THE CANADIAX HORTICULTURIST. 



P'lG. 1973. D. W. Beadle. 

 Elected Life Member in 1900. 



ror it shows the faces of some of our highly 

 esteemed and prominent Directors and pat- 

 rons now passed away. 



In the front row, beg^inning^ from the left, 

 we notice Messrs. W. E. Welling^ton, J. A. 

 Morton, M. Pettit, A. M. Smith, A. McD. 

 Allan, Thos. Beall, *P. C. Dempsey, and 

 *J. M. Denton ; in the second row, T. H. 

 Race, *John Croil, *Prof. Panton, Dr. 

 Saunders, the Secretary, J. K. McMichael, 

 G. C. Caston, A. H. Pettit, and further in 

 the rear, W. M. Orr, Jas. Goldie, E. 

 Morden, L. B. Rice, P. E. Bucke, W. W. 

 Hillborn, E. D. Smith, and *Warren Holton. 



In 1894, we formed a plan for the estab- 

 lishment of Fruit Experiment Stations, to 

 be g^overned by us in conjunction with the 

 O. A. C. at Guelph, which, while it increases 

 our official work, largely increases our useful- 

 ness, and from the reports from these sta- 

 tions, publications of permanent value will 

 soon result. 



In 189-, Mr. Thos. Beall, of Lindsay, 



♦Deceased. 



read a paper before our association in which 

 he advocated the formation of Horticultural 

 Societies more in accordance with the true 

 intent of the Act than those already existing, 

 most ot which seem only to aim at the divis- 

 ion <>{ the legislative grant among a few 

 professional exhibitors, while the member- 

 ship as a whole get little or no benefit. The 

 Act contemplates five objects, as follows : — 

 (i) The holding of meetings for discussion 

 and for hearing lectures on subjects con- 

 nected with the theory and practice of im- 

 proved horticulture. (2) The promotion of 

 the circulation of horticultural periodicals. 



(3) The importation and otherwise procuring 

 seeds and plants of new and valuable kinds. 



(4) The oflfering of prizes for essays and 

 questions of scientific enquiry relating to 

 horticulture. (5) The awarding of premiums 

 for the invention or improvement of horti- 

 cultural implements and machinery for the 

 production of all kinds of vegetables, plants, 

 flowers and fruit, and generally for excellence 

 in any horticultural production in operation. 



Of these objects, most of the old style 

 horticultural societies choose out a portion 

 of the fifth object only and totally disregard 

 the other and more important objects. To 

 remedy this evil, our directorate appointed 

 Mr. Thos. Beall organizing director of 

 ( affiliated ) horticultural societies, whose 

 by-laws are so modified as to give greater 

 attention to the other and more important 

 objects and less to the mere holding of an 

 annual show of flowers. The scheme has 

 met WMth the approval of the leading horti- 

 cultural people, and already we have fifty 

 such affiliated societies, with over fifty mem- 

 bers each, all receiving our journal and 

 report and plant distribution free, and an 

 annual v'isit from some able lecturer sent 

 out by our association. We hope it may 

 not be very long before every horticultural 

 society in the Province w'ill fall in line and 

 thus reach a place of wider usefulness. 



This constant enlargfement of our work 



