Identifier: p10ontariosession48ontauoft (find matches)
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, No.38-46
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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r to Eed Cross workers, who sold them and kept 50 per cent, of theproceeds. Most, however, were sent to sick homes, hospitals, and churches forSunday during the flowering season. Three thousand roses and one thousand shrubs were distributied as options andsold at cost to members. Several hundred roses (mostly baby ramblers) and othershrubs were used in planting boulevard beds. These flowered almost continuallyduring the summer, and as they do not require to be replaced they make ideal de-corations. On the main street, the Socidy has bought and filled with plants 25 largecement urns standing about 4 feet high. These are placed at corners and in frontof buildings where it is impossible to have grass plots. The Society has planted in Pinafore Parks 61 varieties of French and Persianlilacs, a bed of 50 double preonies and 27 varieties of single paeonies, direct fromJapan; 60 varieties of 12 each of Darwin tulips, iris, daffodils, lilies, etc. Citizenshave donated shrubberv and rare trees.
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24 EEPORT OF THE No. 43 Held two spring flower shows and a rose and gladioli and an aster show, fourin all. The Library Board has installed a complete set of works on horticulturefor the use of citizens, and many have taken advantage of this. It has been neces-sary to employ an expert gardener and several assistants all summer keeping bedsand shrubbery in best possible condition. Several of our directors have visited thepark systems in different cities of the United States, and the information gatheredhas been utilized as far as possible. During last winter the Parks Committee gave the Society all the flowers fromthe Municipal greenliouse for distribution amongst the sick. In this way over 2,000bouquets w^ere distributed. With the thousands of flowers scattered all over thecity in street beds not one was disturbed or picked by children or adults during thesummer. Dogs have been stopped running at large, which also takes away oneof the most destructive features of unprotected flower be

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