THE WATERLOO FRUIT AND FLOWER GROWERS. 



gentleman present, with thirteen flowers 

 upon it. They were exceedingly satis- 

 factory, and we are much obh'ged to 

 your Association. Besides, we ourselves 

 purchased and distributed 67 plum 

 trees, 67 cherry trees, 402 raspberry 

 plants, 37 hydrangea grandiflora, 37 

 rose bushes, 612 house plants and 1,860 

 hyacinth bulbs. It requires no explana- 

 tion on my part to convince everyone 

 that such a distribution must have a 

 great effect in a small town like this, 

 which will be evident in a few years. 

 The hyacinth bulbs have proven very 

 satisfactory, a good many members hav- 



We well know how much your Asso- 

 ciation has done with the aid of the 

 Government to encourage fruit growing 

 in this country, which is a great source 

 of wealth, but we consider that the 

 Government is also doing well in assist- 

 ing floriculture. I can see nothing 

 that tends to encourage home making 

 more than growing flowers about the 

 house and garden. 



We have an exhibition here which is 

 made free to the public. The town 

 council gives us the free use of the hall, 

 and we invite everybody who chooses 

 to bring in exhibits, and we send a con- 



FxG. 1281.— Scene 

 ing never grown them before. You can 

 hear the school children telling each 

 other of the beautiful flowers they have 

 in their houses. They had seen the 

 dry bulbs put in a flower pot with some 

 earth and set away in the cellar for some 

 weeks, and anxiously inquired why. 

 Later they saw these bulbs brought up 

 with the spikes started, and watched 

 them day after day until they blossomed 

 into beautiful and fragrant flowers as 

 fine ^s the richest grow in their conser- 

 vator' ?s. See what an influence all this 

 has had upon them. 



IN Waterloo Park. 



veyance to bring and return heavy and 

 valuable plants. You would require to 

 visit our exhibition to see the interest 

 that is taken in it. A committee of 

 ladies with excellent taste arrange the 

 plants upon the tables, not classifying 

 them as when prizes are given, but they 

 place them in the centre and around the 

 sides of the hall so as to produce the 

 best effect, for in this way you can 

 arrange flowers and shrubs of different 

 colors so as to make a beautiful display, 

 much better than when they have to be 

 arranged for judging. 

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