THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



ladies in the manner above stated, will not be 

 deemed ultra vires of the Statute, by the 

 powers that be. We desire to try the experi- 

 ment, hoping for success. Our financial state- 

 ment for 1897, shows that in addition to the 

 nice premiums given to our society last spring 

 by the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, 

 which were much appreciated. Our directors 

 procured and distributed flowers, plants and 

 bulbs, to our 60 members to the amount of 

 $42.61, and we have a cash balance in the 

 Treasurer's hands from last year's receipts of 

 $24.46 not a bad showing for our first year, 

 our total receipts from members' subscrip- 

 tions, Legislative grant. County grant, exhi- 

 bition fees and sale of a few bulbs amounted 

 together to $157.77; and our total disburse- 

 ments, $133.31, leaving a balance in hand of 

 $24.46. Eveiy member receiving the Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist, are highly pleased 

 with same. 



Jos. Barker, Sec. 



The Orillia Horticultural Society. — 

 The annual meeting of the Orillia Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on Wednesday, the 

 12th ult. The retiring President, Mr. Tool, 

 occupied the chair. The Secretary-Treasurer 

 made his usual financial report, showing, 

 with a balance of $21.38 from 1896, total 

 receipts of $261.08, of which $131.50 repre- 

 sented membership fees. The total expendi- 

 ture was $171.65, leaving a balance on hand 

 of $89.43. 



Before vacating the chair, Mr. Tool sug- 

 gested that in view of the satisfactory state 

 of the finances and the great increase of the 

 membership during the last two years, it 



might be desirable this year to assimilate the 

 methods of the Society somewhat to those 

 which prevailed in many societies throughout 

 the province. It was complained of by many 

 of the members, mostly residents of the town, 

 that beyond the satisfaction of knowing that 

 the Society seemed to be doing good work in 

 its way, they received no value for their an- 

 nual fee of one dollar each, whilst in some 

 such societies, each member became, by affili- 

 ation, a member of the Ontario Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association, and thereby entitled to a 

 yearly subscription of the Horticulturist, 

 to receive the Association's Annual Report (a 

 publication of much value) and to share in 

 their annual plant distribution, and also a 

 distribution of bulbs, plants, or seeds by the 

 Horticultural Society. Most of the societies 

 which give so much to members do not have 

 exhibitions nor award prizes, so that all their 

 funds are available for such purposes. The 

 Orillia Society is of longer standing than 

 most and began with shows and prizes, and 

 it might not now be well to entirely give up 

 their work in that direction ; but if the an- 

 nual fee were to be raised to say $1.25 and a 

 membership of two hundred gained, there 

 would probably be funds enough to carry on 

 both methods and it might be well that the 

 society should consider the matter. A good 

 deal of discussion followed Mr. Tool's remarks 

 and it was moved by Messrs. G. H. Clark, 

 and E. B. Alport, that the executive and 

 Board of Directors for 1898 be requested to 

 consider the matters, as suggested by Mr. 

 Tool and that they be fully authorized to 

 deal with them as they may think best. This 

 was carried unanimously, and the meeting 

 was then adjourned. 



AN APPLE PUZZLE. 



(^^HE following addition to the ap- 

 (Ob parent mystery and the errors of 

 ^^ figures is taken from the St. Ni- 

 cholas Magazine. Perhaps some of our 

 clever Model School or Collegiate In- 

 stitute scholars can furnish a solution 

 and tell where "the hole in the sauce- 

 pan " is : — " Once upon a time there 

 were two old men who sat in the market 

 early every morning and sold apples. 

 Each one had thirty apples, and one of 

 the old men sold two for a cent, and 

 the other old man sold three for a cent. 

 In that way the first old man got fifteen 

 cents for his basket of apples, while the 

 other old man received ten cents, so 

 that together they made twenty-five cents 

 each day. 



" But one day the old apple-man who 

 sold three for a cent was too sick to go 

 to the market, and he asked his neigh- 

 bor to take his apples and sell them for 



him. This the other old man kindly 

 consented to do, and when he got to 

 market with the two baskets of apples 

 he said to himself : ' I will put all the 

 apples in one basket, for it will be easier 

 than picking them out of two baskets.' 

 So he put sixty apples into one basket 

 and said to himself : ' Now, if I sell two 

 apples for one cent, and my old friend 

 sells three for one cent, that is the same 

 thing as selling five apples for two cents ; 

 therefore, I will sell five apples for two 

 cents.' 



" W^hen he had sold the sixty apples 

 he found he had only twenty-four cents, 

 which was right, because there are twelve 

 fives in sixty, and twice twelve is twenty- 

 four. But if the other old man had been 

 there, and each had sold his apples se- 

 parately, they would have received twen- 

 ty-five cents. Now, how is that ex- 

 plained ? " 



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