AMONG THE FLOWERS. 



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The Fruit Growers' New President. 



The new president of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association' 

 Mr. Alex. McNeill, cf Ottawa, who is also the chief of the fruit 

 •division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, is too well 

 known to need any introduction to readers of The Horticulturist. 

 As a director and vice-president of the association Mr. McNeill has 

 won the right to hold the position he now occupies. Already he 

 has assumed his new duties with all his customary enthusiasm, and 

 a year of haid work for the association may be looked forward to. 



beauty during the winter. Even the roots, 

 as seen through the glass, are very pretty. 



The varieties mentioned are the annuals 

 I consider the best for cut bloom. They 

 are standard favorites which novelties have 

 not been able to drive from the field. 



Like many of the good things we have in 

 Ottawa, my roses are of Irish extraction. 

 They are sent here about the last of 

 October. They can be planted w^here 

 they are going to grow, or better 

 I think, they may be heeled in for the win- 

 ter and planted out in the spring. My 

 experience is against bringing out roses in 

 spring. Spring growth over there, starts 

 as early as the month of March. — (W. G. 

 Black, Ottawa. 



The Care of Carnations 



CARNATIONS that have been planted 

 in the open, according to Mr. E. 

 Dale, of Brampton, should nave a good 

 start before July and should have been 

 pinched back at least once. The hoeing 

 should be well attended to and the soil not 

 disturbed to a depth of over an inch. 



" This work," said Mr. Dale recently to 

 an editorial representative of The Horticul- 

 turist, " should always be done as soon as 

 possible after a rain. The planting ''n 

 should begin not later than the first week 

 in August, giving the houses light shade for 

 the first week or ten days. As soon as the 

 plants have become well established see that 

 all shading is removed, giving as much light 

 and air as possible. 



" Supports should be put into the beds 

 immediately after the planting is done. 

 Blooming commences about the middle of 

 August and continues until the following 

 summer. Good standard varieties with me 

 are: Enchantress (light pink); Glacier 

 and White Cloud (white) ; Adonis, G. H. 

 Crane and Flamingo (scarlet) ; Governor 

 Roosvelt (crimson) ; Lawson (cerise), and 

 Golden Beauty (yellow)." 



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 Horticulturist regularly. We will attend to it. 



Have Had a Good Efi^ect. — There is no 

 doubt that the city garden contests inaugu- 

 rated in Ottawa by Her Excellency Lady 

 Minto have been of very great value in pro- 

 moting private gardening as a means of 

 beautifying the city. Any person who pays 

 any attention to this subject will notice the 

 great improvement which has taken place 

 both in the gardens owned by the people 

 directly interested in the contest and in those 

 owned by people w^ho, while not competing, 

 recognize the value of beautiful surround- 

 ings to the home and who have found how 

 easily good results in this direction are at- 

 tained with very little expense and time 

 given to that fascinating art, the cultivation 

 of flowers. — (J. E. Northwood, Ottawa. 



