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the Clyde. My best commercial berries this year 

 were Bederwood and Warfield for early, followed 

 in season by Clyde, Crescent, Haverland, Wm 

 Belt, Enormous, Ten. Prolific and Greenville. 

 The last named is one of my family. I have add- 

 ed a lot of new varieties this year, and hope to be 

 able to g:ive you a detailed report of their behavior 

 next year. 



Now to return to the Clyde Strawberry. If it 

 were a good plant maker and I were restricted to 

 one variety, I should plant it alone. But with me 

 it has been a poor plant maker and the first two 

 5'ears it was very good color, but this year it was 

 all that could be wished. — Respectfully yours, 



Renfrew, Ont. W. J. Kerr. 



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Woodstock. — The fourth annual exhibition of 

 the Woodstock Horticultural Society was auspi- 

 ciously opened at the Graham street ring last 

 night, August 22. Although the attendance was 

 not as large as the society expected, the prospects 

 are better for a good crowd to-night. 



The dingy old rink looked anything but itself, 

 thanks to the efforts of the decorating committee, 

 composed of Miss Parker and Mrs. James Hay. 

 Bunting of various colors, Chinese lanterns and a 

 profusion of flags and curtains tastily arranged 

 gave the place a decidedly pretty appearance, and 

 the general effect was a source of much admira- 

 tion. The exhibits, too, were far superior to 

 those of other years, and the society is to be 

 congratulated on its showing in this respect. 

 Ever\- branch of horticulture was fully and 

 creditably represented. The musical programme 

 was also a most important and enjoyable feature 

 of the evening. The Imperial Quartette rendered 

 three enjoyable selections, and Madame Hausch's 

 popular stringed quartette was also heard to good 

 advantage. Mrs. Balmer Watt sang the Gypsy 

 Love Song from "The Fortune Teller," by 

 request. Mrs. Watt's number was very much 

 appreciated. Miss Clara Farrell sang a pretty 

 solo and was obliged to respond to a hearty 

 encore. The Misses Holmes and Nesbitt gave 

 well rendered piano solos. 



Mayor Scarff's splendid floral collection, con- 

 sisting of one hundred and seventy-eight pots of 

 flowers of various kinds, was greatly admired, 

 and nobody disputed the fact that the Mayor's 

 was the best exhibit of its kind at the show. 



Charles Reid's and J. H. Callander's collections 

 of cacti were the centre of much attention, and 

 admirers of these plants found many new and 

 strange varieties. 



D. W. Kam's exhibit of house and foliage 

 plants occupied a prominent position and com- 

 pared very favorably with those of any other 

 exhibitor. 



T. H. Parker showed a wealth of beautiful 

 hardy house plants and cut flowers. — Sentinel 

 Review. 



PiCTON Horticultural Society. — The second 

 annual flower show and exhibition of plants was 

 held at the Crystal Palace on Friday evening, the 

 31st August, and was kept open on Saturday 

 afternoon and evening, and also on Monday after- 

 noon during the Firemen's games and sports. 



On Friday evening the attendance was fairly 

 good, there being about 275 present to enjoy the 



flowers and listen to the concert by the band ; on 

 the other occa.sion the patronage was xevy small, 

 and on the whole the flowers were not appre- 

 ciated as heartily as last year. 



The contributions of Mr. C. S. Wilson and 

 Messrs. J. Terrill & Son added greatly to the 

 beauty and success of the exhibition. Mr. W. P. 

 Despard's palm was greatly admired, and the 

 Norfolk pines and palms in Mr. Geo. O. Alcorn's 

 collection were a very valuable addition : also 

 Mrs. Stortz's magnificent hydrangea, and Mr. 

 Geo. Williams' fuschia. The collection of plants 

 and flowers from Messrs. J. Roland Brown. J. P. 

 Blakel3% T. Bog, J. C. North, Geo. W. McMullen 

 and a number of others were very beautiful. 



The tropical plants of Mr. Walter T. Ross were 

 as usual of much intereet. His fig trees were 

 well laden with fruit, and the Papaya tree, or 

 Papaw, was looked upon with much curiosity. 

 It is a common practice in the tropics to cut meat 

 in slices and wrap it in the bruised leaves of this 

 tree for half an hour or so, which has the effect 

 of making tough meat tender. 



Great credit is due to the president, Mr. J. 

 Roland Brown, and Mrs. Brown, for their untiring 

 efforts, and they were ably assisted by others. 



We understand the receipts were not as large 

 as last year, but the exhibition in itself was a 

 great success, even finer than the previous one, 

 and a great many strangers who attended ex- 

 pressed their surprise that a town the size of 

 Picton could make such a varied and fine exhibi- 

 tion of well grown plants and flowers. — The 

 Picton Gazette. 



GuELPH. — God made the flowers, and that He 

 made them for man's delight and profit need 

 only to be proved by a visit to the City on Sept. 

 i2th. The place is a reasonably beautiful hall, as 

 city halls go, but last night the corridors and 

 auditorium were transformed, and one walked 

 about in a i>erfect bower of loveliness. The 

 flowers and plants, placed to best advantage to 

 show their beauties by admiring owners, had 

 worked the transformation, and when the 

 orchestra played sweet music, and the big crowd 

 came and admired, the directors and members of 

 the Horticultural Society felt well repaid for 

 their efforts and realized that the show was a big 

 success. 



The Gu-'.lph Horticultural Society, as at present 

 constituted, is an association of about a year's 

 standing, and its strength of membership already 

 attained was shown by last night's display. Most 



