THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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years in the penitentiary. This may 

 serve as a commentary on the okl 

 adage that " honesty is the best policy," 

 and be a warning to others. 



THE SMALL FRUIT GROWERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



"We learn from Mr. S. Cornwell that 

 the annual meeting of the Small Frnit 

 Growers' Association of the Counties 

 of Oxford and Brant will be held in 

 the Town Hall, Norwich, on Tluirs- 

 day, January 14th, 1886, at 10 o'clock 

 a.m. sharp. All persons interested in 

 fruit growing are respectfully request- 

 ed to be present at the meeting and 

 take part in the discussion on fruit 

 growing. 



MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Michigan 

 Horticultural Society will convene in 

 Conkey's Opera House, Benton Har- 

 bor, December 1, 2 and 3, 1885. 

 Delegates in attendance will be enter- 

 tained by members ot the local society. 

 The Convention will open on the after- 

 noon of Tuesday. December 1, at 2.30 

 o'clock, and close with an evening ses- 

 sion on Thursday. On the evenings of 

 the second and third days popular lec- 

 tures will be delivered. The hrst even- 

 ing and the day sessions will be de- 

 voted to the discussion of topics con- 

 nected with horticultui-al pursuits, the 

 following being an outline of the pro- 

 gramme : — 



Tuesday — Market fruit growing. 



Wednesday Tnorning — The vegetable 

 garden. 



Wednesday afternoon — Ornamental 

 horticulture. 



TJiursday morning — Amateur fruit 

 growing. 



Thursday afternoon — Arboriculture 

 and forestry. 



Kindred organizations are cordially 

 invited to send delegations. For rail- 



way certificates and further informa- 

 tion, address the secretary, Chas. W. 

 Garfield, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. 



THE INDIANA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



Will hold its Annual Meeting at Pur- 

 due University, Lafayette, Ind., on the 

 1st, 2nd and 3rd of December, 1885. 



The following are some of the sub- 

 jects to be considered : Pears, Plums, 

 and Cherries of North-east Europe, 

 Horticultural Entomology, The Pro- 

 tection of our Birds, Progress in Horti- 

 culture, When and How to Plant, 

 When and How to Prune, The Efiects 

 of Frost on Plants, Horticulture and 

 School Sanitation, The Ornamentation 

 of School Property, and Its Permanent 

 Influence upon the Pupils, Distribution 

 and Presei-vation of Species, Fruits for 

 Fai-mers' Families, What Experimental 

 Stations can do for Horticulture, What 

 Fruit Trees shall we Plant] All per- 

 sons attending the meeting will be 

 entertained free of cost at the Uni- 

 versitv. 



FLOWERS IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. 



Mr. Morgan, Inspector, has sent a 

 crate of flowers to Orillia Public 

 School. 



Mr. Ellis, gardener, proposes to pre- 

 sent fifty packages of flower seeds to 

 the Public School, to give the pupils 

 instructions in ])lanting them, and 

 prizes to the most successful cultiva- 

 tors. — Orillia Packet. 



PRICES OF APPLES IN ENGLAND. 

 We learn from Keeling & Hunt, 

 fruit brokers, Monument Buildings, 

 London, E. C , England, that on the 

 21st of October last the following 

 prices per bbl. were realized : Bald- 

 wins, from 12s. to 18s. ; a few choice, 

 21s. ; Greenings, from 13s. to 15s. ; 



