66 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Nova Scotia School of Horticulture. — Prof. E. E. Faville sends out 

 a circular regarding the winter course in horticulture which opened there on 

 January 8th. The course is adapted to the needs of the young farmers of the 

 Province, to those intending to go into farming and fruit growing. It extends 

 over a period of four months of practical and theoretical work, consisting of 

 lectures on all phases of fruit growing, marketing, fertilizers, soils, the relation of 

 dairying to fruit growing, etc. The well equipped fruit house, together with a 

 root cellar, grafting and budding room, makes it possible to do all kinds of 

 practical work. The laboratory shows a full set of microscopes used in identi- 

 fying insects and fungus growth, the study of plant construction, and experiments 

 in methods of crossing fruits can be made. The manual work embraces carpen- 

 try, blacksmithing, and fitting the students for ordinary farm practices. 



Liberal Distribution of Plants. — The Waterloo Horticultural Society 

 promises its members for 1895, not only membership with us,'jThe Canadian 

 Horticulturist, the report of our Association, and our plant package, but also 

 a choice of the four following packages, purchased with their own funds : — 



Package No. i contains Wilder pear, Mc Laughlin plum, and Montmorency 

 cherry. 



Package No. 2 contains Spiraea Van Houtti, Jacqueminot rose, and Cle- 

 matis. 



Package No. 3 contains 6 Cannas, 20 Gladioli,'and^2[^Dahlias. 



Package No. 4 contains 12 House plants, assorted. 



In addition to this they will import hyacinths from Holland in the fall, free 

 of charge to the members. 



Lindsay Horticultural Society. — The Lindsay Horticultural Society 

 seems to be a leading one in the province for the liberal distribution of plants 

 and bulbs to the members. In response to an inquiry how the money is raised 

 to buy so many bulbs, and if any show is held, Mr. Beall writes : " We get our 

 money to conduct the affairs of our Society in the same way that all Horticul- 

 tural Societies get theirs, by individual subscriptions of $1, and our Government 

 grant, which is less per member than in some other cases. We hold one, and 

 sometimes several shows in a year, but money is not lost thereby, because no 

 prizes are given. The exhibits are simply object lessons for the benefit of those 

 who attend our meetings, and for the advancement of horticultural knowledge 

 in the community. The public is always invited to all such meetings. The 

 principle underlying these organizations is that every member shall receive 

 equal profit or advantage. When prizes are given a few only share the mon^y 

 which should be expended for the advancement of horticulture. The holding 

 of exhibitions at which money prizes are offered has ruined scores of societies 

 in this province, and will surely destroy every Horticultural Society indulging 

 in that species of gambling." 



