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THE CANADIAN . HORTICULTURIST 



July, 191 1 



W G. niack was tho principal winner al- 

 thouRh D. C. Chamberlain, G. A. Whito, 

 Ambrose Duffy, and several others captured 

 nunioroiw awards. An exhibit of Sweet 

 Williams and pardon flowers by Mrs. Fenn 

 was an attractive feature. 



TORONTO 



The early June exhibition of the Toronto 

 Horticultural Society was held in a large 

 tent in tho Allan Gardens. The display of 

 flowering shrubs, azaleas, and rhododen- 

 drons was especially fine. It showed that 

 these shrubs will stand the winters in To- 

 ronto when properly protected. Owing to 

 the earliness of tho season the lilacs were 

 not quite equal to those shown last year but 

 some fine specimens were on hand. 



A feature of the exhibition was a display 

 of palms and flowering plants by Mr. E. F. 

 Collins, Superintendent of the Allan Gar- 

 dens and of eremulus by Mr. D. O. Cam- 

 eron. These were not for competition. 

 After the exhibition the flowers were dis- 

 tributed among the hospitals. 



The year book for 1911 has been distrib- 

 uted among the members. It is a remark- 

 ably attractive publication and the ofiBcers 

 of other societies wiTi do well to write to 

 the Secretary. Mr. O. St. George Freer. 103 

 Bay St.. Toronto, for any extra copies that 

 may be available for distribution. Of 

 course there will not be enough copies for 

 distribution among the general public. The 

 book is printed on high-grade paper and is 

 handsomely illustrated. Among the articles 

 it contains is one entitled "How to Grow 

 Eighty-two Varieties of Vegetables with 

 Success in a lot 27x86 ft. by Geo. Baldwin, 

 that was published in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist; an article by the President W. 

 G. MacKendrick, entitled "Roses for To- 



ronto;" one dealing with the cultivation 

 and characteristics of the Dahlia, bv Mr. 

 J. MacPherson Ross, a planting table for 

 vegetables by A. B. Cutting and one on 

 Hardy Plants for Permanent Borders by 

 Miss M. E. Blacklock. 



SMITH'S FALLS 



The Smiths Falls Horticultural Society. 

 witJi a large increase of membership, has 

 started the season in a vigorous manner. 

 The spring premiums have been distributed, 

 seeds for the school children's floral competi- 

 tion have been given out, the lawn and 

 garden competition committee have com- 

 pleted their arrangements, and further 

 work has been commenced on the park. 

 With generous grants from the government 

 and Municipal Council, together with pri- 

 vate subscriptions, the society expects to 

 have a record year. 



The East Asleep 



A. G. Tornej, Provincial Horticnitaritt, St. John, N. B. 



New Brunswick's premier apple land.s 

 are to be found in the Lower St. John 

 Valley between St. John and Fredericton, 

 and are only from twenty to eighty miles 

 by river transportation from St. John, the 

 national winter port. The valley is one of 

 great scenic beauty and fertility and is a 

 great natural apple belt. To the man who 

 desires to grow apples commercially, I do 

 not know in all Canada of a country where 

 the prospects and markets are better or the 

 environment more ideal. 



Were it not a regrettable fact, I should 

 have believed it impossible that British 

 Columbia of late years should have attract- 

 ed so much capital and so many people from 

 the Old Country fruit lands. Yet, in the 

 face of the great geographical, social and 



natural advantages possessed by Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario, she 

 has accomplished it. In the east we have :i 

 less rugged, a more beautiful country; wt- 

 are within a week's journey from the best 

 market in the world, and the old home of 

 (lur immigrants. We do not have to re- 

 .sort to artificial methods such as irrigation 

 and frost fighting appliances, and our 

 apples are better flavored. 



There is only one explanation. British 

 Columbia is awake and the east is asleep. 

 The signs of the times are, however, not 

 without hope — the east stirs uneasily in its 

 sleep — presently it will rub its eyes — and 

 then let us hope that it will open one and 

 with just one eye open and its great natu- 

 ral advantages, British Columbia, wide 

 awake as it is. will have to look on. 



To my mind British Columbia with its 

 lands already at fancy prices, with its 

 higher cost of production and enormous 

 transportation expense, can never seriously 

 compete with the Maritime Provinces on 

 the European market, if we exert our- 

 selves at all. Now is the time for the Pro- 

 vince of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 

 each keeping to the production of the var- 

 ieties for which they are best adapted, be- 

 tween them to take a large and command- 

 ing place in the supplving of the European 

 apple market from September to May of 

 every year. 



It is a matter of great satisfaction to be 

 able to say that companies to develop our 

 fruit lands are already being organized and 

 will soon be in active operation, and I am 

 confidently expectant that the develop- 

 ment of fruit growing in the St. John 

 Valley will be the most remarkable feature 

 in the next ten years of Canadian horti- 

 culture. 



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