February, 1922. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Ingersoll 



I The Ingersoll Horticultural Society 

 ad splendid success during 1921, as 

 'as shown by reports submitted at 

 lie annual meeting. Therd were 139 

 lembers and much important work 

 was performed during the year. The 

 oifieers for the year are : President, F. 

 P. Leake ; First Vice-President, Mrs. R. 

 ;V. Paterson; Second Vice-President, 

 Miss A. Elliott ; Secretary, R .V. Roger- 

 son. New Directors are, George Suther- 

 land, George H. Mason, J. V. 

 Buchanan, Mrs. F. W. Bowman and 

 -Mrs. W. K. Watterworth. D. G. Cuth- 

 bertson and W. J. Elliott are the 

 Auditors. 



Preston 



Tilt; annual meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on Jan. 10, 

 being \vell attended. This is the 

 youngest society in District No, 6, and 

 for this reason the Superintendent, J. 

 !•:. Carter, of Guelph, has offered a sil- 

 ver cu]) for competition at the Flower 

 Show. Tliere are 228 members, and 

 thei-e were 241 entrtes at the annual 

 exhibition laJ3t year. 



The following officers were elected : 

 J'resident, .H. Sneyd; 1st Vice-Presi- 

 dent, T. Yates ; 2nd Vice-President, \V. 

 R. Edgar. Directors, J. H. Mickler, 



I Kelly, W. Zinn, C. E. Bryant, 0. A. 

 ummer, J. Bregman, J. Preston, Jos. 

 ordon, Mrs. T. Yates, Mrs. Baldwin.-r- 

 . Sneyd. 

 Georgetown 

 The second annual meeting of the 

 Georgetown Horticultural Society was 

 held on January 18. Reports for the 

 past year proved from every stand- 

 point' that the year had been a very 

 successful one, and p?'ospects for 1922 

 are exceptionally bright. The receipts 

 for- the year were $479.44 and the ex- 

 penditures, $414.36, leaving a cash bal- 

 .nce on hatui -f ^nr. n8 i,, shirt the 

 ear's work 



The newly ciiTicfi (lim-cis aii-.^ lion, 

 resident, Mr. Papst; President, W. Ij. 

 iavidson; First Vice-President, Prof. 

 :utt; Second Vice-President, Ma.ior 

 •rant ; Secretary -Treasurer, Mihs Annie 



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Elora and Salem 



The annual meeting of the society 

 was held on Jan. 10, closing one of 

 its best years. Though situated in a 

 village of only 1,100, it has a member- 

 ship of 241 and expended nearly 

 $1,000 last yfear. 



Its Birdhouse Show, Avhere 175 

 houses were exhibited by 121 school 

 children, was greatly commended by 

 ' ,_r. Lewis of Otta^va, who had the diffi- 

 ■ult l;isk of awarding prizes. 



The flower show had nearly 400 en- 

 tries, several entering the class of the 

 50 gladioli exhibits. 



The following officers were elected 

 for 1922 : President, E. Davidson ; First 

 Vice-President, W. Gordon; Second 

 Vice-President, Rev. G. A. McDonald, 

 B. A. ; Secretary-Treasurer, W .0. Men- 

 dell. Directors, T. Tuckey, J. J. 

 Brown, W. Pitt, R. E. Mills, W. L. 

 Gordon, Rev. L. J. R. Naftel, B. A.; 

 Rev. W. S. Daniels, B. A., B. D. ; F. F. 

 Tophan, W. Murray and Past Presi- 

 dent W. Brown, who is the vice-presi- 

 dent of the newly formed Ontario 

 Gladiolus Society.— W. 0. Mcndell. 



Kitchener 



At the annual meeting of the 

 Kitchener Horticultural Society, J. A. 

 Halman Avas re-elected President 

 Other officers included : Isaac Hillborn, 

 First Vice-Pi'esident ; Mesdames E. 

 Schaefer and K. Opperman and Messrs. 

 C. Elmslie, H. W. Brown and W. G. 

 Bain. Directors. The reports showed 

 the society to be in a healthy condition. 



