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Many attempts having hitherto been made to form a Society for the advancement of Horticulture, in and about the City of Mont- real, all of which proved fruitless, chiefly because of the dis- cordant elements which constituted society ; at length, however, after a long lapse of inattention to the subject, and stimulated by a knowledge of the existence and beneficial results of Horti- cultural Societies in some of the sister Cities in these Provinces, the idea of renewmg the effort to form an Horticulture Society suggested itself to a few individuals of this community, who felt deeply sensible that so large a City as Montreal, surrounded by a dense population required more spirit and energy in this de- partment, and the introduction of some improved methods in cultivating the soil and improving the vegetable kingdom; they, therefore, determined upon an attempt to form an Horticultural Society, which, after several preparatory meetings and pro- ceedings, resulted in a public general meeting being called, at which the proceedings of the preparatory meetings were adopted, and the Montreal Horticultural Society formed, as will appear in the following pages. ^. THE f furthc orticult lid, (aco all, to irposes Hjiety ; name < Mses asi 'resent < HisH( " I pro THE MONTREAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Tuesday Evening, Ma/rch 16tA, 1847. furtherance of the objects and interests of the Montreal lorticultural Society, a Piiblic General Meeting was this day pld, (according to public notice, duly given) at the Odd Fellows' ill, to receive from a sub-committee, appointed for that rpose at a previous meeting, the draft of a constitution for the ciety ; to elect such additional officers as might be necessary ; name certain requisite Committees, and for such other pur- 9S as might be considered of advantage to the Society. fresent on the Platform : — His Honor, Judge Day, President, in the chair ; The Revd. (essire Villeneuve and William Lunn, Esq., Vice-Presidents ; r. Justice Badgley ; John Boston, Esq., Sheriff; His Honor, |>hn E. Mills, Esq., Mayor ; S. Jones Lyman, Esq., Correspond- Secretary ; and the Honorable A. N. Morin. The President expkuned the general object of the meeting, id then proceeded as follows : — "In entering upon the consideration of any new undert 1 t.?, the st impulse of the mind is to enquire whether it promises to oui selves, to the community in which we live, any advantages of such a char- er and degree as to entitle it to our countenance and support. [ " With respect to most of the scheme? which engage the attention of id, thdr attractions are to be found in the addition which they expected to make to our fortune, or in the gratification they hold It to the strong passions which govern our race. The love of power, fame — of the exdting pleasures of society ; — or of mere sensual lulgenoe. But thwe is another class of pursuits, the advantages of lich are less obvious, and address themselves not so much to these ser propensities, as to the subtler impulses of the soul — ^that of beauty, that perception of excellence in art and nature, which |ie Almighty hand has so deeply implanted in the human heart. " I propose rapidly, and I fear I must add, very imperfectly, to pass review some of the motives which may justify the effort we are making; and may, pcrliupii, place tho object and tendencies of our infant society upon a more elevated footing than they have hitherto occupied in most minds. It is not upon Horticulture as increasing thu delicacies of the table, nor as furnishing to the opulent amateur the honest gratification of displaying his treasures of fruits and flowers, that I now design to speak; nor am I much disposed to address myself to those unimaginative matter-of-fact people who associate with a gar- den no other idea than it is a place where cabbages and cucumbers come from, and whose notions of improvement can got no farther than they are carried by a sort of gastronomic instinct, that it would be nicer to have green peas and melons in May, than to wait for them till July. Not that I would undervalue or speak lightly of the useful, or in any degree damp the ardour of the amateur ; but I would leave these branches of the subject to another opportunity, or to abler hands. The attractions to the pursuits of the garden which I now select for notice, are those which may be supposed to exert an influence, in re- fining our tastes, and promoting our moral and intellectual improve- ment. The age in which we live is one distinguished for its ceaseless activity, and its advancement in the practical arts of life. It is essen- tially utilitarian, and there is in it a strong and increasing tendency to reduce persons as well as things, tp the same common level, and to ex- clude all other standard of value, than such as is based upon money, or is reducible to money's worth. This spirit has not left