OUR AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



Vice-President ; Rev. J. H. H. Coleman, 

 2nd \'ice-President. The Board of Di- 

 rectors was elected by ballot, and is as 

 follows: Mrs E. W. Rathbun, R. W. 

 I.loyd, H. Townsend, C. Chamberlain, 

 Mrs. W. S. McTavish, C Bennett, W. 

 G. Egar, E. J. Snarr, D. McClew. D. 

 McClew was appointed Secretary-Treas 

 urer and G. W. Wright and E A Rixon, 

 auditors. From the interest manifested 

 it is easy to predict a bright future for 

 the society. 



Smith's Falls — We had a very ; 

 meeting recently, and Prof. Craig spoke 

 for two hours and held the attention of 

 the audience the whole time. I think he 

 was much pleased with the interest 

 shown and seemed surprised that our 

 society had so many members. We 

 hope to have a few more yet befere 

 winter closes. 



RoBT. Gr.ah.a.m, Su., 



Smitlis Falls. 



LiNDS.^Y. — We are much obliged to 

 the Fruit Growers Association for send 

 ing us Prof. Craig, for he gave us so much 

 valuable information on Flowers in the 

 Home, and the planting of trees and 

 shrubs on the lawn. He also gave us 

 some fine stereopticon views. The instru- 

 ment was handled by Mr. Stevens of the 

 Collegiate Institute staff. There were 

 about one hundred and fifty present. 

 The President, Mr. W. M. Robson, was 

 chairman. 



F. Frampton, Sec. 



Grimsby. — On Tuesday evening, 

 March 2nd, Dr. Beadle lectured before 

 the Grimsby Horticultural Society in So- 

 ciety Hall. Mr. E. J. Palmer, the Presi- 

 dent, occupied the chair. The doctor 

 spoke on " Herbaceous Perennials, and 



among others mentioned the following as 

 desirable for succession : Acute leaved 

 Hepatica, Adonis Vernalis, Wood Ane- 

 mone, (nemorosa)Aquilegia Canadensis, 

 Astilbe, Japonica, St. Bruno's lily, Core- 

 opsis lanceolata, Hybrid Pyrethrum, An- 

 emone Japonica(red or white), Boltonea. 

 He advised planting the Snowdrop bulb 

 in September, and sweet peas also in the 

 fall, in drills about five inches deep in 

 the richest soil possible. Cover with 

 about three inches of soil and then fill 

 up in spring as they grow ; Cupid sweet 

 pea was white, a pretty dwarf, but the 

 long stem varieties better for cutting. 



Trees for the Lawn. — To have 

 the sward a brilliant green frequent roll- 

 ing is necessary after the seed has been 

 planted to compact the soil and secure 

 and even growth. The speaker noticed 

 that people generally tend to the artificial 

 in planting their lawn; because there is a 

 place for a flower bed or a clump of trees 

 on one side that is no reason why an- 

 other should be put on the other side 

 with mathematical precision, Straight 

 lines should be avoided — he liked to see 

 borders assume a wavy outline, flowers 

 massed for color effects, and trees and 

 shrubs planted in little clumps. He 

 advised liis hearers to have nothing to 

 do with the weeping willow — it might 

 have a place in graveyards or along 

 brooks, but the lawn is no place for it. 

 Another tree that should be banished is 

 the Manitoba Maple ; it is decidedly a 

 cheap tree and has nothing to recommnd 

 it but its rapid growth. Graceful elm 

 and hardy maple saplings fresh from the 

 bush should be planted, and we might add 

 that the cutting of the top is not a wise 

 act, as it spoils the symmetry of the tree 

 and rot eventually sets in near the cut. 

 The Lombardy poplars are sometimes 

 planted with advantage, but are not 



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