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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



AUQUBT 11, IBIO. 



CANADIAN FLORISTS MEET. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of 

 the Canadian Horticultural Association 

 was called to order in the Carnegie 

 Library, St. Catherines, Ont., Wednes- 

 day afternoon, August 10, there being 

 an attendance thoroughly representa- 

 tive of Canadian floriculture, due in 

 large measure to the efforts of Presi- 

 dent H. E. Philpott. 



One of the special features of the 

 meeting, though not shown in the pro- 

 gram, is the effort to reconcile indi- 

 vidual views on the question of cus- 

 toms duties on the trade's imports. A 

 committee of prominent members of 

 the trade is endeavoring to get an 

 agreement among individuals from 

 which it is thought the tariff may be 

 shaped to the satisfaction of all. 



The program of the meeting is as 

 follows : 



Address of Welcome, J. W. McBride, Esq., 

 Mayor of St. Catherines. 



Reply, E. J. Mepsted. 



President's Address, H. E. Philpott, Winni- 

 peg, Man. 



Report of Secretary-Treasurer. 



Report of Treasurer. 



Paper, "Carnations," by C. H. Janzen, Ber- 

 lin, Ont. 



Discussion of President's Address. 



Discussion of Values and the Future of Cut 

 Flowers and Plants at Holiday Seasons, by E. J. 

 Mepsted, Ottawa, and George A. Robinson, 

 Montreal. 



Illustrated Lecture on Civic Improvement, by 

 Prof. W. L. Hutt, Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Onelpb, Ont. 



Question Box. 



• THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 



Paper, "The Trend of Horticulture In the 

 Canadian West," by H. L. Patmore, Brandon, 

 Man. 



Report of Judges of Trade Exhibit. 



Paper, "Hove Can the Agricultural College 

 AMiat Floriculture?" by Prof. W. S. Blair, Mac- 

 donald College, St. Anne de Bellevue, Que. 



Choice of place for next meeting. 



Unflnisbed business. 



Paper, "Retail Trade of Today," by Ml88 

 Flora Scrim, Ottavra, Ont. 



Paper, by A. M. Terrille, Calgary, Alta. 



Election of officers. 



Annual dinner. 



PBESIDENT PHILPOTT 'S VIEWS. 



[The address of H. E. Philpott, president of 

 the Canadian Horticultural Association, at its 

 thirteenth annual convention, in St. Catherines, 

 Out., August 10 and 11, 1910.] 



As president of the Canadian Horti- 

 cultural Association, I welcome you to 

 our convention and thirteenth annual 

 session, here in St. Catherines. We sin- 

 cerely trust that every session may 

 prove interesting enough to have you 

 all present at each. 



In the first place, let us get acquaint- 

 ed with each other. The fault of these 

 meetings to a great extent is, that we 

 do not extend to the strangers assem- 

 bled with us the cordial greeting or 

 friendly hand-clasp that would warrant 

 them in feeling at home, like the rest 

 of us, who are better known to each 

 other. Do not let any of us go home 

 from these meetings without having be- 

 come acquainted with each other — not 

 only with the members of our associ- 

 ation, but with our brothers who have 

 become interested enough to join us 

 during this time. Let us feel that they 

 have not left us total strangers. It 

 would be a good idea to appoint a com- 

 mittee to take charge of this most es- 

 sential feature — to introduce to each 

 other the members and friends who are 

 gathered with us. It may be that 

 among us are one or more total stran- 

 gers, who have become interested in our 

 aims and ambitions to progress in hor- 

 ticulture, and have taken this oppor- 

 tunity to meet us as a body in discuss- 

 ing and bettering the interests along 

 this line. They may be induced, simply 

 by the friendly clasp extended to them, 

 to become one of us. 



The Society's Aims. 



The object of this society is to lift 

 and carry forward everything that tends 

 to advance and perfect our work along 

 all lines and in all branches of our pro- 

 • f ession, and to impart to all its mem- 

 bers such information as may be known 

 to each one, so that all may share in the 

 benefit. So let us present any subject 

 and enter into all discussions in the 

 analyzation of any economic questions 

 of the day. 



While we are as yet practically a 

 young organization, much is expected 

 to result from the efforts of this society, 

 and we want to do our best to instruct 

 our members and educate the masses in 

 all lines pertaining to horticulture. We 

 want to wiJ*n and deepen the interest 

 in our preiwsion by increasing our 

 membership to such an extent that it 

 will include all the leading men of Can- 

 ada who are interested in any lines in 

 the calling of horticulture. We want to 

 encourage the formation of kindred 

 societies, encouraging exhibitions of 

 plants and flowers, by bringing the re- 

 tail dealer into closer relationship with 

 the grower and wholesaler, as, unless 

 the retailers make a success of their 

 business, it is hopeless to expect that 

 the growers or wholesalers can do so. 



Making the Meetings Attractive. 



What we want to do is to make our 

 meetings so interesting and of such 

 value to the members that they will 

 look forward to each time of meeting. 

 To do this, we must all work together, 

 and those of us who are experienced in 

 the work must be willing to impart 

 their knowledge to the others by dis- 

 cussing the best methods of growing 

 and of treating the various plants and 



nowers that eaeh is individually inter- 

 ested in; to explain to each other what 

 we have found to be the most profitable 

 methods of erecting and fitting up 

 greenhouses, the best way to heat aud 

 ventilate, and all points that will help 

 us to attain the best results and realize 

 the greatest profits. We should be glad 

 to explain the kind of treatment, the 

 foods and nourishment, that we flnci 

 most beneficial from our experiments 

 along this line; also to describe the 

 means that we have found best in get- 

 ting rid of the diseases and insects that 

 attack the different plants, and so trv 

 to help each other to our uttermost la 

 making the work less arduous and more 

 profitable. 



Increasing the Membership. 



By the practical experience of oup 

 brothers we may be enablej to prevent 

 a waste of time, waste of energy and 

 waste of money that would be more 

 beneficial to us if spent in recreation 

 and amusement. It is only by untiring 

 efforts and by working together along 

 these lines that we can hope to add to 

 our list of members, and show them we 

 are organized to help along the inter- 

 ests of the florists in all lines and 

 branches. 



And while we know that our exhibi- 

 tions and meetings will admit of many 

 improvements from the standpoint of 

 the public, we can but do our best to 

 make them educative and instructive 

 on the lines we are working in, and aa 

 nearly right as we know how. 



I feel that I can safely state that 

 there is a grand future foi us in this 

 country, as the extensive building and 

 improvement of greenhouses, and the 

 nurseries starting up during the pa»t 

 year, convince me that times are pros» 



Harry E. Philpott. 



(President of the Canadian Horticultural Asaojlation.) 



