AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



Special Premiums below for each member of 

 the Waterloo Horticultural Society wlio asks 

 for it before the end of .January, 1897. 



Special Premium No. 1, one ]ilant of new 

 Japin Lilac, very choice and valuable. No. 

 2, one bulb of .Japin Lily " Speciosuin Rose- 

 um " very handsome and easily cultivated. 

 No- 3, two plants " Conrath " raspberry, the 

 largest early black cap known. No. 4, one 

 pear tree, three years old, " The Dempsey," 

 a cross between Bartlett and Duchess. 



This is in addition to the premiums already 

 offered by this Society. Please inform any 

 of the Otlieers if this Society which of these 

 special premiums you prefer, and please 

 remember that unless you ask for one of these 

 spjcial premiums none will be supplied you, 

 as it will be concluded you do not desire any 

 of them. 



Jas. Lockie, Pres. W. A. Raymo, Sec. 



Waterloo. — There was a good atten- 

 dance at our annual meeting, including 

 quite a number of ladies. After reading 

 of reports, the directors report was read 

 and officers were elected for 1897. The 

 following is an abstract of the Directors 

 report : 



The membership has increased during 1896 

 to 125, each of whom has received the Cana- 

 dian HoRTiCDLTURiST. The Society distri- 

 buted trees and plants as follows: — 61 cherry, 

 61 plum, 61 pear, 2.'? spera?as, 28 roses. 2."! 

 clematis, 96 cannas, .32 dahlias, 320 gladioli, 

 312 house plants, and 1,500 hyucinth bulbs. 

 Opp.ii meetings for discussions have been kept 

 up during the year. On the 17th of March 

 last the F. G. A. sent Mr. I). W. Beadle, the 

 well-known horiculturist, tons, who delivered 

 an excellent lecture on "The Garden," to a 

 good audience. On the 20th and 21st of 

 August, 1896, the Annuil Free Kxhibition of 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables, was held in 

 the Town Halt, and was a fine success, the 

 plants being so arrani,'ed by the ladies as to 

 show ott' to the Ijest advantage. Your direc- 

 tors feel that this manner of conducting the 

 affairs of the Society, and not spending our 

 money in giving prizes for exhibits, and hav- 

 ing our exhibitions free, is the best plan, and 

 fully carried out the intention of the Govern- 

 ment in assisting these societies. 



.Jame.s Lockie, Pres. 



[The above will appear in full in our Annual 

 Report.] 



(jRiMSHY. — The Annual meeting held 

 on Wednesday, 13th January. Treas- 

 urer's report showed balance in hand of 

 $28.95. The total receipts were$ii9.3o. 

 The following is a list of officers for 



1897: President, E. J- Palmer; Vice- 

 Presidents, L. Woolverton and Mrs. 

 .\dolphus Pettit ; Directors, Mesdames 

 Lucas, Smith, Nelles, Messrs. Grout, 

 VanDuzer, Pettit, Reid, Terryberry, 

 (libson; Secretary-Treas., E. H. Reid. 

 The Society has decided to make a 

 distribution of chrysanthemums in 

 April. Each member is to receive five 

 fine potted plants assorted colors. These 

 are now being grown by a florist, who 

 will transplant them several times to five 

 inch pots, so that they will be almost 

 sure to bloom even in the hands of 

 amateurs. Should they succeed well, 

 the intention is to have a chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition in November. 



Port Hope Society. — At our an- 

 nual meeting the reports showed our 

 Society to be in a'flourishing condition. 



During the year the sum of .$333.54 was 

 received from all sources, and §238 94 ex- 

 pended in bulbs, plants and magazines (HoR- 

 TicrLTl'RlST), leaving balance of §94.60 with 

 which to begin the year 1897. Six ladies 

 have been added to our officials as Advisory 

 Board 'and sub-directors. 



A. W. Prinule, Sec. 



Port Colborne. — There was a 

 gloom cast over our annual meeting, 

 because one of the most active and influ- 

 ential members has passed away, viz., 

 Mr. L. CI. Carter, who died at his resi- 

 dence, '' Rose I^awn," Dec. 30. It was 

 through IVfr. Carter's efforts that the 

 Horticultural Society was organized 

 here, Feb. 23rd, 1895, '^"d he was ist 

 \'ice-President at the time of his death. 

 Our Society passed the following resolu- 

 tion : 



jRf.so/ri'd, that this .Society desires to place 

 on record its sincere sorrow at the loss of Mr. 

 L. (i. Carter, who for many years took a 

 prominent and public spirited part in all un- 

 dertakings tending to promote the progress 

 and welfare of this community, and whose 

 name is honorably identified with the history 

 of this locality during the greater portion of 

 his long and useful life. 



A. E. AtrousTiSE, Sec.-T)-(n.i. 



