EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. 51 



view to which reduced rates of railway travel should be 

 secured. 



During- the past twelve months two public meeting's of 

 the Society have been held and five meeting's of the Executive 

 Committee. At the first public meeting-, which was held in 

 February, Mr. S. A. Bedford, of the Brandon Experimental 

 Farm, g-ave an address on "Shrubs and Perennials," and at 

 the second in April, the Rev. W. A. Burman read a paper on 

 "Prairie Flowers suitable for Cultivation." This paper was 

 illustrated by an herbarium of over a hundred specimens, 

 representing- some sixty varieties. Both papers were of a very 

 useful character, and the interest taken in them was evident 



from the lively discussion which followed each. 







The Executive Committee has given a considerable 

 amount of attention during- the year to making- the advan- 

 tag-es of the Society known throug-hout the country, and 

 while these efforts have already borne fruit, it is hoped that 

 a still greater harvest is to be reaped in the time to come. 

 The number of paid-up members now stands at 50, which of 

 course is a small number as yet, but is a decided advance on 

 19, the number we had a year ag-o. Most of these became 

 subscribers as the result of a personal canvass conducted by 

 the members of the Executive, but a g-ood many came in as 

 the result of a circular of invitation sent out last spring-. 



The Executive offered as a bonus last spring- to all mem- 

 bers a choice of any one parcel from among- the following-, 

 thus : 



Parcel No. 1. Six Turner (red), and six Golden Queen 

 (yellow) Raspberries. 



Parcel No. 2. One each of Dielytra Spectabilis and 

 Perennial Phlox. 



Parcel No. 3. One Geranium, one Fuchsia, one Foliag-e 

 plant, one Chrysanthemum, one Rose, all named varieties. 



Forty-one parcels were sent out in terms of this offer ; 

 eig-ht of the raspberries, twelve of the perennials and twenty- 

 one of the greenhouse plants, 



