THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 1512. — Home of Mrs. W. J. Marsh. 



Thornbury. — The Secretary of the Thorn- 

 bury Society, Miss Benman, sends us some 

 little views in that section, and among others 

 a pretty little gem, a winter scene, showing 

 the home of the late Mr. W. J. Marsh, who 

 was the first settler at Clarksburg, and at 

 one time owned the village. His son-in-law, 

 Mr. C. W. Hartman, a banker in the town, 

 has been an enthusiastic friend of our Asso- 

 ciation and was instrumental in securing the 

 plum experiment station at this place, in the 

 favored Beaver Valley. The grounds shown 

 in our picture are planted with black wal- 

 nuts, butter nuts, Norway spruces, maples, 

 with a wide stream of clear water running 

 through, over which spans a rustic bridge. 

 On the beautiful lawn the snowdrop and the 

 crocus bloom profusely in the spring. 



The Prince Edward Island Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association have become affiliated with 

 us, and receive our literature. This Associa- 

 tion is ready to co-operate with us in every 

 good object, for the advancement of the Do- 

 minion fruit interests. Already it has accom- 

 plished much for the development of the fruit 

 industry in the island, some experimental 

 export lots of fruit having been forwarded by 

 it, and netted the growers excellent results, 

 their Ribston Pippins bringing 20 shillings a 

 barrel in Covent Garden. This was the first 

 time apples had been exported from the island. 



Carleton Place. — Mr. Thos. Beall, of 

 Lindsay, a gentleman who takes a deep in- 

 terest in matters of horticulture for the love 

 of the cause, and who is well versed in the 

 subject, was in Carleton Place, on Friday, 

 Nov. 18th, endeavoring to interest some of 

 our citizens in the advisability of organizing 

 a horticultural society here under the Agricul- 

 ture and Arts Act, and was so far encour- 

 aged that a meeting of those showing an 

 interest was held in the council chamber in 

 the Town Hall on that evening, when Mr. 

 Beall explained very fully the aims and 

 objects of such societies and the benefits 

 which they were designed to bestow upon the 

 locality. The result was a resolution to 

 organize such a society here, moved by Mr. 

 R. Patterson, seconded by Mr. R. Morgan, 

 put by Mr. A. H. Edwards and carried 

 unanimously. Messrs. J. A. Goth and W. 

 H. Allen were appointed canvassers to obtain 

 members, and the proposition so far is meet- 

 ing with the best of encouragement, and 

 success is almost insured. A membership fee 

 of only $1.00 has been decided upon, and as 

 the society will affiliate with the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, every member 

 will receive a double return for his invest- 

 ment direct in the way of plants, bulbs and 

 literature, aside altogether from the broader 

 features of the society, which are the im- 

 provement of grounds, circulation of periodi- 

 cals treating on horticulture, the holding of 

 meetings to discuss matters of importance on 

 this subject, exhibitions, experiments with 

 bulbs, plants, etc. At the exhibitions prizes 

 are not awarded, and the general public have 

 the privilege of examining all exhibits and 

 obtaining from the expert in charge of the 

 department all needed information as to the 

 manner of cultivating and caring for his 

 particular class. The exhibition thus becomes 

 a school of instruction for the benefit of the 

 general public. We hope to see the new 

 society grow to a successful issue. Parties 

 desirious of identifying themselves with the 

 movement are requested to give their names- 

 to either of the canvassers. Ladies have the 

 some rights and privileges as the sterner sex 

 in this movement, and are invited to give it 

 their hearty recognition. 



ROSE SOIL. 



THE best soil to choose for roses, 

 for garden culture is a clay or 

 clay-loam. You can scarcely 

 choose too stiff a clay for your 

 rose garden, providing it is well drained. 

 Clay-loam is generally preferred how- 

 ever ; a close, very heavy quality of 

 clay is difficult to keep open and friable, 

 to such a soil the addition of sand, 

 gravel, or humus of any kind, is of great 

 benefit. Sandy soil is generally avoided 

 on account of its failure to retain 

 enough moisture, just at the time of 

 flowering ; the free use of cow manure 



is a great help to such soils. Good 

 rose flowers may be grown on just 

 about any soil, if proper care be given 

 to the feeding, and it is hardly possible 

 to feed too liberally. A rose enthusiast 

 of our acquaintance, took all the tainted 

 meat from a butcher store, for two 

 summers ; burying the whole pieces 

 near the roots of his rose plants, as yet 

 none seemed to have . been overfed. 

 Cow manure and bone-meal as fertilizers 

 are still in the greatest favor with 

 rosarians. 



Webster Bros., Hamilton. 



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