Memorial to W. B. Burgoyne 



The recent death of W. B. Bur- 

 goyne, president of the St. Catharines 

 Horticultural Society , will prove a 

 severe loss to the horticultural devel- 

 opment of, not only his city, but the 

 province as well, throughout which he 

 was well known. At the annual meet- 

 ing of the St. Catharines Horticul- 

 tural Society a tribute was paid to his 

 memory by the placing of a resolution 

 on record, expressive of deep regret 

 at his demise and the great loss sus- 

 tained. A committee was appointed 

 to consider a permanent memorial to 

 his memory. 



The late Mr. Burgoyne was one of 

 the founders and for several years the 

 president of the Ontario Horticultural 

 Association. This he frequently 

 represented at important horticultural 

 conventions in many parts of the 

 United States, where he I)ccame widely 

 known. He presented a rose garden 

 to the city of St. Catharines, and for 

 a number of years has been the main 

 force behind the large horticultural 

 exhibition held annually there. 



The vegetable garden will be just 

 as important this year as last. Plant 

 freely and take good care of the gar- 

 den. Some fine catalogs have been 

 issued the last few weeks. It is worth 

 while to read some of them. 



Celery seed loses it.s germinating 

 power very soon and for that reason 

 care should be taken in obtaining fresh 

 seed from a reliable source. The seed 

 should be ordered early and its ger- 

 minating power tested before the time 

 of .sowing. — W: T. Macoun, Ottawa. 



The Gladioli 



Mrs. Geo. A. Bonisteel, Belleville. 



THE gladiolus, as an imposing and 

 gorgeous summer flower, has 

 no competitor. 



It has reached a stage of perfection 

 that it would seem useless to try to im- 

 prove, yet hybridizers are forging 

 ahead producing new features, char- 

 acteristics and colorings. What is 

 considered most beautiful to-day may 

 seem commonplace a few years hence. 



The blooming period of the gladio- 

 lus is July, August and September, 

 the months of greatest heat. There- 

 fore one can preserve the bloom much 

 longer by removing from the plant. 

 Although they are beautiful blooming 

 in the garden, they are extremely de- 

 corative when cut. In fact, the gladi- 

 olus is first and last a cut flower. 



Anyone who has not felt an inde- 

 scribable thrill at the beauty of some 

 of the present day varieties when ar- 

 ranged artistically in a suitable re- 

 ceptacle has a most pleasing emotion 

 yet to be awakened within him. 



Notwithstanding its beauty, it is a 

 flower for everyone, for the most satis- 

 i'actory thing about it is its absolute 

 suitability for amateur and florist 

 alike. For this reason it is growing 

 in popularity in leaps and bounds. 



For the benefit of the would-be 

 grower a few notes on cultivation 

 would not be amiss. 



We will begin with "Do not." 



Do not plant your bulbs here and 

 there among other flowers. Do not 

 plant close to any other flower or 

 shrub, as the latter will take the mois- 

 ture and absorb the plant nourish- 

 ment faster than the bulb. Conse- 

 quently the bulb rarely matures to 

 blooming stage. 



To produce good flowers it is best l^o 

 plant in double rows about seven 

 inches apart, the double rows being 

 about fifteen inches to two feet apart, 

 according to space at command. The 

 bulbs are placed from six to twelve 

 inches apart in the rows (strong grow- 

 ing varieties twelve inches) and the 

 bulbs planted four to six inches 

 deep. 



In heavy soil we have found it best 

 to trench slightly and cover only 

 three inches on planting. Then when 

 plants are about five inches high grad- 

 ually draw more earth around them. 

 Deeper planting tends to hold plants 

 erect, although there is some discus- 

 sion as to production of cormels with 

 deep planting. 



A cord run along the outei .mUi ui 

 the double row and fastened there 

 with an ocea-sional stake if the rows 

 are long, holds plants firmly against* 

 wind and storms. 



Faint over the larger wounds made 

 when pruning. 



