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Waterloo. — The Weekly Telegraph, 

 Waterloo, gives the following account of 

 the Third Annual Exhibition of the 

 Waterloo Horticultural Society : — 



The Third Annual Horticultural Show 

 under the auspices of the Waterloo Horti- 

 cultural Society, opened iu the Waterloo 

 Town Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 14. 

 The displays are the finest since the incep- 

 tion of the .Society, indicating that success 

 has marked the efforts of the local horticul- 

 turists. The interior of the hall is a veritable 

 flower garden, and the fragrance of the num- 

 erous blooming specimens is extremely sweet. 

 The exhibits are displajyed in such a manner 

 so as to command a perfect view, which reflects 

 much credit on the ladies, who supervised the 

 arranging. From a collective standpoint the 

 show is one of the finest ever witnessed in 

 Waterloo county, and shows what an interest 

 Waterloo people take in the culture of flow- 

 ers. An inspection of the exhibits revealed 

 the fact that there is a <leficiency in the quan- 

 tity of (Tladioli, but a decided improvement 

 in the quality. The most lieautiful display 

 is a collection of Campanidas, which surround 

 the stage. The specimens are very high and 

 their beauty is revealed in clusters of large, 

 bluish blooms. The collection of Begonias is 

 also very large, and of the choicest varieties, 

 comprising both foliage and tuberous-rooted 

 .plants. Probably the rarest and most highly 

 prized plant is a specimen of the " Old Man 

 Cactus," which presents a woolly appearance. 

 Exhibits of fruit and vegetables are also made. 



The stage resembles a mound of blooming 

 flowers, and the fragrance impregnates the 

 whole building. 



The Waterloo Horticultural Society was 

 formed three years ago with a membei-ship of 

 55. Since that time its membership has 

 steadily increased, and at the present time 

 there are counected with it 155 enthusiastic 

 horticulturists, all of whom are amateurs. 

 The .Society is under the auspices of the 

 Ontario Kruit (Jrowcrs' Association, and it 

 receives Government assistance. The .Society 

 was formed for the purpose of increasing local 

 interest in horticulture ; that this has been 

 accomplished the elaborate displays at the 

 show attest, as does also the increased mem- 

 bership of the Society. 



The show afiTords no advantages except to 

 create a deeper interest in the work, as no 

 prizes are awarded. All members work joint- 

 ly. The show will be continued this evening, 

 and residents of the Twin City who are fond 



of plants, should not miss this excellent op- 

 portunity of augmenting their knowledge of 

 horticulture. 



Seaforth. — On Monday, Sept. 6th, the 

 First Annual Flower Show of the Horticul- 

 tural Society was opened and it continued 

 until Wednesday the 8th. The Society in- 

 tended to hold their exhibition in the Agri- 

 cultural Hall, but owing to that building 

 being liurnt, they chose a vacant store in 

 Cardno's block. The hall was prettily deco- 

 rated with flags, bunting, emblems, ever- 

 greens, (ioldenrod, grain and autumn leaves. 

 The plants in pots and cut flowers were 

 mostly annuals, but be8i<Ie these there were 

 some very rare tropical plants, namely, a 

 Banana in fruitage, a .Screw Palm, two 

 Orange trees with fruit, a Chinese, Hibiscus 

 in Ijloom, a very large Balsam and a .Japanese 

 Feru. Out of this list, probably the greatest 

 novelty was the Banana tree which was 

 about o.\ feet high, with quite a large bunch 

 of bananas and a blossom. Judging from the 

 profusion and the variety, the Aster seemed 

 to be the favorite annual, for cultivation 

 with the people of Seaforth, as by far the 

 largest exhibit was made of that flower. The 

 Gladioli and Dahlia.s ranked secoml, as to 

 number and variety. The children's exhibit 

 was not as large as expected by the members 

 of the Horticultural .Society, as a large quan- 

 tity of the best seeds that could l>e bought, 

 were purchased by the Society and distributed 

 to the school in the spring. .Some of the 

 members of the Clinton Horticultural Society 

 kindly sent down some cut flowers to the 

 .Seaforth Society, to give the people here an 

 idea how the Clinton florists compare with 

 the Seaforthites. It is very encouraging to 

 the members of the Horticultural .Society, to 

 see the large number of people who are tak- 

 ing a lively interest in the show. This will 

 in all probability increase the number of 

 names on the membership roll for next year. 



We omit the list of awards made, as being 

 only of local interest. 



The show was to have Ijeen closed at 5 

 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, but on account 

 of being such a success and so many people 

 wanting to see the flowers, it was held open 

 till 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening. On that 

 evening a night - blooming Cactus opened 

 about 8 o'clock and added greatly to the 

 attractions of the show. The building was 

 lighted by the new Acetylene gas. The 

 members of the Society wish to compliment 

 Mr. Donald Stewart, of Brussels, for the just 

 and effective way in which he performed the 

 difficult task of awarding premiums to the 

 different plants and flowers. 



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