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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral tJuui 



Ontario Horticulturists Meet 

 In Convention 



(Continued from page 49.) 

 was to hold a Dominion show, centred each 

 q!«L'?,.* different province. Wm. Hartry, 

 Seaforth, expressed the opinion that it 



tZ"'^f«r' *""?""'' .*° ^^''"'' material from 

 the far east and the far west for a 

 Dominion show, as flowers would not 



w^ "^^^ ^"^ '""S distances As ^ 

 instance, he said that large quantities of 

 powers arrived in bad shape at the C.NE 

 last year from Port William and other dis^ 

 tant points, though packed by experts 

 Percy Mitchell stated that roses properly 

 packed can be sent successfully by mall 



nn J^f ^ ^^^^'^ ^°"''°°y- He favored a 

 Dominion show each y^ar In a different 



said that flowers could be shipped almost 

 any distance, but, for certainty of arrival 

 ihonf^ Z''^^,^ *?l «^I»ib"ing. the exhibitor 

 should travel with the flowers and person- 

 ally care for them on the journey 



A report of a delegation to the 'American 

 Civic Association was given by C. A. Hesson, 



fi't?^^" °f ^- ^ ''®P°'"' °' representatives 

 to the Royal Agriculture Winter Fair Asso- 

 ciation was presented by W. J. Evans To- 

 ronto This report stated that plans were 

 now being made tor a big show in the arena 

 next November. 



Diseased Bulbs. 



For the committee on diseased bulbs, Mr 

 Hartry reported that about a year ago the 

 matter of diseased bulbs came to the atten- 

 tion of the association, investigation followed 

 and an exaggerated report on same appeared 

 in the newspapers. Out of 23 correspondents 

 on gladiolus bulbs, 18 reported that they had 

 had no disease. Various persons and firms 

 reported also no trouble with Holland bulbs. 

 Five correspondents reported disease. The 

 speaker had himself found only three or 

 ■four bulbs actually diseased out of feome 

 2,000. These few were submitted to Prof J 

 E. Howitt, O.A.C., for examination. 



A discussion on diseased bulbs that fol- 

 lowed the report brought out that lately 

 many bulbs from Holland had been diseased, 

 that home grown stock was preferable and 

 that the growing and testing of bulbs should 

 be more extensively tested In Canada. W. 

 T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, said 

 that the Central Experiment Farm was pre- 

 pared to test bulbs at any time. The will- 

 ingness of the O.A.C., Guelph, to do work of 

 that nature also was expressed. Mr. Hartry 

 stated that bulbs, sometimes condemned, 

 have proven to produce good bloom. That 

 the Investigation Committee be made a 

 standing committee was moved and carried. 



The report of the Finance Committee, pre- 

 sented by J. E. Carter, Guelph, declared that 

 a larger portiorf of the federal grant to 

 Ontario for agricultural instruction should 

 be apportioned to horticultural education. 

 While the apportioning of the grant to vari- 

 ous purposes was a provincial matter, Mr. 

 Carter hoped that, through the personal In- 

 fluence of 'Dr. J. H. Grisdale, who had charge 

 of the administration of the grant at Ottawa, 

 horticulture would receive better treatment 

 in future. George Simpson, Ottawa, pointed 

 out that the local societies could not be ex- 

 pected to furnish any assistance for further- 

 ing the educational work of the central 

 association, as they already had too much on 

 their hands. A further grant must be se- 

 cured from the Government. President 

 Yates suggested the possibility of raising 

 money by other means, such as the sale of 

 O.H.A. badges to the members of societies, 

 life memberships, private donations, en- 



couraging the leaving of legacies to tli« asso- 

 ciation, etc. 



Report on Names and Varieties. 



The growing need for having a commit- 

 tee or committees with some Canadian or- 

 ganization behind it for them to pass on new 

 varlties of horticultural plants of Canadian 

 origin, was emphasized in the report of the 

 committee on names and varieties, present- 

 ed by W. T. Macoun. The need had been 

 felt the past year more than ever. It was 

 hoped that something would be done at this 

 meeting to strengthen the action of the Can- 

 adian Florists" and Gardeners' Association, 

 which had already made arrangements for 

 the registration of Canadian novelties. 

 Amateurs as well as professionals or .com- 

 mercial growers should be on any commit- 

 tee functioning in that way. The report also 

 impressed on the members the great im- 

 portance of keeping the standard of awards 

 at exhibitions very high, in order to gain 

 and maintain the confidence of the public in 

 the value of awards. The report included 

 lists and descriptions of new and little 

 known varieties of iris, by Miss M. E. 

 Blacklock, Meadowvale, .and by W. E. 

 Saunders, London; of gladioli, by Prof. H. 

