OUR AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



to collect the flowers and plants, and re- 

 turn them after the exhibition is a capi- 

 tal one; when the money is equally 

 distributed instead of giving special 

 prizes, the Society must do this to en- 

 sure a large exhibit. The following is 

 a copy of the circular : — 



Picton, Ont., 9th Aug., 1899. 



The Society propose holding a Flower Show 

 and Band Concert, in connection with the 

 Citizens' Band, in the Crystal Palace on the 

 Agricultural Fair grounds, on Tuesday even- 

 ing, the 15th inst. It is expected that three 

 bands will take part in the Entertainment, 

 making a promenade concert, which together 

 with the exhibition of flowers should make 

 the evening a very attractive one. 



The Directors respectfully request you to 

 contribute all the cut flowers and potted 

 plants you can, and ask your friends to do 

 the same whether members of the society or 

 not. 



The flowers and plants should be at the 

 grounds not later than 3 o'clock Tuesday. 



If you will send an answer to the Secretary 

 on the enclosed card, stating what you can 

 contribute, a conveyance will call for your 

 exhibit, if within the corporation limits, and 

 will return same to you in good condition. 



There will be competei.t persons at the 

 Crystal Palace during the day to arrange the 

 plants and flowers. 



Please do what you can to make this Exhi- 

 bition of flowers and plants worthy of our 

 town. 



J. Roland Brown, President. 



Walter T. Ross, Secretary. 



Picton. — The Picton Gazette gives 



the following account of the flower show 



held by the Picton Society, on Tuesday 



evening, Aug. 15th. 



Whoever has studied the characteristics of 

 the residents of Picton— and has noticed their 

 love for flowers, and the care and pains taken 

 by a large majority of them in adorning their 

 dwellings and grounds with rare and beauti- 

 ful flowers and plants — will not wonder that 

 the first exhibition of the Picton Horticultural 

 Society, on Tuesday evening, was in every 

 sense a success — was, indeed, a most pro- 

 minent success. There were, probably, some- 

 where about 700 people who availed them- 

 selves of the opportunity to view the flowers 

 exhibited, and expressions of delight and 

 appreciation were heard on all hands. Pro- 

 minent among the exhibits were the oleanders 

 and hydrangea 'shown by Mr. C. S. Wilson ; 

 a 25 year old palm shown by W. P. Despard ; 



a pomegranate shown by Mr. T. Ross, Secre- 

 tary of the Society ; and other beautiful and 

 rare plants shown by several of our citizens. 

 There were geraniums in abundance. The 

 exhibit by Mr. A. M. Terrill, florist, was 

 exceptionally fine. A feature of the show 

 was a collection of flowers shown by members 

 of the society from bulbs gratuitously supplied 

 to the members of the Society by the pub- 

 lishers of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



The exhibit was a very fine one. When it 

 is considered that no prizes were awarded, 

 the exhibition being dimply a friendly display, 

 largely as an educational object lesson, to 

 cultivate a taste for the growing of flowers, 

 and thus contribute additional attractions 

 for the home and fireside, its success must be 

 very gratifying to those having the matter 

 in charge. As the inital exhibition the pro- 

 moters have achieved as much success as they 

 could reasonably expect. 



The officers of the Horticultural Society 

 desire to thank the ladies, who so successfully 

 and tastefully assisted in the arrangement of 

 the exhibit ; Mr. Dobson and Mr. Turner for 

 their valued assistance ; Mr. Carson for use 

 of vases ; and the public generally for their 

 splendid patronage, which the society feels is 

 indeed an incentive to future progress. 



The Citizens' Band contributed a choice 

 programme of music which was highly appre- 

 ciated. 



A large excursion party came down from 

 Trenton, accompanied by the Trenton Band, 

 and the music supplied by the amalgamated 

 bands was very fine. 



Woodstock. — Financially, artistically and 

 socially the opening of the Horticultural 

 Exhibition in the Graham St. rink last night 

 was a brilliant success. An immense crowd 

 gathered in the spacious building and enjoyed 

 to the utmost the flowers, the music and the 

 refreshments. There was perhaps but one 

 drawback — the oppressive heat. It ' was 

 warm — very warm — and at times the crowd 

 became so congested in front of the platform 

 as to make breathing difficult. But everyone 

 was very good natured, even under such 

 trying circumstances, and the closeness of 

 the atmosphere did not perceptibly mar much 

 of the enjoyment. Neither the ladies nor the 

 members of the committee had spared any 

 trouble to make the occasion an exceptionally 

 pleasurable one and everything possible had 

 been done to contribute to the evening's suc- 

 cess. The dreary old rink was transformed 

 beyond recognition. The big, bare walls 

 were covered with red and white bunting 

 and Union Jacks hung round in glorious 

 profusion. Across the ceiling, iron bars and 

 wooden beams were changed into things of 

 beauty with tiny, fluttering flags, asparagus 

 ferns and festoons of colored wreaths. * A 

 large platform had been erected at one end of 

 the hall, the decorations about which were 

 particularly effective. Immense flags were 

 hung across the back, conspicuous in the 



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