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THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTURIS7 



Relation of Birds to Horticulture " was de- 

 livered by Mr. C. W. Nash, of Toronto. 

 The closing address was one of the best of 

 the entire convention and was delivered by 

 Mr. J. O. McCulloch, the president of the 

 Hamilton Horticultural Society, who spoke 



on " Border Flowers " and illustrated his re- 

 marks by means of stereoptican views. As 

 a result of years of work Mr. McCulloch 

 has gathered a valuable collection of views 

 of floral subjects and this feature of his ad- 

 dress was greatly enjoyed. 



WHAT THE FRUIT GROWERS DISCUSSED 



The various sessions of the Fruit Grow- 

 ers' convention were well attended and con- 

 siderable interest was manifested in the ad- 

 dresses presented and the resultant discus- 

 sions. The reports by the officers were all 

 of a most interesting nature and showed 

 that effective and valuable work had been 

 accomplished during the year for the fruit 

 growers of the province. 



Much of the credit for this work, it was 

 felt, was due to the energetic efforts of Mr. 

 W. H. Bunting, who received a very flatter- 

 ing evidence of the appreciation of tho<^e 

 present when they created the office of hon- 

 orable president for the special purpose of 

 retaining Mr. Bunting in connection with 

 the association. 



The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



Hon. President, W. H. Bunting, St. 

 Catharines. 



President, Alex. McNeill, Ottawa. 



Vice-President, Jas. S. Scarff, Woodstock. 



Sec.-Treas., P. W. Hodgetts, Toronto. 



Directors : A. D. Harkness, Irena ; R. B. 

 Whyte, Ottawa ; Harold Jones, Maitland ; 

 W. H. Dempsey, Trenfon; Wm. Rickard, 

 Newcastle ; Elmer Lick, Oshawa ; Murray 

 Pettit, Winona ; C. W. Vanduzer, Grimsby ; 

 H. H. Groff, Simcoe; A. E. Sherrington, 

 Walkerton ; T. H. Race, Mitchell ; J. L. Hil- 

 born, Leamington ; G. C. Caston, Craig- 

 hurst. 



At the evening session a very complete re- 

 port of the year's work was presented by 

 Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, the secretary-trea- 

 surer, which showed that the financial stand- 



ing of the association, after defraying all 

 expenses connected with The Horticulturist, 

 the holding of the special meetings, the esti- 

 mated expense connected with the fruit ex- 

 hibition, etc., was in a very satisfactory con- 

 dition. 



One of the most important subjects dealt 

 with at the convention was the consideration 

 of the report presented by the directors jf 

 the association recommending that The 

 Canadian Horticulturist should be placed in 

 the hands of a joint stock company com- 

 posed entirely of fruit growers and florists. 

 In this connection the business manager and 

 editor of The Horticulturist, Mr. H. B. 

 Cowan, announced that the magazine had 

 reached the stage where it needs to be great- 

 ly developed and it should, therefore, be 

 placed on a business basis. It was an- 

 nounced that in the event of a joint stock 

 company being formed the association would 

 be given $i,ooo worth of stock in the com- 

 pany for its good will and that it would also 

 be given an opportunity to purchase $i,ooo 

 in stock entitling the president of the asso- 

 ciation to a seat on the board of directors of 

 the company. The report of the directors 

 was unanimously endorsed by tlie conven- 

 tion and a committee was appointed to see 

 that before the paper is finally handed over, 

 to the company the interests of the associa- 

 tion are properly safeguarded. 



conside;re;d the; show a success. 



The idea of continuing the Provincial 

 Fruit, Flower and Honey Show was en- 

 dorsed and a resolution was carried unani- 

 mously instructing the directors of the asso- 



