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December, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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healthy sign. He was glad to see that 

 the horticultural societies were increasing 

 in membership. Where it was feasible, 

 he advocated the doing away with fences 

 in front of houses so that passers-by could 

 enjoy the beauties of the garden as well 

 as the owners. The love of flowers human- 

 izes and makes the home attractive. 



CIVIC IMPROVEMENT 



Mr. W. S. S. Armstrong, a representa- 

 tive of the Toronto Civic Giiild, referred 

 to some of the work which had been done 

 by the Guild working in co-operation with 

 the Civio Improvement committee appoint- 

 ed by the city council. Work on similar 

 lines conld be taken up by any town or 

 city. School gardens in cities, he said, 

 would make an opening for inducing many 

 boys who now live in cities to go out to 

 the cruntry. These would be successful on 

 farm and garden instead of being merely 

 tr.e:liocre men in town. Last year 50,000 

 iiackages of seed were given to children in 

 Toronto to pl.-int at home. There are school 

 gardens at the King Edward and Park 

 .Schools, Toronto. The main influence for 

 extension of horticultural knowledge, hovr- 

 evo-. lay with the individual. 



Principal Scott, Normal School, Toronto, 

 said that teachers in public and rural 

 schools can do much more than they are 

 now doing to increase the knowledge of 

 horticulture. Nothing interests one so 

 much as an investigation into flowers. 

 Ob.servati<in of common things around us 

 furnishes us with information. Garden- 

 ers furnish the smallest number of crimi- 

 nals in the professions. 



WORK IN THE UNITED STATES 



Mr. Richard D. Watrous, Secretary of 

 the American Civic Association, D.C., 

 j^ave some insiu-ht into Civic Imnrovement 

 as carried out in some of the cities in the 

 United States, illustrating the same by a 



series of limelight views. One idea is to 

 make tho capitals of the various states 

 models for tho other cities and towns in 

 these states. He was pleased that Toronto 

 was formulating a plan of civic improve- 

 ment and was heartily in favor of any- 

 thing that wovild help to draw the boys 

 from tho citv to the farm. The first view 

 showed a street which can be found in 

 many cities and town.s all littered up with 

 debris, insanitary and not tending to 

 morality. Many scenes showing transforma- 

 tions from uninteresting features to quite 

 beautiful surroundings were displayed. 

 Examples of "Tree Butchery" by telephone 

 and telegraph emplovees, where the trees 

 were ruined in shape and vitality, were 

 given. The bill board nuisance also re- 

 ceived the attention of the speaker. 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows : President — R. B. Whyte, Ottawa; 

 1st vice-pres., Rev. A. H. Scott, Perth; 

 2nd vice-pres., J. P. Jaffray, Gait; trea- 

 surer, H. n. Cowan, Peterboro ; secretary 

 and editor, J. Lockie Wilson, Toronto. 

 Directors — F. B. Bcwden, Vankleek Hill ; 

 W. Jeffers Diamond. Belleville; J. H. Ben- 

 nett, Barrie ; J. C. McCulloch, Hamilton; 

 Thos. Cottle, Clinton; G. W, Tebbs Hes- 

 pelor ; W. W. Gammage, London. Audi- 

 tors — A. O. Jeffrey and Colonel Kent. 



Rot. A. H. Scott Und J. Lockie Wilson 

 were appointed delegates to the American 

 Civic Association, Washington, D.C. 

 Maior Snolgrove was elected as represen- 

 tative to the Canadian National Exhibi- 

 tion. 



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Reports of the districts were read by 

 the directors representing each district, 

 and was universally of a very favorable 

 character. The distribution of seeds to 

 s?hool children even of quite tender years 



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