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EDITORIAL. 



Tqe (anadian Wortic^Itdrist 



PnbliBhed by The Horticultural PublishiDK 

 Company, Liinited. 



TKe Only HorticultMral Magazine in 

 tKe Dominion. 



Official Ori;an of Kritisli Columbia, Outario, Que- 

 bec and Prince Kdward Island Fruit <; rowers' 

 Aasociations and of the Ontario Vege- 

 table Growers' Association. 



H. Bronson Cowan, Editor and Business Manager. 



J. Albert Hand, B.S.A., Associate Editor. 



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THE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



The success that attended the second On- 

 tario Horticultural Exhibition, held last month 

 in Toronto, must be gratifying to those who 

 have the best interest of horticulture at heart. 

 While the attendance on the part of the citi- 

 zens of Toronto was disappointing it should be 

 borne in mind that it is impossible to gain the 

 support of the public for an institution of this 

 nature in the course of only one or two years. 

 Everything has to grow and prove its right to 

 be patronized, including, even. The Ontario 

 Horticultural Exhibition. 



The most encouraging feature was the fact 

 that those who attended were delighted with 

 the show. This means that another year they 

 will return and bring their friends with them 

 and thus greater development may be antici- 

 pated. The various conventions, held at the 

 same time, were a most valuable feature. As 

 the years go by, and the exhibition becomes 

 better known, it will be found that these con- 

 ventions will grow rapidly in im/portance and 

 attendance. 



Next year an effort should be made to run 

 excursions to the exhibition from all parts of 



the province. It will be possible to do what 

 could not be done this year, that is guarantee 

 half rates over the railways. This will mean 

 a much larger outside attendance. In this 

 work the horticultural societies and branch 

 fruit and vegetable growers' associations will 

 be able to take a prominent part. This year's 

 effort indicates that the exhibition has been 

 firmly established and that its future is bright. 



THE NEW ASSOCIATION. 



The representatives from the horticultural 

 societies of Ontario acted wisely, last month, 

 when they decided to form a provincial horti- 

 cultural association of their own. The ar- 

 rangement that has prevailed in the past, by 

 which the horticultural societies were sup- 

 posed to hold a joint convention with the fruit 

 growers' association, has never been satisfac- 

 tory. The fruit growers' association was 

 formed, principally, for the promotion of the 

 commercial fruit interests of the province. 

 Horticultural societies have an entirely differ- 

 ent field of work along the line of the develop- 

 ment of amateur horticulture and civic im- 

 provement. The two bodies would never have 

 been brought together had it not been for the 

 desire of the directors of the fruit growers' as- 

 sociation to receive the assistance of the horti- 

 cultural societies in the publication of their 

 official organ. 



The formation of the Ontario Horticultural 

 Association means that in future the fruit 

 growers' association will be able to devote its 

 whole time and attention to its special field of 

 work while the horticultural societies will have 

 an opportunity to take up important matters 

 that have been neglected in the past. Both 

 bodies should profit by the change and nothing 

 but good result. May the life of the new On- 

 tario Horticultural Association be a long one 

 and fruitful of much good work. 



FRUIT GROWERS' NEW CONSTITUTION. 



The change that has been made in the con- 

 stitution of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation is in the right direction, although ex- 

 perience will probably show that the new con- 

 stitution can be greatly improved. The fact 

 that the cost of membership has been so great 

 as to prevent branch fruit growers' associa- 

 tions from becoming afl[iliated with the Ontario 

 association has been a serious weakness to the 

 latter body. This defect, by means of the 

 change that has been made, has been overcome 

 in part although it is doubtful if many of the 

 local associations will care to join the provin- 

 cial body even on the terms now offered. 



Before the Ontario association can expect to 

 have many branch associations it will have to 

 realize that the latter must be given much more 

 by the parent body than it receives in return 

 and that the local bodies must be given con- 

 siderable say in the management of the provin- 

 cial organization. This latter is the plan that 

 has been adopted by the Ontario Vegetable 

 Growers' Association. It will be interesting 

 to see which plan gives the best results. 



