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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1909 



successful one for the horticultural societies 

 of Ontario. While the final returns had not 

 been received it was evident that the ex- 

 penditures as well as the membership for 

 1909 had largely increased. When the so- 

 cieties which had applied for organization 

 had attained a legal status there would be 

 nearly 10,000 members of horticultural so- 

 cieties. Haileybury had filed its application 

 and begun its work of civic improvement 

 with a membership of over 100. The Twin 

 Cities of Port Arthur and Fort William 

 had caught the spirit of floriculture and 

 were beginning to organize societies. The 

 towns of Milton, Oshawa and Whitby had 

 formed societies during the year. 



Comparing 1908 with the previous year, 

 the total expenditures, in the following 

 branches of all of the societies were : 



1907 1908 



Lectures and periodicals. .$2593.00 $3280.00 



For Exhibitions $4172.00 $4,543.00 



Seeds, bulbs, and plants $5649.00 $6854.00 



The total actual amount expended in 



1907, was $17,353.00 and in 1908, $20,882.00. 



Returns for 1909 received from 46 societies 

 since the annual meetings held during the 

 first week in November showed a net gain 

 in membership of 500. The increase in ex- 

 penditure was $2,400. 



A number of successful meetings had been 

 held in diflferent parts of the Province dur- 

 ing the year at which Mr. Everet Weed, 

 Landscape Architect, of Chicago, was the 

 principal speaker. Mr. Weed was a prac- 

 tical gardener and his lectures were illus- 

 trated by lantern slides which made them 

 attractive. 



A number of towns and cities had applied 

 to the Department for assistance in laying 

 out their public parks and squares and 

 Prof. Hutt had done good work in this 

 connection. School teachers, too, were turn- 

 ing their attention to the study of plants 

 and flowers with the greatest educational 

 uplft to all concerned. 



Two amendments had been made to the 

 Horticultural Societies Act during 1909. 



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The first reduced the maximum grant to new 

 societies during the first year of their ex- 

 istence from $100 to $75. The second amend- 

 ment set the maximum grant any society 

 could recive at $800. 



HIM, BO.\RD NUISANCE 



The bill board nuisance received consider- 

 able attention. Pres. Snelgrove expresswl 

 regret that the till, regulating billboards, 

 that was introduced in the Ontario Legis- 

 lature at its last session, by Mr. Evan 

 Fraser, M.L.A., had been killed in the 

 municipal committee. Numerous petitions 

 favoring its adoption were sent, at the time, 

 to members of the Legislature. The bill had 

 been supported by Hon. Mr. Hanna. The 

 agitation was one that should be pushed 

 vigorously. Bill boards are stip])orted by 

 men who object to pay taxes on vacant land. 

 Such men rejoice to see their neighbors build 

 nice houses as the value of their property 

 is thus increased and they are enabled to 

 derive a greater revenue from the bill boards 

 they erect on their own vacant land. While 

 the neighbors of these men do what they can 

 to improve and beautify the district these 

 men debase the neighborhood by their ugly 

 signs and they do so sordidly and selfishly. 

 Bill boards ought to be taxed to the hilt. 

 If their erection cannot be prevented they 

 should be properly taxed and restricted. 



Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture, drove this point home. Whilf 

 in Kristiania, Norway, last summer he had 

 noticed a number of closed boxes on tho 

 streets something like those used by the 

 police of Toronto from which to telephone 

 for the patrol. On making inquiries he was 

 informed that they were used as municipal 

 billboards. The city owned theni all. Bills 

 could not be posted anywhere in the city 

 until they had been inspected and approved 

 by municipal officers and then only on the 

 civic bill boards, k charge was made by 

 the municipality for the use of these boards. 

 Mr. James thought that in Canada we might 

 well follow such an example. 



SOME or THE .\DDRE8SE8 



The addresses by the various speakers 

 were of a high order of merit. Space does 



VEGEmBLB GROVEI^ 



WHY ARC VOU IMPORTING PHOSPHATE 

 AND AMMONIA WHICH IS A BV-PRODUCT Orr 

 YOUR rARMS OF WHICH YOU ARC CXPORTINC 

 MANY THOUSAND TONS ANNUALLY, 'BONCS 

 AND WHICH CONTAIN LARCC OUANTITICS OF 

 PHOSPHORIC ACID AND AMMONIA 



KINDLY ANSWCR THC ABOVC 



PURE BONE MEAL IS THE CHEAPEST 



EERTILIZER. 



THIS PLANT FOOD IS ALL FROM OUR 

 CANADIAN SOILS AND SHOULD ALL CO BACK 

 SCND FOR PRICCS. CTC. 



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