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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Library: 1200 volume general medical library, 

 currently maintained by College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons of B. C. 



239- Western Canadian Society for Horticulture 



(Prairie Group, Canadian Society for Horti- 

 cultural Science). President: H. T. Allen, 

 Experimental Farm, Lacombe, Alta. Term 

 expires February, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 John Walker, University of Manitoba, Winni- 

 peg, Man. Term expires February, 1961. 



History: Organized 1943 to serve geographic 

 area including prairie provinces of Manitoba, 

 Saskatchewan, and Alberta ; later expanded to 

 include Northwest Territories, Yukon, eastern 

 and northern British Columbia, and north- 

 western Ontario. Technical and scientific com- 

 mittees : fruits ; vegetables ; ornamentals ; ex- 

 tension; advisory. Affiliation: since 1958 repre- 



sents the prairie regional group of Canadian 

 Society for Horticultural Science. 



Purpose: To promote and foster science of 

 horticulture in the prairie region. 



Membership: 138: honorary life 7; members 

 79 ; associate 52. Also honorary and student 

 classes. Members — graduates of recognized uni- 

 versity whose vocation is in horticultural or 

 related fields ; or such other persons as may be 

 admitted by virtue of their work in technical or 

 scientific horticulture. Associate — persons not 

 eligible as members but who have been ap- 

 proved by the executive committee. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual horticultural 

 merit award $25 to three provincial universities 

 in prairie region. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 16, $3. 



