September, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



IX 



from the Bridge to Rochester, joii will find 

 every little village has one or more big cold 

 storage warehouses for apples. The fruit 

 is taken right from the orchards into these 

 places and stored there. These apples are 

 mostly for the home trade and they are kept 

 in storage until they are required. 



We invite the oflicers of Horti- 

 cultural Societies to send in short, 

 pithy reports ol work that would iii. 

 lerest members of other Horticultu- ^n] 

 ral Societies. 





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KINGSTON 



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The Kingston Society has issued a hand- 

 some prize list for an exiiLition to be held 

 in the armories, September 13 and 14. 

 There will be an admission charge of twen- 

 ty-iive cents for adults and fifteen cents tor 

 children. A charge of ten cents is made for 

 each entry, fifteen entries for a dollar. Any 

 additional entries over fifteen cost five cents 

 each. 



Prizes of as high as three, two and one 

 dollar are offered in some erf the fruit sec- 

 tions. Most of the prizes are on a basis of 

 one dollar, seventy-five and fifty cents each. 

 This basis ii& followed in the vegetaDlo, plant 

 and cut flower sfctioiis. There are fifty-nine 

 classes for fruit, forty-seven for vegetables, 

 thirty-seven for plants and forty-three for 

 cut flovvers. The society has held an annual 

 exhibition for several years. The secretary 

 is A. W. McLean, 91 Clarence street. 



TORONTO 



Tie invitation of the president of the To- 

 ronto Horticultural Society, Mr. MacKen- 

 drick, to visit his gardens at his island 

 home, 7 Chippewa avenue, on Saturday, 

 August 19, from three to eight, was largely 

 taken advantage of by the members and 

 their friends. The Toronto Horticultural 

 Society is fortunate in its president. His 

 constructive policies and i^ersonal magnet- 

 ism have brought new life to the faithful 

 organization that hits labored so long in the 

 public interest, and his enthusiasm has nx>w 

 given to this society the strength necessary 

 to cope witli the problems ahead iu the can.- 

 paign — "Beautify Toronto." 



Many amateurs grow too many kinds of 

 plants; they crowd their beds, borders and 

 rockeries with heterogeneous a.ssembly of 

 genera, many of which are of no special 

 value, but at 7 Chippewa avenue the society 

 found gardening interesting and effective. 

 The great flowers had been selected which 

 have been developed by florists, their- habits 

 and requirements studied, the bods treated 

 and the plants labelled. The artistic blend- 

 ing of color, the grouping of plants, in fact 

 the general lay-out gives the owner the 

 voice of authority in our councils. 



The front grounds were found to consist 

 of a spacious lawn divided by a stone walk 

 to the house, the flowers bordering the 

 front, right and left. A rustic pergola shut 

 out the vegetable garden from the street 

 view, joining the house an<l running to the 

 south limit of the grounds. The south beds 

 were filled with dahlias, sweet peas, while 

 attractive bloom was admired in the north 

 and west beds, the phloxes coming in for 

 much prai.so. On the east side of the house 

 a dainty little rose garden in good oondi- 

 tion gave evidence of a beautiful perfumed 

 retieat. The writer's vLsit was made addi- 

 tionally interesting by meeting Mr. KIgin 

 Sclioff'. an amateur botanist of merit, whose 

 parents were known to him as the floral 



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BULBS 



Plant Now For 



SPRING FLOWERS 



There is no season of the year when 

 Fluwers are enjoyed more than in the 

 Spring. Bulbs planted this Fall will 

 rtower almost as soon as the snow is 

 gone. Planted in pots they can be 

 flowered in the house during the winter 



Send J,oday for our Beautiful Bulb 

 Catalogue. It gives a list of Special 

 Offers. 



Mention this paper and it will be sent 

 free. 



Dupuy (^ Ferguson 



38 Jacques Cartier Square 



MONTREAL, P.Q. 



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APPLES 



Representing 



J. & H. GOODWIN 



M.inchester, Liverpool and Hull 



THOS. RUSSELL 



GLASGOW 



E.H. LEWIS & SON 



LONDON 



Will be pleased to keep you advised 

 regarding the condition of the European 

 Markets. If you have any Apples for 

 Export, call or write: — 



FRED. BARKER 



25 Church St., Toronto, Can. 



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