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Fig. 1676. — North and South. 

 Photo, by A. H. Dingman. 



North and South. — One of the trees in the 

 above photo is a hardy apple named the Bis- 

 mark, said to be a native of New Zealand ; 

 the tree is about three feet high, and about 

 four years old. The other tree to the right 

 of the picture, is a Southern Florida Orange, 

 about six years old, grown in a pot There 

 are three apples on the apple tree, the size of 

 a large Northern Spy, and also three oranges 

 on the orange tree, weighing about half a 

 pound each. 



These trees were grown by Mr. Walter T. 

 Boss, Secretary and Treasurer of the Picton 

 Horticultural Society, aDd are indeed a curi- 

 osity. 



We think a good name would be North and 

 South, as the fruits of these two extremes, 

 are brought together in this unique picture. 



Kincardine —Friday, Sept. 8th.. the third 

 annual exhibition under the auspices of the 

 Kincardine Horticultural Society was held in 

 the opera house. There was a profusion of 

 flowering and foliage plants, all neatly ar- 

 ranged upon tables extending along three 

 sides of the hall, while the stage was artistic- 

 ally set out with beautiful specimens of the 

 florist's care and attention. A pyramid of 

 well arranged flowering plants occupied the 

 centre of the hall. A fine portrait of noble 

 Queen Victoria, draped with British flags, 

 contributed by E. Miller, one of the directors 

 of the society, made a fine setting in the 

 centre of the platform. The work of the 

 Horticultural Society is a good one. It has 

 done more in three years to encourage the 

 cultivation of plants, flowers and fruit, than 

 any other means would have accomplished 

 in a quarter of a century. Although cash 

 prizes are not offered, there is ksen competi- 

 tion among the members numbering about 

 one hundred, to bring everything to as near 

 perfection as possible. The money expended 



by the Horticultural Society, goes for litera- 

 ture dealing with horticulture, and securing 

 the best stock from the nurseries. In the 

 afternoon the school children were admitted 

 free. In the evening an excellent program 

 was presented to a good audience. Mr. S. 

 W. Perry, President, occupied the chair. 

 An instrumental duet was given by Misses 

 L. Smith and Ada Gentles ; piano solos by 

 Misses Mackendrick, Alberta Murray, Mabel 

 Wilson and Myrtle Huffman ; vocal solos by 

 Miss J. Malcolm and Jno McDonald, of 

 Chicago. Mr. McDonald has a splendid bari- 

 tone voice and he is an accomplished vocalist. 

 He responded to an enthusiastic encore. 

 Miss Miller and Mackendrick were the 

 accompanists. Rev. Dr. McDonald gave a 

 thoughtful and interesting address, closing 

 with a Gaelic solo The Horticultural Society 

 is a flourishing institution. 



Port Colborne. — The first Flower Show 

 in Port Corborne was held under the auspices 

 of the Horticultural Society, in Mathews' 

 Hall, recently. The hall was granted free 

 for the occasion. 



The centre of attraction was the Children's 

 table of Asters. Such a magnificent collection 

 was never seen in Port Colborne. Early in 

 the summer the Society distributed pickets 

 of aster seeds to the children in the Public 

 Schools of both villages. There were six 

 prizes offered in each room for the best blos- 

 soms and plants. There were sixty entries, 

 and considering the extra dry summer, this 

 was considered a large number. In foliage 

 plants there were seventy-seven entries, and 

 in fruit and vegetables thirty-five entries. 



The exhibition opened to the public at four 

 o'clock and continued till ten p m. From 

 four to six the children of all the schools 

 were admitted free and were entertained 

 with two gramophones, operated by Mr. Cas- 

 sels and Mr. Kanold. 



In the evening a slight charge was made, 

 and the afternoon programme was repeated. 



The judges were, for the children's flowers, 

 Mrs. DeWitt Carter and the Rev. J. M. 

 Smith ; for foliage plants, Miss Henshaw and 

 Mr. Samuel McCoppen ; for fruit and vege- 

 tables, Mr. Edwin Boyle and Mr. John Rich- 

 ardson. The competition was keen and many 

 bouquets deserved notice. 



The Society ought to feel encouraged to 

 attempt something the same on a larger scale 

 next year. Much credit is due the following 

 members of the committee for their untiring 

 faithfulness and energy in the matter : the 

 Rev. J. M. Smith, chairman : Miss Henshaw, 

 Messrs. E Boyle, J. McCoppen, E. Milleken, 

 Otto Kanold and S. McCoppen. 



No prizes were offered in any department 

 except for the children. In their case a first 

 prize is three hyacinth bulbs, a second prize 

 two, and a third prize one. These will be 



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