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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Increased the Door Receipts 



Our annual show is held in September, and 

 usually has about 200 entries. The prize 

 money paid amounts to about $150. Last year 

 we g-ave the children about $50 in seeds and 

 plants, which were to be exhibited at the fall 

 show. We afterwards found a great many of 

 the children had sold them. However, we had 

 thirty entries, ana some of the chil'dren ob- 

 tained as much as $5 in prizes. 



This season we have g-iven away 150 plants, 

 three to each child, for which we have charged 

 them ten cents, to be refunded if the plants are 

 exhibited. The result has been that we have 

 procured a far better class of applicants than 

 we had last year. We find as a result of the 

 children exhibiting we have an increase in our 

 door receipts of more than double over last 

 year. This year we are considering the ad- 

 visability of holding a promenade concert in 

 connection with our show. — (H. L. Beal, Sec. 

 Peterboro Hort'l Soc. 



Have Held Many Shows 



The Gait Horticultural Society held its 

 13th annual exhibition an^. flower show at the 

 Hockey rink, August 31 and September 1 and 

 2. On the opening day ' the exhibition was 

 open only in the evening, and the two remain- 

 ing days from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. 



The prize list was a long one, and consisted of 

 all cash prizes. Class A comprised plants in 

 pots, open to all; class B, plants in pots, open 

 to amateurs only; class D, cut flowers; class E, 

 cut flowers, open to all; class F, fruits, to be 

 shown unpolished, open to all, also including 

 grapes grown under glass and in the open air, 

 and class G, vegetables, open to all. There 

 were ten special prizes for different displays, in- 

 cluding single flowers, bouquets, baskets, deco- 

 rated table, plants, etc. 



School Children's Sweet Pea Exhibition 



The most interesting feature of the regular 

 monthly meeting of the Ottawa Horticultural 

 -Society during August was the exhibition of 

 sweet peas made by the school children of the 

 city, for which prizes were offered by Mr. R. B. 

 Whyte, of Ottawa. There were 110 entries, 

 many of the exhibits being remarkably fine. 

 The display was a handsome one.. 



A short address was given to the children 

 by. Mayor J. A. Ellis, who acted as a judge of 

 the exhibit. An illustration of this exhibit will 

 jbe published in The Horticulturist before long. 

 The regular meeting of the society was well 

 attended, and there were numerous exhibits. 



During the summer the attention of our 

 society has been directed to the beautifying of 

 the old cemeteries in the town, and this work 

 has been entrusted to a committee of ladies 

 chosen from the members of the society. The 

 work has proven very successful and has been 

 the means of bringing our society more promi- 

 nently before the public. — (C. J. Foy, Sec. Perth 

 Hort'l Soc. 



A Popular House Meeting 



The members of the Grimsby Horticultural 

 Society .met at the house of Mr. Linus Wool- 

 verton August 16. Each member was requested 

 to bring at least one contribution to the flower 

 table, and so many of them responded that the 

 dining room extension table at full length 

 scarcely afforded room for the gorgeous dis- 

 play. The hours were from seven to 10 p. m., 

 and the whole affair had the air of an evening 

 reception. An unusually interesting musical 

 program added greatly to the evening's plea- 



One of the most enter- 

 prising and successful hor- 

 ticultural societies in the 

 province is located in the 

 little town of Perth, its 

 president being Mr. Charles 

 iVleighen, who^e likeness is 

 here shown. This soeiety 

 has done a great deal to 

 improve the public spots in 

 the town. In this connec- 

 tion Mr. Meighen was the 

 prime mover in having the 

 grounds of the Collegiate 

 Institute and public schools 

 l)eautified by planting flow- 

 ers, with the result that 

 they compare favorably 

 with similar grounds to be 

 found anywhere. Ever 

 since the society's organiza- 

 tion nme years ago, Mr. 

 Meighen has been on the 

 board of direcJors. Having 

 always taken a great inter- 

 est in horticulture and 

 having a very fine garden of his own, Mr. Meighan's experience 

 has made him an authority on the growing and cultivation of flowers. 



MR. CHAS. MEIQHEN. 



sure, and to this numbers were contributed by 

 the Grimsby orchestra, by Mr. Kimmins, of 

 Winona, a much appreciated soloist, by iMiss 

 Mortimer, of Washington, whose mandolin and 

 violin solos were beyond criticism, and others. 

 The president, Mr. A. Rutherford, took charge 

 of the program, and during the course of the 

 evening introduced Mr. J. R. Dickson, repre- 

 senting the Hamilton Horticultural Society, 

 who gave an au^ress, in which he complimented 

 the Grimsby society on conducting such an in- 

 teresting and profitable social meeting, and 

 contrasted it as being far more satisfactory 

 than the large public exhibition with heavy 

 prizes, which so often left the society hopelessly 

 in debt. — W. 



This will be the first fall in some years in 

 which our society will hold a separate show, 

 it having hitherto united with the Agricultural 

 society. The show will be held in some large 

 building, centrally located, possibly the new 

 armouries. A band concert and promenade 

 will probably be held in connection with the 

 evening show. This society has had the record 

 in past years of giving the best prizes of any 

 horticultural society in the province. Last 

 year five or six special cash prizes were given 

 by zealous members. The paid membership 

 last year was 134. — (Leman O. Guild, Sec'y 

 Kingston Hort'l Soc. 