untouched the gifted minds of our day; and it is to be feared that, with many, even of those most highly endowed, there is a tone less elevated than that which gave dignity and glory to the giants in our father's days. It has been said, and with, at least, a semblance of truth, that a great epic poem could not now be written ; and it might be added, that if written, it would scarcely find a reader. The genius of poesy, per- haps of eloquence too, seems to have reached and passed its loftiest summit, amid another generation of men. The ideal is fading before the real. The imaginative is yiolding to the visible and material : and man's energies are devoted from morning to night, for days — ^for years — ^for life — to the hardening and narrowing pursuits of gain. Amid the whirl and excitement of these pursuits, in the rivalry and confiict of the Exchange, the Bar, the Senate, there is no room for the unobtru- sive and tranquil moralities of life. The ruder and more selfish quali- ties of our heads and hearts are constantly stimulated and strengthened, while no adequate agent is brought to shed its genial, counteracting infiuence upon them. It can scarcely be denied, that, with reference alone to the enjoyment of this world, even in its most worldly sense. kcies of our Ave hitherto creasing tho amateur the ind flowers, dress myself with a gar- i cucumbers farther than it would be for them till he useful, or would leave abler hands, ow select for uence, in re- iual improve- !• its ceaseless It is essen- 5 tendency to el, and to ex- upon money, ift untouched ;, with many, jlevated than ■ather's days, that a great ,dded, that if poesy, per- id its loftiest ,ding before aterial : and 8 — ^for years ■ain. Amid and conflict Ithe unobtru- selfish quali- xengthened, lunteracting reference irldly sense, we have fallen into a grovious error in devoting so much of our time, and of our anxieties, to what is called busineHH ; that is, to the mere acquisition of wealth. These high capacities of our nature for im- provement, the deep and pure sources of happiness, which ar^ at once so simple and inexhaustible, were not given us to bo thus deadened and dried up by a sordid and unremitting labor. " In the true order of human conduct, duties, devotion to our Maker, active benevolence to our fellow-creatures, claim the flrst place. Then comes the enjoyment of life, including, in its highest form, the improvement and exercise of our social affections, moral sentiments, and intellectual powers; and last of all comes the labour which is necessary to supply onr wants. But, by a strange perversion, this order is reversed, and the curse pronounced in Paradise is voluntarily extended and increased. First in place, as in importance, is put the labor for gain, and so extravagant are itj requirements upon our time and thoughts, that, when satisfled, little, and too often nothing, re- mains to devote to the more sacred claims of the others. For my own part, I am as fully persuaded as I can be of any speculative truth, that this incessant toil upon the mere dusty paths of human life, as it im- pairs the dignity of the individual, so it tends, sooner or later, by lowering the standard of virtue and knowledge, to degrade the character of a people. " If these views be just, then, whatever is likely to lessen or suspend this tendency of every-day life, however simple in its form, or unpre- tending in its nature, cannot be regarded with indifference. Such an influence do I claim for the pursuits of Horticulture, and there rest its pretensions to your support. " In the presence of so many who know, from experience, the enjoy- ment found in the cultivation of the garden and the pleasure ground, it will, perhaps, be deemed idle for me to dwell upon the subject. They know that it is impossible to be in habits of daily contact, inter- course I will call it, with the beautiful creations of the vegetable world, the fruits and flowers, which are not absent from even the most humble garden, without a feeling of admiration and interest being awakened, which, if encouraged, opens up sources of gratification, as abundant as they are salutary to mind and body. Amid the health-giving exercises of the garden, with enough to interest, but nothing to agitate, the mind is withdrawn from the vulgar excitements which weary and cor- rode it ; the heart is tranquilized, and looks forth, as from a haven of rest, upon the tempest it has left behind. Then comes up the dominion of old thoughts ; the fond recollections and endearing \ 8 associations of childhood ; the innocent spirit of other years returnn upon us ; a consciousness of the value of the simple, the natural, takes posMMuion of the soul ; and man, for the time at least, casts off the artificial character with which he is girded as in impenetrable armour, to do battle with the world, and abandons himself to the grateftil and sweet influences around him. Can it be doubted that