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THE CANADIAN HORTICr LTl'RIST. 



has consented to take this work in hand, and 

 carry it on in a much more vigorous manner 

 than we have been able to to do. We feel 

 sure that this plan will be a fresh inspiration 

 to all our societies. 



Already Mr. Creelman has prepared and 

 sent out the following letter : 



Dear Sir, — At the request of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, and with the consent of the 

 Hon. Minister of Agriculture, the lecture work in 

 connection with the Horticultural societies of the 

 province has been transferred to the Department 

 of Farmers' Institutes. 



I understand that it has been the custom of the 

 Association in the past to send a speaker to address 

 your meeting once every year, and it is the duty 

 of your association to supply a comfortable hall 

 and' advertise the meeting sufficiently to ensure the 

 delegates an interested and representative aud- 

 ience. 



I should be glad to hear from you at once whether 

 you wish to continue this practice. I can arrange 

 to have a speaker attend the meeting in your town 

 in March or April, and as a number of your mem- 

 bers are also members of our Farmers' or Women's 

 Institutes, it might be possible for us to arrange 

 for one of our lady delegates to accompany the 

 gentleman who will address your meeting. This 

 lady would be prepared to speak on subjects con- 

 nected with the home, and together with such local 

 talent as vou have in your society, would, I think, 

 make a very attractive programme. 



It might also be arranged to have the delegate, 

 or delegates, address the school children in the 

 afternoon of the day on which they are to attend 

 your meeting. Resides pleasing and instructing 

 the children, it would be a means of supplementing 

 your advertising, and through them the adults at 

 home would be reminded of the entertainment at 

 night. 



Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am, 

 Yours ver\^ truly, 



G. C. Creelm.\n. 



Hv.\ci\THS AND Narcissi — A subscriber in 

 Ineersoll kindlv encloses to us an amateur 



Fig. 2044. Tulips and Narcissi. 



photograph of these bulbs in bloom, grown 

 by him in pots without a greenhouse. There 

 were twelve large blooms of \'on Sion in 

 the fern dish, and four large spikes of min- 

 iature hyacinths in the left. He writes, " I 

 very much appreciate the advertising columns 

 of the Horticulturist, because I have been 

 anxious to have the names of good Canadian 

 firms. I consider Mr. Hunt's articles 

 excellent." 



@UEiTD@ff^ P^AUE^' 



Lawn Grass. 



1209. Sir, — I wish to make a lawn in the 

 spring. The soil is fairlj' good clay loam, having 

 been levelled and put in as good condition as may 

 be last fall ; what kind of seed should one sow, 

 and should it be put on thickly and at what time ; 

 would a dressing of some fertilizer be beneficial ; 

 if so, what kind, and when applied ? By answer- 

 ing above you will confer a favor on 



Chatham. Subscriber. 



Maynard, in his Landscape Gardening, 

 replies to these enquiries very well. Only 

 those grasses, he says, which make a fine 

 spreading growth, give good results in 

 lawn making. " The best kinds for general 

 purposes are the bent grasses, and June 

 grass, which spread rapidly by underground 



