WHAT THE SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 



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of this society that a horticultural society should 

 be a factor in the public improvement of its 

 neighborhood has been followed closely again 

 this season with good progress. I cannot too 

 highly praise our officers in their zealous and 

 unpaid efforts, and the courtesy of our official 

 florist, L. H. Weaver, of Dunnville, and the 

 energy- of our secretary, F. G. Lishman. — (A. K. 

 Goodman, Treas. 



THE FOURTEENTH SHOW AT GALT. 



The Gait society held it fourteenth annual ex- 

 hibit on August 3i and 31. There was a good 

 exhibit in all classes, the specimen ferns and 

 coleuses being especially fine. The cut flow- 

 ers were also of a high quality and comprehen- 

 sive in character. The show was not patron- 

 ized as well as it deserved to be. W. Hunt, of 

 the O. A. C, Guelph, was the judge of pot plants, 

 and A. H. Ewing, of Woodstock, awarded the 

 prizes for cut flowers. H. S. Peart, of the O. 

 A. C, judged the fruit and vegetables. 

 NEEDLEWORK AT PRESTOX. 



The Preston society held a successful show 

 in the skating rink on September 6 and 7. The 

 exhibits were of a high order and competition 

 in many classes very close. An exhibit of 

 ladies' needle and fancy work gave an aduc- in- 

 terest to the exhibit. The attendance was 

 good. TV. Hunt, of the O. A. C, Guelph, judged 

 the plants and flowers, and E. Lane, of Gait, 

 awarded the prizes for the fruit and vegetable 

 display. 

 SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOTi^ AT SIMCOE. 



In the spring the Simcoe society distributed 

 seeds among the children of the public schools, 

 with the understanding that a big flower show 

 would be held in the fall. The show was held 

 in the drill shed September 7 and the success of 

 the scheme can be judged from the fact that 

 there was almost four times as many entries as 

 in 1904. The display on the tables ■^"as grand, 

 and the competition was so close that it is 

 thought more than three prizes should have 

 been awarded. Judge Robb and Mr. "^V. S. Tis- 

 dale awarded the prizes. Many vegetables 

 were on exhibition. In the evening band music 

 and appropriate recitations added to the enjoy- 

 ment of the visitors. — (Henry Johnson. 



EXCELLENT SHOW AT BRANTFORD. 



The executive of the Brantford societj^ were 

 well pleased with the results of their distribu- 

 tion of about 6,000 packages of seeds to the 

 school children. The exhibition of flowers 

 held on September 15 was a huge success. The 

 secretary recorded about 600 entries of asters, 

 verbenas, phlox drummondi, scabiosa and sal- 

 piglossis, besides about 50 entries of baskets of 

 cut flowers. In all about 130 prizes were 

 awarded. The premiums given consisted of 



fine specimen plants of palms, ferns, dracenas, 

 araucarias and bulbs. The evening meeting 

 was presided over by Mr. Dempster, president 

 of the society. In a very interesting address 

 Mr. Wm. Hunt, of the O. A. C, Guelph, com- 

 mended the action of the Brantford City Coun- 

 cil in granting the society the sum of $100 as 

 being one of the best outlays the city had ever 

 made. Those present heartily endorsed the 

 outlay by loud applause. Directions for the 

 care and culture of the plants awarded as prem- 

 iums were given by the speaker in his address, 

 as well as a practical demonstration on the pot- 

 ting of bulbs and their after culture and care. 

 ELMIRA'S SECOND ATTEMPT. 



The directors of the Elmira society are to be 

 congratulated on the syccess of their second 

 flower show, which was held August 24. A 

 large number of fine specimens of the floral 

 kingdom were on exhibit. The children's ex- 

 hibit of asters grown from seed given to them 

 by the society was particularly fine. The ad- 

 mission receipts show that over 2,000 people, be- 

 sides the children, visited the show. 



KEEN COMPETITION AT BELLEVILLE. 



Last spring the Belleville society distributed 

 flower seeds among the children of the different 

 classes in every school in the city. In Septem- 

 ber the scholars from the high, public and sepa- 

 rate schools were in their glory displaying the 

 flowers. The total number of entries was about 

 300. Each school had its (display upon one of 

 the large tables which are in the building, and 

 it was rather difficult to tell which school had 

 the best exhibit. In the afternoon the building 

 was open to the public and many of the parents 

 and others visited the show, all being apparently 

 much pleased. 



FEWER ENTRIES AT STRATFORD. 



The City Hall was the centre of attraction for 

 a large number of citizens on the evening of 

 September 6 at the opening of the Stratford 

 society's annual show. Flags and bunting along 

 with the numerous tables of beautiful plants 

 and flowers made the hall a pleasant place to 

 spend the evening. There was a noticeable 

 falling off in quantity but no deterioration in 

 quality. The flower and plant department was 

 very attractive. Among the flowers were some 

 very fine sweet peas, single petunias and asters, 

 while several superb specimens of the rubber 

 plant and begonia were highly admired. The 

 judging of flowers and plants was done by Mr. 

 Wm. Gammage, of London. In pot plants 

 Messrs. Wm. Sanderson and S. B. Webb carried 

 off most of the prizes. 



The vegetables were somewhat of a disap- 

 pointment, the display being quite small. The 

 fruits occupied one table. Apples were a fine 

 sample, but inferior to last year's. 



Report Your Meetings 



Officers of horticultural societies are earnestly 

 urged to send notes regarding the doings of 

 their societies to the society editor for publica- 

 tion in each issue. Programs of meetings held. 



copies of addresses read, and subjects discussed 

 are all interesting to our readers. Let us have 

 all you can. The more the better. Contribu- 

 tions can be received up to the 22nd of each 

 month. 



