WKat Ontario Horticultural Societies are Doing 



THAT the Toronto Hort'l Society is alive 

 and intends to devote more energy and 

 attention to matters pertaining to the 

 interests of the society, was manifest 

 at the annual meeting, held in St. George's 

 Hall, Toronto, Jan. 9. A large attendance was 

 present, and everyone was filled with ambition 

 and enthusiasm to bring the name of the society 

 more prominently before the public this year 

 than ever before. 



President H. R. Frankland was re-elected; 

 George Muston was elected 1st v.-pres., and 

 W. G. Rook, 2nd v.-pres. As the president 

 expressed a strong desire that half of the board 

 of directors be ladies, the following board was 

 elected by ballot: Col. Delamere, John Chambers, 

 Wm. Jay, R. J. Score and G. H. Mills, and Mrs. 

 Abbott, Miss Blacklock, Miss Morse and Mrs. 

 Kingdon. progress in peterbofo 



At the annual meeting of the Peterboro 

 Hort'l Socie ty, held in January, 1905, it was 

 decided to discontinue the annual "Horticul- 

 tural Show," which involved much labor and 

 expense. The annual prizes called for an ex- 

 penditure of about $150, besides other consider- 

 able expenses for hall, music, attendance, cart- 

 age, etc. The entrance fees were trifling, and 

 year after year the bulk of the prizes were 

 taken by the same people. To take the place 

 of the show, and to encourage and cultivate a 

 taste for horticulture, we are now giving shrubs 

 and bulbs, also a year's subscription to some 

 good horticultural paper and prizes for the best' 

 kept lawns and gardens. 



In 1905 we distributed to our members for 

 the spring 600 tuberous begonias and 1,700 

 gladioli; and in the fall 5,000 tulips and 700 

 hyacinths, which, with the subscription to the 

 paper, cost us about $135. We also gave $31 

 for lawn prizes. We found that the members 

 were much better satisfied, and that our mem- 

 bership increased from about 90 to 115. 



This year we have given to our members 500 

 peonies, 1,000 hyacinths and 1,300 daffodils, 

 also the subscription to the paper, at a cost of 

 about $210, and lawn prizes amounting to $31. 

 Our membership has increased to 175. Quite 

 a number of the names were sent in without 

 solicitation. Our lawn prizes are divided into 

 three classes: First, for grounds kept wholly by 

 paid labor; second, for grounds kept partly by 

 paid labor and partly by owner; and third, for 

 grounds where owners do all the work themselves. 

 The prizes are the same in all classes, viz., 

 first prize, $5; second prize, $3; third prize, $2. 

 We might say that in the last case we do not 

 give the prizes to the finest places, but to the 

 ones that we consider have accomplished the 

 best results with the means at their disposal; 

 for example, this year the first prize was given 

 for a back yard, which the year before was 

 [nothing but a bed of tan bark. It had been 

 ransformed into a very pretty flower garden. 

 e second prize was given to a lady who had 

 hanged a gravel bank outside her door into a 

 jbeauty spot admired by all who passed her 

 'lOme. We feel that next year will see quite a 

 lumber of little plots of ground improved and 

 ade attractive. 



Our society also takes charge of the two 

 all parks in the centre of the city. We 

 iceive a grant from the county council and one 

 ■om the city. We have a park committee 

 hose duty it is to meet in the spring and de- 

 ide on what class of flowers shall be planted in 

 he different beds, and also as to the improve- 

 [tients to be made during the year. The com- 

 |iiittee calls for tenders from the local florists, 

 ht contract being let to the lowest tenderer. 

 "le florist securing the contract has to supply 

 fhe plants and set them out, and thcv remain 

 's property, he being allowed to take them 

 on or about the first of October. In this 



way the florist secures many valuable plants 

 for cutting purposes and the society secures 

 much better price. — W. L. Beal, Sec. 



THE SOCIETY IN BOWMANVIU-E 



The annual meeting was held on Jan. 9, with 

 President Jarvis in the chair. In the absence 

 of Secretary Barber, Jas. Gale was appointed 

 to act pro tern. The auditor's report showed 

 the total receipts for the year $232.50, and the 

 expenditure $220.24, leaving a balance on hand 

 of $12.32. The report was received and 

 adopted. 



As according to the new act relating to horti- 

 cultural societies, one-third of the money must 

 be spent in disseminating literature, it was 



Mr. Jas. Gale 



An active member of the Ucwmanville Horticultural 

 •Society is Mr. Jas. Gale, editor of the Bowmanville Ne-us. 

 He was secretary for five years and now is one of the 

 directors. Although a man of business with many duties 

 to perform, he takes grcat'interest in horticulture and 

 in the Bowmanville society. 



decided to procure a copy of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist for each member for 1907. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: 

 pres., R. Jarvis; 1st v.-pres., L. A. W. Tole; 2nd 

 v.-pres., Jas. McLean; sec, A. Barber; treas., J. 

