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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



OUR HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES AS LOCAL 



ASSOCIATIONS. 



MPROVEMENT 



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[HILE attend- 

 P^ ing the con- 

 \' e n t i o n of the 

 National League of 

 Improvement Asso- 

 ciations at Buffalo, 

 in August last, we 

 thought of our own 

 excellent Horticul- 

 tural Societies and 

 could see no reason 

 why in Canada any 

 additional organiz- 

 ation would be 

 needed, if our soc- 

 -^^.ti,;:,, ~^:. ieties are willing 



to enlarge their 

 FIG. 2172. A VINE-WREATHED yvork a little. Here 



LAMP rOST. 



is a list ot objects 

 which are before this League, all of which 

 we believe should be the objects for which 

 our societies are seeking increased interest 

 and co-operation : — 



Arbor Day. 



Artistic home planting. 



Botanical gardens. 



Children's improvement associations. 



Cemetery improvement. 



Cleansing andbeautifying public buildings. 



Care of vacant lots. 



Cycle paths. 



County park systems. 



Collection of natural objects. 



Educational excursions for school children. 



Factory planting. 



Flower and fruit mission. 



Floral exhibitions. 



Foot-paths for reaching scenic beauties. 



Fountains and wayside springs. 



Garbage crematories. 



Good roads and good streets. 



Home bee culture. 



Hand-books and guide-posts locating 

 points of interest. 



Historic and scientific museums. 



Improvement of city back yards. 



Increased attractiveness of farm life. 



Lectures on nature and outdoor topics. 



Model children's gardens. 



Nature study. 



Neighborhood gardens for boys. 



Open-air band concerts. 



Parks for all the people. 



Proper care of streets and alleys. 



Private residence parks. 



Prize awards for home planting. 



People's play grounds. 



Public assembly and lecture halls. 



Proper patriotic celebrations. 



Public baths. 



Popular instruction in landscape gardening. 



Public libraries. 



Pleasing church exteriors and surround- 

 ings. 



Photography as promotive of improve- 

 ment. 



Popular art collections. 



Preservation of native plants and animals. 



Preservation of historic buildings and 

 localities. 



Preservation of groves and natural features. 



Removal of unsightly fences. 



Rural libraries and reading clubs. 



Removal of bill-boards and objectionable 

 advertising. 



Railway station grounds. 



Rest rooms in towns and villag,es. 



Summer camps for boys and girls. 



Study of civic improvement. 



School gardens. 



Shelter houses for parks and cemeteries. 



School yard planting. 



