OUR AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



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hope that during the coming season each member 

 will try to cultivate at least one variety and pro- 

 duce a flower that will be worthy of exhibition at 

 our shows this year. 



In order to encourage our members to keep up 

 their interest in flowers towards the close of the 

 season, your directors off"ered three prizes at the 

 Western Fair in September for the best collections 

 of cut flowers exhibited by members of our society; 

 only one member, however, competed for them. 

 Thirty-six tulip bulbs were presented to e; ch mem- 

 ber for autumn planting, in addition to sixteen 

 varieties of flower seeds and a choice of shrubs in 

 the spring. 



The directors have pleasure in stating that the 

 finances of the society are in a satisfactory condi- 

 tion as shown by the audited statement of the 

 treasurer, notwithstanding the fact taat the flower 

 shows and meetings have all been open to the 

 public free of charge. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



R. W. Rennie, J. A. Balkwill 



Secretary. President. 



London. — The following is an extract from an 

 article in a recent issue of the London Advertiser, 

 regarding the excellent work done in the city by 

 the London Horticultural Society : — 



" Residents of London, who have traveled to 

 some extent, have arrived at the unamimous con- 

 clusitm that despite its visible defects, London is 

 a very beautiful city. In its well-kept residence 

 streets few things unpleasant to the eye present 

 themselves. This effect is produced to a great ex- 

 tent by its thousands of beautiful-shade trees in the 

 streets and parks. Nothing could be more worthy 

 of active assistance than the efforts of the body of 

 public-spirited citizens comprising the London 

 Horticultural Society to create in the public mind 

 an interest in the care and judicious interest of or- 

 namental trees, plants and flowers in the gardens, 

 streets and parks of the city. The society was 

 formed two years ago and already it has become a 

 great power for good in London. Its members, 

 while indulging their own individual taste for 

 flower culture, have cone much to foster in the 

 public mind a love for the beautiful and a rever- 

 ence for flowers which must eventually prevent 

 their wanton destruction. It is a significant fact 

 that the beautiful flowers in Victoria Park are 

 never mole'^ted ; and every summer there blooms 

 a bed of geraniums in front of the public library 

 that is thi pride of the officials of that institution. 

 The flowers are unprotected, and are within easy 

 reach of the passer-by, yet no one has ever at- 

 tempted to disturb them." 



Waterloo.— The annual meeting of the Waterloo 

 Horticultural Society was held in the old Council 

 Chamber on Wednesday evening, January 8th, at 

 7 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the annual 

 reports of the work during the past year, and of 

 electing the officers for 1902. 



Directors* \nnual Report. Your directors, in 

 presenting their seventh annual report, congrat- 

 ulate the society on its continued prosperity. 



Our membership during the past year was 157, 

 and we distributed as premiums 128 Cumberland 



Raspberry Plants, 93 Spirea Japonica Bumalda, 

 76 Pear Trees, no German Prunes, 34 Hydrangeas 

 paniculata grandiflora, 141 House Plants and 

 1,570 Hyacinth Bulbs. 



We held no flower show during the paj-t year, 

 owing partly to the big expense incurred in tonntc- 

 tion with the one held in 1900, but we hope to te 

 able to hold one during the summer of 1902, if the 

 season proves at all favorable. Should this inten- 

 tion of ours become realized, we hope that every 

 member of the society, as well as every lover of 

 flowers in our prosperous town, will assist the 

 directors, so as to make the exhibition of flowers 

 and plants the most successful one in the history 

 of the society. 



The report of the Secretary-Treasurer and Aud- 

 itors is before you, and we trust that our successors 

 now to be elected, and the citizens generally, will 

 continue to support and assist the good work of the 

 Waterloo Horticultural Society. 



The financial report was as follows : — 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on hand from 1901 $ 27 



Legislative Grant 124 00 



Membership subscription 1 57 00 



Sale of Stock 42 80 



Total $324 07 



EXPENDITURE. 



Horticultural Periodicals $125 00 



Purchase cf Seeds and Plants 166 23 



Working Expenses 10 00 



Printing, Postage, Freight, etc 21 10 



Total $322 93 



Balance on hand i 14 



A. Weidenhammer, 

 President. 



Kincardine. — The annual meeting of the Kin- 

 cardine Horticultural Society was held on the 8th 

 inst. pursuant to statute. 



Secretary Joseph Barker Esq., read the follow- 

 ing excellent report : 



' • The Secretary of the Kincardine Horticultural 

 Society in presenting this, the fifth annual report, 

 begs to assure the members that he does so with 

 very much pleasure, for the following and other 

 reasons : 



Because of the satisfactory increase in the 

 society's membership for 1901. 



Because of the very general satisfaction given 

 to our members in the matter of tree and plant 

 distribution during the year just closed. 



Because in soliciting for membership we find 

 tqe task is not near so difficult as formerly, owing 

 to the fact that the utility of the Horticultural 

 Societies and the benefits derived therefrom are 

 better understood by the people. 



Because unlike the Agricultural Societies, the 

 Horticultural does not expend its funds in the 

 distribution of prize money to the leading exhib- 

 itors and for expenses incurred in bringing from 

 outside judges to pass upon the merit of high grade 

 stock, which has been obtained at a large outlay 

 of money, But our Society agrees upon a judic- 

 ious selection of premiums and invites its members 

 to make their own choics — this course leaves no 



