November, 191 1 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Nomenclature Committee 



(Continued from page 263) 

 was held in the tent of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist at the Canadian National Ex- 

 hibition in Toronto. Those present were 

 Mr. R. B. Whyte of Ottawa, Prof. H. L. 

 Hutt and Mr. Wm. Hunt of Guelph, Mr. 

 H. B. Cowan of Peterboro, and the secre- 

 tary Mr. John Cavers of Oakville. Methods 

 of dealing with the difficulty that arises 

 from the different pronunciations of such 

 common words as vase, gladioli and dahlia 

 were discussed. It was decided to request 

 the public to offer suggestions in regard to 

 the pronunciation of common words of this 

 class, and the members of the committee 

 were asked to submit a list not exceeding 

 twenty-five names, the correct pronuncia- 

 tion of each name and to quote authorities 

 for their opinions. These are to be sub- 

 mitted at the annual convention of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association in 

 November . 



Mr. Hunt agreed to submit a list of 

 twelve good chrysanthemums and Mr. 

 Whyte of twelve good begonias. It was de- 

 cided to give any person who so desires, an 

 opportunity to submit a list of twenty good 

 varieties of sweet peas. The list should be 

 sent to the secretary, and will be considered 

 at the annual convention in November. 



PRIZE ESSAYS 



In the May issue of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist we announced that through the 

 generosity of Mr. Hermann Simmers, of 

 the firm of J. A. Simmers, Limited, of To- 

 ronto, and of Mr. R. B. Whyte, of Ottawa, 

 the president of the Ontario Horticultural 

 Association, each of whom had donated 

 twenty-five dollars for the purpose, four 

 cash prizes and four medals would be given 

 for the four best essays written by members 

 of horticultural societies on the subject, 

 "My Favorite Garden Flower and How I 

 Grow It." The competition closed in 

 August. The judge, Mr. W. T. Macoun, 

 of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 has announced the awards as follows : 



First prize, A. V. Main, Ottawa, who 

 cho.se the geranium ; second prize, James M. 

 Hull, Hamilton, whose subject was the rose; 

 third prize, J. H. Wills, Mitchell, whose 

 favorite flower is the sweet pea ; and fourth 

 prize, E. C. Kilmer, Brantford, whose 

 essay was on the gladiolus. Two other com- 

 petitors took part in the competition. One 

 selected the lily and the other the violet. 

 It was a somewhat remarkable feature of 

 the contest that no two of the competitors 

 selected the same flower. The prize-winning 

 essays will be published later in The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist. 



SMITH'S FALLS 



Notices for the annual meeting of the 

 Smith's Falls Horticultural Society have 

 been distributed. It will be held in the 

 Public Library Hall on November 2nd. The 

 officers of the society are certainly up-to- 

 date, inasmuch as in the notice of the meet- 

 ing, which is in the form of a four-page 

 circular, they announce the premiums mem- 

 bers of the society will be free to select 

 during 1912. 



The notice contains thirty groups of dif- 

 ferent varieties of plants, ferns, palms, 

 bulbs, bushes, and small fruits. The mem- 

 bers of the society are notified that they 

 will be free to select any four of these 

 groups and, in addition, they will as usual 

 be sent The Canadian Horticulturist free 

 by the society for the year. The president 

 is Mr. T>. M. Cobourn and the secretary- 

 treasurer Mr. W. M. Keith. 

 LONDON 



The London Horticultural Society each 

 fall offers three prizes for the best display 

 of asters at the Western Fair, held at Lon- 



don in September. The display of asters 

 this year was exceptionally fine. The flow- 

 ers were almost all colors and bloom excel- 

 lent. This year as usual the amateurs ex- 

 celled the professionals in their exhibits of 

 dahlias, pansies and all cut flowers, taking 

 all the first and second prizes. This 



feature of the exhibition is much enjoyed by 

 the public and generally brings out a large 

 number of entries from a considerable num- 

 ber of exhibitors. The large number of 

 amateurs who make exhibits adds greatly to 

 the value of thii^ feature of the exhibition 

 and of the work of the society. 



The sympathy of members of our society 

 went out recently to Mr. R. W. Rennie, 

 who was for many years the secretary of 

 the society, over the death of his wife. 



A Great Exhibit o? Fruit 



"We expect to open the eyes of the peo- 

 ple of Ontario to the kind of fruit we can 

 produce," writes Secretary P. W. Hodgetts 

 in regard to the Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition, which will be held in Toronto No- 



vember 14-18. The fruit promises to be of 

 unusual quality. 



Already two thousand two hundred boxes 

 of apples have been promised and a num- 

 ber of fruit growing districts are trying 

 to secure space. 



A row of boxed apples, seven high, will 

 be run around the building from the en- 

 trance on the west side through to the 

 further end and across the building. This 

 could have been extended to take in the 

 whole building, but to have done so would 

 not have left space for the exhibits of 

 spraying machinery and other supplies 

 which are of great value. Exhibitors, in- 

 cluding those in charge of county displays, 



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