December, 1909 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



277 



Conference of Horticultural Societies 



INTEREST and enthusiasm were manifest 

 all through the various sessions of the 

 fourth annual convention of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Association held in Toron- 

 to, Nov. 9 and 10. Delegates were present 

 from horticultural societies in all parts of 



Mr. J. Lockie Wilton 



Superintendent of Horticultural Societlee and 

 Secretary of the Ontario Horticultural isflocia- 

 tion. At the convention of the latter in Toronto 

 last month, Mr. Wilson was presented with a 

 Royal Crown Derby plate encircled with silver 

 as a testimonial of recognition by the associa^ 

 tion for services rendered the societies. Mr. 

 Wilson is also the secretary of the Ontario Vege- 

 table Growers' Association. 



the province. They wore amply repaid for 

 their attendance by the inspiring and help- 

 ful adresses given not only by our own 

 Canadian authorities but by speakers from 

 the United States. Chief among the visit- 

 ors were Prof. John Craig, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, R. F. Powell, of Fairhope, Ala- 

 bama and Miss Louise Klein Miller, Curator 

 of School Gardens, Cleveland, Ohio. The 

 addresses of Mr. Powell and Miss Miller 

 were along the lines of school garden work 

 and vacant lot gardening. The grand 

 results that are attending this form of ef- 

 fort in various cities in the St.ates were 

 ably described by both speakers. Miss Mill- 

 er illustrated her address by a series of 

 .splendid stereopticon views. 



Mr. R. B. Whyte, the newly elected presi- 

 dent, upon assuming ofiBce expressed the 

 view that the work of the association 

 should be extended to include matters re- 

 lating to the growing of fruit and veget- 

 ables by amateurs. This form of work, he 

 claimed, is not now covered by either the 

 fruit or the vegetable growers' associations. 



The convention decided unanimously to 

 urge the Ontario Government to increase the 

 annual grant to the societies by $5,000 a 

 year. 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



The following officers were elected : 



Pres., R. B. Whyte, Ottawa; 1st vice- 

 pres.. Rev. A. H. Scott, Perth; 2nd vice- 

 pres., J. P. Jaffray, Gait; sec, J. Lockie 

 Wilson, Toronto; treasurer, H. B. Cowan, 

 Peterboro. 



Hon. directors, W. T. Macoun, Ottawa; 

 Prof. H, L. Hutt, Guolph; W. B. Burgoyne, 

 St. Catharines; Major H. J. Snelgrovo, 

 Cobourg, 



Directors, District 1, F. B. Bowden, Van- 

 leek Hill. District 2, W. J. Diamond, Bollo- 



ville. District 3, Miss M. E. Balcklock, 

 Toronto. District 4, J. O. McCulloch, Hamil- 

 ton. District 6, Jas. Mitchell, Goderich. 

 District 6, Geo. W. Tebbs, Hespeler. Dis- 

 trict 7, H. J. McKay, Windsor. 



Auditors, A. O. Jeffrey, London ; Col. R. 

 E. Kent, Kingston. 



Representative to the Canadian National 

 Exhibition : Major H. J. Snelgrove, Co- 

 bourg. 



Representatives to convention of Ameri- 

 can Civic Association : W. B. Bugoyne, St. 

 Catharines, Ont. ; J. Lockie Wilson, Toronto. 



Nomenclature Committee : J. Cavers, 

 Oakville; W. T. Macoun, Ottawa; Prof. H. 

 L. Hutt, Guelph; R. Cameron, Toronto; H. 

 B. Cowan, Peterboro. 



Novelties Committee: W. T .Macoun, Ot- 

 tawa; R. Cameron, Toronto; Wm. Hunt, 

 Guelph, Miss Blacklock, Toronto. 

 president's adukkss 



Major H. J. Snelgrove, of Cobourg, in 

 his presidential address, reviewed the splen- 

 did progress made by the Association and 

 touched on the principal horticultural 

 events of the year. On hearing of the 

 deterioration that was taking place in the 

 condition of Queen Victoria Park, Niagara 

 Falls, as the result of its present manage- 

 ment, he had written to Premier Whitney 

 and drawn the matter to his attention. 



Premier Whitney had replied, expressing 

 surprise and promising to have the matter 

 investigated. Major Snelgrove pointed out 

 that Queen Victoria Park is a national 

 park that is visited by thousands of strang- 

 ers every year. Its appearance therefore, 

 concerns our national pride. 



The suggestion that was made recently 

 in the editorial columns of The Canadian 

 HoRTictJLTiTRisT that the Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Association should extend the scope 

 of its work and include fruit and vegetable 

 growing for amateurs was endorsed. It 

 was pointed out that the fruit and veget- 

 able growers' associations are commercial 

 in character and ignore this branch of work. 

 Mention was made of the splendid work 

 being done by the C.P.R. to encourage 

 flower growing around its stations through- 

 out Canada and of the excellent bulletin 

 issued last summer on perennials and pre- 

 pared by Mr. W. T. Macoun, of the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa. The bill board 

 nuisance was condemned. 



treasurer's report 



The report of the treasurer, Mr. H. B. 

 Cowan of Peterboro, showed total receipts 

 of $201.85 and total expenditures of $106.60 

 leaving a balance of $95.25 on hand. Some 

 38 societies had paid two dollars each to 

 affiliate with the provincial association. 

 superintendent's report 



Superintendent J. Lockie Wilson, of To- 

 ronto, reported that the year had been a 



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