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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Al(ji;8t 11, 1910. 



CANADIAN FLORISTS MEET. 



Tho tliirttH'iith ."iiimial incctiii^' of 

 the Canadiaji Jlditicultural Assut-iatioii 

 was called to order in the Carnejfie 

 Library, St. Catlieiines, Oat., Wednes- 

 day afternoon, .August Id. there beiiijr 

 an attendance t horou^rjily representa- 

 tive of Canadian florieultiire. due in 

 large measure to the eli'orts of Presi- 

 dent H. E. Phil pott. 



One of the s]iefial features of the 

 nieetinjj, tlHuij^h not sliown in tlie pro- 

 gram, is the ctVort to recMjiieile indi- 

 vidual views on tlie (piestion of cus- 

 toms duties (Ml the trade's imports. A 

 committee of ]irominent members of 

 the trade is eudeavoriny to get an 

 agreement among indi\iduals from 

 which it is thought the tarilf may be 

 shajted to the sat isfaci inn ot' all. 



The program of the meeting is as 

 follows: 



Address of Wrl.-Mini-, .[. W. McHrido, Esq., 

 Mayor of st. Ciillirrinos. 



Replv, i:. .]. .Mcpstcd. 



rrepiiliiifs Adili-.ss. Jl. i;. IMiilpott, Wiiiui 

 peg, Mini. 



I{«"l)(>rt of Scii'clni.v-'rii'iisiircr. 



Kcport of 'I'icasiiicr. 



Papor, "Cafiialioiis," liv C. II. .Tanzoii, Boi- 

 Uii, Out. 



Disciissioi, of ri('sid<^iirs .\ddross. 



Dlsi'iissioii of Values and tlio Kiitiiro of Cut 

 Flowers and I'lanls at llolida.v Seasirns, ti.v 10. .7. 

 Mi'psted. Ottawa, and George A. Itubinsou, 

 Montreal. 



Illustralod Lecture on Civic Iniproveiiipnt, by 

 Prof. W. I., llutt, Ontario AgrlciUtural College, 

 Unelpli, t)nl. 



Question I?ox. 



Till KSDAY, AUGUST 11. 



Paper. "Tlie 'Ircnd of Horticulture in tlie 

 Canadian West," Ijy II. I.. I'atmore, Brandon, 

 Man. 



Report of ,Tudj;es of Trade Exliibit. 



Paper, "Mow Can the Agricultural College 

 Asxist KloriinltnreV" by Prof. W. S. ISlair, Mac- 

 donald College, St. .Xnne de Bellevue, Que. 



Choice of place for next meeting, 



Unflnislied business. 



Paper, "Ketail Trade of Today," by Miss 

 Flora Scrim, Ottawa, Ont. 



Paper, l>y A. .M. Terrille, Calgary, Alta, 



Klection of othcers. 



Annual dinner. 



PRESIDENT PHILPOTT'S VIEWS. 



[The address of II. K. I'hilpott, president of 

 the Canadian llorticultiiial As.soeiation. at Its 

 thirteenth annual eonveiitiijn. in St. Catherines, 

 Ont., August 10 and 11, 1910.] 



As jjresident of tiie Canadian Horti- 

 cultural Association, I widcome you to 

 our convention and thirteenth annual 

 session, hero in St. Catherines. We sin- 

 cerely trust that tn ery 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, lijvo the rest 

 of us, who are b(;tter known to each 

 other. Do not let any of us go home 

 from these meetings without having be- 

 come accjuainted with each other — not 

 only witli the members of our associ- 

 ation, but with our brothers who have 

 become interested enougii to join us 

 during this time. Let us feel that they 

 have not left us total strangers. It 

 would be a good ide.a to appoint a com- 

 mittee to take charge of this most es- 

 sential feature — to intrrxluce to each 

 other the members and friends who are 

 gathered with us. It may bo 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 di.scuss- 

 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 cairy forward everything that tends 

 to a(hance and perfect our work along 

 all lines and in all branches of our pro- 

 fession, and to impart to all its mem 

 bers such information as may be known 

 to eacli one, so that all may share in the 

 benefit. So lee us present any subject 

 and enter into all discussions in the 

 analyzation of any economic ipiestioiis 

 of the day. 



While we are as yet [iiacticaily a 

 young orgaiiizalion, miedi is e.xnected 

 to result from the elforts of tliis society, 

 and we want to do our best to instruct 

 our members and educate tiie masses in 

 all liiK^'s jiertaining to lurticulture. We 

 want to widen and deepen the interest 

 in our jirofession by increasing our 

 inembershi|) to su(di an extent that it 

 will include all the leading men of Cau- 

 ;nla Avho are interested in any lines in 

 the calling of liorticulture. We Avant to 

 encourage the formation of kindred 

 societies, encouraging exiiibitions of 

 jilants and (lowers. b_s' bringing the re- 

 tail dealer into closer rcdationsliip with 

 the grower and wholesaler, as, unless 

 the retailers make a success of their 

 business, it is hojieless 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 .-ind 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 



iioweis that eacii is individually in' ■-. 

 ested in; to explain to eac!i other w. ,t 

 we have found to be the moc-t profits le 

 methods of erecting and fitting ,;, 

 greenhouses, the best way to heat :■ !; 

 ventilate, and all points that will h .<\ 

 us to attain the best results.; and rea! e 

 the greatest profits. We should be g ,,i 

 to explain the kind of treatment, ,,i 

 toods and nourishment, tlmt we i: ,; 

 most beneficial from our experime' s 

 along this line; also to describe c. 

 means that we have found best in g -. 

 ting rid of the diseases and insects tl it 

 attack the different plants, and so • v 

 to help each other to our ultermost -. 

 making the work less arduous and ai e 

 |U'olitable. 



Increasing the Membership. 



l>y t li(> practical exjterience of i. r 

 brothers we may be enabled to prev^iit 

 a waste of time, waste of t nergy av>\ 

 waste of money that would be niori? 

 beneiicial to tis if spent in recreation 

 and amusement, it is only by untiriiu' 

 elforts and by working ti gctlier aloii' 

 these lines that we can hope to add ro 

 our list of members, and show them we 

 are organized to help along the inter- 

 ests of tiie florists in :il- lines an.l 

 branches. 



And wliil(> wo know that our exhibi- 

 tions and meetings will admit of mauv 

 improvements from the standpoint oi 

 the public, we c;in but do our best to 

 make them educative and instructive 

 on the lines we are working in. and ;i.s 

 nearly right as we know how, 



I feel that I can safely state tkar 

 there is a grand future foi us in this 

 country, as the extensive building an': 

 improvement of greenhouses, and the 

 nurseries starting up during the past 

 year, convince me that times are pro^- 



Harry E. Philpott. 



' PrpsideiU ol tlie Canadian llorticiiltuial A«so;iatiori 



