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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1907 



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 The Canadian Horticulturist now repre- 

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 over 40 horticultural societies, who take it for its 

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 With the steady growth of our circulation, and 

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 a better paper each issue. 



Flower Exhibit at Grimsby 



On the evening of Mav .'5, a novel c.xliilji- 

 tion was held by the Grimsbv Horticultural So- 

 ciety. It was the time of tlie annual distribu- 

 tion to its members of shrubs and perennial 

 plants. In order to increase the interest in 

 the evening, the secretary, .Mr. Linus Woolver- 

 ton, visited the high and public schook the 

 day previous, and stated that four prizes would 

 be given each form, for the Ijest and most taste- 

 fully arranged dish of wild flowers shown b\ 

 the scholars. 



The idea was taken up with great enthusiasm, 

 and between four and six o'clock of the day 

 of the e-xhibition, the children came pouring 

 in with their collections, which were placed in 

 proper sections on the tables. The flowers were 

 chiefly hepaticas, dicentras, adder's tongues, 

 trilliums and ferns. Some were arranged in 

 baskets, and one was beautifully arranged as 

 a cross. 



In all, over 20 prizes were given the children, 

 consisting of pot plants of various values in 

 bloom. After a half-hour program bv the 

 children, they were dismissed and allowed to 

 take home their flowers. 



Then came the annual distribution to the 

 memliers of the society. Each member re- 

 ceived the following collection complete, no 

 choice of articles being allowed, as this is found 

 to be too troublesome and too expensive: 1 

 Exochorda grandiflora, 1 rose, Margaret Dick- 

 son, 1 helianthus, 1 Japanese iris, 1 shasta 

 daisy, 1 delphinium, and 2 varieties anemone. 



Two years ago, Hiram A\'alker & Sons of, 

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