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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



stock has made good growth and the plants are 

 in fine condition." 



TRADE DULL. 



" Trade has been somewhat dull," said Mr. J. 

 S. Simmons, the Yonge street florist. " Funeral 

 orders form the bulk of the trade now. Asters, 

 lilies and sweet peas are the main stock. 

 Gladioli are coming in. The specimens are ex- 

 cellent but not abundant. The centaurea is a 

 lovely flower and well liked by some, but there 

 is not a, heavy run on it as it does not last long. 

 It is a one-day flower, maintaining its fresh- 

 ness about the same length of time as the sum- 

 mer carnation." 



NOTES. 



D. J. Sinclair reports business better than is 

 usual at this season, owing to the demand for 

 funeral flowers and from the hospitals, etc. 

 Gladioli are coming in in quantity and the de- 

 mand is ibrisk. Asters are in fair supiply, most- 

 ly white. Carnations are off owing to many of 

 the growers having replanted. Roses are out 

 of season. What are coming in are very in- 

 ferior, with the exception of some very fine 

 Kaiserine. Peas in good supply. 



D. J. Sinclair intends making an exhibit of 

 supplies at the Montreal convention. 



E. Crowhurst, of Mimico. is sending in the 

 finest asters seen in Toronto. 



Geo. Gard is cutting some very fine Lillium 

 Aratum. 



Grobba & Wandry, of Mimico, are supplying 

 some excellent Album and Rubrum lillies. 



Without exception the best sweet peas sup- 

 plied to the Toronto florists are those grown by 

 Miss F. F. Young, of Bradford, Ont., who, al- 

 though an amateur, has the cultivation of sweet 

 peas down to a science. 



Campbell Bros., of Simcoe, are supplying a 

 choice lot of gladioli to the Toronto florists. 

 This firm has 15 acres from which to cut, and 

 judging from those coming in will have some 

 fine ones as the season advances. 



A rather unusual sight was , seen recently 

 when Mr. Thos. Manton, swinging gaily in his 

 hammock among a carload of palms, dracenas, 

 orchids, crotons, auracarias, orange trees, etc., 

 left Toronto for Winnipeg, to decorate the new 

 store of The T. Eaton Co. Mr. A. Jennings, 

 manager of the floral department in the Toronto 

 store, in speaking of the trip to The Horticul- 

 turist, said it was a record trip in many ways. 

 The car left Toronto July 5. arriving in Winni- 

 peg July 8. Mr. Manton accompanies the car. 

 On arriving at Winnipeg some of the boys evi- 

 dently thought the fruit on the orange trees 

 was brought for their special benefit, as they 

 helped themselves during Mr. Manton's absence. 

 Such a display was never before witnessed in 

 Winnipeg, and the palms, some of which were 

 20 feet in Tieight, caused a sensation. 



HAMILTON'S FRUIT AND FLOWER SHOW 



The Hamilton Fruit and Flower Show, adver- 

 tised in this i*sue. will be held in the Thistle 

 Rinks, Hamilton, September 12, 13 and 14. The 

 prize list is one which should assure the exhibit 

 of the best fruit and flower products from the 

 finest fruit and flower sections of Canada. The 

 Hamilton Horticultural society is straining 

 every effort to make the exhibition a success. 

 They are in no way competing with the Fruit, 

 Flower and Honey Show at Toronto, but be- 

 lieve that their dates are so arranged that they 

 will be able to have many of the early fruits on 

 exhibition which will not be in condition in No- 

 vember. 



The fruit list is a very extensive one, embrac- 

 ing 50 sections of apples, and offering large 

 prizes for export fruit in boxes 10 x 11 x 20 

 inches, confined to the following varieties : 

 Alexander, Blenheim. Mcintosh, King, Weal- 

 thy, Baldwin, Spy, Ontario, Gravenstein, Louise. 



In grapes there are 37 sections, including the 

 most profitable varieties. 



In peaches prizes are offered for 22 sections, 

 giving special prizes to seedlings worthy of in- 

 troduction, thus encouraging the art of the 

 hybridist. The majority of peaches will be at 

 their best during this exhibition. 



Fifty-three prizes are offered for pears, in- 

 cluding premiums for the best commercial and 

 dessert varieties. 



The plums are a fruit which will be in splen- 

 did condition for this exhibition, and the direc- 

 tors have realized this fact by offering prizes 

 for 25 different varieties and special prizes for 

 collections of Japanese and English plums, also 

 for general collections of merit. The quince, 

 a fruit which is not used as extensively as it 

 should be, has not ibeen overlooked. 



PRIZES FOR FLOWERS. 



It would be a mistake to conclude that while 

 the society has done everything to encourage 

 the production of fruit that it has in any way 

 neglected flowers. Good prizes are offered cov- 

 ering 100 sections, emibracing foliage, flowering 

 and specimen plants, hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials, annuals, and almost all cut P.owers which 

 will be in bloom about September 12. 



The professional florists have been liberally 

 dealt with. While their prize list is not as 

 large yet good prizes have been offered, and the 

 Hamilton Horticultural society well knows 

 frona past experience that they have not only 

 have the support of local florists but from all 

 professionals who can possibly attend. 



Mr. J. M. Dickson, of 22 Bruce street, Ham- 

 ilton, Canada, would be pleased to receive ap- 

 plications for prize lists and entry forms from 

 all interested. No entry fee will be chargjd. 

 Entries close September 4. 



