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Gt n adian Hortictdtural Association at G Scrim's Place, Ottawa, Ont, August 11, 1904. 



a plant is taken from a well matured 

 seed there is much less chance of any 

 defects in the parent being present in 

 the offspring, bence less danger of de- 

 terioration. Still, this does not lessen 

 the desire for new varieties, and any 

 variety better adapted for forcing than 

 those already existing is always welcome. 



The English varieties seem to be more 

 adapted for forcing than our American 

 kinds, probably from the fact that they 

 are grown there entirely indoors and 

 have been so grown so long that the 

 most essential qualities have been 

 brought to a higher state of perfection. 

 To this class telong Sutton's Best of 

 All and Sterling Castle, both varieties 

 that are now pretty generally grown 

 here. Some of the later introductions 

 from this source are Frogmore Scarlet, 

 Frogmore Selected and Eclipse, all 

 proven to be varieties worth trying. 



It is surprising how the different 

 varieties behave in different places. We 

 often find a variety doing well here and 

 at some place no great distance away it 

 is far from satisfactijry. It is hard to 

 tell, sometimes, what' the cause of it is 

 but probably the character of the soil 

 has much to do with it. It is well, how- 

 ever, to try the newer varieties as by 

 this means you are apt to run across 

 something that may show a special 

 adaptability to your particular condi- 

 tions. W. S. Croydox. 



NOTES ON CANADIAN MEETINa 



Ottawa has long been known as the 

 capital of Britain's premier colony and 

 as such is the home of His MJajesty's 

 representative and the houses of parlia- 

 ment. To the Canadian florists who at- 

 tended the seventh annual convention of 

 the C. H. A., held there August 9 and 

 10, it will be remembered as one of the 

 prettiest and cleanest cities of the Do- 

 minion and a place of great hospitality. 

 The attendance from outside points was 

 good, especially the Toronto and Mon- 

 treal deputations making a good show- 

 ing. The convention was a success in 

 point of interest and general informa- 

 tion given by the several papers read and 

 discussions. Exhibits of plants and sup- 

 plies were large and of excellent quality. 



In replying to the address of welcome 

 Mr. McXenna said that the landscape 

 gardeners and growers of cut flowers 

 have a common interest in the promotion 

 of love of flowers. The more flowers we 

 produce the more people will love them; 



the better flowers we produce the better 

 they will love them. The improvement 

 so noticeable in the last twenty years 

 has been largely owing to organizations 

 such as this. 



The president's address was discussed 

 at some length and among the different 

 subjects taken up was chanj^ing the tar- 

 iff. A committee was appointed to bring 

 in a report and when the report was 

 submitted some strong political speeches 

 were delivered, especially by J. Camp- 

 bell, Simcoe, who championed the protec- 

 tionists' cause, and Thos. Manton, who 

 stood for the out and out free traders. 

 The committee 's report was adopted ad- 

 vocating that azaleas, rhododendrons and 

 pot-grown lilacs be put on the free list, 

 with a duty of 25 per cent on 

 palms and all other plants and cut 

 flowers, also gladiolus and dahlia roots. 

 The secretary was instructed to forward 

 a copy of this recommendation to the 

 minister of customs. 



Wm. Gammage's statement that Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine is a leader for 

 Christmas was taken exception to by 

 many as it has given so much dissatis- 

 faction to customers that some think it 

 a dangerous plant for the trade, it being 

 felt that if a customer buys a nice plant 

 and pays a big price for it and the 

 flowers drop off next day it might have 

 a tendency to discourage that customer 

 from buying any other kind of a flower- 

 ing plant. 



A good paper by A. C. Wilshire, of 

 Montreal, on "The Florists' Trade from 

 a Retailer's Standpoint" was heartily 

 enjoyed. Mr. Wilshire stated that he 

 uses no wire at all in any of his cut 

 flower work, that is, in supporting the 

 stems. He prefers to put the stems 

 right into the moss. He said that he 

 believes that It detracts from the 

 beauty of set pieces for wires or other 

 supports to be used. This was objected 

 to by a number, who claimed that it 

 adds considerably to the durability of 

 the design to have the flowers supported 

 and thus kept from drooping. 



A paper that brought out considerable 

 comment and merriment was by O. G. 

 Johnston, Kingston, entitled "The Best 

 Size of House for the Ordinary Florist 

 to Build. ' ' Mr. Johnston said to answer 

 that question he would have to ask sev- 

 eral, first, how ordinary the florist was? 

 He thought the size and style of the 

 house did not matter as much as the 

 caliber of the man running it. 



A lecture by Prof. W. T. Macoun, 



horticulturist at the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, on hardy peren- 

 nials suitable for florists and illustrated 

 by over 300 varieties was very interest- 

 ing from the fact that hardy perennials 

 are yearly coming into more prominence 

 both for borders and cut flowers. 



"Modern Iron Greenhouses vs. Old 

 Wooden Houses," was the title of the 

 paper given by Mr. King, of the King 

 Construction Co. Discussion brought out 

 some interesting points as to the 

 length of time that iron greenhouses 

 will last and the life of wooden green- 

 houses, also the best kind of paint used 

 in painting iron greenhouses. It was 

 plain from the trend of the discussion 

 that to return to the wooden construc- 

 tion would be a very backward move- 

 ment. On Thursday a visit was made 

 to E, H. Wright's greenhouses. Here 

 we saw a modern house under construc- 

 tion with stone side walls and ends with 

 King's iron construction truss roof. 

 This promises to be a very fine range. 

 Mr. ' Wright uses nothing but sawdust 

 for fuel and many of the visitors were 

 interested in his boilers. He says that 

 it is cheaper than coal as he gets saw- 

 dust for carting it away. D. J. 



BE EXPLiaX. 



The Review is very glad to answer 

 the inquiries of its readers, but often it 

 is impossible to afford much light on the 

 questioner's difficulties because of in- 

 sufficient details in the query. Where 

 conditions of soil, moisture, temperature 

 and other important matters are not 

 stated it is often not possible to say 

 what is wrong; the best we can do is to 

 say what may be the trouble. 1^11 us 

 the whole story; then we are pretty sure 

 to find a reader who has experienced the 

 same thing and discovered a way out 

 of the difficulty. And in queries with 

 regard to heating, don't be afraid to 

 go into details with regard to the char- 

 acter of the house or houses; how well 

 built, age, exposures, etc. These are 

 only a little less necessary than the di- 

 mensions and indoor and outdoor tem- 

 peratures in figuring on amount of radi- 

 ation, etc., and in their absence the best 

 that can be done is to provide for piping 

 which will be safe under ordinary cob- 

 ditions. 



ToNiA, Mich. — The firm of Vincent 

 Bros, has been succeeded by Delbert A. 

 Vincent. 



