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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



for fruit growers, but since so many horti- 

 cultural societies have affiliated and our 

 membership now includes so man)' interested 

 in floriculture, we are compelled to give 



more attention to this department. We 

 shall always appreciate sug-g^estions from 

 our readers, and beg- their aid in making 

 this journal increasingly useful. 



0[yiD^ /^ffoBkt^d! Sogod'feo^s, 



Orillia. — At a meeting of the Directors on the 

 13th of November last, it was resolved that a grant 

 of $30, or so much less as might be required to pay 

 the prizes awarded for fine arts, be made to the 

 East Simcoe Agricultural Society, provided it 

 could legally be done, and the Secretary was in- 

 structed to communicate with the Department of 

 Agriculture in the matter. The following is the 

 reply of the Department: " In reply to your let- 

 ter, I beg to state that it seems to us the present 

 proposal of making a grant to the District Society 

 sufficient to pay the fine art prizes, in no way 

 differs from your previous practice of paying these 

 prizes direct. The act certainly does not con- 

 template allowing Horticultural Societies to pay 

 for prizes outside of Horticulture, and we are not 

 in a position at present to know whether such ac- 

 tion on the part of your Society would meet with 

 protest from any source, or whether it would meet 

 with the approval of all parties concerned. The 

 District Society, of course, would be pleased 

 Then, I take it for granted that the members of 



your Horticultural Society are unanimously in fa- 

 vor of it. There are, however, four other societies 

 interested, and it would be quite within the pro- 

 vince of any one of them to object to our paying 

 money to your Society to be used for the purposes 

 other than the act states. We are not going to say 

 under the circumstances that you must not make 

 the grant this year. If you make it you must as- 

 sume full responsibility, and it must not be taken 

 as a precedent for next year." The foregoing 

 letter was read at the annual meeting, and the 

 Secretary stated that on receipt of the letter he 

 had consulted with the President, and it was 

 deemed advisable to reserve the matter for the ac- 

 tion of that meeting. Some discussion ensued, 

 and it was moved by Mr. Alport and seconded by 

 Mr. Street, and resolved, that, in view of the let- 

 ter from the Deputy Minister of Agriculture just 

 read, this meeting is of opinion that none of the 

 funds of the Society should be expended for any 

 object not fully justified by the act of the Legisla- 

 ture. 



^m i®®Ik T^Md* 



Experimental Farms. — Report for 1898. Dr. 

 Wm. Saunders, Ottawa. 



A fine report, showing what valuable works 

 these farms are doing for Canada. 



The Garden. — A weekly illustrated journal 

 for garden, orchard and woodland. Volume 57. 

 Office, 20 Tavistock street, London, W. C, 

 England. 



For a long time this journal has been among 

 the most valued of our exchanges, being con- 

 ducted with exceptional ability and containing 

 articles of exceptional value to gardeners and 

 fruit growers. Of course the matter is adapted 

 to English conditions, but aside from this it is in 

 advance of American journals in teaching meth- 

 ods] of intensive horticulture.. The journal has 

 recently changed hands and is the property of the 

 managing owners of " Country Life." The 

 editors are Miss Jekyl and Mr. E. T. Cook, whose 

 ability is well shown by the excellent issues so far 

 sent us for igoo. 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Roses and 

 Shrubs, grown and for sale at Central Nurseries 

 by A. G. Hull & Son, Central Nurseries, St. 

 Catharines, Ont. 



Directions for Surveying and Arranging 

 Home and School Grounds, a well illustrated 

 pamphlet, written and published by W. H. Man- 

 ning, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., — in press. 

 Price, 25 cents. 1900. 



A Hand Book for Planning and Plantin(; 

 Home Grounds. — Written by W. H. Manning, 

 Boston ; published by Stout Manual Training 

 School, Menomonie, Wis., 1899. Price, 35 cents. 



These are two books of great value in their 

 respective spheres, the one giving directions for 

 surveying and arranging home and school 

 grounds, the other for planning and planting the 

 same. Being prepared by one of the leading 

 landscape architects in America is alone a suf- 

 ficient guarantee of the practical nature and ex- 

 cellence of these books, which has been so highly 

 appreciated by Mr. Stout, the founder of the 

 Training School at Menomonie, Wis., that he has 

 published the hand-book for use at the school. 



We shall be pleased if we can be the means of 

 introducing these books into Ontario for the en- 

 couragement of landscape gardening, and thus 

 helping to beautify the parks and gardens of our 

 country. 



