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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. 



EXECUTIVE BOARD. 



THE Executive Board of the Canadian 

 Civic Improvement League met :n 

 Engineer's club rooms, 96 King 

 street west, Toronto, on the i6th inst., the 

 rooms having been kindly granted the league 

 for three months. The objects of the meet- 

 ing, as defined in the secretary's letter, were 

 to perfect the organization, and to arrange 

 for the appointment of a field secretary, and 

 to transact other important business. 



VAST EXTENT OF THE WORK. 



The vast extent of the work in hand was 

 dwelt upon, covering as it does not only the 

 improvement of our city streets and public 

 parks, and the removal of the disfiguring 

 bill boards ; but also good roads and home 

 sanitation. It should interest every one, 

 —Galley 8. L 



whether doctor, lawyer, merchant or farmer, 

 for it aims at the betterment of the condi- 

 tions of living for us all, and the beautifica- 

 tion of our surroundings. 



THE WOMEN SHOULD BE INTERESTED. 



Major Ellis pointed out the fitness of wo- 

 men for the study of the aesthetic ; they were 

 naturally disposed to love the beautiful 11 

 nature and art, and had more time than men 

 to devote to its advancement. In the Am- 

 erican cities the fedies are taking a very pro- 

 minent part in the work of civic improve- 



ment, and clubs are being formed in many 

 places. Why should not such clubs be 

 formed in every town in Ontario, even if 

 only containing five or six members each ? 

 They could be a wonderful power for the 

 advancement of this work. 



A FIELD SECRETARY. 



Mr. G. R. Patullo, of Woodstock, ably ad- 

 vocated the appointment of a field secretary, 

 who could stir up public interest. He should 

 be a man who understood landscape garden- 

 ing, and who could give addresses in every 

 town on Improvement Work. Such a man 

 could form clubs everywhere, and these clubs 

 would co-operate with this league. 



Finally the title of Honorary Field Sec- 

 retary was accepted by Mr. G. R. Patullo 

 himself, who was generous enough to say 

 that in his intended summer tour to the great 

 Northwest he would be pleased to give ad- 

 dresses on Civic Improvement in the princi- 

 pal cities and encourage the formation of 

 local improvement clubs. 



WAYS AND MEANS. 



A Committee of Ways and Means was ao- 

 pointed, with a quorum resident in the city 

 of Toronto, and the following is the list of 

 members, viz.: Major Ellis, H. F. Duck, 

 H. P. Hynes, J. D. Hayden (the president), 

 and Major H. J. Snelgrove (the secretary). 



These gentlemen have a hand in the ques- 



