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our Young People in Floral and Horticul- 

 tural Matters." This address is published 

 elsewhere in this issue. Following this he 

 delegates joined in a discussion of the lines 

 of work that can be carried on by horticul- 

 tural societies and described the methods 

 their organizations have adopted. 



A public mass meeting was held Tuesday 

 evening in which the members of all the dif- 

 ferent organizations connected with the ex- 

 hibition joined. The gathering, which 

 passed off very successfully, was held in the 

 Y. M. C. A. Hall. The Hon. John Dryden 

 presided and as usual made a most capable 

 chairman. 



An address of welcome was given by 

 Mayor Thos. Urquhart, of Toronto, who "n 

 the course of his remarks expressed the hope 

 that the exhibition will become an annual 

 affair and that in the near future Toronto 

 will be able to provide a suitable building 

 for such a gathering. 



In his address the Hon. John Dryden re- 

 ferred to the importance of the horticultural 

 interests of the province and urged the citi- 

 zens of Toronto to attend the exhibition. He 

 announced that the department realized the 

 need for better instruction in horticultural 

 matters and that it had felt that an exhibi- 

 tion, such as the one being held, would prove 

 valuable educationally. The importance of 

 seeing that Canadian fruit is properly 

 packed was mentioned and in this connection 

 Mr. Dryden stated he was willing to select 

 and send some Canadians to the United 

 States to learn the best methods in vogue 

 there, or to import some of the most suc- 

 cessful packers from the United States, to 

 show our Canadian packers how fruit 

 should be packed. This announcement met 

 with general approval. 



An interesting address was delivered 

 by Dr. James Fletcher, of the Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, who spoke on 

 " What the Busy Bee is Doing," and suc- 

 ceeded in thoroughly interesting every per- 



son present. A scholarly address was 

 given by Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture, who spoke on " Horti- 

 culture in Ontario." The immense im- 

 portance of the floral interests of the United 

 States were mentioned, as well as the need 

 for a greater interest in horticultural 

 matters. The gathering was a success .nd 

 next year will undoubtedly be more largely 

 attended. 



At the Wednesday morning session of the 

 Horticultural convention Mr. H. B. Cowan, 

 Supt of Horticultural Societies, spoke on 

 the relation of the Agricultural and Arts 

 Act to horticultural societies. This was 

 followed by a most interesting discussion, 

 an account of which appears in this issue. A 

 paper on " Best annuals for Cut Flowers," 

 presented by Mr. Roderick Cameron, of 

 Niagara Falls, Ont., is also published in this 

 issue. 



Three addresses, all of great interest, were 

 delivered at the afternoon meeting of the 

 convention. The meeting was presided 

 over by Hon. Jchn Dryden, Minister of 

 Agriculture. As usual, when he is chair- 

 man, Mr. Dryden kept everything moving 

 smoothly and the gathering passed off very 

 successfully. I'he subjects discussed were 

 " Hardy Vines for the House and Garden," 

 by Mr. W . T. Macoun, Ottawa ; " What 

 May be Grown in a Small Garden During 

 One Season," by Mr. R. B. Whyte, Ottawa, 

 and the " Care of Window Plants," by Wm. 

 Hunt, of the O. A. C, Guelph. Extracts 

 from several of these addresses are published 

 in this issue of The Horticulturist. 



The closing session of the horticultural 

 convention was held Wednesday eveninof. 

 The principal address of the evening was 

 delivered by Mr. H. H. Groff, of Simcoe, the 

 noted originator of Gladioli, who spoke on 

 the subject, " Improvement of Plants by- 

 Hybridization." A number of those pres- 

 ent attended the meeting solely to hear Mr. 

 Groff. An interesting address on " The 



