February. 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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League for Civic Improvement 



A Civic Improvemeii't League for Canada 

 was formed in Ottawa, January 19tli and 20th 

 when about 150 delegates from different 

 parts of Canada attended a meeting held for 

 .that purpose. The conference, which was 

 eld in the Railway Committee Room o^ the 

 House of Commons, was opened by His 

 Royal Highness, The Duke of Connaught. 



The objects of the proposed L-eague were 

 explained by Mr. Thos. Adams, the Town 

 Planning Expert of Uie Commission of Con- 

 servation. In a broad way they include the 

 advancement of general civic improvement, 

 the bettering of local forms of government, 

 Uie drawing of town planning schemes, the 

 re-planning of old districts on modern lines, 

 the improvement of housing conditions in 

 cities; the making and preservation of parks 

 and open spaces in cities; the regulation of 

 public advertising, the public performances 

 of music; the physical recreations of the 

 young and the cultivation of idle suburban 

 laU'd. 



A proposal by Mr. Adams that the League 

 should aim at the institution of a depart- 

 ment of municipal aftairs in each province, 

 met with general approval as did a sugges- 

 tion that efforts might be made to promote 

 an International League, which could ap- 

 proach such a body as the Russell Sage 

 Foundation, and ask for a bequest which 

 would enable the League to make known 

 how various cities in the world promote 

 civic improvement. Those present included 

 many prominent men among whom -were Sir 

 John Willison, of Toronto, Dr. Jas. W. Rob- 

 ertson, of Ottawa, Mayor Walters, of Hamil- 

 ton, Mayor Waugh, of Winnipeg. A pro- 

 visional council was elected which will be 

 represemtative of all the provinces. 



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 is certainly in the paper. It is for us readers 

 to use it. — -A. €. Campbell, Aylmer Blast, Que. 



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