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WOvjdstock. — The Horticultural Society held 

 an interesting, though not verj' largely attended 

 meeting in the council chamber last night, May 

 14th. 



The following questions were received from J. C. 

 Creelman, superintendent of the Department of 

 Farmers' Institutes, and were answered as below. 



What was the attendance at your meetings? 

 Fairly good. 



How were your members pleased with the ad- 

 dresses of the delegates ? \^ery well pleased. 



Was the lady speaker who addressed your society 

 appreciated ? Yes, very much. 



Were the delegates well received at the schools 

 and do you think this new departure a useful feat- 

 ure of the work ? Yes. 



In what branch of horticulture are your members 

 most interested ? Floriculture has the preference. 



Have you any suggestions to offer in regard to 

 next year's work ? This was left in the hands of a 

 committee, composed of the president, T. H. Parker, 

 M. Dawes. J. S. Scarff and-Robt. Woodroofe. 



The matter of awarding prizes for the test kept 

 cottage garden was discussed at length and left to 

 the committee. The encouragement of the decora- 

 tion of School grounds was also considered. 



The secretary, J. S. Scarff, reported that 724 

 plants and shrubs had betn given to 102 members 

 as follows : 



134 Cumberland raspberry plants. 



35 shrubs. 



38 apple trees, 38 pear trees, 38 grape vines, 63 

 palms, 1 26 rose bushes, 63 clematis, 63 geraniimis, 

 63 asparagus plumosus and 63 asparagus springerii. 



Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. J. H. Finkle and Mrs. Harry 

 Davidson have consented to read papers before 

 future meetings of the society. A number of 

 accounts were also passed. The members of the 

 society expressed themselves highly pleased with 

 the attendance at the recent public meeting held at 

 the Collegiate, under the auspices of the society, 

 and a cordial vote of thanks was tendered the 

 musicians and others who kindly gave their assist- 

 ance on that occasion. 



Mr. Whaley followed President Patullo's sugges- 

 tion with regard to a prize for cottage gardens, 

 with a suggestion to give one to school children, 

 who would make the best flower garden — work and 

 care of same to be done exclusively by themselves. 

 This was endorsed by the meeting and a committee 

 was appointed to carry out both suggestions. It 

 consisted of President PatuUo, Secretary Scarff, 

 R, W. Woodroofe, M. Dawes, T. H. Parker and 

 M. Richmond, who will probably meet at 4 o'clock 

 this afternoon in T. H. Parker's office. 



Mitchell. — A most enthusiastic meeting was 

 held under the auspices of the Horticultural 

 Society here on April i6th. In the afternoon the 

 pupils of the high and public schools gathered at 

 the town hall, in charge of the teaching staff, to 

 hear Mr. Alex. McNeill and Miss Rose, of Guelph. 

 The scholars were very much interested in what 



they heard and were asked to write an essay on 

 the subject matter of the lectures the next day. 



In the evening the hall was crowded to the doors 

 by the most select and enthusiastic audience that 

 ever came together in the town. President A. 

 Dalton Smith, M.D., occupied the chair and with 

 him oa the platform were Vice-President W. 

 Elliott, B.A., all the clergymen of the town and 

 outlj'ing districts and a few otheis. The hall was 

 splendidly decorated with plants and flowers, and 

 the musical selections given throughout the pro- 

 gram by Mrs. F. B. Holtby, piano, Mrs. F. A. 

 Campbell, vocal ; Miss Pearl Waterhcuse, violin, 

 and Prof. Bridgeman, piano, were very choice. 

 Miss Rose spoke on the subject, " Why I have a 

 garden," and Mr. McNeill on "Plants, Shrubs, 

 etc., for the home plot," and both received a 

 splendid hearing. Each of the clergy^men present 

 said a few encouraging words expressing their 

 sympathy with the objects of the society and their 

 interest in its operations. This is what I have 

 long contended for — the co-operation of the 

 churches with us in our work, and in this town we 

 are getting it. Everybody seemed to be pleased 

 with the meeting and the society is likely to grow 

 in popularity and usefulness as one of the results. 

 We have now a membership of seventy-four and 

 expect to go on increasing. Already a deeper and 

 more active interest is being manifested thrcugh- 

 out the town in fruit and flower culture and gener- 

 al home ornamentation. 



T. H. Race Secretary'. 



Orillia. — The joint committee of representatives 

 of the Horticultural Society, the Board of Trade 

 and the Town Council which has of late been con- 

 sidering ways and means of beautifying Orillia, is 

 this week issuing a circular to the citizens, appeal- 

 ing to them to lend their assistance, an appeal 

 which it is to be hoped will not be made in vain. 

 After referring to the great business benefit that 

 Orillia had derived from the tourist trade during 

 the past three years, and to the unfavorable im- 

 pression which our dirty streets had made on 

 many visitors, the committee makes these proposals 

 as a remedy : 



(i) That shade trees be planted along the 

 boulevards throughout the town, wherever there 

 are not trees already. The Town Council offers 

 to supply trees and have them planted at a cost of 

 fifteen cents per tree (less than one-halt of the 

 actual cost), pro\'ided application for trees be filed 

 with the Town Clerk before May 1st. The com- 

 mittee would recommend maples and elms as the 

 best ornamental trees for this purpose. The last 

 named will thrive best in any moist, heavy clay 

 soil, and probably in most of the southerly portion 

 of the town. Trees should be planted durmg the 

 latter part of April or first part of May, and should 

 be protected from cattle and small boys by posts 

 or tree boxes, and from drought by a small quan- 

 tity of sawdust on the surface of the ground round 

 the trunk. The maples shou'd be watered regular- 



