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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, igo8 



wa, had a large exhibit of fruit of Cana- 

 dian origin. The Ontario fruit experiment 

 stations showed a variety of fruits in their 

 natural state and preserved. The Ontario 

 Agricultural College exhibited mounted 

 specimens of insects and fungous diseases. 

 The display of preserved fruits was interest- 

 ing and well put up. It is pleasing to note, 

 also, that some of our best firms who have 

 to do with the manufacture of materials 

 used by horticulturists put up displays of 

 their wares. Among them were the Domin- 

 ion offices of the Potash Syndicate, who 

 showed fertilizers; William Cooper and 

 Nephews, insecticides and fungicides; Har- 

 ris Abattoir Co., fertilizers; Spramotor Co.. 

 power sprayers; Bissell Mfg. Co., orchard 

 implements; and some others. These added 

 to the interest of the show. It is hoped 

 that other firms will do likewise at future 

 exhibitions. 



THE VEGETABLES 



There was a grand showing of vegetables. 

 There were more entries and the quality 

 was better than in previous years. The 

 cauliflowers were exceptionally good, the 

 most successful exhibitors being the Mc- 

 Kays, of Doncaster. The celery, onions, 

 cabbage, carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips, 

 citrons, squash, potatoes, peppers, salsify 

 and horseradish were said by the judges to 

 te the best that they have ever seen. The 

 competition was keen. The general col- 

 lections were admirable, the first prize 

 being won by W. Harris of Humber Bay; 

 second. Brown Bros., Humber Bay; third, 

 F. F. Eeeves. Humber Bay. Besides the 

 exhibitors mentioned, other successful ones 

 were: J. W. Eush, and J. Dandridge, Hum- 

 ber Bay; J. Guthrie and G. Watson, Dixie; 

 T. Delworth, Weston; B. Brown, Wychwood, 

 and C. Plunkett, Woodbridge. The iudges 

 were K. H. Lewis, of Hamilton, and Geo. 

 Syme, Jr., of Carleton West. 



THE FLOWER SHOW 



Although the flower and plant show was 

 an admirable one in point of quality the 

 entries were not as numerous as last year. 

 There was a shortage, especially in the 

 chrysanthemum classes. R. Jennings, of 

 Brampton, won the prize for th^ largest 

 chrysanthpmum in the show. The new 

 'mum, "W. R. Brock," shown by the 

 Steele-Briggs Seed Co. was much arlmire'l. 

 There were some excellent carnat'ons and 

 roses shown. The floral designs were well 

 done. The decorated dinin? tables were 

 much better than last year. Th" collections 

 of orchids were splendid, first prize b"ing 

 won by T. Manton. Eglinton: second. E. F. 

 Collins. Toronto; third, W. J. Potter. Tor. 

 onto. Plans for npxt ypnr's exhihitinn al- 

 rendv are being made. The lessons learned 

 at this year's show and at nrev'ous on°s 

 will be used in making next year's exhibi- 

 tion grander and better than ever. 



The Ontario Horticultural Association 



National Apple Show 



It is. expected that the National Apple 

 Show to be held in Spokane. Wash.. Dec. 

 7-12, will be the greatest exhibition of its 

 kind ever held in the world. The total value 

 of premiums amounts to over $35.00. The 

 secretary is Mr. H. G. Neely, of Spokane. 



A premium of $1,500 call.= for a carload 

 exhibit of 210 barrels or 630 50-pound boxes 

 of one or more varieties. A premium of 

 $1,000 is offered for exhibits of not more 

 than two barrels, boxes, bn.skets i r plates 

 of one variety. The exhibitor of the larg- 

 est apple of regular shape. wiMi perfect 

 stem and calyx and without disi^a.«e or ble- 

 mish, will receive a reproduction of the 

 fruit in bronze, heavily plated in gold and 

 mounted on a silver pedestal representing 

 ' " -^ and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 



THE great work that can be accom- 

 plished on behalf of the horticultural 

 societies of the province by such an 

 organization as the Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Association was shown in numerous 

 ways at the recent third annual convention 

 of the association, that was held in Toronto, 

 Nov. 10-11, at the time of the Ontario Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition. Horticultural so- 

 cieties from all parts of Ontario were repre- 

 sented by delegates. The attendance at all 

 the sessions was gratifying and demonstrat- 

 ed that the horticultural societies are begin- 

 ning to realize how necessary it is that they 

 should be organized through a central asso- 

 ciation. 



A most important decision reached was 

 that application should be made to the On- 

 tario Government for an increase in the 

 government grant from $8,000 to $10,000 a 

 year. Supt. J. Lockie Wilson, in his annual 

 report, announced that the membership of 

 the horticultural societies this year, as com- 

 pared with last year, would show an in- 

 crease of aljout 50 per cent or, from a little 

 over 6,000 to over 9,000 members This great 

 increase, he said, was due to the recent 

 change in the Horticultural Societies Act, 

 by which the societies are now offered in- 

 ducements to increase their membership. 



There would be, he reported, a similar in- 

 crease of the expenditures of the horticul- 

 tural societies for horticultural purposes. 

 Mr. Wilson recommended that the Act be 

 amended so that the officers of the so- 

 cieties will be required in future to give an 

 affidavit in regard to the annual expendi- 

 tures of their society, so as to prevent the 

 annual reports of the societies from bping 

 padded. It was suggested by Mr. Wilson 

 that action be taken to limit the grant that 

 any society should receive to $800, as there 

 were a couple of societies in the province 

 that would receive over that amount next 

 year. The convention unanimously decided 

 in favor of petitioning for an increased Gov- 

 ernment grant. No action was taken in re- 

 gard to petitioning for power to limit the 

 erant of any one society to $800 a year. 

