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eighteen menibeis, with Judge Cai:ii)- 

 bell its tirst president, and Arthur Har- 

 vey ree-ording secretary. On the Kith 

 of January, 1801, Judge Logie, of 

 Hamilton, was elected president, and 

 D. W. Beadle, secretary, a position 

 which he continued to till until liis 

 retirement in 1886. Mr. Wm. Saun- 

 ders in his annual address in 1884, as 

 president, says of him, " While I ac- 

 knowledge with pleasure the valual)le 

 aid rendered l)y my much esteemed 



predecessors in the presidental chaii-, 

 the lamented Logie, W. H. Mills, Dr. 

 Burnet, and P. C. J)empsey, and esteem 

 it an honor to wear their mantle, I 

 feel free to say with no fear of contra- 

 diction, that the Fruit Growers' A.sso- 

 ciation of C)ntario owes its present high 

 position and influence more to its able 

 secretary than to any other man be- 

 longing either to the past or the pre- 

 sent." 



The Canadian Horticulturist was first 



l)i< I) W Bf^iiF ^r Catharines Ont 



issued l)y our A.ssociation in Jan. 1878, 

 as a magazine of si.xteen pages. Since 

 that time it has been increased to 

 twenty-four pages, and has been instru- 

 mental in increasing the membership of 

 our association to a total of over two 

 thousand names. For the editing of 

 this journal ]Mr. Beadle's literary train- 

 ing eminently fitted him, and the iiigh 

 standing attained by tiie journal among 

 the cultured classes of our country 



leaves ample testimony to his ability 

 for such work. 



As an evidence tiiat ^Ir. Beadle's 

 abilities were also recognized abroad 

 we may add tliat on the 10th of Nov., 

 1862, he was elected corresponding 

 member of the Entomological Society 

 of Philadelphia, and in Dec. I86:i, by 

 the President, Council and Fellows, a 

 corresponding member of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of London, England. 



