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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 



London 



THE annual meeting of the London 

 Society was held on January 16, 

 attended by about 125 enthusi- 

 astic members. W. E. Saunders, pre- 

 sided. The annual report of the Sec- 

 retary showed $3,519.82. The dis- 

 bursements showed a deficit of $28.58 ; 

 1,731 was the membership for the 

 year, 2,000 being the objective. The 

 President gave an interesting resume 

 of the year's work, which showed that 

 the directors had not been idle. Alto- 

 gether a very successful year was re- 

 ported. One and a half dozen named 

 gladioli was given for the spring pre- 

 mium, and two and a half dozen choice 

 named tulips of the tall, May-flower- 

 ing variety for fall premiums. In ad- 

 dition, each member was given "The 

 Canadian Horticulturist, ' ' which 

 every member appreciates. Right 

 here I want to congratulate the pub- 

 lishers on the improvement of this 

 magazine, the only one of its kind in 

 Canada. Canada first is my policy. 

 There is absolutely no need of us get- 

 ting American papers when we have 

 just as good at home. 



The election of officers resulted 

 mostly in re-elections. Much regret 

 was expressed at the retirement of 

 S. F. Wood, a past-president and 

 director of long standing, J. C. Mid- 

 dleton, and H. Hartrj-. Their places 

 were filled by capable men, J. C. Cam- 

 eron, of the Collegiate Institute staff, 

 and the well-known horticulturists, 

 Walter E. Greenway and W. E. S. 

 Potts. The other directors re-elected 

 were W. A. Hayden and Wm. T. Law- 

 rence. Those elected a year ago to 

 fill a two-year term were K. W. Cas-. 

 selman, C. W. Baker, J. W. McLeod, 

 Wm. McNaughton, and M. W. Alt-, 

 house. W. E. Saunders was again 

 elected president for a third term, as 

 were also E. Jeffrey and T. C. Flem- 

 ing, first and second vice-presidents. 



American Peony Show. 



The President spoke at length of the 

 coming show of the American Peony 

 Association, which is to be held in 

 London in June next. Few people 

 realize wh;at a ! great show this AAnll 

 be. This is the first time it has been 

 held in Canada, and the first time it 

 was ever held in a city of less than 

 half a million people. So London is 

 greatly favored. 



For 1922, 4,000 members is the ob- 

 jective of the directors. Membership 

 booklets of ten memberships each are 

 being distributed among the most en- 

 thusiastic members. It is a favor to a 



friend to ask him to join the society. 



At the inaugural meeting of the 

 directors it is expected tiiat a good 

 membership committee will be appoint- 

 ed by the directors to consist not only 

 of directors but enthusiastic members. 

 The committee will meet at intervals 

 and conduct a well-organized cam- 

 paign, so as to raise the membership. 

 New members are not only needed, 

 but old members should pay their 

 dues promptly. These are payable 

 now. Payment may be made to Do- 

 minion Seeds, Ltd., Morgan's, West's, 

 Dicks', Gammage's, Miss Watson's, 

 Huron and Erie, tellers' on Richmond 

 St., Child's Drug Store (now Arm- 

 strong's), Young and Ferguson's seed 

 store, or to any of the officers. 



Hamilton 



Seven well-attended meetings were 

 held last year by the horticultural 

 society, in addition to other activities, 

 was the report made at the annual 

 meeting on January 13. Some $2,418 

 was raised and $2,276 expended, leav- 

 ing a balance on hand. 



The officers elected for 1922 are as 

 follows : President, Dr. D. G. Storms ; 

 firsli vice-president, Benjamin John- 

 ston ; second vice-president, Corbett 

 Whitton; directors (two years), E. 

 W. Blackmore, William Hobson, Jas. 

 Dunlop, Calvin McQuesten, and W. 

 R. Turnbull. Five other directors 

 were elected last year for a two-year 

 term. A. C. Blake and W. Fearnside 

 were appointed auditors. 



