OUR AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



were also given by Mr. Will McLeod and Master 

 Willie Hays. The meeting was in every respect 

 a gratifying success, and will, no doubt, do much 

 good in the way of stimulating renewed interest 

 in the society, as well as in the pleasant pursuits of 

 floriculture and horticulture. In the afternoon 

 Mr. McNeill addressed the students of the Collegiate 

 Institute, and Miss Rose the pupils of the public 

 school." 



Mr. McNeill is indeed a practical man and speaks 

 of what he knows. Miss Rose's address was sim- 

 ple, yet pleasing and instructive. There will cer- 

 tainly be some results from their visits to the 

 various towns. 



Our socety has grown some this year, both in 

 numbers and in interest. 



Although you do not very often hear from us, 

 we nevertheless very much appreciate the Horti- 

 culturist. V. Knechlet, Secretary. 



PiCTON — The addresses given by Miss Maddock 

 and Mr. Hutt on Monday evening, in Shire Hall, 

 under the patronage of the Picton Horticultural 

 Society, were a decided success. The hall was 

 full, the audience being very attentive and ap- 

 preciative of the matter -laid before them. The 

 question box was well patronized, and the inform- 

 ation clearly given by Mr. Hutt and Mr. Wise, 

 florist at Messrs. J. Terrill & Sons'. The subjects 

 dealt with by Miss Maddock were principally 

 "Beautifying the Home," and "Domestic Science," 

 while Mr. Hutt spoke of the "Birds and Insects," 

 in relation to flowers and trees. Both speakers re- 

 ferred to the remarkable success of Mr. Ross, the 

 secretary of the society, with the tropical and 

 economic plants he has given his attention to. 

 These lectures to the horticultural societies are 

 now under the management of, and the delegates 

 are sent by the superintendent of the Farmers' 

 Institutes, and no doubt will be of much v^alue to 

 those interested in horticulture. 



Cardinal. — The officers and directors of the 

 society have reason to feel satisfied with the good 

 success that attended the afternoon and evening 

 meetings on Tuesday last. The society was favor- 

 ed with the presence and help of Mr. W. N. Hutt, 

 of Southend, and Miss Blanche Maddock, of 

 Guelph. In the afternoon the scholars of the 

 Public School were treated to an address by each 

 of the above named visitors, and so interested were 

 the children with the addresses that they called 

 " More, more." 



The Town Hall in the evening was most taste- 

 fully arranged with bunting, flags, flowers, etc., 

 and the display of plants on the platform was 

 handsome. President R. B. Dowsley, Reeve of 

 the village, acted as chairman. A sh6rt musical 

 programe had been arranged, including songs 

 from Mrs. W. B. Sweet, Mrs. N. Bolton, Miss E. 

 Ross and Rev. Mr. Stafford, while Mrs. W. A. 

 Logan and Miss Ross acted as piano accompanists. 



A large audience assembled which completely 

 filled the seating capacity of the hall. Two ad- 

 dresses were delivered by Mr. Hutt and one by 

 Miss Maddock. In a racy, interesting and most 

 instructive manner Mr. Hutt dealt with pruning, 

 spraying, insects, birds, etc., and Miss Maddock 

 on the mission of flowers and window gardening. 

 At the close Mr. W. A. Logan, m moving a vote of 



thanks, and Mr. M. L. Connelly in seconding the 

 same voiced the sentiment of all present in pronoun- 

 cing the meeting one of the best and most instruct- 

 ive the society had ever held. 



For a membership fee of only one dollar per 

 year, there is given about twice that amount in 

 plants, bulbs, etc., and in addition a monthly 

 horticultural journal. 



Perth. ^The above Society held its first open 

 meeting yesterday in the Town Hall here. There 

 was no distribution, as we had distributed four 

 tuberous begonias and six gladioli a short time 

 before, and have yet to receive our Crimson Ram- 

 bler rose and clematis paniculata for later distri- 

 buting. 



The committee appointed for the purpose had 

 the stage beautifully decorated with palms, ferns, 

 and flowering plants in great profusion. ' 



At three in the afternoon all the schools of our 

 town turned out with their teachers and paraded 

 to the Hall. There were upwards of 500 pupils 

 there. The meeting was opened by Mr. Charles 

 Meighen, the Chairman of the School Board, in a 

 very neatly turned speech, introducing Dr. Jas. 

 Fletcher. 



Dr. Fletcher is Entomologist and Botanist at the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, but, as he 

 humorously puts it, he is more familiarly known 

 as the "bug and weed man." He kept the atten- 

 tion of his audience riveted for three-quarters of 

 an hour by his simple deliver^^and the simple facts 

 he brought to their attention. The text of his lec- 

 ture was "The Value of Nature's Study in Educa- 

 tion," and he brought out many things that it 

 would be well for young and old to remember. 



In the evening Dr. Fletcher addressed the mem- 

 bers of the Society and their friends, to the num- 

 ber of about 400. The Mayor, Mr. J. A. Stewart, 

 opened the meeting with a short address, setting 

 forth the aims and objects of the Society and the 

 benefits derived from membership. Dr. Fletcher 

 then spoke a half hour on "The gardener's in- 

 sects' enemies." This was extremely interesting 

 and instructive. The Doctor's address on this 

 subject is not nearly as bloodthirsty as one would 

 think from the title. In fact I think he would 

 rather preserve the lives of the innocent insects 

 than to destroy them ; but in the meantime he 

 gave us many practical hints in the best ways to 

 preserve our fruit and flowers. He divided the 

 insects into two classes ; those having mouths 

 with which they devour the foliage, and those 

 having suckers, by means of which they sap the 

 life of the plant from within. Dr. Fletcher then 

 described thoroughly the use, and the way to use 

 coal oil, paris green and insect powders as insect 

 destroyers. 



After this part there was a short musical pro- 

 gramme, when Dr. Fletcher continued his dis- 

 course, taking for his subject " Some plants worth 

 growing." He took up the four plants we are 

 distributing, also the " Golden Glow." 



Without doubt these meetings are splendid 

 things, and great good should result from them. 

 Dr. Fletcher reached 900 people yesterday, and 

 turned their thoughts in the right direction for 

 this season of the year. 



A. W. Goodman, 

 April 20, 190 1. Secy. Perth Hort. Society. 