pursuits which can induce and sustain such a feeling, have a mighty power in refining, in elevating, in improving? But this is not all. The occupation and pleasures of the Horticulturist are not stationary ; on the contrary, they are ever varying and progressive. Independently of the suc- cessive changes which every day and every season call forth, there are new things to be produced, and old things to be improved, and these in infinite number and variety ; and to do this he must have knowledge — knowledge of the immutable laws by which the subjects of his care are governed ; of the laws of their propagation and growth; of their mechanical structure, their physiology, habits, and wants ; all this cannot be acquired without patient observation and study, nor ap- plied without intelligence and ingenuity. No idea is more erroneous than that this art presents little more than a dull routine of labour in its practice, and is merely mechanical in its character ; on the contrar}', I as it was the first in order of time which engaged the attention of men, so it is now, let the worshippers of wordly greatness think what they | may, inferior to none in true dignity and abiding useAilness. To those whose taste for this delightful art has been already formed, it | is not expected that these observations will convey anything new. It is enough if they have embodied in language some of those senti- 1 ments which, floating in the mind, remain perhaps long unuttered, | but never unfelt. " But I would fain convey to the less initiated (if there bo any such i here), by some mode more efficacious than my poor expressions can afford — ^by some Mesmeric transfusion of thought, (leaving out the I sleepy part,) a sense of the pleasure which is to, be derived from a I patch of ground, of a few rods, nay, of a few feet, in extent, cidtivatedl with our own hands ; containing plants of our own growth, reared b) I our own skill ; watched over with almost parental patience and anxiety,] and rewarding our care by the gradual development of those indes- cribable beauties, which a beneficent Creator has so liberally bestowed,! in one form or another, upon a large portion of his vegetable kingdom. " I would have them feel that the serene delight with which we con- template the bursting rose, in its unrivalled loveliness and matchles.s| perfume, is a link in that great chain of sympathies, which binds us inl 9 <n for the iting their k1 to them y are con- defective, those de- ls made as le Society, owledging )ort of the iubmit, for 11 Article I. nportance, jience and his can be ►ns, by the ic Lectures, with prac- as by the of Fruits, associated eir govern- Name of So- d«tyandOffl- cora. Thb Society shall be called the " Montreal Horti- cultural Society," and its OflScers shall consist of a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Corres- ponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and twelve Directors, who shall be chosen by ballot, annually. Article II. There shall also be chosen by ballot, annually, the fol- Committees, lowing Committees, viz. : — A Committee f ^r the Establishment of Premiums, con- sisting of four members. A Committee on Horticultural Designs, Landscape Gardening, Birds, Tools and Seeds, consisting of three members. A Committee on Fruits, consisting of three members. A Committee on Plants and Flowers, consisting of three members. A Committee on Vegetables, consisting of three mem- bers. Annual Meet- ing. Article III. The Annual Meeting for choice of Officers, Directors, and Committees, shall be held on the second week in January ; notice of which meeting shall be published by the Recording Secretary, in one French and one English newspaper, having the largest circulation, printed in the City of Mont- real, at least six days before the time of election. Article IV. The mode of Election shall be by ballot. A majority of votes shall constitute a choice; the President, or person acting in his place, in all cases of election, to have the casting vote. Article V. Five Members, exclusive of the Presiding Officer, shall Quorum, constitute a quorum, for the transaction of the business of the Board of Direction ; and thirteen Members shall form a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Society. Mode of Election. 12 Board of Di- rection. Its duties. Article VI. The Officers of the Society, with the Directors, shall form a Board for the government of the Society ; shall hold Meetings, quarterly, or as often as they may be deemed expedient; shall appoint the time and place for holding Exhibitions ; make such rules and regulations, respecting the same, as may be deemed expedient ; make and publish before the 15th day of February, of each year, a full and specific list of prizes to be awarded ; establish cor- respondence ; form a Library of works pertaining to Horti- culture, as soon as practicable ; encourage the introduction of new objects of Horticulture ; and, for the purpose of promoting the interests and objects of the Society, (subject to the instruction, supervision and controul of the Society) shall keep a record of all their proceedings, and make a report of the same to the Society, at its Annual Meeting. Vacancies, liow tilled. Duties of PresidenL Article VII. