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Good Exhibit at Preston 



The occasion of the 17th annual exhibit of the 

 Preston Horticultural Society, in early Septem- 

 ber, was a great success. .The display of 

 plants, cut flowers, fruit and vegetables was a 

 very fine one. At the end of the building was 

 stationed the Preston band, which rendered 

 choice musical selections both evenings. 



One or two exhibits might, perhaps, be 

 picked out for special notice, including a collec- 

 tion of about 75 coleus plants grown by the 

 school children of Preston. Very creditable 

 plants were in this exhibit. Another excellent 

 exhibit included 100 different varieties of out- 

 door cut flowers, shown by T. Hobden, gardener 

 to G. Pattison, Esq., president of the society. 

 This was really a superb collection, the out- 

 door grown roses in the collection being very 

 fine for the late season of the year. The awards 

 were made by Mr. W. Hunt, of the O. A. Col- 

 lege, on the plants and flowers, and by Mr. 

 Lane, of Gait, on the fruit and vegetable display. 



A successful exhibition and flower show was 

 held by the Elora Horticultural Society early in 

 September, being an annual affair. In August 

 it was voted to hire rigs to convey plants and 

 flowers to and from the building in safety free 

 of charge to the exhibitors. This was a most 

 welcome innovation to those sending specimens 

 to the show. The society has been doing very 

 good work all season, and interest in the work 

 is increasing. — (J. W. Love, Sec'y Elora Hort'l 

 Society. 



London Florists Outdid Themselves 



The flower show held by the London Horticul- 

 tural Society the last of August (too late to be 

 reported in the September Horticulturist), was 

 the most successful ever held by that society. 

 Over 50 exhibitors showed 1,000 jars and bot- 

 tles of cut flowers, exclusive of the specimens 

 shown by J. Gammage & Sons and Messrs. 

 Darch and Hunter. The president of the so- 

 ciety, Mr. C. J. Fox, had a fine exhibit, consist- 

 ing of over 200 blooms, with some 29 varieties. 

 The display perhaps attracting the most notice 

 was that of W. H. Groff, of Simcoe, and his 

 wonderful gladiolii, with Mr. John A. Campbell 

 a close second. Some change was made this 

 year in the arrangement of the flowers, they be- 

 ing placed according to their varieties, 

 thus sweet peas, verbenas, dahlias, stocks, etc., 

 were all in a class by themselves. This arrange- 

 ment seemed to be more pleasing in every way 

 and resulted in the exhibits being more taste- 

 fully and pleasantly arranged. 



Exhibits Were a Surprise 



Hespeler horticultural society held a very 

 successful flower show September 15. Last 

 May 200 geraniums and coleus were distributed 

 among the school children, and these plants 

 were among the recent exhibits. Some very 

 fine plants were shown, and great surprise was 

 expressed by visitors around the children's 

 table. Magnificent specimens of house plants 



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