WHAT THE SOCIETIES ARE DOIXG. 



LADY MINTO'S GARDEN COMPETITION. 



For several years Lady Minto has offered 

 prizes for the best kept gardens in the city of 

 Ottawa. The results of the competition held 

 last year have been recently made known. In 

 the first class the successful competitors will 

 be given an engraved certificate signed by Her 

 Excellency and the judges. A silver medal 

 will be given to each competitor scoring 180 

 points, or 75 per cent of the number obtainable. 



The winners in the first class were : "W. G. 

 Black, Alex. Lumsden, Lady Aylmer, James 

 Hagan, Mrs. Peter Whelan, G. A. White, James 

 Thorn, J. E. Northwood, C. C. Cummlngs and 

 S. Short. In the second class the competitors 

 who secured 60 per cent, will also receive an 

 engraved certificate and a cash prize. They 

 were : J. H. Bennett, W. G. Smith, J. G. Gib- 

 son, H. A. Scott and C. A. Parker. The judges 

 were Mayor J. A. Ellis, Prof. W. T. Macoun and 

 Mr. R. B. Whyte. There will be no competi- 

 tion this year owing probably to the fact that 

 Their Excellencies dre leaving. The competi- 

 tions are believed to have done great good. 



FALL FRUIT AND FLOWER SHOW. 



A joint meeting of representatives of the To- 

 ronto Horticultural society, Toronto Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Association, Toronto Electoral 

 District society, and representatives of the On- 

 tario Fruit growers' association, was held in 

 Toronto April 19, to make arrangements for the 

 joint fruit, flower and honey show planned to be 

 held in Toronto next November. 



The representatives present were Messrs. J. 

 H. Dunlop, Thos. Manton, John Chambers, for 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' association ; E. 

 Tyrrell, E. F. Collins, of the Toronto Horticul- 

 tural society ; W. G. Rook, J. McP. Ross and E. 

 F. Collins, of the Electoral District society, and 

 H. B. Cowan, representing the Fruit Growers' 

 association. A rough estimate of the expenses 

 of holding the show placed it at about $2,500, 

 including prize lists for the floral department, 

 but not for the fruit. The show will probably 

 be held in the Granite street rink, as it will be 

 impossible to obtain the armouries. A meeting 

 will be held in a few days, when arrangements 

 for the show will be rushed. It is intended to 

 make it a big affair. 



East Lambton Fruit Growers. — At a meeting 

 of fruit growers held at Arkona, April 11, a 

 fruit growlers' as^sociation was formed, with 

 Philip Austin, president ; Geo. Gott, vice-presi- 

 dent ; W. J. Seymour, secretary-treasurer, all 

 of Arkona ; directors, David Johnston, Thomas 

 Riggs, of Arkona; W. A. Hodgson, of Forest ; 

 J. W. Johnston, of Sylvan ; David Simmons, 

 Donald Johnston, of Forest. The association 

 starts with a list of 27 members. 



We find The Canadian Horticulturist a valu- 

 able advertising medium, circulating largely as 

 it does among those who take an interest in the 

 cultivation of flowers. — (Campbell Brothers, 

 Nurserymen and Florists, Simcoe, Ont.) 



Diplomas Will be Given. — The board of direc- 

 tors of the Toronto Horticultural society have, 

 subject to the approval of the society, decided 

 to award diplomas to those who take an interest 

 In making the surroundings of their places' of 

 business, etc., attractive with plants and flowers 

 or well-kept lawns. The diplomas will be de- 

 termined by the report of a special committee 

 who will make it their business to ascertain who 

 are entitled to them. The diploma is of hand- 

 some design, lithogr^aphed in Ave colors, and 

 while the aggregate expense to the society in 

 distributing them will be considerable, it is felt 

 that in awarding it the society will have noth- 

 ing to be ashamed of. — (Charles E. Chambers, 

 sec. Toronto Hort'l Soc. 



Ottawa Society Active. — Arrangements have 

 been made by the Ottawa Horticultural society 

 for an exhibition on May 10. Prizes will be 

 oiTered for exhibits of Pansies, Narcissus, Hya- 

 cinths, Tulips, Herbaceous Perennial Blooms, 

 Geraniums, rhubarb, asparagus, lettuce and 

 radishes. There will be a prize for Tulips, given 

 by Prof. C. E. Saunders, of the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm. Exhibitions will also be held in 

 June, July and August, and two in September. 



Our society has bought 200 plants to dis- 

 tribute among the school children, with instruc- 

 tions that the plants will be exhibited in the 

 fall, when prizes will be given for the best kept 

 plants. — (E. Gurney. sec. Hort'l Society. Hes- 

 peler, Ont. 



Grimsby Horticultural Society has a good 

 program for May, June and July, and it is ex- 

 pected that the meeting's will be largely at- 

 tended. — (.J. W. Brennan, sec. 



We know our advertisement in The Canadian 

 Horticulturist is read and appreciated by our 

 many customers in Canada. — (Flansburg & Pier- 

 son, Leslie, Mich. 



Trace less Harness. — ^Fruit growers report the 

 Baker Traceless Harness, manufactured by the 

 B. F. Baker Company, Burnt Hills, New York, 

 is a success. It is adapted to work on the 

 plow, harrow, cultivator, scraper, log hauling, 

 the stone boat, and all kinds of low down farm 

 work. It is light, strong, does not gall or 

 chafe, and allows the utmost freedom of the 

 horse. To the fruit grower this harness is 

 very convenient. It eliminates the barking and 

 skinning of trees, as it has neither traces nor 

 singletrees. A harness which enables growers 

 to cultivate close up to trees without interfer- 

 ence of single tree or tug, and with absolutely 

 no danger to the trees is a boon. Many users 

 who have once tried it feel that they could not 

 possibly go back to traces and singletrees again. 

 The catalogue issued by the manufacturer illus- 

 trates and describes the harness fully. A card 

 will bring it, with all particulars. 