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in any of the offices of the Society, it may be filled by a Special Election by the Board of Direction, at such time as they deem ex- pedient, of which one week's notice shall be given by the Recording Secretary, in writing, to each Member of the Board. Article VIII. The duty of the President shall be to preside at all Meetings of the Society, to maintain order, to state the business before the Society ; in case of equal division upon any question, to give the casting vote, to call for accounts and Reports of all Committees, to call extra meetings of the Society, when requested, in writing, by five Members ; and generally to superintend the execution of such By-Laws and Regulations as the Society shall firom time to time enact, not otherwise provided for. Duties of Vice President. Article IX. In case of the absence of the President at any Meeting «i? *i,« c^nlr.^'ir i+ olioll Vta flio rlnfv nf fbfi soninr Vinfi- President (in the order of his election) then present, to take the chair, who shall, for the time being, have and 13 exercise all the authority, privileges, and power of the President ; and in case neither the President or either of the Vice-Presidents shall be present, the Society shall then choose, viva voce, a President, pro tempore, who shall, for the time, be invested with all the power and authority of the President. I I Article X. The Treasurer shall receive all sums of money due or Duties of Treasurer. payable to the Society, and shall keep and disburse the same, as may be directed by the Board of Direction, of which he shall render a true account : no payments to be made without the written order of the President, or, (in case of his absence i&vm the City of Montreal,) of the senior Vice-President. Abtigle XL The Corresponding Secretary shall write all letters, in duties or the name of the Society, and conduct its correspondence; ing secretary. shall keep copies of the same, in a book to be provided for the purpose, which shall be open to the inspection of the Members at any regular meeting ; shall also receive and read all letters and papers addressed to the Society, and shall dispose of them in such manner as shall be prescribed by the By-Laws, or directed by the Society ; shall report to the Board of Direction the receipt of all donations of Seeds, Plants or Specimens to the Society, when they shall be appropriated in such manner as deemed best, (the re- cipients from time to time making report of their success.) In the absence of the Recording Secretary, the Correspon- ding Secretary shall perform his duties ; and in the absence of both Secretaries, the President shaU appoint either a Corresponding or Recording Secretary, or both,jpro tempore. Article XIL It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to give S""^Jj^**'^ due notice of all Meetings of the Society, and Board of Secretary. Direction ; he shall record the proceedings of the same in a book to be kept for that purpose. In the absence of the Corresponding Secretary, he shall perform his duties. "•Ujtt*^ \ \ 14 ,..j. ';.i ....,„ . k..^ Article XIII. - " It shall be the duty of the President to appoint the Ghair- for MtabUth- men or Conveners of the Committees, named in Article 2, vpramu ^]|i0]| Chairmen or Conveners shall constitute the Com- mittee for establishing premiums, whose duty it shall be to present to the Board of Direction, for their approval, from time to time, a list of premiums recommended by them. CommlttoM for Awarding Prmnimni. Abtice XIV. The Committee for awarding premiums and gratuities* shall consist of the Committee on Landscape Gardening, &c., the Committee on Fruits, Committee on Plants and Flowers, and Committee on Vegetables. Three Members of either of these Committees shall be a quorum; and if three Members shall not be in attendance, the President, with advice and consent of those Members present, may call to his aid such other Members as he may see fit to ap- point for the occasion. It shall be their duty, respectively, to attend at the Society's Hall, or Place of Exhibition, one hour before the same is open to the public; to examine and label the specimens exhibited, and to award the pre- miums or gratuities ; also to attend at such other times and places as may be prescribed by the Society, and shall have power to make rules in regard to the time and manner of exhibiting specimens, for the premiums, — submitting the same to the Society for approval. It shall also be their duty to examine all new Plants, Flowers, Fruits and Vege- tables, presented at the exhibitions, and to report the botanical name, description and merit of the respective specimens, and report to the Board of Direction, within fourteen days after the exhibition, the premiums and gi'atuities awarded by them ; all such awards, whether as medals, money, or plate, or a certificate thereof, signed by the Chairman of the respective Committees, shall be pre- sented and given to persons entitled thereto, or to their representatives, by the President or presiding officer of the Society, at the next meeting subsequent to that at which the award was made ; and the names of persons to whom premiums or gratuities shall have been awarded, in the course of the year, shall be duly recorded, and such pub- licity given thereto as the Society may from time to time tm^.