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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 2401. Hermann Simmers, Toronto, 



Treasurer Canadian Horticultural Association. 



Manton said that the Association had a 

 standing- invitation from Toronto, but he 

 would not urge it as Torontonians had the 

 reputation of grasping for everything in 

 sight. 



Mr. W. Gammage and Robert Brooks, 

 Fergus, extended an invitation to meet at 

 Guelph next year. 



John H. Dunlop spoke for Toronto, say- 

 ing that owing to Mr. Manton's bashfulness 

 and his retiring disposition he would have to 

 undertake to tender the invitation to Toronto. 



It was moved by E. Mepsted, seconded 

 by J. McKenna that Toronto be the next 

 place of meeting. The motion was carried. 



THURSDAY— EVENING SESSION 



Wm. Hunt, of the O. A. C, Guelph, read 

 a paper on Summer Flowers for Florists. He 

 called attention to some very useful plants 

 which are not at present much used. He 

 also reviewed some of the standard kinds. 



A paper on Heating Greenhouses, prepared 

 by Mr. Edward Gurney, of the Gurney 

 Foundry Co., of Toronto, was read by one 

 of their enterprising young men, Mr. E. J. 



Brewer. The paper was most carefully pre- 

 pared and was read by the young man in a 

 masterly manner, which called forth rounds 

 of applause. 



OFFICERS FOR 1903 



The follovviVig officers were elected : Pres- 

 ident, Thos. Manton, Eglinton; ist Vice- 

 President, Geo. A. Robinson, Montreal ; 

 2nd Vice-President, E.J. Mepsted, Ottawa; 

 Treasurer, Hermann Simmers, Toronto ; 

 Secretary, Arthur H. Ewing, Woodstock. 



The following were elected on the Execu- 

 tive Committee to take the place of retiring 

 members : Mr. ^ym. Algie, Brampton ; 

 Mr. Jno. A. Campbell, Simcoe ; Mr. A. C. 

 Wilshire, Montreal ; and C. M. Webster, 

 Hamilton, to take the place of C. G. Knott, 

 deceased. 



The other members of the Executive are 

 W. J. Lawrence, Mimico ; Walter Muston, 

 North Toronto ; O. G. Johnston, Kingston ; 

 T. Manton, Toronto ; and Wm. Gammage, 

 London. 



The Trade Paper Committee reported that 

 the time at their disposal was insufficient to 

 propose anything definite and the matter was 

 left in the hands of the Executive Committee 

 to deal with at their next meeting. 



FINAL RESOLUTIONS 



Votes of thanks being tendered to the 

 President, Joseph Bennett, to the Mayor and 

 Council of the City of Hamilton for the use 

 of the City Hall for holding the meetings 

 in, the Hamilton Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, the Hamilton Horticultural Society 

 and the Hamilton daily papers, for their full 

 reports of the convention. 



The meeting adjourned at 9.45 p. m, to 

 meet in Toronto, 1903, at the call of the 

 President, 



THE TRADE EXHIBIT 



Great credit is due to the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club for the remarkable energy 

 they displayed in getting together the large 



