WHAT THE SOCIETIES ARE DOING 



The North York Horticultural Society held 

 an exhibition at Newmarket in conjunction 

 with the York County agricultural show. 

 Twenty departments were well represented. 

 Entries in tlowers totalled 197, while in plants 

 there were 56 competitors, and in the children's 

 department 223. The show was a decided suc- 

 cess. 



PINE SHOW AT HESPELER. 



Good work has been done during the sum- 

 mer by the horticultural society at Hespeler. 

 In the spring over 200 geraniums and coleuses 

 were distributed among the school children, 

 with the understanding that an exhibition 

 would be given in the fall for the best plants. 

 Interesting and practical instructions regard- 

 ing the care of the specimens were, given at 

 that time by Mr. Wm. Hunt, of the O. A. C, 

 Guelph. In reporting the exhibition Secretary 

 Davis says that the quality of the specimens at 

 the exhibition showed that these instructions 

 had been well followed. About $50 were given 

 in prizes and the plants were judged by Messrs. 

 Bryce and Lane, of Gait. Four long tables 

 were filled with plants, cut flowers and fruit, 

 while many exhibitors had to place their en- 

 tries on the floor. 



In the evening Dr. A. Ochs called on Mr. Geo. 

 Pattinson, M.P.P., president of Preston so 

 ciety, who declared the exhibition open, and 

 pointed out some of the beneflts of the society 

 to the members and to the communnity. 



The president, Mr. David Rife, presided at 

 the evening program, when over 400 visitors 

 enjoyed short addresses and vocal and instru- 

 mental music. 



TORONTO'S OCTOBER MEETING. 



A report from Mr. Chas. E. Chambers, secre- 

 tary of Toronto Horticultural Society, states 

 that an interesting meeting was held on Octo- 

 ber 3. " The fall care of plants " was taken 

 up by Mr. B. F. Collins, and Mr. Herman Sim- 

 mers gave an interesting and instructive ad- 

 dress on " Bulb culture." A resolution was 

 passed expressing sympathy with Mrs. Tyrrell 

 and her family in the death of her husband, 

 Mr. Edward Tyrrell, who was for many years 

 associated with the society both as president 



PETERBORO'S COMPETITIONS. 

 The Peterboro society during the past season 

 endeavored to encourage the beautifying of the 

 home surroundings. Competitions were ar- 

 ranged for those who paid for all the labor, for 

 those who paid for part of the labor, and for 

 those who did all the work themselves. The 

 taste and skill displayed has proved to be 

 worthy of imitation and those who competed 

 this year are benefactors to their fellow citi- 

 zens. Barren and unsightly places have been 

 changed into beautiful gardens. In awarding 

 the prizes the judges did not place those which 

 were most extensive first. Natural conditions 

 were taken into consideration and awards were 

 made according to the skill shown in working 

 under adverse circumstances and producing 

 good effects. The prizes were awarded as fol- 

 lows : Class I, all done with paid labor : A. 

 L. Davis, 1, Hon. J. R. Stratton, 2; Mrs. Wm. 



Hamilton, 3. Class II, partly home and partly 

 paid labor : Adam Hall, 1 ; Mrs. Kilgour, 2 ; 

 Thos. Tucker, 3. Class III, all home work: 

 Mrs. Thorndyke, 1 ; George Elliott, 2 ; James 

 Stevenson, 3. 



The energetic directors are planning for 

 good work next season and have distributed 

 8,000 Dutch bulbs for fall planting and 7,000 

 tulips among the members of the society. 



The Smith's Falls Horti- 

 cultural Society owes its ori- 

 gin and successful existence 

 largely to the energy and 

 work of Dr. J. S. McCalluni, 

 who has filled the position ol 

 pre.vident since ihe formation 

 of the society, nine years ago. 

 The Doctor is a many-sided 

 man, and is chairman of tlie 

 town's financ" committee, and 

 has served many years on the 

 board of education, part "I 

 the time as chairman. Tli'- 

 society has a membership "I 

 over ICO of the most inlelh- 

 gent people of the community, 

 and is doing a good work. 

 Some years ago the society 

 induced the corporation nl 

 Smith's Falls to lease from 

 the Dominion govenuiient a 

 few acres of rough, broken 

 land along the Ridei-u canal. 

 This has been reclaimed, 

 filled and made into a lawn, 

 with shrubs, flowers, etc., 

 furnishing a good object les- 

 son in hoiticulture and an agreeable breathing place in summer for 

 the citizens. 



Is a Good Work. — To my mind, one of the best 



things any horticultural society can do is to get 

 in touch with the principal of the public school 

 in the town or district, and arrange with him 

 for a distribution of plants among the school 

 children, thereby getting the young people In- 

 terested in flowers, etc. This is one of the best 

 ways of bringing to the front the finer and bet- 

 ter feelings in a person ; the same applies to 

 adults. The more a person studies flowers, 

 etc., the more refined and considerate that per- 

 son becomes. — (R. Davis, Sec. Hespeler Horti- 

 cultural Soc. 



DR. J. S, McCALLUM. 



Exporting Apples. — We are very often likely 

 to taste an apple and say that is a good variety. 

 It would take thousands of dollars to put some 

 of our varieties on the market. I can mention 

 a dozen varieties' that are better than those we 

 are placing on the English market, but it would 

 take tens of thousands of dollars to place these 

 varieties there. Shipping qualities should 

 come first, then the keeping qualitiesv then the 

 appearance and finally this last point that of Its 

 taste. — (A. McNeill, Ottawa, before Nova Scotia 

 Fruit Growers' Association. 



On one of the front pages of this number the 

 Dominion Government officials who used the 

 power sprayer furnished by The Spramotor 

 Company, of London, Ont., during the past sea- 

 son have endorsed this power sprayer. The 

 machine was operated in Nova Scotia by Mr. 

 G. H. Vroom in demonstration spraying. Not 

 a day's work was lost and there were no com- 

 plaints on account of want of power. 



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