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The Florists' Review- 



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CANADIAN FLORISTS 



[HOLD CONVENTION AT TORONTO 



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Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Canadian Horticultural 

 Association, at Toronto August 4 to 7, draws record attendance 



I ROM a social standpoint the 

 seventeenth annual con- 

 vention of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association 

 eclipsed all previous rec- 

 ords. There were more 

 members in attendance than 

 ever before, and from beginning to end 

 everything was so well planned and 

 carried out that it would seem impos- 

 sible for better arrangements to have 

 been made. Toronto's "old brigade" 

 sticks together in a most remarkable 

 manner, and when they make up their 

 minds to accomplish anything, they 

 generally manage to get there. At the 

 same time it is rather a pity that out 

 of the list of seventy retail florists in 

 that city not one-third of that number 

 seem to have joined the association, 

 whereas from towns where there are not 

 more than half a dozen florists the pro- 

 portion of those who attended was out- 

 standing evidence of the real live in- 

 terest taken in matters pertaining to 

 floriculture in the Dominion of Canada. 



Opening Session. 



The convention opened 

 Tuesday morning, Aug- 

 ust 4, at St. George's 

 hall, with E. J. Mep- 

 stead, of Ottawa, in the 

 chair, H. B. Cowan, the 

 president, being unfor- 

 tunately kept away by 

 the death of his mother. 

 Controller O'Neall read 

 Mayor Hocken 's civic 

 welcome, which was re- 

 sponded to by James 

 McKenna, of Montreal. 

 The report of Julius 

 I^uck, secretary and 

 treasurer, was then read, 

 the balance sheet show- 

 ing a credit of $157.42 

 |or the last year. Mr. 

 '^uck reported that there 

 ^I'le at present 102 

 "K'mbers belonging to 

 the association, and 

 mentioned that although 

 several new members 

 ^'I'l joined, other mem- 

 ^^^^_ had dropped oflF. 

 f'lving the total mem- 

 ^^i-«hip about the same 



hur .^^ ^.^^^- Consider- 

 V .^ increased num- 



ho' ,^^''} ^^^« entered 

 .;^ trade in the last 



s ''r*'''' *^« energetic 

 «- rctary ^ould like to 



tn„u . membership 

 ."0 up to 200 at least 



0. nJpL-^'"" «^ the next 



•nvention. An interest- 



'"« a^ldress on "Hardy 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



President, 

 H. B. Cowao, Peterboro. 



First Vice-President, 

 Fred. W. Adams, Toronto. 



Second Vice-President, 

 J. A. Eraser, Prescott. 



Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Julius Luck, Montreal. 



Next Meeting Place, 

 London, Ontario. 



Conifers" was read by Prof. W. T. 

 Marcoun, after which the city's ob- 

 servation motor cars were in waiting 

 to convey the visitors to Miller & Sons' 

 establishment, at Brackendale, for 

 lunch. Afterwards they went on to 

 the grounds of Sir Henry M. Pellatt, 

 where, under the guidance of T. Mc- 

 Vittie, two pleasant hours were spent 

 amid lovely scenery, refreshments be- 



H. B. Cowan, re-elected President of the Canadian Horticultural Association. 



ing served during the whole tim«. 

 The second session took place Tues- 

 day evening, whereat an illustrated 

 lecture was given by Chas. Chambers, 

 park commissioner of Toronto, the sub- 

 ject being "Park Systems." H. J. 

 Moore, of Queen Victoria park, Niagara 

 Falls, gave an address on "A National 

 Plant Eegister," which, though inter- 

 esting, was much too long in delivery 

 to be thoroughly liked and remembered 

 by the majority of the listeners. 



Interesting Lectures. 



The third session, Wednesday morn- 

 ing, was occupied by addresses on 

 " Greenhouse Construction, ' ' setting 

 forth the respective merits of single 

 and block houses, the discussion being 

 joined in by most of the practical men 

 present, and replied to by A. C. Wil- 

 shire and W. W. Gammage, the con- 

 tributors of the papers on this subject- 

 Wednesday afternoon was set apart for 

 a journey by special train to the Dale 

 Estate, at Brampton, where the mem- 

 bers of the association were shown 

 over the premises, and after being 

 driven around the town 

 were regaled most hos- 

 pitably on the spacious 

 lawn in front of the 

 Dale homestead. There 

 were over 200 present 

 on this occasion, and 

 after an enjoyable out- 

 ing everyone returned 

 to the annual banquet, 

 which was held under 

 attractive auspices in 

 Exhibition park, H. B. 

 Cowan presiding. 



Entertainment Features;. 



At the Thursday ses- 

 sion E. J. Mepstead's 

 paper on cyclamen 

 proved a choice contri- 

 bution, while papers by 

 Walter Muston, on "Re- 

 cent Rose Introduc- 

 tions, ' ' and by E. P. Col- 

 lins, on "New Green- 

 house Plants, ' '- were also 

 appreciated. The mem- 

 bers of the association 

 went by special cars in 

 the afternoon to Rich- 

 mond Hill, where they- 

 were entertained by 3, 

 H. Dunlop, W. J. Law- 

 rence, H. Mills and the 

 members of the local 

 horticultural society. At 

 seven o'clock they re- 

 turned to Toronto, and 

 although pretty well 

 used up, traveled down 



