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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 191 1 



kept lawns and for flowers grown by the 

 members. Seye'ral of the officers nnd mem- 

 bers are entlnisia.stic gardeners, and it is 

 expected that the society will increase its 

 membt'.rship in Wfiston .which is sure to be 

 a growing place in the near future. — 

 Joseph Nason. 



Winchester 



A horticiiltural society was formed in 

 Winchester last January, known as the 

 Winchester Horticultural Society. The 

 President is Mr. J. F. Ault. Already the 

 membership is one hundred and four. For 

 this year the society is planning to im- 

 prove tho grounds of the Public and High 

 Schools and the Town Hall and churches by 

 planting trees, shrubs, and flowers, and the 

 streets of the town by planting trees nnd 

 cutting down all weeds. — James Thomson, 

 secretary. 



Caledonia 



This society was organized last year with 

 52 members. This year we have 75 mem- 

 bers. Much private work is being done that 

 hitherto was never accomplished. We are 

 beautifying the town park by planting 

 trees, shrubs, and flower beds in the Town 

 Hall square. The ladies are assisting us, 

 and the society is booming. — A. T. Mitchell, 

 secretary. 



Tillsonburg 



The prize lists are being distributed for 

 the fruit and flower exhibiton that the Till- 

 sonburg Horticultural Society will hold in 

 the rink on Friday, September 1st. The 

 exhibition will be open from 2 until 5.30 

 and from 8 until 10.30 p.m. There will be 

 a promenade concert orchestra with good 

 music. The rink is to be brilliantly lighted 

 and decorated, and the ladies of the so- 

 ciety will have ice-crdftm and other re- 

 freshments on hand. The admission to 



other than members will be 15c and children 

 10c. 



I'rizes varying in value from 25c to a 

 dollar are ofiFerod for such flowers as asters, 

 Ijegonias in pots, Canterbury bells, candy- 

 tuft, cannas, carnations, goranium.s, fuch- 

 sias, dahlias, balsams, any kind of hang- 

 ing baskets, and many other varieties. Tlio 

 members this year are given their choice 

 of three different oi)tion8. The secretary 

 is W. W. Livingstone. 



Picton 



The Picton society are offering four 

 prizes this year for the best kept lawns. 

 ExixM-ience with this form of comjM'tition 

 (luring the past four years has shown it to 

 bo productive of pinch good. Prizes are 

 offered for. the best kept lawn and boule- 

 vard, wh^re the work is entirely in the 

 hands of the owner or the members of his 

 family and other prizes for where the lawn 

 is kept by either the owner or the tenants 

 of the property or by paid laborers. The 

 prizes will be given for tlus greatest vis- 

 ible improvement in the premises since last 

 .vear. The prize winners of other seasons 

 will not be allowed to compete this year. 



Members of the society are supplied with 

 The Canadian Horticulturist and with 24 

 of Groff's Modern Gladioli Bulbs. The 

 secretary has issued a little circular to the 

 members of the society giving instructions 

 as to the best methods of growing this 

 lovely plant. 



Toronto 



A free flower show was held by the mem- 

 bers of the Toronto Horticultural Society 

 early in May. Arrangements were made 

 for an exhibition of spring flowers such as 

 narcissus, tulips, daffodils, nyacinths, and 

 other spring flower.s including some varie- 

 ties of wild flowers. The object of the ex- 



hibition was largely to help those interesLi<i 

 with their S|)ring gardening operations, and 

 to show them what to grow. The public was 

 admitted free. 



St. Catharines 



The St. Catharines Horticultural .Societ > 

 expects this year to have a membership ■ 

 over 700. The rapid growth made by tli 

 society is duo almost entirely to the it 

 terest taken by the officers and director 

 who use every oi)portiinity to interest their 

 friends and aeriuaintances in becoming 

 members. Onlv one regular c.invas-ser ha.s 

 been emiiloyed, and this person worked only 

 part of the time. 



The society this year is distributing aster 

 seeds free to school children of the city, 

 and intends also distributing gladioli bulbs, 

 but making a small charge for them. For 

 each spike or bloom shown at the fall exhi- 

 bition it is pro|)(;sf'<l to give the children 

 a number of tuli|) bulbs. 



Port Hope 



W. T. Greenaway, secretary of the Port 

 Hope society, reports that the membership 

 of the society is increasng rapidl.v. Much 

 more interest is being exhibite<l in arrang- 

 ing lawns and shrubberies and beautifying 

 the town generally. The influence of the 

 society is shown in the interest taken in 

 civc improvement, laying out of parks, and 

 beautifying of public buildings, schools, 

 etc. The funds are chiefly used in giving 

 a liberal list of premiums. 



Henry Foreman, secretary of the Colling- 

 wood society, states that the chief work of 

 the society, in co-operation with the Town 

 Council, is the laying out of Victoria 

 Park, and the improvement of parks and 

 squares and the beautifying of the town 

 generallv. 



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