Qivie Jmprovementt 



A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETIES OF ONTARIO, AND OF ALL OTHER BODIES INTERESTED 

 IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF OUR 

 CANADIAN TOWN AND COUNTRY HOMES. 



WORK OF THE 

 HAMILTON CITY IMPEOVEMENT SOCIETY 



BV A MEMBER. 



THE PIONEER SOCIETY— THE BOYS AND GIRLS 

 INTERESTED - CHRONIC KICKERS -CO OPERATION 

 OF PRESS AND CLERGY-HOW TO PROCEED 



THE formation of a Canadian League 

 for the object above specified comes 

 not a moment too soon, the need of 

 it being a crying one, not only in our cities 

 and towns, but in our villages as well. Mr. 

 Hayden, of Cobourg, who was elected presi- 

 dent, desires great praise for the hard work 

 he must have put in to bring such a repre- 

 sentative gathering together as assembled n 

 the Toronto Board of Trade Council Cham- 

 ber on the 14th of February last. A great 

 deal of the discussion which took place was 

 of a very useless nature, but it perhaps 

 cleared the atmosphere and enabled Mr. 

 Alexander, of Hamilton, to put before the 

 meeting a resolution of all the impending 

 difficulties and settle the meeting down to 

 transact the business for which they had 

 been called together. To this gentleman 

 are all horticulturists indebted in the past for 

 valuable advice given, and he has also proved 

 himself one of the most forward members 

 of the Hamilton City Improvement Society, 

 the first of its kind in thje Dominion of Can- 

 ad''. This society was formed in June, 1899, 



for the purpose of promoting improvement, 

 cleanliness, and beautifying of the city, and 

 to assist and stimulate the authorities in en- 

 forcing the laws relating thereto. From its 

 inception the society has made a point f 

 " helping," not " abusing," the authorities, 

 and in this way has made friends of the 

 aldermen and all the officials of the City 

 Hall. Requests from the society to any of 

 the departments receives, careful attention, 

 and no demands for a large outlay of money 

 has ever been made ; but notwithstanding 

 this fact many little changes have taken 

 place tending toward the comfort and con- 

 venience of the public. People in Hamilton 

 are now beginning to realise the good ob- 

 jects the Improvement Society has in view, 

 and the thorough unselfishness of these ob- 

 jects. They are beginning to see that in- 

 terest in this direction makes better citizens 

 of people, raises the moral tone of the com- 

 munity, especially amongst our boys and 

 girls, and the older hard headed fellows are 

 coming to the conclusion that a forward 

 movement of this kind must enhance he 



