52 WESTERN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Executive appointed a deputation to wait upon the 

 Government with a view to securing- a grant to assist in the 

 publication of its papers. The deputation presented its case 

 to the Minister of Agriculture, and there is good prospect 

 that a grant will be made during- the coming session of the 

 legislature. 



The Executive offered two prizes for named varieties of 

 prairie flowers at the last Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition. 

 There was brisk competition and the prize winners richly 

 earned their honors. 



A friendly letter has been received from the secretary of 

 the Minnesota Horticultural Society, proposing that this 

 Society affiliate with theirs. This proposal is recommended 

 to your favorable consideration. 



Thus far the report has confined itself to what has been 

 done during the past year. But something more than that 

 may fairly be required of us. We must look into the future 

 and endeavor to map out some of the lines of usefulness 

 which the Society may most profitably follow during the 

 year or years to come. Of these there are several which are 

 already pressing themselves upon our attention. 



I mention first, not because it is of most importance, but 

 because it must be attended to without delay, the question of 

 the revision of the prize list of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhi- 

 bition Association. There is now in the hands of our 

 secretary a letter from the manager of the Exhibition, asking* 

 for co-operation in the matter. We assisted last year at the 

 request of the Association in the same line, and barring some 

 hesitation about spending as much money as we thought 

 horticulture was entitled to, we found the directors very ready 

 to meet our wishes. At their suggestion we appointed a 

 delegate to be the official representative of our views in any 

 matters that needed to come before the Exhibition Associa- 

 tion. This matter of arranging the prize list is in the main 

 a matter for experts and professionals, and we shall be glad 

 to have any suggestions from persons interested, and will 



