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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Excellent WorK of the Horticultural Societies 



JucIkiiik from the fiuhusiusni that is shown 

 by the re])orls from the annual meetings of the 

 different Horticultural Societies in Ontario, a 

 great improvement will result this year in the 

 appearance of the various towns and cities where 

 these organizations exist. The result of the 

 selection of officers for many of the societies have 

 reached The Horticulturist. Lack of space 

 prevents the publication of not nearly as full a 

 report of the numerous meetings as we would 

 like. 



PICTON. 



At Picton the new officers are: Pres., P. C. 

 Macnee; 1st V.-Pres., W. J. Carter; 2nd V.- 

 Pres., Thos. Bog; Sec.-Treas, Walter T. Ross. 

 Directors, R. Davison, W. H. ,Seth, J. Roland 

 Brown, J. L. Graydon, H. Piatt; Auditors, J. 

 P. Blakely, J. C. North. 



The premiums promise to be greater than ever 

 as the money spent last year for a United States 

 garden magazine will be used for premiums. 



HESPELER'S OFFICERS. 

 The officers for 1906 at Hespeler are: Pres., 

 David Rife; 1st V.-Pres., Henry Bolduc; 2nd V.- 

 Pres., Peter Morlock; Sec, Robt. Davis; Treas., 

 John E. Warren; Auditors, James Pringle, D. N. 

 Panabaker; Directors, H. Prestien, Abr. Rudell, 

 F. Evans, Owen Reist, R. H. Knowles, James 

 Hyslop, James Moreland, Ed. Birkin, Thos. 

 Chestemian. The members are to be given 

 practically the same premiums as were given 

 last year. This includes a valuable list of plants 

 and The Canadian Horticulturist 



COBOURG'S PLANS. 



At Cobourg officers were elected as follows: 

 Pres., J. D. Hayden; 1st V.-Pres., Dr. Ferris; 

 2nd V.-Pres., W'm. Massie; Directors, D. Denton, 

 H. J. Snelgrove, M. Jaynes, Alfred Landymore, 

 J. G. Jackson, John Mason, T. A. Chapman, E. C. 

 S. Huycke, K.C., and Mrs. Jas. Barr. 



The Board of Directors met immediately and 

 Major H. J. Snelgrove was re-elected Secretary, 

 while Mrs. Jas. Barr was elected Treasurer. The 

 Finance Committee will comprise the President, 

 the Secretary and the Treasurer. 



Sec. Snelgrove suggested that the society co- 

 operate with the town council in cleaning up un- 

 sightly comers and in beautifying the towTi 

 generally. President Hayden recommended 

 window gardening at the town hall and the grow- 

 ing of plants and vines on the balcony. The 

 same could be done at the post office and the 

 public schools. 



An effort will also be made to beautify the 

 town's gateway, the G.T.R. station. It was 

 unanimously decided to continue taking The 

 Canadian Horticulturist. 



KINCARDINE ENERGETIC. 

 The following officers were appointed at Kin- 

 cardine: Pres, A. Clinton; 1st V.-Pres., Joseph 

 Abell; 2nd V.-Pres., M. McCreath; Directors, 

 Dan. McDonald, Wm. Welsh, J. Miller, R. D. 

 Hall, George Tuck, Rev. J. C. Pomeroy, F. H. 

 Hoffland, A. C. Patterson, Jos. S. Gadd; Sec.- 

 Treas., Joseph Barker; Auditors, T. H. ScougaU 

 and Ed. Fox. The energetic work of the past 

 season will be continued. 



SMITH'S FALLS. 



At Smith's Falls Dr. McCallum was again 

 elected President. The doctor has filled the 

 office continuously since the formation of the 

 society nine years ago. The other officers elect- 

 ed were: 1st V.-Pres., Mrs. Wm. Richy; 2nd 

 V.-Pres., Mrs. W. A. Wood; Directors, Mrs. 

 Wm. Johnston, Mrs. G. F. McKimm, Mrs. R. C. 

 Currie, and Messrs. Wm. Keith, S. E. Arnold, 

 F. Ballentyne, Jno. Rabb, W. J. Graham, J. T. 

 Pearson, H. W Hutton; Auditors, J. J. Kerfoot 

 and H. A. Lavell. Mr. C. A. Weaver was appointed 

 Sec.-Treas. 



Every effort will be put forth to increase the 

 usefulness of the society. 



OTTAW^A'S PLANS. 

 The Ottawa Society selected officers as follows : 

 Pres., S. Short; 1st V.-Pres., E. Mepsted; 2nd 



V.-Pres., Mayor Elhs; Board of Directors, R. B. 

