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Fk;. 1245. — Photo, .showing arrangement of Plant.s and 

 FLOVVER.S IN Centre op Hall. 



Kincardine Horticultural Society. 



On short notice, President A. C. Washburn 

 and his board of ilireotors set to work to hold 

 a floral and horticultural exhibition in the 

 town hall. The date was Friday last, after- 

 noon and evening, and the success which at- 

 tended the att'air exceeded the most sanguine 

 anticipations of the promoters. All day 

 Thursday plants, flowers and fruits with a 

 few vegetables were gathered from those who 

 had an interest in the Society, and under the 

 able direction of the president and Mrs. 

 Washburn, willing hands in a very short 

 time transformed the Town Hall into one 

 vast bower of bloom and foliage. In the cen- 

 tre of the hall was an octagonal pyramid, 

 having a diameter of about twelve feet, and 

 towering up to about as many feet in height. 

 This was surmounted liy a magnificent pot of 

 Dahlias, while the sides contained potted 

 plants, many of them possessing magnificent 

 bloom and others beautiful foliage. Extend- 

 ing down the east and west sides and across 

 the rear of the hall, were arranged tables 

 which bore a wealth of plants and cut flow- 

 ers, including everything that was beautiful 

 in I'alms, Begonias, Oleanders, Hibiscus, 

 Fuchsias, (ieraniums. Lilies, Cannas, etc , 

 with a profusicm of cut Roses, Gladioli, 

 Asters, Dahlias, Sweet Peas, etc. 



The show of Plums and Pears with a few 

 Apples was very creditable, while the larger 

 vegetables were represented by I'umpkins 

 and Sijuashes. The stage was beautifully set 

 with foliage and flowering plants. One strik- 

 ing feature of the exhibition was the results 

 shown of the fruit spraying in Norman Mc- 

 Pherson's orchard by Mr. Dewar, who con- 



ducted the spraying during the spring months 

 under the direction of the Agricultural De- 

 partment of the Ontario Government Mr. 

 McPherson had some branches bearing fruit 

 on exhibition. Some were cut from trees 

 that had been sprayed, and alongside were 

 branches from trees that had not been 

 sprayed. It was plainly to be seen that Mr. 

 Dewar liad done his work well, and the strik- 

 ing object lesson was taught hundreds, the 

 absolute necessitj' there was to have fruit 

 trees sprayed, if the best results were to be 

 looked for from the orchard. The trees that 

 had been sprayed bore fruit of good size, 

 clean and free from scabs, while those that 

 had been left without spraying had fruit 

 that was dwarfed, ill-shapen and scabby. 

 The Horticultural Society has been the first 

 means in this section of showing, in a public 

 way, the splendid results which follow the 

 proper spraying of trees, and it is quite cer- 

 tain that the exhibition made liy Mr. Mc- 

 Pherson will cause many to follow in the 

 good work illustrated by Mr. Dewar in a 

 Kincardine orchard last spring. 



In the evening the Town Hall was filled 

 with an audience which highly appreciated 

 the exhibition. During the evening Presi 

 dent \Va.shburn called tlie audience to order 

 and presented an excellent programme of 

 music. In a brief speech he recounted the 

 organization of the Society in Kincardine, 

 showed wherein the members had been 

 greatly benefited by the distribution of plants, 

 bulbs and trees, and the dissemination of 

 such literature as the Canadian Hoktuitl- 

 tdrist and bound volumes of the reports of 

 the (Canadian Fruit (Growers' Association. 

 The Kincardine .Society had a membership of 



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