WHAT THE HORTICULTURISTS WILL'^DISCUSS 



The following extremely interesting program 

 has been prepared for the meetings of the dele- 

 gates of the horticultural societies that will be 

 held at the time of the Provincial Fruit, Flower 

 and Honey Show, in Toronto, in November. 

 Owing to there not being suitable accommoda- 

 tion in the Granite rinks. Church street, where 

 the show will be held, the meetings will take 

 place in the members' committee rooms at the 

 Parliament buildings, which are within a few 

 minutes' walk from the rink : 



Tuesday afternoon, November 15, 2.30. — Chair- 

 man, Edward Tyrrell, president Toronto Horti- 

 cultural iSociety. 



The planting of the home and school grounds. 

 Prof. H. L. Hutt, O. a! C, Guelph, Ont. 



How can we best interest our young people in 

 floral and horticultural matters ? Mr. A. K. 

 Croodwin, Cayuga, Ont. 



Horticultural societies ; what they are doing. 

 Addresses on this subject will be given by re- 

 presentatives of the different horticultural so- 

 •cieties present at the meeting. 



Wednesday, November 16, 10.30 a. m. 



The Agricultural and Arts Act; how it affects 

 horticultural societies. Supt. H. B. Cowan, 

 Toronto. 



Discussion — ^Shall we form a Provincial Hor- 

 ticultural Association ? General business. 



Best annuals and perennials for cut flowers. 

 R. Cameron, Niagara Falls South, Ont. 



"Wednesday afternoon, November 16, 2.30 p.m. 

 Chairman, Hon. John Dryden. 



Hardy vines for the house and garden. W. T. 

 Macoun, Horticulturist C. E. F., Ottawa. 



Plant improvement by Hybridization. H. H. 

 Groff, iSimcoe, Ont. 



The care of window plants. Wm. Hunt, O. A. 

 C, Guelph, Ont. 



The relation of birds to horticulture. C. W. 

 Nash, Toronto, Ont. 



Wednesday evening, November 16, 8 p. m. 



What may be grown in a small garden during 

 one season. R. B. Whyte, Ottawa, Ont. 



Border flowers. J. C. MoCulloch, Hamilton, 

 Ont. ; illustrated by stereoptican views. 



Kingston's Fine Exhibition 



For the first time in several years the King- 

 ■ston Horticultural Society, in September, held 

 a show separate from that of the agricultural 

 •society. The weather was very unfavorable 

 both days, but the exhibit outclassed anything 

 of the kind ever held in Kingston. 



The Secretary-Treas- 

 urer of the Kingston 

 Horticuhural Society , Mr. 

 Leman A. Guild, is a 

 graduate of the Brock- 

 ville Collegiate Instituite, 

 Athens Model School and 

 the Brockvil e Business 

 College. After teaching 

 school for a time he went 

 to work on the daily 

 British Whig. His ex- 

 perience as reporter, city 

 editor, and advertising 

 solicitor, preceded his ap- 

 pointment last April as 

 business and advertising 

 manager. H e is 26 years 

 of age Last March Mr. 

 Gui d became Sec.-Treas. 

 of the Kingston Horticul- 

 tural Society and has 

 brought the membership 

 up considerably over i6o 

 within five months. He finds plenty of hard work attached to the 

 •office of secretary-treasurer during a show, especially one like the 

 -one described in this issue, where the entries in three departments, 

 ilowers, fruit and vegetables, were all equally large. The unbound- 

 ed success of the late show was ample compensation to Mr. Guild 

 lor the hard work put forth. 



The society offered prizes amounting to 

 •$427.50, distributed as follows: Plants and 

 flowers, $107.50; fruit, $140; vegetables, $120 ; 

 amateur flowers, $50. Special prizes of $5 each 

 ■were given by citizens for the best collection of 

 apples, fruit and grapes, respectively. The 

 president of the society, Lieut.-Col. Kent, do- 

 nated a special prize of $3 for best collection of 

 potted plants, and another of $2 for best collec- 

 tion of cut flowers. 



Leman A. Guild. 



There is every prospect for a splendid show 

 next year. This year's exhibition may be re- 

 garded as very much of an experimental one. 

 Great interest and enthusiasm has been aroused, 

 and the amateurs especially are planning for 

 larger and better things next season. 



Did St. Catharines Beat Ottawa? 



One of the most attractive organizations in 

 St. Catharines is the horticultural society of 

 that place. This was strongly evidenced by~ 

 the late flower show and exhibition given by 

 that society, with results that far surpassed the 

 ideals of any of those interested in its success. 

 A high compliment was given by Mr. W. T. Ma- 

 coun, of Ottawa, who said the show was the 

 finest he had ever attended. 



The school children's exhibits were a most 

 important feature of "the show. Aster seeds 

 had been previously distributed to the children 

 of ten different schools. There were awarded 

 to the best four collections of 24 blooms each, 

 three colors in a collection, shown by the indi- 

 vidual schools, prizes of 15, 12, 9 and 6 canna 

 bulbs for planting in the grounds of the suc- 

 cessful schools. Prizes were also awarded for 

 the best individual bunch of four blooms by any 

 scholar from the seed distributed in school by 

 the society. The exhibits from the children 

 were all very fine. The principals of the schools 

 were given the task of arranging and placing 

 the exhibits on the tables, which was most 

 pleasingly done. 



The great beauty and effectiveness of the dis- 

 plays were added to by Mr. Roderick Cameron, 

 who brought some beautiful blooms for center 

 pieces, which were purely decorative, not enter- 

 ing for competition. One of the objects of much 

 interest was a black hollyhock displayed by Miss 

 Douglas. — (S. Richardson, Jr., Secretaiy. 



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