NOTES FROM THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



WALKERTON. 



The Directors of the Walkerton Horticul- 

 tural Society, in presenting their first annual 

 report to the members of the Society since the 

 affiliation of the Society with the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, congratulated the Society 

 on its prosperity during the year 1902 and that the 

 Society had affiliated with the Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation. 



Bearing in mind ths objects of the Society, your 

 Directors made arrangements early in the year for 

 and held a meeting in the Town Hall, Walkerton, 

 on Thursday evening, March 13th last. This 

 meeting, the first of its kind in town, was a perfe t 

 success. The Walkerton Orchestra provided good 

 music. The speakers of the evening were Mr. T. 

 H. Race, of Mitchall, and Mr. L. Woolverton, of 

 Grimsby. The former gave a delightful and in- 

 spiring address on the influence of flowers upan 

 the life and character of children, and the latter 

 upon the subject of landscape art as applied to 

 home and school grounds. 



On the first of August last the Society held a 

 Flower and Plant Show or exhibition in the Town 

 Hall. No prizes were offered. There was a large 

 and fine exhibit of flowers and plants, and those 

 who attended were highly pleased with the enter- 

 tainment and expressed the hope that the Society 

 would make the exhibition an annual event. 

 School children were admitted free. Each mem- 

 ber of the Society received free three admission 

 tickets. There was taken a.\ the door $4.70. After 

 the close of the exhibition all the cut flowers with 

 the consent of the exhibitors, were expressed to the 

 Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto, where they 

 were thankfully received. We hope that the di- 

 rectors of 1903 will hold another exhibition during 

 the coming summer, if the season at all proves 

 favorable, and that it be held later in the season 

 than last year's. Every member of the Society, 

 as well as every lover of flowers, should make ar- 

 rangements early in the season so as to be pre- 

 pared to be an exhibitor, and we hope ev«ry one 

 will assist in making the exhibition of 1903 a most 

 enjoyable succe>s. 



During the year 1902 this Society had eighty- 

 nine members who each paid f j.oo, and as re- 

 quired by sub-section (a) of section 11 of the "Ag- 

 ricultural and Arts Act" of Ontario, we hereto 

 annex the names of the members. We feel confi- 

 dent that if the objects and benefits of- the Society 

 become better known in the community the mem- 

 bership of the Society will greatly increase. Each 

 of the members for the year 1902 received monthly 

 a magazine, "The Canadian Horticulturist, " and 

 as a premium with that magazine each member 

 received one of the following plants under its 

 plant distribution for 1902, viz: 



(a) Plant called Iceberg, a new white blackberry. 



(b) Flowering shrub, Deutzia Lemoinei. 



(c) Grape vine, Campbell. 



(d) Hardy flowering schrub, Siberian Pea Tree. 

 The magazine was read with pleasure and profit 



by the members. 



Your directors also purchased from Mr. Sher- 

 rington, of the Experimental Fruit Farm at Walk- 

 erton, and from Mr. W. E. Norrish, at Walkerton, 

 a quantity of fruit trees, shrubs, vines, plants and 



bulbs, and last spring distributed them among the 

 members, viz: 13 palms, 144 tuberous rooted be- 

 gonias, 6 caladiu-ns, 12 spotted leaf callas, 12 cy- 

 clamen, 36 tigridias, 9 cannas, 84 gladiola, 56 

 roses. 30 Japanese lilies, 8 clematis, 8 Madeira 

 vines, 8 cinnamon vines, 1 5 cherry, 42 plum and 

 6 apple trees, 6 currant bushes, 5 dew berries and 

 60 black and red raspberries. During ihe fall of 

 1902 your directors distributed among the mem- 

 bers a quantity of flowering bulbs, viz : 1 50 hya- 

 cinths for pot culture, 300 bedding hyacinths, 1500 

 tulips, 600 crocus, 300 narcissus, 25 Chinese sacred 

 lilies. 



The Ontario Fruit Growers Association favored 

 our town and society by holding its annual meet- 

 ing here on the ist, 2nd and 3rd December last, 

 and the executive committee of that Association 

 recognizing the fact that the Horticultural Societies 

 of Ontario had been a great assistance to the Fruit 

 Growers' Association held two special sessions for 

 those interested in flowers, etc. Those who at- 

 tended these meetings received a large amount of 

 pleasure and benefit from them. The papers read 

 and addresses given were all by gentlemen of cul- 

 ture and experience, and as a stenographer was 

 present to report the proceedings and addresses the 

 members of our Society will receive the benefit of 

 them in the coming publication of the Annual Re- 

 port of the Fruit Growers' Association. Every 

 member for 1903 will receive a copy of that report. 



Your Directors through Mr. Norrish purchased 

 a number of plants and bunting to decorate the 

 hall. The plants were sold at a small loss after 

 the meeting, and the bunting remains on hand for 

 future use for exhibition purposes. The thanks of 

 this Society are due to Messrs. Dale, of Brampton, 

 who gratuitously supplied all the beautiful and 

 welcome roses, which made such an elegant dis- 

 play on the table in the room where the Horticul- 

 tural meetings were held. 



During the one of your directors, Mr. D. Mac- 

 Gillvray, Manager of the Canadian Bank of Com- 

 merce here, was moved to a similar position in 

 Windsor, Ont. Your Directors and the Society 

 have suffered material loss by the removal of Mr. 

 MacGillivray who took an active part in the organ- 

 ization of this Society, and spent time and money 

 in making the flower show of 1902 a success, and 

 also in planting trees on our streets. As he is a 

 budding botanist and found of flowers and plants, 

 he encouraged others in the cultivation of their 

 gardens, and was a good example to them as well 

 as to those fond of civic improvement. He was of 

 great service to us. 



We would recommend that the Directors of 1903 

 take early steps to induce the Town Council, Board 

 of Trade and Trustees of the High, Public and 

 Separate Schools to act jointly with the Di-ectors 

 in the matter of planting and taking care of our 

 street shade trees, and induce the Department of 

 Militia and Defence to remove the old and delapi- 

 tated board fence at the old drill shed ground, and 

 level and seed the ground. The grounds are near 

 all the schools in town as well as to the county 

 public buildings and churches, and in their peesent 

 state are an eyesore to every citizen as well distroy- 

 ing the beauty of the adjacent public buildings 

 and private residences. 



Your Directors would also recommend that the 



