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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 191 1 



Beautify Your Homes! 



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There will be no "off year" for your trees if you ciJtivate them 

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our belief in the memorial presented to Sir 

 Wilfrid Laurier and members of the ca- 

 binet by our deloKation at the joint meeting 

 of prot/(^st at Ottawa hv fruit and vejiftnlile 

 growers, and we heartily endorse the action 

 taken by the executive committee in bring- 

 ing the matter before the branches, and 

 pledge ourselves to use every legitimate 

 means through our members in the Dom- 

 inion house and otherwise to prevent the 

 said measure becoming law." 



The election of officers re.sulted as follr" 

 President, Thos. Dehvorth, Weston; 1st V) 

 president, T. A. Newton, Woodstock; 

 retary-treasurer and editor, J. Lockie V 

 .son, Toronto; executive committee, Thf>s. 

 Delworth, J. Ix)okie Wilson. C. H. Weaver, 

 Dunnville ; P. F. Reevea, Huraber Bay : '■' 

 D. Dawson, Tamblings. 



Barric Horticultural Society 



Mr. A. Carson. Barrie, who paid The 

 Canadian HonTiCTiLTtjRisT office a nleas-nnf 

 visit reports that the members of Bai 

 Horticultural society are very enthusia 

 over the success of their society which .sim . 

 1907 has increased in membership fn m 

 thirty-two to two hundred and forty-fn . . 

 truly a phenomenal growth. Before the tii'l 

 of 1911 they hope to reach the five hun 

 dred mark. 



Largely through the influence of the mem- 

 bers of the horticultural society the town 

 council has anpointed a park commission 

 with an annual grant of $1,500 for the 

 upkeep of the parks and boulevards. Mr. 

 Car.son says that the good effects of the 

 work of the .society can be seen in the in- 

 rrea.sed care and attention paid not only to 

 the beautifying of the hemes of the people 

 but also to the town as a whole. 



Whitby Horticultural Society 



We had a very pleasant call from the 

 Rev. J. Fletcher, President of the Whitby 

 Horticultural Society. He reports that 

 this society, though not large in numbers, 

 is flourishing, and that it is making its 

 influence felt in general civic improvement 

 and the beautifying of the town. This so- 

 ciety gives a year's subscription to Thk 

 Canadian HoBTicuLTUEiST free to each mem- 

 ber, and also a very desirable list of roses, 

 bulbs, and plants as options. 



Toronto Horticultural Society 



The Toronto Horticultural Society made 

 the following very generous offer to the 

 Board of Education, which was accepted : 



The Society proposes to give seven sil- 

 ver and seven bronze medals, and twelve 

 first, twelve second, and twelve third pri- 

 zes in money, to be comi>eted for by the 

 pupils of seven schools, one in each ward. 

 Six first, six second, and six third prizes 

 will be given for Third Book pupils, and 

 six first, six second, and six third prizes 

 to Fourth Book pupils. The prizes will be 

 gfven for two vegetables, two bedding flow- 

 ers, and two climbing flowers. All the 

 pupils who compete for these prizes will 

 have tc use the same varieties of vege- 

 tables and flowers. The two vegetables se- 

 lected are beets (Early Model Globe), car- 

 rots (Chentenay). The two bedding flowers 

 are asters (Victoria) and larkspur (Double 

 Dwarf Rocket). The climbing flowers are 

 sweet peas and nasturtiums. All flowers 

 are to be mixed colors. Each exhibit must 

 be the product of the pupil's own garden, 

 and of his own efforts. The decision will 

 be made by considering the care taken of 

 the plot, the condition of the soil, the qual- 

 ity of growth, the general appearance, Ac. 



