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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST, 



Fig. 2399. A. H. Ewing, Woodstock. 



Secretary Canadian Horticultural Association. 



organization, and advised that one sure way 

 to forward their interests was to use 

 the columns of those papers who would 

 gladly print any information that was given 

 them. He suggested that the Association 

 approach the Canadian Horticulturist about 

 the publication of a trade paper. 



A TRIP TO GRIMSBY 



On Thursday at 8-15 a. m. the delegates 

 left on a special car on the Hamilton, Grim- 

 sby and Beanisville Electric road. A stop 

 was made at Winona at E. D. Smith's ship- 

 ping house ; everyone was interested in the 

 process of handling and packing fruit for 

 long distance shipping and also the cold 

 storage plant in which fruit is cooled for 

 shipping to Great Britain. The trip was 

 then continued as far as Grimsby Park. 

 When the car returned another stop was 

 made at E. D. Smith's and he personally 

 conducted the party through his extensive 

 nurseries and made no objections to the 

 raids which the delegates made on the var- 

 ious fruit plantations, allowance being made 

 for the delegates from Montreal and other 



northern points, to whom the fruit belt ap- 

 peared like the Garden of Eden. The car 

 pulled into Hamilton about 12 o'clock at 

 noon and the whole party proceeded up 

 James street to the foot of the mountain, up 

 which they were taken on the Incline Rail- 

 way. Quite a contingent of newly arrived 

 delegates were found on top and about one 

 hundred did justice to the dinner provided by 

 the Hamilton Gardeners and Florists' Club. 

 Mr. T. Lawson, Secretary of the Club acted 

 as toast master and the following toasts 

 were proposed and responded to : 



Our King and Country, responded to by 

 Prof. Hutt, and C. M. Webster 



The Canadian Horticultural Association, 

 responded to by Joseph Bennett, Jas. Mc- 

 Kenna and J. H. Dunlop. 



Tne Society of American Florists, respond- 

 ed to by F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, and Mr. 

 Clucas, New York. 



The Gardeners and Florists' Club was 

 responded to by Messrs. Manton, Mepsted 

 and Gammage. 



The members were then grouped on the 

 steps of the Mountain View pavilion and 

 photographed. 



THURSDAY, 3.30 P. M. 



The meeting was called to order by Pres- 

 ident Bennett at 2.30 p. m. There was an 

 overflow meeting which should be taken in- 

 to account in the selection of a meeting hall 

 for next year. 



Prof. Hutt spoke on the relation of the 

 professional florist to the local Horticultural 

 Societies. His remarks about changing the 

 name of the Association called forth a good 

 deal of argument. But the pith of his re- 

 marks addressed to professional florists were 

 listened to with rapt attention. 



A paper on the Hardy Perennial Border 

 was read by Andrew Alexander, President 

 of the Hamilton Horticultural Society. It 

 was a masterly tribute to the new popular 

 hardy perennials. 



