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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 191 1 



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Book Review 



"Catacombs of Worldiv Success," or 

 "History of Coarsellor Dell," is the title 

 of a bock issued by the Metropolitan 

 Church Association of Waukesha, Wis. It 

 gives a glimpse of the interior workings 

 of a large industrial concern, showing its 

 social and business sides with relation to 

 its business policies. The author is F. M. 

 Messenger, who claims that the incidents 

 described are drawn from real life. 



Floriculture at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College 



A pleasant call was made recently by a 

 representative of The Canadian Horticitl- 

 TUBiST to the College greenhouses. Under 

 the fostering care of Mr. Hunt, we found 

 everything in good shaoe. Our first visit 

 was to the large greenhouse laboratory, 

 where cculd be seen the work of about 130 

 students in plant i)ropagation from seeds 

 and cuttings, transplanting, and the pot 

 culture of bulbs. Each student has a small 

 flat or box, in which were three or four 

 dozen cuttings of different varieties of 

 plants suitable for window cr garden cul- 

 ture, as well as a box for seeds of hardy 

 border plants. In addition to these each 

 student had a pot of hyacinth and narcis- 

 sus bulLs. These last were in full flower, 

 giving an additional attractiveness to this 

 interesting work. The cuttings were evi- 

 dently well rooted and ready for trans- 

 ferring to small pots; very few failures 

 were to be seen. The uniform success of 

 each student's work was very noticeable, 

 testifying to the individual interest shown 

 in the work. The classes under Mr. Hunt's 

 tuition are the second year students, the 

 fourth year graduating class in Horticul- 

 ture, and a class cf twenty young ladies 

 from the Maodonald Institute. Outdoor 

 floriculture especially suited for heme sur- 

 roundings also receives considerable atten- 

 tion, even more so than the subjects men- 

 tioned. This is a most imryortant work, 

 and one which should prove to be a great 

 factor in the beautifying of farm home 

 surroundings throughout our country. 



The various collections of plants in the 

 greenhouses were mostly geraniums, cal- 

 las, begonias, palms, primulas, fuchsias, 

 hyacinths, and narcissus and similar kinds 

 suitable for window culture. One batch of 

 a new Chinese primrose, '"The Duchess," 

 was particularly noticeable. The foliage of 

 this variety is of a rich, bronzy green color 

 and of a vigorous habit. The trusses (f 

 bloom, as well as the individual flower 

 were ver.v large and conspicuous. The 

 centre of the flower was of a greenish yel- 

 low, heavil.v suffused around with rich car- 

 mine, the margin of the flowers being pure 

 white. The plants were raised from a com- 

 plimentary packet of seeds from Sutton & 

 Sons, Beading. England, the originators cf 

 the new variety. Some fine plants of giant 

 primulas and a Latth of showy cinerarias, 

 with the callas, begonias, freesias, and 

 other iilants made these houses look very 

 bright and attractive. All of the plants 

 looked clean, healthy and thrifty. 



Our visit to this department was of ne- 

 cessity a very brief one. Sufficient, how- 

 ever, was seen to show that good work is 

 being done, work that is deserving of the 

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