-i-' 15 le Chair- Lftide 2, le Gom- tallbeto val, from them. pratuitiesy ardeningy lants and Members m; and if President, sent, may » fit to ap- spectively, [)ition, one examine •d the pre- times and shall have manner of ttitting the be their andVege- report the respective m, within iums and (vhether as signed by all be pre- »r to their icer of the at which to whom in the such pub" le to time direct : provided always, that no person shall act with, or as a Member of, the said Committee in awarding any prize for which he may himself be a competitor. Article XV. 1 There shall be an Annual Exhibition of Fruits, Plants, Annual and oocaaional Flowers, Vegetables, Horticultural Designs, &c., on sutih EzUbitiom. day or days, (in the month of September) and subject to such rules and regulations as the Board of Direction may approve ; there shall also be exhibitions at such other times and seasons as may be by them deemed expedient. Article XVI. '■'R-j-t?- Any individual may become a Member of this Society PrivHcge* of by the annual payment of ten shillings, and shall be en- titled to vote, shall be eligible to any office or appointment, receive a printed copy of the published transactions of the Society, a printed copy of the Constitution, free admission, and may introduce two ladies to all the exhibitions of the Society, which admission shall be regulated by tickets, not transferable. ■ r't^^-U-;~^M.j 'W Article XVII. ---^-•■- -^-- - ^ ^ The contribution of £5 shall constitute a Life Member- LifeMemben ship, and exempt the Member from all future contributions. . ■> Article XVIII. The Society, on the recommendation of the Board of Di- Honorary and Corres rection, may elect as Honorary and Corresponding Mem- pondJngMem- bers, such distinguished individuals as have contributed to the promotion of Horticulture,, to whom the Correspond- ing Secretary shall transmit a notification or certificate of election, countersigned by the President. Such Members shall not, by this act, be entitled to any of the pecuniary, elective or controlling privileges of the Association. Article XIX. Any Member who, after notice, shall neglect for the space Namcsof De- ofoneyear, to pay his annual subscription, shall cease to '"J^^^from retain his connection with the Society, and the Treasurer *® '^'^ shall have power to erase his name from the list of Members ; \ 16 and any Member may withdraw from the Society, by giving notice to the Treasurer or Secretary, and paying the amount due by him to the Society. If any Member Hhall do any thing to dishonor the Society, place on the tables or in the Hall, for exhibition or premium, any Plant, Fruit or Specimen, bearing his name, not of his own growth, manu- tacture or designs, with an intention to deceive, or shall be guilty of any breach of good faith towards the Society, he may be expelled therefrom — two-thirds of the Members present voting for his expulsion ; but no Member shall be expelled without a written notice of the motion be served upon him, personally, or left at his usual place of abode, at least ten days before it is acted upon. , , ^w Fiscal year. Article XX. The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of Jan- uary, and tkO. annual subscriptions shall be deemed and ta- ken as due at that time. Premiums, to wliom award- chL DrnatiODS ft Bequests. Abtigle XXI. I Premiums and gratuities may be awarded to such persons as shall have essentially advanced the objects of the Society, or for the exhibition of any Fruits, Plants, Flowers or Ve- getables, of their own growth or cultivation, either new in their kind, or of uncommon excellence, or for any new and successful method of cultivating any kind of froiits, flowers, vegetables, shrubs, plants or trees, or for any other subject connected with Horticulture. . . , .^h'l ■'■r •V/^■:^ ■*S: >t.. '***.. '41^ ■'. TIrticle XXII. All donations and bequests shall be sacredly appropriated to the particular object for which they were designed by tkw donor ; and the name, amount and description of each do- nation shall be registered in a book kept for that purpose. Article XXIII. SutMcription. No Member shall be entitled to receive a premium or arra- tuity, without having previously paid to the Treasurer his annual subscription. 