 

 of the public school for the best essays on 

 " Horticulture " ; the essays were read, 

 and the prize given in public At the 

 Agricultural Society Show prizes were 

 given for the best design for a rural gar- 

 den, and also for fioral exhibits ; the 

 Horticultural Society also made an ex- 

 hibit of named varieties of apples. At 

 the Paris Cemetery the Society made a 

 fine bed of foliage plants, which was 

 much admired. Mr. Beadle's lecture 

 was much appreciated. 



Napanee Horticultural Society. 

 — Our spring distribution is as follows : 

 Membership in Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion (including Canadian Horticul- 

 turist) ; subscription to Mayflower; 

 sweet pea seed, 4 lbs. ; aster seed, i 

 oz,; hollyhock seed, i oz.; Poppy seed, 

 I oz.; 65 brugmansia plants ; 65 Cannas, 

 very choice ; 400 gladioli, also very 

 choice. 



J. E. Hrrrinc, Sec.-Treas. 



Woodstock.— Renewed life and vigor 

 was imparted to the Woodstock Horti- 

 cultural Society at its regular monthly 

 meeting recently There was a good at- 

 tendance, and the two hours spent in the 

 discussion of fruit topics must have been 

 of great value to those interested in horti- 

 culture. 



Vice-President Pattullo presided in 

 the absence of the president, D. W. 

 Karn. 



James S. Scarf, who was the Woodstock 

 delegate to the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association convention at Kingston, 

 gave an able and exhaustive report of 

 the many things done, seen and heard 

 at the Kingston gathering, and Frank 

 Harris gave an interesting address on 

 the culture of raspberries. Mr. Harris 

 is an experienced grower, but as he stated 

 in his address, he has never yet been 

 able to raise raspberries at less than Sj^c. 

 per box. 



At the next meeting it is likely that 

 the Society will discuss some system of 

 park ornamentation. 



Messrs. Scarf, Snelgrove, T. H. Par- 

 ker, Frank Harris, and the Secretary 

 were appointed a committee to assist 

 the Agricultural Society in the revision 

 of the lists and the arranging of the hor- 

 ticultural exhibits. 



Twenty-five dollars was devoted to the 

 purchase of premiums consisting of 

 flowers and seeds. 



An effort will be made to increase the 

 membership, a task which should be an 

 easy one if all the meetings are made as 

 interesting as the last. 



R. B. Thornton, Sec. 



Deseronto Horticultural So- 

 ciety. — The first annual meeting of this 

 society was held in the Town Hall, 

 and was quite a success, all present 

 seeming to take quite an interest in 

 the subject of horticulture. The princi- 

 pal business of the meeting was the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year. 

 Mrs. E. Walter Rathbun was unani- 

 mously elected President; J. J. Keator, 



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