THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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TKe New Bill Governing Horticultural Societies 



We have informed our readers on several 

 Occasions that it is our desire to make The 

 ;anadi.\n Horticulturist the best horticul- 

 tural publication on the continent. That we 

 iire succeeding is indicated by letters we re- 

 i:eive from our readers, including the following 

 one from I.uke Brothers, Nurserymen, of Mon- 

 treal, Que. : Enclosed find our subscription 

 'for another year. We take this opportunity 

 of expressing our appreciation of the valuable 

 magazine you are producing. We get horti- 

 cultural magazines from all parts of the con- 

 tinent, and may say that there is none which 

 gives us greater pleasure, or greater profit than 

 The C.^n.\dian . Horticulturist. We wish 

 vou continued success. 



Fruit growers who have followed the debates 

 in the House of Commons regarding the now 

 famous shipment of apples made by E. D. 

 Smith, M.P., to the old country, and which 

 was so unfavorably commented on by one of 

 the Canadian commercial agents, will feel con- 

 siderable sympathy for Mr. Smith. There is 

 no reason to believe that this shipment was 

 made with any intention to deceive, and as it 

 did not receive his personal supervision, it is 

 unfortunate that Mr. Smith, whose reputation 

 as a shipper is well known, should have been 

 given such unpleasant notoriety in a matter of 

 this kind. 



Horticultural societies that have not already 

 interested school children in the growing of 

 flowers shoi;ld do so at once. This line of work 

 does not call for a great expenditure of funds, 

 and it has the effect of gaining the interest of 

 the children at a time in their lives when they 

 are likely to be most benefited thereby. Some 

 excellent suggestions are contained in the article 

 in this issue dealing with this work. It is not 

 too late for societies that have not arranged 

 already to do so to undertake work of this 

 nature this year. *» 



It was recently annotinced through the press 

 that a certain well-known firm of apple shippers 

 had been convicted for the fifth time of in- 

 fractions of the Fruit Marks Act. As the law 

 stands, such firms cannot be fined more than a 

 small sum. The profits they are able to make 

 by breaking the law are greater than the fine 

 they are likely to incur when detected. It is 

 time the law was amended, so that crime of 

 this nature can be prevented. 



Preventing Slumps in Prices 



A. B. Cutting, B.S.A., Guelph 



One of the crying needs of our fruit industry 

 is for a system of distribution that will insure 

 a greater demand for our produce and, as a 

 consequence, better prices. Just how to es- 

 tablish a well -organized system of distribution 

 is a difficult problem to solve. It is a notice- 

 able fact, however, that when slumps occur in 

 the markets of our larger towns and cities, 

 often there are small towns where fruit cannot 

 be bought at any price. 



The keynote of the problem seetns to lie in 

 co-operation. Some co-operative arrangement 

 with dealers in small towns, by which they 

 may communicate their needs direct to the 

 growing centre, or indirectly through the larger 

 dealers of the cities, would tend to lessen the 

 difficulty. By this means the empty and full 

 markets could be located and shipments con- 

 signed accordingly. 



The Horticulturist is getting better and 

 more interesting all the time. — John Spence, 

 Henrysbnri;, Qw. 



THE revision of the Agricultljre and Arts Act 

 including the new bill governing horticul- 

 tural societies introduced into the Ontario 

 Legislature by Hon. Nelson Monteith, and 

 which has been passed, entails several changes 

 that will completely alter the basis for which the 

 horticultural societies of Ont. will receive their 

 government grants. The new bill will take effect 

 in Feb., 1907. 



The sections that are of most interest to 

 horticultural society members read as follows: 



7. — ^The mode of organization shall be as fol- 

 lows : 



(a) A declaration, in the form of Schedule 

 " A " to this act, shall be signed by those persons 

 (residents of the municipality in which the society 

 is organized) desiring to organize a society 

 under this act. In the case of a city having a 

 population of 30,000 or over, the number of 

 such persons shall be at least 12.'); in the case 

 of a city with a population of less than 30,000 

 the number shall be at least 75. Societies 

 organized in towns having a population of 2.000 

 or over, shall have at least 60 members, and in 

 the case of an incorporated village the number 

 shall be at least 50. 



(c) The first meeting of the horticultural 

 society shall be held during the second week in 

 January next ensuing, of which meeting at least 

 two weeks' public notice shall be given by ad- 

 vertising in one or more newspapers published 

 in the district. 



(g) At the said first meeting there shall be 

 elected a pres., a 1st v.-pres., a 2nd v.-pres., and 

 not more than nine other directors, all of whom 

 must be members of the society in good standing, 

 or who must become so within 14 days after 

 their election, who, together shall form the board 

 of directors, a majority of which board shall 

 reside in the municipality in which the society 

 is organized. At the said first meeting the 

 society shall appoint two auditors for the en- 

 suing year. 



(Ii) The hoard of directors, from among them- 

 selves or otherwise, shall appoint a sec. and a 

 treas., or a sec.-treas., who shall remain in office 

 during pleasure. The sec. or the sec.-treas., bv 

 virtue of his office, shall be a member of each 

 committee appointed and shall have the power 

 of managing director, acting imder the contro 

 and with the approval of the board of directors. 



