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Orillia. The Horticultural Society 

 here has issued a circular providing for 

 a new departure. This Society has been 

 long working on the old lines, and not 

 wishing to discontinue the prize system 

 at its exhibition now proposes two classes 

 of members, viz., (i) those paying $i.oo 

 who shall be entitled to entry of articles 

 for prizes, and free admission to exhibi- 

 tion, and (2) those paying $1.50 who in 

 addition shall be made members of the 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, re- 

 ceive the journal and plant given by it, 

 and in addition one dozen flowering 

 bulbs from the Orillia Society. 



questions put in the " drawer " at Picton and 

 Napanee. 



Grimsby. The following is the list of 

 plants to be given each member of the 

 Grimsby Horticultural Society on pay- 

 ing his subscription for 1898 : 



1 Genista 20c 



1 Rudbeckia 20c 



1 Swainsonia 20c 



1 Hydrangea paniculata 25c 



1 Peony 30c 



1 Heliotrope 10c 



1 Dwarf Salvia 10c 



1 Lilium Auratum 25c 



1 Gladiolus 10c 



1 Packet, Sweet Peas 5c 



$1 75 



Mr. Alexander McNeill, of Wind- 

 sor is lecturing to eighteen of our socie- 

 ties, taking more especially those East of 

 Toronto. He writes : 



"The Picton meeting came off in good 

 shape and had, perhaps, 150 people present. 

 I gave them " The Possibilities of a Town 

 Lot," and " Flowers, Their Forms and Func- 

 tions," illustrated with a splendid chart be- 

 longing to the late Prof. Panton. It makes a 

 very interesting talk, which I gave again last 

 night at Iroquois, with every evidence of at- 

 tention on the part of the audience. The 

 Napanee meeting was well attended. The 

 secretary has some most willing assistants in 

 the persons of Mrs. Wilkison, Mrs. McGill, 

 Mr. Symington, Mr, Herrington and others. 

 The hall was neatly decorated during the 

 afternoon by the ladies and gentlemen, with 

 flowers, draperies, rugs, etc., so that it looked 

 most inviting for the evening meeting. We 

 had an oil lantern but it was not a success. 



Our new pictures are all right for a calcium 

 light but the details are not developed at all 

 with an oil lamp. My insert slides were better. 

 The Iroquois officers are "all right." The 

 Secretary has a home on the bank of the St. 

 lAwrence, very beautifully situated and 

 which he is very anxious to plant for the best 

 effect. The President is Mr. Whitney, our 

 new Director for this district, a very fine old 

 gentleman, likely to be of use on our Board. 



I urged Mr. Ross, of Picton to prepare a 

 paper for the Horticulturist, on his experi- 

 ence with some of the common exotics when 

 treated as window or house plants. He has 

 a good collection, many of them in good 

 shape. 



I enclose in a separate envelope some of the 



Woodstock. — The Secretary of this 

 Society has sent out the following cir- 

 cular, dated i6th February: 



At the monthly meeting of the Woodstock 

 Horticultural Society held last night it was 

 decided to distribute to its members, who have 

 paid their annual subscription of $1 to the 

 Treasurer for 1898, on or before March 15th, 

 the following premiums ; The Canadian 

 Horticulturist and its premium ; also 4 

 bulbs "Groffs" new Hybrid Cannas 1898; 

 cherry tree ( Windsor) ; peach tree (Elberta)'; 

 hydrangea, plant for pot culture ; 1 oz Eck- 

 ford's new large flower sweet peas ; 1 pkt. 

 mixed Victoria aster or other good sorts ; 1 

 pkt. stocks, large flower, 10 weeks mixed ; 1 

 pkt. phlox, large flower, mixed ; 1 new Jap- 

 anese morning glory ; I pkt. pansies, Eng- 

 lish, large flower, mixed ; also 4 pkts. of 

 good common annuals not generally grown. 



Woodstock. — The Woodstock Horticul- 

 tural Society is a live organization which is 

 doing much to create an interest in floricul- 

 ture and other branches of horticulture. The 

 meeting in the council chamber last night 

 was attended by upwards of a hundred, and 

 included a few ladies who took a lively 

 interest in the proceedings. 



The greater part of the evening was given 

 up to a paper prepared and read by William 

 Gammage, florist, of London, on "house and 

 bedding plants." The paper showed a 

 thorough grasp of the subject, and contained 

 many useful hints to those engaged in the 

 culture of flowers. Among the plants dealt 

 with were the decorative, flowering, bulbs 

 and bedding classes. The speaker spoke of 

 flowers as having an ennobling and elevating 

 influence. Every home should have a win- 



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