 Whyte, Aid. Putnam, J Graham, G. A. White, 

 W. H. Snelling, Jos. McNabb, P. G. Keyes, T. 

 McCann, and W. H. Ostrom; Sec.-Treas., J. F. 

 Watson. Arrangements are being made to hold 

 a series of meetings during the winter months 

 at which papers will be read on horticultural 

 topics and demonstrations given in pruning, etc. 



DESERONTO ORGANIZED. 



The Deseronto Society which did such good 

 work last season, elected the following officers: 

 Patrons, Major E. W^alter Ralhbun, F. B. Gay- 

 lord, Mayor John Dalton; Patronesses, Mrs. 

 Gaylord, Mrs. F. S. Rathbun, Mrs. Blair; Hon. 

 Pres., P. Slavin; Hon. V.-Pres., J. P. Ashworth; 

 Pres., F. B. Gaylord; 1st V.-Pres., Dr. AV. J. 

 Pasmore; 2nd V.-Pres., J. B. Davidson; Directors, 

 Mrs. McGaughey, Mrs. E. W^ Rathbun, Mrs. 

 Smellie, Mrs. Rixen, Mrs. Gaylord, Mrs. McClew, 

 and Messrs. P. Casburn, H. E. Parks and D. 

 McClew; Exhibition Manager, H. E. Parks; Sec.- 

 Treas., D. McClew. 



It was pointed out that an untidy and unat- 

 tractive dooryard was now the exception. The 

 grounds competition will be arranged for again 

 this season. The annual flower show wiU be held 

 on August 29. 



WOODSTOCK'S OFFICERS. 



The newly appointed officers at Woodstock 

 are: Hon. Pres., G. R. Pattullo; Pres., R W. 

 Woodroofe; 1st V.-Pres., J. W. Armstrong; 2nd 

 V.-Pres., Mrs. James Hoare; Sec.-Treas., Maurice 

 Dawes; Directors, Mrs. J. W. Armstrong and 

 Messrs. Whealey, Richmond, H. E. Kam, White- 

 head, Vrooman, Becker, Tindale, and Hoare. 



Although the members took but little interest 

 in the annual show of the society last year it was 

 decided to hold it again this summer. Pres. 

 Woodroofe advocated that the management of 

 the parks and play grounds of the city should be 

 under the management of a park commissioner. 



SIMCOE'SSEED DISTRIBUTION. 

 At Simcoe the new officers are: — Pres., H. H. 

 Groff; 1st V.-Pres., E. Boughner; 2nd V.- 

 Pres., J. A. Campbell; Sec.-Treas., J. Thomas 

 Murphy; Directors, I. S. Rowat, H. S. Macpher- 

 son, Thos. Haddow, Jos. Gilbertson, Henry 

 Johnson, H. F. Cook, E. E. Collins, A. Gilbert, 

 W. D. Boyd. Excellent results followed the 

 distribution of seeds to the school children in 

 1905, and that work will be taken up again this 

 season. Besides this, seeds, bulbs, and trees are 

 given to the members. 



WATERLOO'S PREMIUMS. 



The officers for 1906 at Waterloo are: Pres., 

 R. Y. Stuart; 1st V.-Pres., Ammon Merner; 

 2nd V.-Pres., Cleason Shantz; Sec.-Treas., J. H. 

 Winkler; Directors, A. Musselman, Wm. Miller, 

 Chr. Scheifele, Fred. Czerwinski, Geo. Bolduc, J. 

 H. Roos, Hy. Bracey, Miss M. Bruce and Mrs. 

 Hohmeier. 



For this year the inducements are: The 

 Canadian Horticulturist for 1906. A quantity 

 of Gladioli bulbs, and a choice of one of the 

 following premiums: (a) 2 German Prune trees; 

 (b) 2 pear trees — Louise Bonne de Jersey; (c) 

 House plants. In addition to this the societ 

 will give a quantity of bulbs next fall without 

 further cost. 



MEETING AT LINDSAY. 



The following officers are charged with the 

 management of the Lindsay society: — Pres., 

 Robert Chambers; 1st V.-Pres., Alexander 

 Cathro; 2nd V.-Pres., Mrs. D. C. Trew; Directors, 

 F. J. Frampton, S. Nevison, Geo. Irwin, Byrd 

 Woods, G. H. Wilson, T. Connolly, C. Hughan, 

 Alex. Skinner, and Mrs. Ancil Mills. Mr._F. J. 

