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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ly about once a week (not oftener) for the first 

 month or two after planting, but the elms should 

 be watered twice each week. 



(2) The Town Council has decided to have the 

 shade trees on the streets regularly and properly 

 trimmed by competent men, and in future private 

 citizens wishing to have the trees on their boule- 

 vards trimmed must not have it done themselves, 

 but should make application to the Town Clerk, 

 when it will be promptly attended to. 



(3) That the grass and weeds be kept cut on the 

 boulevards and that an effort be made by all in- 

 dividual citizens to improve the appearance of the 

 boulevards throughout the town. Arrangements 

 can be readily made to have such work done for 

 the season at a very reasonable rate, and any 

 member of the Horticultural Society, Board of 

 Trade or Town Council will gladly furnish you 

 with the names of persons willing to undertake 

 such work. 



(4) That each citizen be asked to assist in the 

 work of keeping the streets clean, by refraining 

 from throwing on the streets scraps of paper or 

 other refuse, and to endeavour individually to keep 

 others from doing the same. Receptacles for 

 waste paper, etc. . will be placed at the principal 

 street corners, so that there will in future be no ex- 

 cuse for littering the streets with such refuse. 



(5 ) That each individual citizen will not only do 

 all in his or her power to beautify the streets of the 

 town, of which we are all so proud, but that each 

 will also endeavor to improve his or her property, 

 so that we may have in every sense a clean, health- 

 ful and beautiful place of residence. If all, or a 

 majority will assist in this, the result will be a vast 

 improvement in the whole. Any member of the 

 Horticultural Society or of this Joint Committee 

 will consider it a pleasure to assist by information 

 or advice anyone desiring such, in the earnest 

 hope that concerted action will be taken upon the 

 suggestions embodied in this circular, and result 

 in the general good. 



The Joint Committee is composed of Messrs. C. 

 L. Stephens, chairman ; G. H. Clark, secretary ; 

 E. C. Roper, W. S. Frost, G. Street, S. Reeve, S. 

 H. Black, F. Sollitt, J. H. Wilson, Wm. Bacon, A. 

 B. Thompson, J. P. Secord and G. T. Tipping. 

 There is no doubt that if the committee perseveres 

 in its good w^ork, and receives the backing it 

 should get, the result will be to revolutionize the 

 appearance of the town, and to make Orillia the 

 neatest as well as the most picturesquely situated 

 summer resort in Canada. 



Elmira. — The local paper of this town devotes a 

 whole column to an account of the meeting held 

 by Mr. McNeill and Miss Rose, whom they call 

 "two plain everyday people who will make hosts 

 of friends wherever the}^ go ; two lecturers who 

 have not merely the theorj' of the subject, but who 

 also speak from practical experience." 



Kincardine.— On Friday evening, Mr. McNeill, 

 of Walker ville, and Miss Rose, of Guelph, delivered 

 addresses in the town hall under the auspices of 

 tne Kincardine Horticultural Society. The former 

 took for his subject : "Plants, trees and shrubs for 

 the ordinary town lot," and the latter gave an ad- 

 mirable address in which reasons were set forth 

 " Why I have a garden." The attendance was 



not nearly so large as the excellence of the ad- 

 dresses warranted. Those who were pre^-ent 

 received much practical instruction and valual-le 

 suggestions were made as to beautifying the plots, 

 lawns and streets of the town in which we live. 

 In some towns prizes are given for the best kept 

 gardens, plots and lawns, and if the Kincaidine 

 Horticultural Society would take the matter up the 

 town would be greatly beautified. There should 

 be two or three classes s<:j as to give the working- 

 man's little cottage and plot an equal chance in his 

 class with that of his neighbor of larger premises 

 and facilities in his class. The Horticultural 

 Society could do very practical work by instituting 

 such a competition. Mayor Mackendrick presided 

 as chairman of the meeting. 



London. — During the first week in April each 

 member of the London Horticultural Society 

 received from the executive of the Society a pack, 

 age of seed, consisting of one large packet of the 

 following varieties,— 



Asters, New Victoria; Scabiosa, mixed ; Antirr- 

 hinum, mixed; Phlox Drummondi, mixed; Nas- 

 turtium, dwarf mixed ; Dianthus Heddewiggi, 

 mixed, and one packeteach of the following Sweet 

 Peas : America, Xavy Blue, Blushing Beauty, 

 Mars, Countess of Radnor, Black Knight, Kath- 

 erine Tracey, Emily Henderson, Mrs. Eckford, 

 Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain. 



The members were exceedingly well pleased at 

 receiving so liberal a distribution. 



R. W. Rennie, Sec'y. 



London. — The London Horticultural Society 

 held their second open meeting this year on the 

 evening of May 3rd, in the auditorium of the 

 Y. M. C. A. Building, the meeting being called to 

 distribute the plant premiums provided by the 

 Canadian Horticulturist. The meeting was very 

 well attended considering the short notice given. 

 Dr. C. J. S. Bethune occupied the chair, the pres- 

 ident, Mr. J. A. Balkwill, having a severe coM. 



Before proceeding to distribute the premiums 

 Dr. Bethune gave an exceedingly interesting and 

 instructive address on the commoner destiuctive 

 insects, illustrating his remarks by greatly enlarged 

 colored drawings of insects. Mr. Wm. Gammage, 

 who has been so successful with his carnatioijs at 

 the Pan-American, was to have spoken, but owing 

 to indisposition was unable to do so. 



During the evening the members were favored 

 with songs by Mrs, Geddes and Miss Agnes 

 Templeton, accompanied by Miss Templeton. 

 The Society tendered these ladies a hearty vote of 

 thanks for contributing so largely to the enjoyment 

 of the evening. R. W. Rennie, Sec'y. 



Cayuga. — The horticultural society here pro- 

 poses putting out a cedar hedge in front of the 

 High School two hundred feet in length. When 

 is the best time ? The soil is heavy clay, but we 

 can dig a trench and fill in with good loam. 



y. E. Skede. President. 



The hedge may be planted any time this month, 

 when the ground is in good conditicn ; indeed 

 most experts claim that June is the very best 

 season for transplanting eve" greens. 



