WHAT THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES ARE DOING 



Had an Enjoyable Outing. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Toronto 

 Horticultural Society was held on July 5 in St. 

 George's J:-..all, being more especially the annual 

 show of hardy roses. A beautiful display was 

 made, Exhibition Park taking first honors, 

 Alexander McHardy and — jrticultural Gardens 

 contesting for 2nd place, James Barwell and H. 

 Simmers for third place. x^oses were not the 

 only flowers displayea, and for which prizes by 

 point's, were offered, as Manton Bros, showed a 

 grand lot of native orchids, delphiniums, etc.; 

 H. Simmers, delphiniums, penstemons, iris and 

 gaillardia; James Barwell, tuberous begonias ; 

 R. Barker, white peonies and gaillardia. Sing- 

 ing and music were kindly rendered by Mr. 

 Ernest Tyrrell and Mrs. (Dr.) Shiell. The ex- 

 hibitors very kindly distributed all the cut 

 flowers to the laaies present. 



The energetic and 

 :apab e chairman of 

 the committee in 

 harge of the flor;-! 

 arrange menls for the 

 proposed frnit, flower 

 and honey show, to 

 be held in November, 

 namely .Mr. Edward 

 Tyrrell, or Toronto, 

 is here introduced to 

 the readers of The 

 Hort.cullurist. Mr. 

 I yrrell, who is an en- 

 thusiastic gardener, 

 is probably familiar 

 to many owing to the 

 series of interesting 

 articles he has con- 

 tributed to The Hor- 

 ticultu ist on floral 

 and plant lore. This 

 s the third consecu- 

 tive year that Mr. 

 Tyrrell has been the 

 president of the Hoi - 

 ticultural society and 

 he has held the presi- 

 dency tWiCe previ- 

 ously In regard to 

 the flower show Mi. 

 Ty rell says, "We 

 are going to make it the most complete flower show ever held in the 

 province. The gardeners are vieing with each other in their efforts 

 to make it a great success." 



Mr. Edward Tyrrell. 



Xext day, Wednesday, July 6, the members 

 and friends paid a visit to the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College, Guelph. Rain commenced fall- 

 ing before 7 o'clock in the morning, but that 

 did not deter some 170, of which a large number 

 were ladies, attending. Dinner was served, in 

 the form of a basket picnic, in the large gym- 

 nasium. In the absence of President Creel- 

 man the party was shown around the farm by 

 Prof. Hutt, Prof. Zavitz and Mr. Wm. Hunt, 

 and were delighted with what was seen. The 

 weather was fine in the afternoon. The party 

 was under the care of Edward Tyrrell, presi- 

 dent; H. R. x'rankland, vice-president; George 

 Musson, director, and were back in Toronto by 

 eight o'clock after spending a most delightful 

 day. 



Tilsonburg's Good Work Continues. 



In the distribution referred to in the May 

 Horticulturist 30 plots of ground were laid out 

 on Grand avenue, and 30 boys, selected from 

 the higher divisions of the public school, were 

 each given five packages of vegetable and 

 flower seeds, also some gladioli (Groff's mix- 

 ture). All these plots are now being culti- 

 vated by the boys. All the seeds and gladioli 

 are well up and looking fine; the plots are 

 clean and in good state of cultivation, most of 

 the boys being enthusiastic and doing their 

 work well under the direction of an experienced 

 instructor. These plots when at their best will 

 be judged, and prizes given in each division or 

 class, as well as a special prize for the best 

 kept plot showing the best results. 



As for the 300 or more packages of seeds, 

 these were distributed amongst the girl pupils 

 of the public school, and are grown in their 

 home gardens. A special committee visits 

 each of the home garden plots and reports to a 

 meeting of the Tillsonburg Horticultural so- 

 ciety, the result of their inspection, marking 

 each plot according to its degree of excellence 

 or otherwise. When the proper time comes a 

 school children's exhibition of the garden stuff 

 and flowers will be held at the town hall and 

 prizes awarded. The premiums are all money 

 prizes offered by the horticultural society, but 

 these may be supplemented by the li'berality of 

 friends. The secretary will visit each home 

 garden as well as help supervise the Grand 

 avenue plots. If possible a flower show will 

 be held at the same time as the school chil- 

 dren's exhibition. It is hoped that our endea- 

 vor to inculcate in the young a love of flowers 

 and the instruction given them this season will 

 bear fruit in due time. — (W. W. Livingstone, 

 Sec'y Hort'l Soc. 



Carry the Exhibits Free. 



Our society has been doing very good work 

 this season. Our annual flower show will be 

 held about the last of August. Anything in 

 the form of flowers are eligible for competi- 

 tion, and outsiders as well as members may 

 show. Rigs are hired to convey the plants to 

 and from the building in safety, oUt no prizes 

 are given and no admission charged. I think 

 it is more advisable to get people to show be- 

 cause they love the work than to have them 

 compete for prizes. — (J. H. Winkler, Sec'y 

 Waterloo Hort'l Soc. 



The Town Parks Cared For. 



Besides other work, already described in The 

 Horticulturist, the Peterboro Horticultural So- 

 ciety looks after the town parks. We get a 

 grant from the town and one from the county, 

 which are used for the purchase of flowers for 

 the teds, and paying for a caretaker. One 

 park, which was nothing but a weed bed when 

 leased to us three years ago, is now one of the 

 prettiest spots in the town. We are now con- 

 sidering some plan for increasing our member- 



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