 This matter has been discussed thoroughly 

 at a meeting of the directors previous to 

 the convention, at which it had been point- 

 ed out that the societies which were getting 

 the large grants were getting them becaxise 

 of the hard work that had been done, that 

 smaller societies who had put forth energetic 

 efforts, had succeeded in doubling their 

 membership and their expenditures for hor- 

 ticultural purposes, and that it would be 

 unfair to limit the grant to a large society, 

 simply ibecause it had worked hard to make 

 a good showing. 



Prof. H. L. Hutt thought that a special 

 effort should be made to organize new so- 

 cieties in the various towns of the province 

 where there were none at present, and re- 

 ferred to the Stirling society, which was 

 doing good work in a town where the popu- 

 lation was a little over one thousand. 



It was decided to petition the Ontario 

 Legislature to give power to municipalities 

 to tax bill boards and to urge municipalities 

 to take such action. 



Rev. A. H. Scott, of Perth, read a report 

 for the committee appointed to consider the 

 introduction of horticultural topics in the 

 new school books of the province. The re- 

 port ureed strongly that this should be 

 done. The Ontario Department of Educa- 

 tion, while recognizing the importance of 

 nature study, had stated that the books 

 were readers only and, while the depart- 

 ment would bring nature study as muih as 



possible to the front, it could not arrange 

 to adopt special subjects. 



The report of the secretary- treasuri 

 showed a balance on hand of $152.30, fron 

 which the expenses of the annual conven- 

 tion would have to be deducted. The report 

 showed that the following societies had 

 affiliated for the year 1908-09: Smith Falls. 

 Windsor, London, Hamilton, Kingston, 

 Oakville, Cardinal, Walkerville, Brantford, 

 Kincardine, Port Dover, Toronto, Spring- 

 field, Belleville, Thornbury, Goderich, Co- 

 bourg, Perth, Ottawa, Seaforth, Elmira, 

 Bowmanville, Hamilton, Grimsby, Picton, 

 Gait, Owen Sound and Clinton. 



The committee on nomenclature, that had 

 been appointed at the last annual conven- 

 tion, reported progress and was re-elected. 

 The report was presented "by Mr. John 

 Cavers, the secretary, who stated that the 

 Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association and 

 the Canadian Horticultural Association, 

 had both appointed representatives to act 

 on the committee. 



The election of officers for the association 

 for the ensuing year, resulted as follows : 

 Pres., Major H. J. Snelgrove, Cobourg, (re- 

 elected) ;lst vice-pres., R. B. Whyte, Ottawa, 

 (re-elected) ; 2nd vice-pres., Roderick Cam- 

 eron, Toronto, (re-elected) ; sec, J. Lockie 

 Wilson, Toronto; treas., H. B. Cowan, 

 Peterboro; honorary directors, W. B. Bur- 

 goyne, St. Catharines; Prof. H. L. Hutt, 

 0. A. C, Guelph; Prof. W. T. Macoun. C. 

 E. F., Ottawa; directors, Rev. A. H. Scott, 

 Perth; W. Jeffers Diamond, Belleville; Miss 

 Blacklock, Toronto; A. Alexander, Hamil- 

 ton; Jas. Mitchell, Goderich; G. W. Tebbs. 

 Hespeler; and John S. Pearce, London. 



During the different sessions, a number 

 of valuable papers were read. Some of them 

 are published on other pages of this issue 

 and others will appear later. They are as 

 follows: "Laying Out and Planting of 

 Small Gardens," Roderick Cameron. Tor- 

 onto; "Window Boxes, Baskets and Rustic 

 Stands," Wm. Hunt, Guelph; "Some 

 Flowering Bulbs and Tuberous Plants." J. 

 McPherson Ross, Toronto; "Horticulture in 

 Great Britain as Seen by a Canadian." R. 

 B. Whyte, Ottawa; "The Civic Improve- 

 ment Movement in Ontario," Prof. H. L. 

 Hutt. Guelph; "Increasing Membership," 

 J. F. Watson, Ottawa; "Scientific Plant 

 Breeding," H. H. Groff, Simcoe; "Best Half 

 Hardy Tub Plants," Roderick Cameron. 

 Toronto; "Perennial Borders," W. T. Ma- 

 coun, Ottawa; "Labor Saving Tools for Gar- 

 den Work," H. Simmers, Toronto; "Notes 

 on Some New Peonies," R. B. Whyte, Ot- 

 tawa; and some others. 



Three new subscriptions for $1.00 if sent 

 before Dec. 25th, 1908. 



The work of the Stirling Horticultural 

 Society is making that little town one of the 

 most progressive and beautiful in the Dom- 

 inion. An interesting meeting was held 

 last month at which Prof. H. L. Hutt. O. 

 A. C, Guelph, delivered an address on civic 

 improvement and flower culture. 



The Woodstock Horticultural Society 

 held its annual meeting last month. Those 

 present pronounced it to be the best held 

 yet. Much enthusiasm was shown in re- 

 gard to the work of the past year and th^t 

 of the future. Photographs of the flower 

 .show held by this society last August have 

 just been received by The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist. They will appear in a latter 

 issue. 



