THE STERLING HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The- public meeting at which Mr. 

 McNeill, Director of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, delivered a lecture, 

 was extremely profitable, and well 

 attended. 



4. The horticultural exhibit of flowers 

 at the North Hastings Agricultural 

 Society attracted much notice both by 

 its beauty and its variety. This was 



enthusiasm of our President, Mrs. Jas. 

 Boldrick. Not darkness, nor rain, nor 

 storm, nor even illness has prevented 

 her attendance at our meetings or her 

 performance of the duties of the chief 

 office of the Society. Notwithstanding 

 the depressing effects of badly attended 

 meetings, and of criticism sometimes 

 unfriendly, Mrs Boldrick has given the 



Fig. 1540. — "The Cedars," Home of Mrs. .las. Boldrick. 



our initial attempt, and perhaps we do 

 not overstep the duties assigned to us 

 if we look forward and suggest that 

 next year premium cards should be 

 offered for flowers in classes ; and it 

 may be limited to flowers grown from our 

 Society seeds, bulbs, etc. 



5. In conclusion, this report would 

 be incomplete, if it did not place on re- 

 cord the untiring energy and boundless 



business of the Society her unwavering 

 care and constant supervision. In fact, 

 it is to the ladies that the Society owes 

 its heaviest debt. It was three ladies 

 that founded it. and if we now can pre- 

 sent the report of a very successful 

 year's work, it is owing to the efforts of 

 Mrs Boldrick, and of the other ladies 

 that have had an active faith and an 

 active interest in the organization. 



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