348 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



various members of the Horticultural Society. The present directors are Mrs. 

 Wilkinson, President; Mr. T. M. Henry, Vice-President; Mr. J. E. Herring, 

 Sec -Treas., and Mesdames Wright, Mill, Richardson, McNeill and Messrs. 

 Bowerman, Herrington, Lloyd, Harmerand Ward. — Star. 



Wateploo. 



The Annual Exhibition of the Waterloo Horticultural Society, which 

 was held on the 20th and 21st ult, was successful beyond the expectation of 

 those most interested in its success. All the available room in the Town 

 Hall was covered with flowers, fruit and vegetables About four-fifths of the 

 bench room was occupied by flowers — some 300 exhibits — consisting of cut 

 flowers shown singly and in bunches of from two or three to a dozen or twenty 

 specimens in each receptacle, and also of plants in pots. These great masses 

 of bloom were so arranged in connection with the large number of plants in 

 pots, so mingled with the gorgeous foliage plants, as to produce the most pleas- 

 ing effects, the beauty of which was thoroughly appreciated by the large con- 

 course of visitors who thronged the Hall on both evenings. 



This exhibition difl"ers from most horticultural shows, in having a more 

 abundant floral display and in the absence of that formality of arrangement of 

 the different classes and varieties essential to a well-ordered competitive exhibi- 

 tion. Here, no prizes are offered for competition, and no fee is charged for 

 admission. The public at large are invited to be present and every one is 

 admitted free. 



In the Hall there are no constables to cry " Hands off," when a visitor gets 

 a little too near the benches, and whose only other duty, generally, is \.o prevent 

 visitors from examining the exhibits. Here, instead of these gentry, may be 

 found James Lockie, Esq., the energetic and indefatigable President of the 

 Society ; Mrs. Hohmeier, the Vice President ; Mr. Raymo, the Secretary ; Mrs. 

 Dr. Webb, Mr. Bolduc, Mrs. Bruce, and others of the Directors, together with 

 Miss Maggie Bruce, to whom had been wisely given the entire superintendence 

 of the floral decoration ; all in their places, giving every information required 

 respecting the exhibits. And, I scarcely need add, the visitors gladly availed 

 themselves of this opportunity to acquire a great deal of valuable knowledge 

 respecting the cultivation and peculiarities of growth of many, to them, new 

 flowers. 



All the exhibits are contributed by the members of the Society and other 

 residents of the town. The expense incurred in placing the exhibits on the 

 benches, and returning them (when necessary) to the owners, is borne by the 

 Society, and the free admission of the public is regarded by the Board of 

 Directors as in some sense an equivalent for the large grant from the public 

 funds given by the Provincial Government. 



