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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 1908 



Horticultural Convention 



The following paragraph of the constitu- 

 tion of the Ontario Horticultural Association 

 regulates the number of delegates that each 



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 ilri tn Jan. 19. 1907, "Tkr 

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I givin ptrftti ialiifatlian 1 



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 is no better shingle. Interlocks on all 

 four sides, no chance for leakage. Nail ■ 

 holes are concealed. No raw edges of 

 any kind exposed. Can be used on 

 pitches from 2-in. per foot up. Send ' 

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ROOFERS to the FARMERS OF CANADA 



I THE METAL SH tljIGLE & SIDING.CO..UMITED J 

 I^^Ka^mmt0 Preiton, Ont. ~ 



society is allowed to send to the annual 

 convention to be held in Toronto, Nov. 10 

 and 11 : "Each society shall 'be entitled to 

 be represented by two delegates, and any 

 society having a membership exceeding 100 

 shall be entitled to an additional represent- 

 ation in the proportion of one delegate to 

 each 100 or fraction of 100." 



The program for the convention is pub- 

 lished on page 248. Since that page went 

 to press, the following additions and 

 changes have been made: Mr. J. M. Dick- 

 son of Hamilton will speak on the "Repre- 

 sentation of Our Association on the Boards 

 of the Canadian National Exhibition and of 

 the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition." The 

 question, of incrensing membership will be 

 discussed by Mr. J. F. Watson, Ottawa, and 

 Mr. J. P. J'affrey, Gait. The paper on "Re- 

 sults of Distribution of Flower Seeds to 

 School Children" will be read by Mr. Jas. 

 A. Wiley, St. Catharines, in place of Mr. 

 Hesson. Mr. H. H. Groff, Simcop, will 

 read a paper on "Scientific Plant Breeding." 



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Ottawa Flower Guild 



A flower guild has been organized in 

 Ottawa. Its obiects are twofold, — to teach 

 the children to love flowers, and further, to 

 show them how they may assist the Ottawa 

 Horticultural Society and the Ottawa Im- 

 provement Commission in beautifying the 

 city; and secondly to furnish them with 

 several means of recreation. Plants were 

 distri'buted to the children with directions 

 for their culture. 



The plants and flowers grown by the 

 children will be exhibited at the flower 

 shows of the horticultural society. Many 

 prominent citizens have promised to give 

 prizes. It is expected that the Guild will 

 become a big factor in the work of improv- 

 ing and beautifying the Capital City. 



Plant Eats Insects 



Picton Gazette. 



Did you ever see a plant eat flies and even 

 "Daddy Longlegs?" A plant of this descrip- 

 tion, of the orchid species is to be seen 

 among the collection of curious plants that 

 belong to Mr. W. T. Ross, Collector of Cus- 

 toms, Picton, Ont. In his hunt for plants, 

 out of the ordinary run of things in plant 

 life, Mr. Ross has accumulated many most 

 interesting specimens, for he is a well- 

 known and enthusiastic horticulturist, but 

 perhaps the most interesting study is his 

 latest addition, known as the Venus fly 

 trap, a carnivorous plant. These plants 

 grow only in one known place in the world. 

 North Carolina, and are unique of their kind. 

 It is about the oddest thing imaginable to 

 see their small oval leaves, bend inwards 

 at the centre stem running through the 

 leaf, and with their teeth— like edges- 

 close in upon a fly or spider, and then 

 proceed to devour the insect, thus engulfed 



Capt. S. Musgrave of the British army 

 who has just returned from a trip of explor- 

 ation in Colombo has seen much of these 

 plants and made a study in dissecting them. 

 He declares he found that this spicies 

 of plant had digestive organs, a brain and 

 nerve ganglia, like human beings. 



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