May, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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SOCIETY NOTES 



We invite the offloerg ol Hortl- 

 onltaral Societies to send in short, 

 pithy reports of work that woqM in- 

 terest members of other Horticultu- 

 ral Societies. 



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Good Work by Societies 



Some very attractive option lists are 'be- 

 ing distributed this year by a number of 

 the horticultural societies in Ontario. The 

 list sent out by the St. Catharines Horticul- 

 tural Society is a remarkable one. There 

 are fifty-four options. The complete option 

 list was published in the Daily Standard 

 of St. Catharines, and occupied, with ad- 

 ditional information about the work of the 

 society, over five columns. The member- 

 ship of the society last year was six hundred 

 and seventy-five, the second largest m its 

 history. 



The society will hold a rose show this year 

 as usual, and will continue the gratuitou.s 

 distribution of aster seeds to the pupils of 

 the schools who desire to accept them. 

 Last year the society supplied a quartette 

 of gladioli bulbs at the normal price of five 

 cents per set, although it cost the society 

 nearly three times that amount, to nearly 

 one thousand pupils. There is not an op- 

 tion among the fifty-four ofiered hy the 

 society which would cost from one dollar 

 twenty-five cents or two dollars if bought 

 in the ordinary retail manner. 



BARRIB SOCIETY IS GROWING 



The Barrie Horticultural Society is offer- 

 ing ten options this year. During the past 

 five years the membership of the society has 

 increased from sixty-three in 1907 to two 

 hundred and seventy in 1911. This year a 

 membership of four hundred is aimed at. 

 Prizes are to be awarded as usual for win- 

 dow boxes, flower beds, lawns and boule- 

 vards. The annual flower .show will be held 

 in the Town Hall in August or September. 

 Last year the society paid about twenty 

 per cent more than the town grant in 

 prizes for lawns, boulevards, window boxes 

 and flower beds, and returned to the mem- 

 bers in premiums more than the value of 

 their fees, besides giving generous prizes 

 at the flower show. 



ACTIVITY IN TORONTO 



The High Park District Ratepayers' As- 

 sociation of Toronto, which this year is af- 

 filiated with the Weston Horticultural So- 

 ciety, has decided to donate prizes this year 

 consisting of trophies, shields and medals. 

 for the beet kept lawns and gardens, and for 

 the be.st sipecimens of flowers and flower gar- 

 dens. The district has been divided into 

 sub-divisions, and separate prizes will be 

 offered in each sub-division. The di.stricts 

 comprise a territory of four square miles. 



MONTREAL 80CIBTT 



During February and March the pro- 

 prietors of a number of the finest con-serva- 

 toriee in Montreal opened their conserva- 

 tories to the mombers of the Montreal Hor- 

 ticultural Society and their friends on cer- 

 tain days and dates, a list of which was 

 sent to all the members. Among the con- 

 servatories thus opened were those of Sir 

 Wm. Van Home, Hon. Senator Mackay, R. 

 B. Angus, Esq.; Chas, B. Gordon. F/sq.; Sir 

 Montague Allen. Lt.-Col. Frank S. Afeighon 

 and a ntiiwber of others. 



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