EDITORIAL, 



263 



The ,'big fruit, flower and honey show it has 

 Tieen decided to hold in Toronto next November, 

 affords a splendid opportunity for the fruit 

 growers and florists of the province. Both our 

 fruit and our floral interests require advertis- 

 ing. Their importance is not sufficiently un- 

 derstood. The public at large needs enlighten- 

 ment. We have all heard much of the magni- 

 tude of our dairy industry. Live stock men 

 make a big stir each year at the winter fair and 

 through their annual sales. Fruit growers and 

 florists, but more particularly the former, should 

 push themselves to the front in a similar man- 

 ner and then stay there. By making a display 

 of fruit and flowers next November, which will 

 truly represent the province, they should at- 

 tract sufficient public attention to do their cause 

 much good. The Department of Agriculture 

 deserves credit for starting the idea and for its 

 financial assistance. The people directly in- 

 terested now have the matter largely in their 

 hands. The enthusiasm already displayed 

 augurs well for success. 



Many of the horticultural societies of the 

 province are not doing good work. Some, in 

 fact, do not even seem to know what they are 

 expected to do. No attempt is made to hold 

 regular meetings or exhibitions of fruit, flow- 

 ers and vegetables; such a thing as a distribu- 

 tion of seeds is unheard of by the members, and 

 apathy widespread seems to exist. This' should 

 not be. The excellent work being done by a 

 number of societies, such as those at Ottawa, 

 Perth, Guelph, Toronto, St. Catharines and 

 Hamilton, shows what can and might be done. 



The suggestion, therefore, that the horticul- 

 tural societies of the province shall appoint 

 delegates to attend the fruit, flower and honey 

 show in Toronto next November, that they may 

 meet to discuss matters of mutual interest seems 

 an excellent one. It should then be possible 

 to form a provincial association and arrange 

 for the holding of similaj- meetings annually. 

 Keep this matter to the front; it is worth care- 

 ful consideration. 



The objections expressed in this issue by 

 leading buyers to the use of boxes for the ship- 

 ping of apples will come as a surprise to many 

 fruit growers. It is hard to attribute this dis- 

 like to anything more than conservatism in re- 

 gard to the changing of the old order of things. 

 Boxes have not yet become established as a 

 commercial package and have yet to overcome 

 m.any objections that promise to disappear in 

 due course of time. 



The Horticulturist finds it is short of copies 

 of the January, February and March numbers 

 published in 1901. Any readers who have 

 spare copies of these issues in good condition 

 will confer a great favor iby returning them to 

 this office. 



I have enjoyed The Horticulturist very much 

 the phort time that I have taken it. It has 

 be°n grpptly improved of late. — (Stewart Burns, 

 Pririce Edawrd Island. 



GROWERS ANXIOUS TO ORGANIZE 



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By-laws of the St. Catharines Cold Storage and 

 Forwarding Co., Limited. 



Whereas, the directors of the St. Catharines 

 Cold Storage and Forwarding Company, Lim- 

 ited, deem it expedient that certain by-laws 

 for regulating the affairs of the company should 

 be made; now, therefore, be it enacted and it is 

 hereby enacted, 



MBETINGrS. 



1. That the annual meeting of the sharehold- 

 ers of the company shall be held at the office 

 of the company on the fourth Thursday in the 

 month of January in each year. 



.2. That a general meeting of the sharehold- 

 ers may be called at any time by the directors 

 whenever they may deem the same necessary 

 for any purposes not contrary to law or the let- 

 ters patent of the company, and it is incumbent 

 on the president to call a special meeting of the 

 shareholders whenever required so to do in 

 writing, by one-tenth part in value of the 

 shareholders of the company, for the transac- 

 tion of any business specified in such written 

 requisition and notice calling the meeting. 



3. That notice of the time and place for hold- 

 ing the annual or a general meeting of the 

 company must be given at least ten days pre- 

 vious thereto, in some paper published in the 

 city of St. Catharines, or by mailing the same 

 as a registered letter, duly addressed to each 

 shareholder at least ten days revious to such 

 meeting, or by a personal notice delivered to 

 each shareholder by a director or officer of the 

 company. ****** * 



5. That at general meetings of the company 

 every shareholder shall be entitled to as many 

 votes as he owns shares in the company, and 

 may vote by proxy. No shareholder, however, 

 is permitted to purchase more than 20 shares 

 of the company's stock. 



6. Questions at meetings shall be decided by 

 a majority in value of the shareholders present, 

 either in person or by proxy, and in case the 

 number of votes are equal the president or 

 chairman shall have a deciding or casting vote. 



DIRECTORS. 



7. The affairs of the company shall be man- 

 aged by a board of five directors, of whom three 

 shall form, a quorum. 



8. That the president and vice-president shall 

 be chosen by the directors from among them- 

 selves at the first board meeting after the an- 

 nual meeting. 



9. That the president shall, if present, preside 

 at all meetings of the company. He shall call 

 meetings of the board of directors and share- 

 holders when necessary, and shall advise with 

 and render such assistance to the manager as 

 may be in his power. In his absence the vice- 

 president shall have and exercise all the rights 

 and powers of the president. A director may 

 at any time summon a meeting of the directors. 



