August 11, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



19 



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CANADIANS IN SESSION 



CANADIANS CONVENE. 



Dominion Florists at Feterboro. 



The annual convention of the Cana- 

 dian Florists' and Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, held at Peterboro, Ont., August 8 

 to 10, proved as successful as any it 

 liad held under its old name of Cana- 

 <lian Horticultural Association, dis- 

 carded last year. An attendance of 150 

 j^athcred at the Armouries for the 

 opening session. The convention opened 

 Monday, August 8, at 2 p. ni., with an 

 address of welcome by Mayor A. Mc- 

 Intyre. C. J. Hay, of Brockville, ap- 

 (iropriately replied to the mayor's wel- 

 come. Dr. J. E. Middlcton, the president 

 of the Peterboro. Horticultural Associa- 

 tion, then extended greetings to the 

 assembled Canadians in behalf of his 

 .issociation. 



Then followed the address of Presi- 

 dent W. E. Groves, of Hamilton, in 

 which he touched upon the ])ast happen- 

 ings and told about some things which 

 should happen in the future. His ad- 

 ilress will be found on another page of 

 this issue. Discussion of the address 

 was led by Alex. Simpson, as F. D. Clark 

 was prevented by illness from attend- 

 ing the meeting. 



Then followed the various reports, 

 Herbert J. Eddy, of Montreal, the sec- 

 retary and treasurer, detailed the finan- 

 cial status and the membership figures 

 for the last year. 



Committee Reports. 



The report of the educational com- 

 mittee was made by W. W. Gammage, 

 of London, Ont. There is a vast field 

 of opportunity for this work. One of 

 the suggestions made that is receiving 

 .-ittention is that an award be created. 

 Tliis will be a medal, to be granted from 

 time to time to men who have done 

 much for the welfare and development 

 of the industry in Canada. 



H. J. Mooro, of Toronto, in his re- 

 port of the work of the registration 

 committee, showed how plant registra- 

 tion has reached a point where really 

 l)ractical work is being done. 



The report of a new committee, the 

 legislative committee, was presented by 

 K. B. Hamilton, of London. In this he 

 .said: 



' ' At Hamilton last year you ap- 

 proved of your president 's suggestion 

 that this association should be incor- 

 lior.Mted. We find that all that is re- 

 quired to complete our efforts and make 

 • Mir incorporation an accomplished fact 

 is tlie granting of i)Ower to your com- 

 uiittee, or its chairman, to sanction 

 clianges in our constitution and by- 

 '■•iws that the secretary of state may 

 Tef|uire a( cording to law. 



"You have all heard of bill Xo. 184, 

 introduced by Mr. Bragg in the legis- 

 lative assembly of the province of On- 

 tario in 1920,' cited as 'The Ontario 

 Nursery Control Act, 1920,' which re- 

 ceived its first reading April 26, 1920, 

 and since that date has been in the 

 hands of the Department of Agriculture 

 to l)e redrafted, where it is still, and, 

 in our judgment, should remain for all 

 tjmc to come even in its present re- 

 tlrafted form. 



"This bill resembles more a nursery 

 combine than a control bill. For in- 

 stance, it j)rovides that all persons deal- 

 ing in fruit, shade or ornamental trees, 

 vines, shrubs, plants, bulbs or roots, 

 must operate under an Ontario license 

 of $10 per year, as well as file with the 

 minister of agriculture an approved 

 bond for $1^000, renewable annually for 

 the period required by the classification 

 of stock sold, unless they act as agents 

 for an individual nursery or jol)bing 

 firm. In such cases the firm can fur- 

 nish them with a certificate to operate 

 under. For example, Mr. Jobbing Gar- 

 dener and Florist, should your customer 

 require a rosebush, boxwood, perennials 

 or bulbs, the act says these come under 

 the classification calling for a 2-year 

 guarantee bond and a license, in all an 

 outlay i)f .$40 before you are able to 

 make the sale, ])rovi(led you handle it 

 as an iiulividual dealer. 



"Your committee feels that this bill 

 even in its redrafted form would prove 

 a great hiirdship to hundreds of florists 

 and tlious.-inds of jobbing gardeners 

 should it become law and suggests that 

 this association ])etition the Ontario 

 legislature to exempt all ornamental 

 nursery stock from coming under the 

 act, having it apply only to fruit nurs- 

 ery stock." 



E. J. Hayward, of Montreal, the chair- 

 man of the press and puldicity commit- 



tee, told of the year's work of that 

 i>ody. 



Tariff and Taxes. 



Tariff und taxes were discussed in 

 the report of the tariff committee, of 

 which Major .lolin Connon was chair- 

 man. Intelligent and definite rulings 

 on the sales tax are desired. The sales 

 tax is so coMi|)licated a matter even 

 now that some of the collectors arc in- 

 sisting on collection of the retail tax, 

 others are asking for payment of a tax 

 on all i)l;ints sold <luring the last bed- 

 ding season, wliile in nijiny places the 

 tax was never remitted nor collected, 

 even while the tax was supposed to l)e 

 in operation. 



Tlie first session ended with an ad- 

 dress by K. .1. Hayward, of Montreal; 

 the sui)ject was ''Culture of Commer- 

 cial Ferns." 



Instructive Addresses. 



The second session was mainly a 

 working session and was held Monday 

 evening at 8 ]). m. Im])ortant work on 

 several revisions of the constitution 

 was done. 



An interesting address was given by 

 H. J. Moore, of Toronto, the subject of 

 which was "Plant Breeding." Prof. 

 J. W. Crow, of tlie Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College, who was to speak on 

 "What Science Can Do for the Flo- 

 rist," telegraphed that bronchial trou- 



W. E. Groves. 



(President of the Canadian Florlgts' and Ciarilencrs' Association.) 