9. — (1> The objects of horticultural societies 

 shall be to encottrage improvement in horti- 

 culture. 



(a) By holding meetincrs for discussion and 

 for hearing lectures on subjects connected with 

 the theory and practice of improved horticulture. 



(h) By holding exhibitions and awarding 

 premiums for the production of vegetables, 

 plants, flowers, fruits, trees and shrubs. 



(c) By the distribution of seeds, plants, bulbs, 

 flowers, shrubs and trees in ways calculated to 

 create an interest in horticulture. 



(d) Bv promoting the circulation of horticul- 

 tural periodicals. 



(e) By encouraging the improvement of 

 home and public grounds, bv the planting of 

 trees, shrubs and flowers, and by otherwise pro- 

 moting outdoor art and public beauty. (Note — 

 This is a new clause. — Ed.) 



(f) By offering prizes for essays on questions 

 relating to hortictilture. 



■ (g) By improving and otherwise procuring 

 and distributinfr seeds, plants, .shrubs, of new 

 and of valuable kinds. 



(2) A society shall not expend more than 

 one-third of its total receipts in anv one of the 

 lines of work mentioned. (Note— A new clause 

 --Ed.) 



No societv shall hold .in exhibition, or offer 

 premiums, in connection with the exhibition 

 of any agricultural society or societies. fNote — 

 A new clause. — Rd.) 



A city society shall not receive a grant ex 

 ceeding ^500, a town societv a ?rant exceeding 

 !<20n, and an incorporated village societv a 



grant exceeding $150. A newly formed society 

 the first year of its existence shall receive a 

 grant on the same membership basis as other 

 societies, but in regard to the amounts expended 

 for horticultural purposes it shall receive a 

 grant equal to the average grant paid during 

 the preceding year to the other societies in its 

 municipal class. (Note — An entirely new 

 clause. — Ed.) 



10. — (1) The annual meetings of the several 

 societies shall be held during the third week in 

 January of each year at such time and place as 

 the board of directors may determine. At any 

 such meeting those members only who have 

 paid their suliscriptions for the enstiring year 

 shall be entitled to vote. 



17. — (a) On or liefore the first day of May, 

 of each year, the officers of every .society shall 

 send to the Department an affidavit, that may 

 be sworn to before any justice of the peace, in 

 the form of schedule "B" annexed to this act, 

 stating, on forms to be provided by the Depart- 

 ment, the exact financial transactions of the 

 society during the previous year. This state- 

 ment shall set forth plainly the number of 

 members in good standing that belong to the 

 society, the amounts paid in prizes for horticul- 

 tural productions, and the amounts expended 

 for each of the jjurposes defined in section 9 of 

 this act. This statement also shall set forth 

 the amounts ejcpended for officers' salaries and 

 expenses, and for the defrayment of all other 

 expenses legitimately incurred by the society in 

 its work. Such moneys shall be considered as 

 having been expended for horticultural purposes. 



(h) Should it be found, within one year after 

 the receipt by the Department of a society's 

 annual statement, that an officer or officers of 

 the societv had wilfully made false returns with 

 an intention to deceive, such officer or officers 

 shall be liable upon .summary conviction before 

 a justice of the peace, to a fine not exceeding 

 SlOO, or less than S20, or imprisonment in the 

 .common gaol of the county for a period not 

 ' exceeding six months or less than two weeks. 



19. \n amount not exceeding 88,000 shall be 

 subject to division among all the horticultural 

 societies of the province as follows: * < 



(a) S2,400 shall be subject to division among 

 all the societies in proportion to the total 

 number of members of each society in the 

 preceding year. 



(h) $4,800 shall he subject to division among 

 all the societies in proportion to the total amount 

 expended by each society during the jireceding 

 year for horticultural purposes, as shown by 

 their sworn statement provided for in sec. 17. 



(c) In addition to the above, $800 shall he 

 subject to division among the horticultural 

 .societies in cities having a population of .30,000 

 or over in proportion to the number of members 

 in the current year, as shown by their sworn 

 statement provided for in sec. 17. 



LARGE AKD AB0WDAIfT CROPS are usually 

 obtained liy the grower who uses his intelli- 

 gence in cultivating the soil. Intelligence and 

 hard work count for but little unless they are 

 combined with good tools. By using Iron Age 

 Implements hard work is dispensed with, and 

 larger crops are assured. A card mailed to- 

 day to Messrs. J. A. Simmers will bring a Cata- 

 log telling you why these goods are better than 

 other kinds 



If any of our readers would like to purchase 

 bound volumes of The Horticulturist for 

 1905, we have a limited .supply on hand which 

 we can supply for $1.25 per volume. When 

 bound. The Horticulturist is a neat and 

 attractive hook, well worth keeping. 



ThbTCanadian Horticulturist has grown 

 larger and has much improved since I was last 

 a subscriber.-— Charlotte Carrnll 



