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Second Prize Garden, Owned by D. McClew, Deseronto, Ont. 



awarded to Mr. 

 was a beautiful 



geraniums were also beautiful. The gen- 

 eral effect was good and everything was 

 neat and clean." 



Second prize was 

 D. McClew. " This 

 lot," said Mr. Col- 

 lins, " but the gen- 

 eral efifect from the 

 street was not so 

 striking. The bed- 

 ding plants were fine 

 but more sparce in 

 the beds than many 

 of the others. The 

 most prominent 

 flowers and plants 

 were gladioli, dah- 

 lias, tuberous be- 

 gonias, asters, sweet 

 peas and nastur- 

 tiums." 



cover fences and un- 

 sightly places, and in 

 doing this Madiera 

 vine, nasturtiums, 

 sweet peas and all 

 growing asters were 

 used to good advant- 

 age. Besides these 

 there was a fine col- 

 lection of dahlias, 

 tuberous begonias and 

 other plants." 



Many societies in 

 dififerent parts of On- 

 tario could profit by 

 copying some of the 

 features which the Deseronto members have 

 found to be so successful. The distribu- 

 tion of seeds, bulbs and plants is good, and 

 flower shows create an interest in horticul- 

 tural work, but competition in lawns and 



Mr. H. E. Parks secured third prize. 

 " For back yard efifect," remarked Mr. Col- 

 lins, " this was simply perfection. The ef- 

 fect, however, must be for the public. The 

 side entrance was not as nice as some of the 

 others. There was a good effort made to 



Third Prize Garden, Owned by H. E. Parlts, Deseronto, Ont. 



garden flowers for the beautifying of the 

 lots does infinitely more to impress the 

 stranger with the beauty of the town, and 

 if a few are enthused in this way others copy 

 from them in order that their lots may look 

 as beautiful as the one beside it. 



