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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



The Seaforth Society. — The officers of Sea- 

 forth Horticultural Society for 1905 are: Pres., 

 Wm. Hartry ; sec.-treas., Wm. Elliott. On 

 Feb. 8 an interesting and very instructive lec- 

 ture was delivered by H. W. Brown, B. A., of 

 the Collegiate Institute staff, who took Gladio- 

 lus for his subject. It is the intention of the 

 directors to have a lecture monthly during the 

 season and also to encourage the planting of 

 flowers and shrubs on the church grounds. 

 Membership last year was 111. This year it 

 already num'bers 112, with prospects of more. — 

 (Wm. Elliott, Sec.-Treas. 



The Toronto Horticultural Society is to be 

 congratulated on the appearance of a neat little 

 prospectus just issued, also the program for the 

 meetings for the entire year. One meeting 

 each month appears on the program. That for 

 February took the form of a carnation show, 

 which is described elsewhere in this issue. On 

 March 7 an "at home" is to be held in the 

 rooms of the society. The April meeting com- 

 ing on April 4 is to comprise an illustrated lec- 

 ture on Pruning, by Mr. J. McP. Ross. 



New officers foi- Simcoe Horticultural Society 

 are : Pres., H. H. Groff ; sec.-treas.. J. TTios. 

 Murphy. Various committees have been ap- 

 pointed for the year, and it has been decided to 

 again make a distrioution of seeds to the school 

 children and to hold a fair at the appointed 

 time. — (J. Thos. Murphy, Sec. 



The Market Gardeners' Protective Association 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Market 

 Gardeners' Protective Association was held at 

 Toronto early in February. The excursion 

 committee reported a balance of $56 after pay- 

 ing all expenses, w-hich amounted to $363. 



The following were elected to office: Pres., 

 J. D. Evans ; vice-pres., R. Larkin; sec, F. F. 

 Reeves ; treas., John McKay ; executive com- 

 mittee, J. W. Rush, G. Miles, Geo, Syme, Wm. 

 Harris, C. Aymer, W. G. Carter, A. Shuter ; 

 auditors, R. Larkin, J. W. Rush. It was re- 

 .solved to hold a banquet March 1, and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to make the necessary 

 arrangements. A resolution was passed ap- 

 proving of the action of the Hamilton Tomato 

 Growers' Association in refusing to sell toma- 

 toes to the canners for less than 30c. a bushel. 



The Carnation Growers of America held their 

 annual convention at Chicago, January 25 and 

 26. The exhibit taken all round, was one of 

 the finest ever held. The growers in attend- 

 ance numbered about 125, and there would have 

 been more had the weather conditions been more 

 favorable. Mr. J. H. Dunlop, of Toronto, was 

 elected first vice-president. Toronto was 

 chosen for the convention of 1906, but gave way 

 for Boston, which had yielded its claim in favor 

 of Chicago this year. The convention will 

 therefore be held at Boston in 1906 and at To- 

 ronto in 1907. 



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