 H. Jury; directors, F. Couch, Jas. Gale, J. 

 Hellyar, J. Jeffery, S. Jackman, M. A. James, 

 J. S. Moorcraft, A. Tait, A. S. Tilley; auditors, 

 J. S. Moorcraft and J. A. McClellan. 



British Columbia Letter 



C. p. Metcalf, Hammond 

 The weather conditions this month are some- 

 what different from other years. The mercury 

 has been down close to zero for 2 or 3 weeks; 

 but, with considerable snow on the ground as at 

 present, trees, plants, etc., will come through 

 with very little injury. With regard to the 

 planting of fruit trees, it would be difficult to 

 recommend many varieties for planting in all 

 parts of the province. The following, however, 

 are being grown successfully in almost all the 

 fruit growing sections' Apples — Yellow Trans- 

 parent, Duchess, Gravenstein, Wealthy, King, 

 Jonathan, Blenheim Orange, Grime's Golden, 

 and Spy. King David and Delicious have been 

 iiitroduced from the American side and are 

 highly recommended, but as yet nothing definite 

 can be said about them. Yellow Newton Pippin 

 and Spitzenburg are likely to be largely planted 

 in some sections of the upper part of the prov- 

 ince. Plums — English Damson, Bradshaw, Green 



Gage, Grand Duke, Englebert and Yellow Egg. 

 Of the prunes, the Italian, or Fellenberg, is the 

 most popular, because of its productiveness and 

 shipping qualities. Pears — Bartlett, Beurre 

 Clairgeau, Beurre d'Anjou, Howell, Winter 

 NeUis and Seckle. Sweet cherries — Royal Anne, 

 Windsor, Bing, Lambert, Black Tartarian. 

 Sour cherries — English Morello, Early Rich- 

 mond, May Duke, Montmorency, Olivet. Peaches 

 are being grown extensively in the upper part 

 of the province, but the best varieties are not 

 very well known yet. 



These are a few of the varieties of fruits that 

 can be grown successfully, but legion is the num- 

 ber that are being grown all over the province. 

 This is one of the serious drawbacks to many 

 of the older orchards. The newer orchards are 

 being planted to only 5 or 6 commercial varieties 

 that are known to succeed in their locality. 



Of the raspberries, Cuthbert, Marlboro and 

 Northumberland Filbasket yield very well; but 

 Cuthbert gives the best satisfaction through the 

 province. The yellow varieties are not planted 

 except as novelties. The varieties of blackber- 

 ries cultivated vary greatly in the different dis- 

 tricts, and almost all succeed well. Snider, 

 Kittatinny, Erie, Eldorado, Taylor, Lawton, 

 and the Evergreen, or trailer, are among the 

 best. In Strawberries, Excelsior for early crop, 

 Magoon, Paxton and Splendid for local market 

 and Wilson and Warfield for shipping have 

 given the best satisfaction; but there are many 

 new varieties being tried, some of which are very 

 promising. 



Apples for Quebec 



At the winter meeting of the Que. Pomo- 

 logical Society, held at Knowlton, on Dec. 19 

 and 20, 1906, the following resolution was passed: 

 "That, in viewoftheannoyance, disappointment, 

 discouragement and great loss which the fruit 

 growers of the province of Que. have experienced 

 through the planting of trees untrue to name 

 and unsuitable to the province, on account of 

 the tenderness of the tree, the Quebec Pomo- 

 logical Society, which has for its object the 

 advancement of the best interests of the fruit 

 growers of this province, shall publish and have 

 distributed to as many persons as possible a 

 circular containing lists of varieties of fruits ap- 

 proved and recommended by this society; and, 

 furthermore, that the provincial government 

 be asked to bear the expense of such a publication 

 and assist in the distribution of the same." 



Apples recommended by the Que. Pcmolcgical 

 Society for planting in the province of Que. are: 

 For the district bounded on the east by Three 

 Rivers and Sorel, and from these points west 

 and south throughout the province — Summer, 

 Yellow Transparent, Lowland Raspberry, Duch- 

 ess; autumn, Langford Beauty, St. Lawrence, 

 Wealthy, Alexander; winter, Fameuse, Mc- 

 intosh, Wolf River; late winter, Canada Red, 

 Scott Winter, Golden Russet, Baxter and 

 Milwaukee. 



For the district from Three Rivers and Sorel 

 to L'IsIet east and south — Summer, Yellow 

 Transparent, Lowland Raspberry, Duchess; 

 autumn. Peach of Montreal, St. Lawrence, 

 Wealthy, Alexander; early winter, Fameuse, 

 Mcintosh, Wolf River; late winter, Scott's 

 Winter, Canada Baldwin, Milwaukee, Baxter. 



For the extreme north and for counties of 

 Rimouski and Charlevoix, north and east — 

 Summer, Yellow Transparent, Duchess, Charla- 

 mofi'; autumn and winter, Wealthy, Patten, 

 Greening, Hibernal and Longfield ; crabapples. 

 — Whitney, Marlton, Transcendent, Hyslop. 



The large stock of peach trees recently adver- 

 tised in The Canadian Horticulturist by 

 Stone & Wellington, Toronto, is being. disposed 

 of rapidly. Growers should order now. 



