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The May Meeting Was Interesting 



At the regular monthly meeting of the To- 

 ronto Horticultural society, held in May, an 

 exhibition of bedding plants was made, and Mr. 

 Wm. Hunt, of the Ont. Agri. College, Guelph, 

 gave a good, plain and instructive talk on gar- 

 den work for the season, describing the proper 

 method of making a lawn, the places for the 

 flower beds, and the classes of flowers suitable 

 for the various places. He emphasized the 

 great advantage of growing perennials in some 

 of the permanent borders, naming many he 

 thought not suitable and perfectly hardy. Un- 

 sightly walls, etc., he said, might be covered 

 with climbing plants, and rockeries be made in 

 corners. In these w:ays a small plot of ground 

 may ibe made a place of beauty. Many ques- 

 tions were asked and answers given by Messrs. 

 Hunt, Manton, J. McP. Ross, and others. 



The officers of the society and a large number 

 of members and visitors were present. The so- 

 ciety will hold a pansy show the first Tuesday 

 in June, and near the latter end of the month 

 the annual show of roses will be held, it b^ing 

 the desire of the society to stimulate the 

 growth of hardy roses. Exhibits from friends 

 outside the city will be much appreciated. Mr. 

 Chas. E. Chambers, Exhibition Park, is secre- 

 tary. — (Edward Tyrrell, pres. Toronto Hort'l soc. 



Holds Good SI10WS 



The Kingston Horticultural society in the 

 pa^t has applied itself to practical as opposed 

 to theoretical work. Instead of defraying the 

 expenses of speakers it has joined, year after 

 year, with the city agricultural society, and put 

 on a splendid horticultural show as part of the 

 annual fair. Their displays of flowers, etc., on 

 these occasions have been highly praised by 

 outsiders as well as by citizens. It is doubt- 

 ful if finer displays could be found anywhere. 

 Splendid money prizes have been given, and 

 these have greatly encouraged and stimulated 

 interest in local horticulture and floriculture. 



In all probability the Horticultural society 

 will hold a separate show this summer or fall, 

 as there is little prospect of a fall fair. To 

 make this a success the society will use its 

 strongest endeavor.^(L.eman A. Guild, sec- 

 treas. Kingston Hort'l soc. 



Have Interested the Children 



The Xewmarket Horticultural society has 

 completed arrangements and prize lists for its 

 flfth annual flower show, to be held in the skat- 

 ing rink at some date in July. A promenade 

 band concert will be given in the evening. 

 There will be a school children's sweet pea com- 

 I>etition, open to the children of the public and 

 separate schools, for which no entrance fee will 

 be charged. 



A packet of the best strain of mixed pea seed 

 has been given to every pupil 9 years of age and 

 over, attending the schools, who has applied for 

 it. and who has agreed to grow the flowers for 

 this competition. Although the bulk of the 

 prizes will be offered for exhibits of flowers, 



there will also ibe exhibits of fruits and vege- 

 tables. 



■^''e find the interest in horticultural matters, 

 as well as the number of our exhibits, increas- 

 ing very materially each year. This spring we 

 held a meeting, which was addressed by Mr. T. 

 H. Race, of Mitchell, who gave us an interest- 

 ing lecture. — ("Wm. Keith, sec. Newmarket 

 Hort'l soc. 



Have Given the Children Flowers 



I would like to hear through your pages the 

 methods adopted by other societies in dis- 

 tributing premiums to members. It has been 

 the custom in Hespeler to allow members to 

 make a choice to the value of 60 cents of any 

 kind of shade, ornamental or fruit trees, shrubs, 

 flowers or ibulbs, and also to make their choice 

 of premiums offered by The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist, as well as to receive that paper. If 

 any one will tell us of any better method I for 

 one would be glad to hear it. Our aim is to 

 give every member, as far as possible, just 

 what he most needs. 



Our society distributed. 200 geraniums and 

 coleus among the school children during the 

 second week in May. The teachers detained 

 the children they thought would be likely to 

 take care of a plant, after school, and the princi- 

 pal, the Rev. C. W. Cook, and the writer, in a 

 few words, explained to the children the plants 

 were the gift of the Horticultural society and 

 that those who received them were expected to 

 take every care of them. In the fall an exhi- 

 bition will be held of all the plants, when a 

 number of prizes will be given for the best 

 plants. A few simple directions were given as 

 to the treatment the plants require, and the chil- 

 dren filed out each receiving a plant. fThe chil- 

 dren were pleased, and in many instances the 

 parents have developed an interest, partly per- 

 hapis to please the children. These are the 

 first flowers many of the little ones have ever 

 been able to call their own, and I believe will 

 help to develop ^ love for flowers and the beau- 

 ties of nature. — (E. Gurney, sec. Hespeler 

 Hort'l soc. 



THE SAN JOSE SCALE IN ONTARIO 



(Continued from page 232.) 



Canada from California, axid the quantity used 

 has increased every year. The next most 

 popular preventive is crude oil. This is used 

 quite extensively in the Niagara peninsula, 

 where 8,376 gallons were applied this year. In 

 summer, when the scale is found on trees, crude 

 or kerosene emulsion is used to prevent its 

 spreading. 



" In sections where the townships have ap- 

 pointed local inspectors, as they are required 

 to do on the application of fifteen growers, good 

 work seems . to have been done to check the 

 pest. With the information we now have in 

 our possession there does not seem, to be any 

 grave danger of the disease spreading to any 

 great extent." 



