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7. Each member shall be given by this society 

 a membership in the Fruit Growers' Association 

 of Ontario. A. & A. A., Sec. 9, S. S. 2, sub-div. 

 (b), 1895. 



8. There shall be procured for each member, 

 trees, shrubs, plants, bulbs or seeds of new and 

 valuable kinds, in each year, sufficient in quan- 

 tity to exhaust the funds of the society after al- 

 lowing for necessary working expenses. A. & 

 A. A., Sec. 9, S. S. 2, sub-div (c), 1895. 



9. The annual meeting shall be held at half- 

 past 7 in the evening of the second Wednesday 

 in January, when there shall be elected a presi- 

 dent, a first vice-president, a second vice-presi- 

 dent and not more than nine directors, who to- 

 gether shall form the Board of Directors. At 

 this meeting the society shall also elect two 

 auditors for the ensuing year. A. & A. A., Sec. 

 7, S. S. (e) 1895. 



(a) At this meeting only those members who 

 have paid their subscription for the ensuing 

 year shall be entitled to vote. A. & A. A., Sec. 

 4, 1896. 



(b) At this and all subsequent public meet- 

 ings ten members shall constitute a quorum. 

 A. & A. A., Sec. 3, S. S. (ee) 1896. 



10. The Board of Directors at its first meet- 

 ing shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, 

 or a secretary-treasurer. A. & A. A., Sec. 7, 

 (f) 1985. 



(a) Five directors shall constitute a quorum 

 for the transaction of business. A. & A. A., 

 Sec. 14, 1895. 



(b) Subject to these by-laws, the directors 

 shall have full power to act for and on behalf of 

 the society; and all grants and other funds shall 

 be expended under their direction. A. & A. A., 

 Sec. 13, 1895. 



(c) At each annual meeting the directors shall 

 present a detailed statement of the receipts and 

 expenditures for the preceding year ; and also a 

 statement of the assets and liabilities of the so- 

 ciety at the end of the year, certified to by the 

 auditors. A. & A. A.. Sec. 11, S. S. (c) 1895. 



11. The said statement shall, when approved 

 by the meeting, be placed on permanent record 

 in the books of the society ; and such portions 

 thereof, together with what is required by sub- 

 section (a) of Sec. 11, A. & A. A. of 1895, shall 

 be sent within one month to the Department ■ f 

 Agriculture. A. & A. A.. Sec. 12, 1895. 



12. These by-laws or regulations can not be 

 altered or repealed except at an annual meet- 

 ing or at a special meeting of the members of 

 the society, of which two weeks' previous no- 

 tice has been given by advertisement. A. & A. 

 A., Sec. 13, 1895. 



Education in Floriculture 



TO succeed in any business, in these days 

 of close competition, one needs to 

 add business tact and originality to a thor- 

 ough knowledge of the details of ordinary 

 practice. This latter is from a man in the 



business, but often jealousy of prospective 

 competition keeps out the young aspirant 

 from the privileges he desires to have. Mr. 

 A. S. Gilmore, Cote St. Paul, Qvce., who has 

 for some time been carrying on a factory 

 with his brother, has decided to give it up 

 to become a florist. He says : " I think it 

 is healthier work, and I am very fond of 

 flowers. I have had no experience what- 

 ever, except in my own garden during the 

 summer, where I have had great success. 

 Is there any school in Canada where they 

 give instruction in the raising of flowers, 

 and in greenhouse work ; and are there any 

 spring and summer terms. Do you think 

 the florist business profitable for a young 

 man, etc." Now, suppose we answer the 

 last question first, and we would say yes and 

 no both ; for profit in any business depends 

 far more upon the man than upon the busi- 

 ness. One man will make money where 

 another man will starve to death. A few 

 men have made fortunes out of growing 

 roses and carnations, and many men have 

 failed ; a large percentage of the men who 

 open out stores in great cities sink their in- 

 vestments, while a few make fortunes ; a 

 neighbor, who began a village milk trade 

 without capital, has by industry and enter- 

 prise secured a large and profitable business 

 of several thousand dollars a year. 



The best place to learn to be a florist is 

 with a florist, providing he would give you 

 a chance to learn details of all branches ; but 

 for a general knowledge of floriculture, the 

 construction and care of a greenhouse, and 

 much general information essential to an 

 educated business man, a course at the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, Guelph, is almost 

 indispensable. 



Mr. Wm. Hunt, superintendent of green- 

 houses, is a thoroughly trained gardener, 

 and his long experience will give a young 

 man much valuable information which he 

 could not get from the ordinary practical 



