February 2, 1907 



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BAS<iLEr TO rnK American Caknaiion jJocikty at tiik qiekns Hotki., 'i'dRONni 



F. R. Pierson, W. J. Lawrence, C. W. 

 Ward, Eugene Dailledouze, R. Witter- 

 staetter and A. J. Guttman. 



The toast, "The Allied Societies," 

 was proposed by Joseph Bennett of 

 Montreal who said that while the large 

 societies are doing national work the 

 local bodies are equally useful in their 

 respective spheres. W. F. Kasting and 

 H. B. Frankland were asked to re- 

 spond. Mr. Kasting urged that the 

 allied societies should get into closer 

 touch with each other. He made allu- 

 sion to the proposed exhibition at 

 Chicago and solicited the help of every 

 organization in making it a success. 

 Mr. Frankland made a good speech, 

 also, eliciting frequent applause. John 

 Chambers being called upon expressed 

 his delight at meeting so many Ameri- 

 can brethren as guests and extended 

 an Invitation for all to come again next 

 summer when the American Park 

 Superintendents are to meet in that 

 city. 



The toast to the "Horticultural 

 Press" was presented by H. M. Altick 

 who paid a glowing tribute to the 

 power of the press, without which a 

 successful convention would be an im- 

 possibility and extolling its persever- 

 ance and fortitude in its uphill work 

 for recognition. J. Austin Shaw re- 

 sponded. Mr. Shaw's address was a 

 classic, full of sentiment, wit and 

 prophecy which we should like to 

 present in full if space were available. 

 Further response to this toast was 

 made by H. B. Cowan of the "Canadian 

 Florist" who told of the fascination 

 of journalistic work and the grand 

 sphere it is destined to fill. 



The closing toast to "The Ladies" 

 was done full justice to by the pro- 

 poser, H. Simmers and the responder, 

 L. E. Marquisee. The ladies had been 

 entertained during the evening at the 

 Princess theatre. It was not far from 

 2 A. M. on January 2.5 when "Auld 

 Lang Syne" was sung. During the ex- 

 ercises W. J. Lawrence, the gifted 

 tenor, Mrs. Alice Edwards, contralto. 



and the Blight Male Quartette sang 

 several selections in delightful man- 

 ner, eliciting tumultuous applause and 

 encores that could not be refused. 



CANADA'S POSSIBILITIES. 



(Kxtracts from the speech of C. W. "Ward 

 ill response to the address of welcome to 

 the Americau Carnation Society at To 

 ronto.) 



That which impresses Americans 

 most when they consider their Cana- 

 dian neighbors is the vastness of the 

 still undeveloped resources of Canada. 

 From the Atlantic to Lake Winnipeg, 

 and from the northern boundary of 

 Lake Superior to near the southern 

 shore of Hudson Bay, are still stand- 

 ing countless thousands of millions of 

 valuable timbered forests, and the 

 same is true along the western bor- 

 ders of the Rocky Mountains, among 

 the Selkirks and bordering the Pacific 

 Ocean from Vancouver northwards to 

 Alaska. While I have no figures to 

 support the assertion, I will risk the 

 opinion that Canada has today ten 

 times the area standing in original for- 

 ests than now remains in the United 

 States, and the day is not far distant 

 when the largest proportion of the 

 timber consumed in the United States ■ 

 must of necessity be drawn from Ca- 

 nadian forests. Again, Canada has al- 

 most exhaustless deposits of both an- 

 thracite, bituminous and splint coals, 

 the extent of which have not yet been 

 determined, but which may be fairly 

 said to reach along the base of the 

 Rocky Mountains from the northern 

 border of the United States well up in- 

 to the Saskatchewan region and possi- 

 bly to the shores of the Arctic Ocean — 

 the granery of the American Conti- 

 nent. A large proportion of the agri- 

 cultural lands lying between the Mus- 

 koka Lake district and the Atlantic 

 Ocean are particularly adapted to the 

 raising of wheat, barley and oats, and 

 serve to lend additional importance to 

 Canada's immense grain productive- 

 ness, and the same can be said of a 



large part of the forested area lying 

 between the Selkirk Range and the 

 Pacific Ocean. 



A considerable portion of the lands 

 lying along the borders of the United 

 States are well adapted to the raising 

 of apples, pears, plums and cherries, 

 so that the Canadian people need not 

 suffer for the want of wholesome home 

 grown fruits. Canadian florists have 

 already made their mark as expert 

 growers of greenhouse products, and 

 on no part of the American Continent 

 are better and more perfect roses, car- 

 nations, chrysanthemums and violets 

 produced than are grown by the lead- 

 ing florists of Toronto and its contigu- 

 ous territory. 



When we come to compare the peo- 

 ple of Canada with those of the United 

 States, we find them to be practically 

 of the same type and practically of the 

 same origin. They are essentially 

 American, each as much as the other. 

 They are a vigorous, virile and ener- 

 getic race, the result of the develop- 

 ment of the human family upon this 

 vast American Continent, actuated by 

 the same high ideals of brotherhood, 

 honesty and fair dealing, and both na- 

 tions bent upon the development of 

 our Continental resources to the ut- 

 most. Our people being practically a 

 homogeneous one, there can be no 

 such race differences as exist upon the 

 European Continent, where several 

 radically different types of mankind 

 are cooped up within narrow bounda- 

 ries which are so densely populated 

 that annual migrations to other sec- 

 tions of the world are absolutely neces- 

 sary in order to even up the struggle 

 for existence, and we should live in 

 peace and harmony, free for all time 

 from the discords that have perenially 

 arisen among the densely populated 

 nations of .Europe. The people of the 

 United States hold the people of Can- 

 ada in high respect and esteem. They 

 are glad to see Canada develop and the 

 Canadian people prosper. No jealousy 

 or envy of Canadian prosperity exists 



