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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURlSi . 



Mrs. F. B. Greening, assisted by A. Alex- 

 ander, presented the prizes for roclceries. 



Mr. Alexander agreed with the previous 

 speakers that as a result of the society's work 

 the city was each year becoming more beau- 

 tiful. He "was proud to be a member of 

 such a society. He urged all citizens to as- 

 sist the society by becoming members. 



It fell to the lot of John H. Tilden, chair- 

 man of the parks board, to announce the re- 

 sult of the ward foremen's competition. He 

 thought all the foremen were entitled to 

 great credit for the cleanliness of Hamil- 

 ton's streets. As a result of their efforts 

 Hamilton was known all over the country 

 as the cleanest city on the continent. It was 

 impossible for the judges to say which was 

 the best kept ward, and for that reason it 

 was decided to give the prize, $25 in cash, to 

 them to divide as they saw fit. 



Thomas Towers, president of the Ward 

 Foremen's Association, accepted the prize 

 from Mr. Tilden's hands, and thanked him 

 for the kind words he had said about the 

 foremen. There was no doubt that the so- 

 ciety was doing good work. The foremen 

 were no longer troubled by people throwing 

 waste paper, grass, etc., on the streets. 



The gold medals, donated by Mrs. San- 

 ford, as first prizes in the lawn competition, 

 were presented by J. J. Greene, in the ab- 

 sence from the city of Mrs. Sanford. In 

 doing so, Mr. Greene said he was sorry the 

 donor was not present to present the medals 

 herself. He was sure that it was a pleasure 

 to Mrs. Sanford to assist in furthering the 

 aims and objects of the City Improvement 

 Society, and that she would like to have 

 been present to congratulate the successful 

 competitors. The citizens were indebted 

 to President Steele and his society for mak- 

 ing Hamilton such an attractive city. They 

 were making it to the advantage of manu- 

 facturers to locate here and were doing 

 much to make Hamilton an ideal city and 

 advertise it as such. He hoped that before 



long the parks board would take hold of the 

 mountain brow, especially the eastern slope, 

 and make it a pleasure park for the citizens. 

 He hoped the day was near at hand when 

 the destruction of the brow of the mountain 

 by quarrying operations would be stopped. 



Judge Snider presented the second, third 

 and fourth prizes in the lawn competition. 

 He, too, made a few appropriate remarks. 

 As a police commissioner, he thought the 

 police officers were doing their best to assist 

 the society in its good work. He spoke 

 words of congratulation to the winners of 

 prizes and words of encouragement to those 

 who entered the competition but were not 

 fortunate enough to win prizes. 



Adam Brown moved a vote of thanks n) 

 the ladies who so tastefully decorated the 

 Council chamber. In doing so he said he 

 was pleased to receive his prize from the 

 hands of Mrs. Greening, a woman whose 

 husband's father had done more than any 

 other man in the British empire to cultivate 

 a love for flowers. Among the humbler 

 classes in England his name was called 

 blessed. In conclusion, he referred to the 

 excellent support the society has received 

 from the ladies. 



George C. Coppley moved a vote of thanks 

 to the press and the reporters, and presented 

 to each reporter a suitable souvenir of the 

 annual distribution of prizes. Cal. Davis 

 responded on behalf of the scribes. 



Rev. Dr. Lyle moved a vote of thanks to 

 the judges, whose work, he said, had been 

 faithfully and well done, and Rev. Canon 

 Forneret moved that the thanks of the so- 

 ciety be returned to the corporation for the 

 use of the Council chamber. 



All the motions were heartily carried. 



A feature of the evening's proceedings 

 was the presentation of a handsome clock to 

 Newton D. Galbreaith by W. A. Robinson. 

 After referring at. length to the great im- 

 provement in the city during the past few 

 years, Mr. Robinson went on to speak of the 



