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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, 191 I 



ST. CATHARINES 



The oighth annual show held by the 

 St. Catharines Horticultural Society, the 

 latter part of June, was an imnieii.so suc- 

 -cess. There wore several hundred exhibits, 

 and the hall in which the exhibition wai 

 held was filled with a wealth of exquisite 

 blooms, that delightrd the hearts ami charm- 

 ed the eyes of the sjjectators. By 1 he testi- 

 mony of one of the judges, such a display of 

 amateur grown roses could not be found in 

 anv other city on the continent. 



Witli a membership of over six hundred 

 pledged to make St. Catharines the most 

 beautiful of cities, the local horticultural 

 society has abundantly justified its exist- 

 ence. But it required work to achieve this 

 measure of success. Eight years ago when 

 the first rose show was held, Mr. W. B. 

 Burgoyno. who has been president for some 

 years, had to drive around the city the day 

 before to find exhibitorR and prevent the 

 show from becoming an ignominious failure. 



GRIMSBY 



The Prau Carl rose was given our mem- 

 bers as a premium by our society several 

 years ago, and now it is showing up at its 

 best. It is the purest white and the most 

 nerfect form of any white rose in my col- 

 lection. I do not find sandy knolls suit- 

 able for my roses. I have transplanted 

 all mine to soil of heavier texture with very 

 marked results, both in vigor of plants and 

 in profusion of bloom. 



Our rose show was held during the latter 

 part of Jiine at Dr. Clarke's private 

 grounds. There was a fine show which, with 

 music and conversation, made a delightful 

 evening for a village society. This year we 

 gave our members Gruss an Peplitz, a new 

 hvbrid tea rose. 



TORONTO 



The ro«i show held recently b,y our society 

 was the most successful in the series of ex- 

 hibitions that are being held. There were 

 numerous other exhibits besides roses, how- 

 ever, although the popularity of the roae 

 was .shown by its predominance over that of 

 the other flowers exhibited. 



An exhibit of rare orchids and ferns by 

 Mr. Thomas Manton attracted many ad- 

 mirers. An exhibit of hardy perpetuals, 

 hybrid teas and climbing ro.ses of Mr. W. 

 G. MacKendrick, jiresident of the society,, 

 was very fine and one of the features. The 

 great variety of roses which may be grown 

 in Toronto was shown by an extensive ex- 

 hibit from Alexandra Park. There was a; 

 fine display of fruits and vegetables. 



Bronze medals were awarded to Miss M. 

 B. Blacklock for spiraea venusta, to T. D. 

 Dockray for perennials, and to T. W. Armi- 

 tage and AV. J. Smith for Japanese iris. 



LINDSAY 



Our society held a nice meeting in the 

 spiing and afterward distributed to our 

 members seventv-five clematis and seventy- 

 five climbing roses in variety. To those 

 who received them we have given a lot of 

 personal instructions in regard to methods 

 of cultivation. Our membership is now sev- 

 enty. — F. L. Frampton, Secretary. 



MacDonald College Appoint- 

 ments 



The Board of Governors of McGill Uni- 

 versity, Montreal, have confirmed Prof. F. 

 C. Harrison, B.S.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.C, in 

 ftiU status as principal of the affiliated in- 

 stitution of Macdonald College. Quebec, in 

 which he was appointed bacteriologist and 



later as acting principal upon the retire-' 

 ment of Dr. James W. Robertson, in the 

 early part of 1910. Since assuming the 

 difficult duties of acting principal Prof. 

 Harristm has shown administrative abili- 

 ties of a high order, which have now been 

 recognized. 



Professor Harrison wag born in 1871, and 

 was educated at W(«tminster and other Eng- 

 lish schools. From a scholastic standpoint, 

 he is eminently qualified to hold the posi- 

 tion he has been appointed to, having ob- 

 tained degrees and honors from the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, Toronto Univer- 

 sity, McGill. the Royal .Society of Canada, 

 and other hading educational institutions 

 and societies. Mrs. Harrison, who has been 

 a devoted associate of Professor Harrison 

 in his life work, is the daughter of Dr. 

 James Mills, formerl.y president of the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, and now a lead. 

 ing member of the Canadian Railway Com- 

 mis-sicn. 



Mr. E. M. Straight has received the ap- 

 |K)intment of a-ssistant professor of horticul- 

 ture. Mr. Straight is a New Brunswick 

 man. He was born at Cambridge, Queen's 

 count.v, where he received his education. 

 .\fter teaching in the public schools for a 

 number of years, he was engaged in inten- 

 sive market gardening, until he decided on 

 an agricultural college training. This he 

 secured at Truro, the Agricultural College, 

 Guelph, and at Macdonald, Quebec. It 

 may be added that he is one of Macdonald's 

 first graduates. 



The summer meeting of the Pomological 

 and Fruit Growing Society of the province 

 of Quebec will be held at Inverness, Me- 

 gantic Co., August 29 and 30. 



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