Grimsby 



The horticultural society has elect- 

 ed the following officers for the ensu- 

 ing year: President, T. P. Jenkinson; 

 first vice-president, R. Mole ; second 

 vice-president, Henry Hillier; secre- 

 tary-treasurer, W. A. Cullingford. 

 There was a good turnout of mem- 

 bers at the annual meeting on January 

 14, and the various reports were the 

 best in the history of the society. 



Guelph 



The annual meeting of the local so- 

 ciety showed that the past year has 

 been one of unusual activity in all de- 

 partments. There has been a marked 

 improvement in the interest and co- 

 operation of the general public. The 

 treasurer's report showed receipts of 

 $2,956.08, with expenditures of 

 $2,914.45. 



Officers elected for the ensuing year 

 were: Hon. presidents, Mayor How- 

 ard, Frederic Watt, H. Occomore, Dr. 



Bethune, Wm. Laidlaw; president, R. 

 R. Graham; first vice-president, Geo. 

 M. Yates; second vice-president. Dr. 

 Norman Wallace; secretary, J. E. Car- 

 ter; assistant secretary, H. Occomore; 

 treasurer, Jos. A. Hewitt; Direc- 

 tors, for two years: J. J. Dryden, 

 Chas. Dempsey, J. A. Paul, A. A. 

 Duignam, J. M. Campbell; auditors, 

 John Sutherland, Geo. Chapman. 

 Duignam, J. M. Campbell. 



Peterboro 



The past year has been one of the 

 best in the history of the local society, 

 211 new members being added, making 

 a total of 348. Improvements were car- 

 ried out at the corners of various 

 streets and at Inverlea Park. Two suc- 

 cessful shows — Gladiolus and Aster 

 — were held. Officers were elected for 

 1922 as follows: President, Dr. J. E. 

 Middleton; First Vice-President, Alex. 

 Weddell; Second Vice-President Carl 

 Simpson; Secretary, L. Fraser; Direc- 

 tors for one year: E. E. Brumwell, A. 

 Sanders, T. E. Bradbum, J. Smythe, 

 E. H. D. Hall ; Directors for two years, 

 Mrs. Dr. H. M. YeUand, Mrs. J. Wells 

 Fraser, Mrs. F. D. Kerr, I. Boddison 

 and C. Land. 



F. J. A. Morris, M.A., of the Peter- 

 boro' Collegiate Institute staff, gave 

 an address on orchids, declaring that 

 many rare varieties Avere to be found 

 near Peterboro'. 



Ottawa 



The Ottawa society recently held an 

 enthusiastic annual meeting, where re- 

 ports showed that the pa.st year had 

 been very successful. The member- 

 ship for 1921 was 1,527. Financially 

 the society had a slight surplus. Cash 

 prizes to the amount of $391.75 were 

 offered. Of this, 1320.50 were award- 

 ed to 34 successful exhibitors 



Elections resulted as follows: 

 President, F. C. Nunick; first vice- 

 president. R. M. Motherwell; second 

 vice-president, W. B. Varley; direc- 

 tors (two vears), Mrs. J. A. Wilson, 

 F. H. Byshe, H. W. Cooper, M. B. 

 Davis, John Graham. 



Niagara Falls 



The Horticultural Society held its 

 annual meeting for election of officers 

 on January 11. Reports of the affairs 

 of the society were presented, showing 

 everything to be in a satisfactory state. 

 President Geo. Emory gave an outline 

 of work for the coming year. 



The officers elected were: President; 

 Geo. Emor>' ; First Vice-President, John 

 Oakes; Second Vice-President, Mrs. 

 MeHattie. New Directors, J. Rose, M. 

 C. Goodsir, Mrs. D. Kelley and J. 

 Barnes ; old Directors, Mr. Garner, Dr. 

 Snyder, Mrs. F. Anderson, Aid. Wilkin- 

 son and C. Sanders. 