 Frampton was elected Sec.-Treas. - ' 18* . r\ ' ■ 



BELLEVILLE'S INDUCEMENTS 

 At Belleville the election of officers resulted as 

 follows: Pres., Wm. Rodbourne; 1st Vice-Pres., 

 H. J. Clarke; 2nd Vice-Pres., S. J. Wedden; 

 Directors, Mayor Sulman, J. Harris, S. A. Gar- 

 dner, F. D. Diamond, W. J. Diamond, W. Kemp, 

 E, Naylor, E. T. Cherry, and W. C. Reid. The 



officers met at the close of the annual meeting 

 and elected Mr. W. J. Diamond Sec.-Treas. 

 Special inducements for 1906 include a fine 

 collection of plants, shrubs and fruit trees, and 

 The Canadian Horticulturist for a year. 



SEAFORTH'S LOSS. 

 At the annual meeting of the Seaforth Horti- 

 cultural Society Roliert Scott was elected 

 Pres.; Wm. Hoag, V.-Pres.; and H. W. Brown, 

 Sec.-Treas. It is the intention this year to 

 award each member a copy of The Horticul- 

 turist, practically his own choice of trees, 

 plants, bulbs and seeds to the retail value of $1.50 

 for spring planting, and a collection of about 30 

 bulbs in the fall. Monthly meetings will be held 

 and a flower show in the early fall. The .society 

 met with a heavy loss in the removal from town 

 to Owen Sound, of Mr. Wm. Elliott, who had 

 been secretary for years and had worked up in- 

 terest to its present height. 



STIRLING'S RESULTS. 

 The Secretary of the Stirling Society, Mr. G. 

 G. Thrasher, reports that they find it beneficial 

 to expend the funds on improving the public 

 park, as well as looking after the individual wants 

 of the members. The benefits and results of the 

 Horticultural Society are noticeable both in the 

 park and in the individual homes. 



MITCHELL'S GOOD WORK. 



The Rev. I. Ken- 

 ner was selected as 

 Pres., and Mr. A. 

 J. Blowes, Sec, of 

 the Mitchell or- 

 ganization. In a 

 recent letter to The 



H O R T ICULTURIST, 



the president out- 

 lined the good 

 work done during 

 the five years 

 since the society 

 was formed. One 

 by one individual 

 houses and lawns 

 have been made 

 beautiful, and the 

 infection spread 

 until now practi- 

 cally every resi- 

 dent has made 

 some attempt to make his home a credit to 

 the town. The churches and the town hall have 

 been improved, and the town fathers passed a 

 by-law excluding bovines from the streets. 



MIDLAND'S CHILDREN ENCOURAGED. 



Midland society selected Mr. Frank Cook as 

 Pres., and Mr. E. H. Piggott as Sec. The latter 

 wrote The Horticulturist as follows: "The 

 most encouraging work we have taken up is the 

 distribution of seeds to school children and 

 awarding prizes for bloom at the fall fair. We 

 distributed 800 packages last spring." 



CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AT NAPANEE. 



The following officers were elected at Napanee: 

 Pres., .W. S. Herrington, K.C.; 1st V.-Pres., Mrs. 

 J. A. Shibley; 2nd V.-Pres., Mrs. H. T. Forward; 

 Sec.-Treas., Miss ]. E. Ham; Directors, Mrs. D. 

 C. McNaughton, Mrs. J. L. Boyes, Messrs. A. W 

 Grange, Thos. Symington, G. F. Ruttan, Geo. 

 Gordon, F. F. Miller, John Wilson and Clarence 

 M. Warner. Civic improvement will receive 

 special attention during 1906. A lecturer will be 

 brought to the town to advise regarding park 

 improvement and other matters of interest to 

 lovers of flowers. 

 TORONTO TO ARRANGE FOR ADDRESSES 



At the annual meeting of the Toronto society 

 the following officers were elected: Pres., H. R 

 Frankland; lstV.-Pres.,W. G. Rook; 2ndV.-Pres., 

 George Musson; Directors, R.J. Score, Lieut.- Col. 

 Delamere, F. Abbott, C. J. Agar, G. H. Mills, 

 William Jay, H. Simmers, W. Williams, and G. C. 

 Amott; Representative to Industrial Exhibition 

 Association, H. R. Frankland; Delegates to 

 Ontario Horticultural Exhibition, R. J. Score, 

 H. Simmers, W. G. Rook and Thomas Manton, 

 Delegate to Ontario Horticultural Society; H. 



A. J. Blowes 



