OUR AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



got immediately, and the children will see in 

 the papers the date on which they are to 

 apply for them. 



Canadian Horticultural Association. — 

 The second annual convention of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association began Sept. 19th, 

 in Goldsmith's Hall, Spark street, Ottawa. 

 The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. 

 Wm, Gammage of London, and the other 

 officers present were as follows : — Vice-Presi- 

 dents, C. S. Crim, Ottawa ; J. McKenna, 

 Montreal ; Treasurer, J. H. Dunlop, Toronto ; 

 Secretary, A. H. Ewing, Berlin Executive 

 Committee — H. Dale. Brampton ; T. Man- 

 ton, Eglinton ; O. Johnston, Kingston ; J. 

 Bennett, Montreal. 



Shortly after the meeting opened his Wor- 

 ship Mayor Payment and the Civic Reception 

 Committee waited on the session and gave 

 the visitors a welcome to the city. The 

 address was responded to by Mr. J. McKenna, 

 Montreal. 



The President, Mr. Wm. Gammage of Lon- 

 don, delivered his annual address. Among 

 other things he said : — "The past season has 

 been one of unusual activity, and we look 

 with pride upon thpse who since our last 

 meeting have placed upon the market new and 

 worthy varieties of roses, carnations and 

 other plants. A certificate from the society to 

 worthy and meritorious introductions would 

 be a curb to over-zealous introducers and 

 unscrupulous advertisers, and a guarantee to 

 the purchaser that the article had been passed 

 upon and endorsed by competent judges." 

 The report was lengthy, and contained sug- 

 gestions as to the re-adjustment of the tariff, 

 and expressed the hope that the members 

 would all work with experimental farms, 

 colleges, horticultural societies and park com- 

 mittees to make these a success. All support 

 should be given to exhibitions. 



The Secretary's report showed a good 

 membership, but no change from last year. 

 There were no deaths during the year. The 

 report of the Treasurer showed the finances 

 to be in a healthy state, although the associa- 

 tion was only in its infancy. 



and besides many others an orange tree with 

 five or six large half ripened oranges. All 

 these Mr. Ross manages, and brings to per- 

 fection without a greenhouse, His collection 

 is ever varied and intensely interesting. 



Picton. — We have several times written 

 the Express concerning the tropical plants 

 cultivated by Mr. Walter Ross, of H. M. 

 Customs, Picton, and after visiting his gar- 

 den a few days ago, we cannot refrain from 

 mentioning them again. The one great 

 curiosity that is attracting the attention of 

 many fruit growers in the county is a New 

 Zealand apple tree. This tree seldom attains 

 a greater height than three or four feet. 

 Mr. Ross' is about three feet and has several 

 apples about the size of the Northern Spy 

 variety. Another attraction is a fig tree 

 with about sixty large green figs. Then we 

 noticed magnolias, pepper trees, mimosa 

 plants, South Carolina fly-traps, banana tree, 



Cardinal. — The Floral Exhibition given 

 in the town hall, last Friday afternoon and 

 evening, by the Horticultural Society of 

 Cardinal, was a great success and was ad- 

 mired by all who visited the hall. To our 

 Reeve, Mr. R. B. Dowsley, the members 

 ascribe the success of the exhibition, for he it 

 was who had the management of the exhibit. 

 All the members of the society took a keen 

 interest in the display and many who are not 

 members contributed to the exhibit. The 

 town hall was most tastefully arranged and 

 the display in the evening was very beauti- 

 ful, all the different colors and effects showing 

 up most vividly in the brilliant electric light. 

 To most of our citizens the display was a 

 great surprise and the admiration and interest 

 shown by all who visited the exhibit well 

 repaid the exhibitors for their trouble. The 

 school children were admitted after school on 

 Friday and it was a charming sight to see 

 the little ones wandering in speechless ad- 

 miration among the beautiful flowers. In 

 the evening the hall was visited by nearly 

 the entire population of our town as well as 

 by many from the neighboring country. The 

 two special prizes were both won by Mrs J. 

 Brenaan whose exhibit was unusually fine and 

 testifies to that lady's love for flowers and 

 her energy and skill in caring for them. The 

 special prize given by Mr. R. B. Dowsley 

 for the largest and best exhibit was a beauti- 

 ful and costly vase. 



The president of the society, Mr. Wm. 

 Beddie, gave a special prize, a very handsome 

 jardiniere for best collection of house plants. 

 Among the plants and flowers that attracted 

 the most attention was a magnificent palm 

 from Mrs. Benson's conservatory, a very fine 

 fuchsia exhibited by Miss Monaban, and an 

 extremely fine rex begonia exhibited by Mrs. 

 Gow. The collection of sweet peas exhibited 

 by Mrs. Gow was the most beautiful the 

 writer ever had the pleasure of seeing, and 

 the pansies shown by Mrs. J. Brennan were 

 exceptionally dainty, and most artistically 

 arranged. We have not space however to 

 enumerate all the beautiful flowers that were 

 exhibited. We hope that the society will 

 flourish ; for nothing conduces more to the 

 good of a town and the elevation of our youth 

 than the successful work of such a useful 

 society. The work accomplished already has 

 been wonderful, and the society deserves 

 great credit for their unselfish and energetic 

 work in the interests of our town, in culti- 

 vating the taste for the beautiful and artistic. 

 Their first exhibition has been successful 

 beyond the fondest hopes of its promoters 

 and we hope the next one will be still better. 



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