 L. Hutt, Georgetown; of roses, by Miss I. 

 Preston; and of paeonies, compiled by the 

 American Paeony Society. All these lists 

 will be published in The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist. 



A provincial library of lantern slides was 

 advocated by Dr. J. M. Baldwin, Toronto. 

 Such slides might be grouped according to 

 nature of subject, each group accompanied 

 by adequate descriptive matter. Such fea- 

 tures, available for use among local socie- 

 ties, would help to increase membership. 

 Miss Jennie Dixon, Hamilton, pointed out 

 that slides provided entertainment. as well 

 as instruction, and would help to make in- 

 teresting meetings for which speakers 

 were not available. F. C. Nunnick, C.E.P., 

 Ottawa, announced that a series of slides 

 on home beautiflcation now were available 

 from the division of extension and publicity 

 of the Central Experimental Farm. The 

 slides were accompanied by explanatory 

 manuscripts. They were available to any 

 society, free of cost, excepting express 

 charges one way. 



Important Resolutions. 

 A resolution was adopted authorizing the 

 executive to arrange for a deputation to 



' wait upon Premier Drury and the mem- 

 bers of the Cabinet to urge the necessity 

 of an increased legislative grant of $10,000 

 to horticultural societies. Another resolu- 

 tion petitioned the fiovernment to retain out 

 of grants to the local societies a small per- 

 centage, proportioned according to amount 

 of grant, for the use and purposes of the 

 provincial association. This resolution ap- 

 pears In full on this page. 



Dillboards came in for strong condemna- 

 tion in a resolution tendering congratula- 

 tions to the provincial highways depart- 

 ment on its issuing of regulations recently 

 "pertaining to this nuisance, and thus pav- 

 ing the way for a cleaner and brighter pro- 

 vince." The association put itself on re- 

 cord by resolution, as it did two years ago, 

 as favoring the founding of a Canadian 

 Council of Horticulture. A resolution was 

 adopted also favoring the passing of a Do- 

 minion Registration and Standards Act and 

 the holding of a Dominion Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition. Another resolution called for a 

 committee to consider the advisability of 

 selecting some typical flower as an emblem 

 for the Province of Ontario. Another sup- 

 ported the Idea of holding a special Iris 

 show. A resolution was adopted providing 

 for the establishment by the association 

 of a provincial library of lantern slides, with 

 appropriate literature, to be available for 

 the use of the branch societies. 



By silent standing votes, resolutions of 

 sympathy were passed to the families of the 

 late W. B. Burgoyne, St. Catharines, and of 

 the late John Glassford, Chatham, two lead- 

 ers in Ijortlculture who passed away during 

 the year. The President's address, the 

 Superintendent's report, and various speak- 

 ers' discourses throughout the convention 

 voiced the general feeling of regret over 

 the loss that the association and the pro- 

 vince had sustained through the passing of 

 these gentlemen. 



Illustrated Lectures — Activities In St. 

 Thomas — City and Railway Adorn- 

 ment. 



In an interesting illustrated talk on 

 "Floral Adornment of a City and of a Rail- 

 way Right-of-Way by a Horticultural 

 Society," X>r. F. E. Bennett, of St. Thomas, 

 B^id that there were many plans under way 

 for the co-operation of the railway and the 

 horticultural society for the general beauti- 

 flcation of all railway areas in and around 

 ihat city. The Michigan Central had given 



Ontario Horticultural Association's New Plan for Raising Funds 



■p ESOLVED that the Minister of Agriculture of Ontario be and is hereby petitioned 

 i"- to retain out of the annual legislative grants to various horticultural societies, the 

 following amounts, in accordance with the following schedule, that Is to say, from 

 societies entitled to receive a grant of over 



$100 and less than $200— 3% of said grant 



20O " " " 300 — 5% " " " 



300 " " " 400 — 7% " " " 



400 " " " 500 — 8% " " " 



500 and over loy, " " '• 



and that from societies receiving less than $100, a stated sum of $3.00 shall be retained 

 and paid to the Ontario Horticultural Association for the use and purposes of this 

 association In lieu of all affiliation fees. 



IVIemo. Based on Grants of 1921. 

 28 Societies received $100 and less than $200 @ 3% — $120.00 



5 " "200 " " " 300 5%— 65.00 



6 " " 300 " " " 400 7%— 134.61 



400 

 over 500 



500 



8%— 69.76 

 10%— 612.21 



Revenue O.H.A., 



1920— $292.00 

 1,000.00 



Total $1,001.58 



$1,292.00 

 This resolution shall not be effective until the consent of the majorlt/sof the Ontario 

 horticultural societies has been obtained and that the sceretary be instructed to forward 

 a copy of this resolution to each secretary in the province, with a request that a special 

 meeting of the society be called and the resolution acted upon at once. 