17 >y giving y'mg the ber nhall tobies or . Frvdtor h, maau- r shall be ociety, he Members )r shall be be served abode, at Ay of Jan- 9d and to- r. ...... i..- ich persons he Society, vrers or Ve- ler new in ly new and ts, flowers, her subject .....--. ppropriated jned by th- of each do- ,t purpose. ium or gra- reasurer his Article XXIV. Pliiiiti to be As this Society is formed for the advancement of Horti- ^ ^^ culture in Canada, it is understood that no plant shall be comiMJiitor. placed in competition for the regular prizes of the Society, except it shall have been in the Province for the space of three months, and is bona fide the property of the member offering it. The Committee may offer gratuities for the in- j troduction of any foreign production. 'Mi,';r-y ;l<.t1jl, ;rrr «,)■'; ;a«/-'' nr'- ;, ■=*i;*l ■/•!)!> 'ulii J ;):: "jiiJh'./^Mi.M'S yit"';i; •■f->'^'\"'<- ij;"'-|v .cf^■t{,*«l(l,.■•K!r^f^):•|S>i(^" M ARTICLE XXV. .W'f'/'iWJ , ^':i 'li'-^^riA;; -- z *.<(J,,';. , The Constitution and By-Laws of the Society may bo hdw'mS?^ altered and amended at any regular meeting of the Society ; ' • > , a notification of the intended alteration having been made at 4 ' 's^* *^^ a previous meeting, and two-thirds of those present voting «* »' for such alteration or amendment. , r. ■i/;fn . ,..j*-.' ... "'t ..••: '^h;l': :fiii'i fviii'f'.'i-.t Moved by Wm. Lunn, Esq., seconded by the Hon. A. N. Morin : 1. Resolved, — That the Constitution which has now been read, be adopted as that of the Montreal Horticultural Society, and that the ad- ditional number of ofllcers necessary to fulfil its requirements be at this time elected by nomination. ■V n.. j.,7,-.'^.v-;;..j4i,j, '<< ■*1 irateun que igea qu'une ; pas, rasii motifs qui oyer le plus •6able et en terminer une p^ts di'une si elle est, pour lasaements et ocure comme faiblir avec le ives, parceque s'occupe ii la lime. Voyez ■t-il de visiter ;re ; api'^s les e trouvez de- 1 e mfeme frmt. lulent avec la I ous ceux qw at que le par- icurer Ji grand I Heureuse- od6t6, on peut que les classesl es que le richel Lne plante qui qviijouitd'une \kme : H con-f jardins. Sob) ,, dont il enri-l is k sa table, a fait cultiveil avec tant de soins. Sans doute ce plaisir est grand, il est pur, il est noble ; mais . qu'il est infiSrieur au plaisir que ressent celui qui cultive par lui-m6me ! L'horticulteur pratique voit croltre ses plantes, il ^tudie leurs besoins ; il veille k leur conservation ; c'est une tendre m^re qui prodigue ses soins k un enfant qui reclame toute sa sol- licitude ; aussi, quel bonheur pour lui quand ses travaux sont couronn^s de succ^; il faut le voir montrant la fleur, objet do tant de soins et d'affections. Comme il rappelle avec complaisance tout ce qu'il a tent^, tout ce qu'il a fait, toutes les difBcult^s qu'il a surmont^es pour arriver h. un si beau r^sultat. Rien ne peut exprimer sa joie et ses transports, il semble partager avec son Cr^ateur les beaut^s que sa plante renferme. »^,ir r , ,j .'^r^j. Mais poiurquoi tant insister sur les charmes de lliorticulture, sur les jouissances qu'elle procure aux classes inf(6rieures ? c'est afin que vous usiez de toute votre influence poiur r^pandre, parmi tons nos conci- toyens, ce godt, cet amour pour les plantes ; n'est-il pas juste que, nos fir^res supportant tout le poids du travail, nous leur fassions partager nos jouissances, nous m^lions quelques consolations k leurs peines. Ces jouissancee si pures ne sont pas le seul avantage que nous leur proourerons : la culture des plantes a un eflet moral bien plus grand et bien plus appreciable. Elle les ^loignera de plus en plus de ces vices grossiers, qiu de temps en temps affligent encore notre belle patrie. Oui, messieurs, si la soci^t^ d'horticulture exerce, par votre z^le, I'in- fluence qu'elle est appel^e k exercer, elle contribuera puissamment A extirper ce vice honteux, qui ravale I'homme au-dessous de la brute. En quittant son travail, I'ouvrier, qui s'adonne par go(it k la culture des plantes, ne va pas chercher son repos dans les repaires, de I'intemp^- rance.'les plantes, objets de ses soins et de ses affections, I'appellent. II se h&te de se rendre au sein de sa famille, ou les fleurs lui apprennent h. trouver son bonheur : il sait que la negligence d'un jour peut lui faire perdre le fruit de tant de travaux, I'aimable objet de tant de sol- licitude. L'amateur ne se lasse point de prodiguer ses soins ; plus il s'occupe de ses plantes, plus il desire s'en occuper, les plaisirs qu'elles lui procurent ne perdent rien de leurs attraits, tons les jours il s'y at- tache davantage ; tons les jours il en ressent un plus pressant besoin. Les arbres et les fleurs semblent nous faire go(iter encore les d^lices dont elles inondaient le coeur de nos premiers parents dans le paradis terrestre, ou les avait places la bont^ de leur Cr^ateur. Nous ne pou- vons pas comme dans cet heureux s^jour apercevoir ce monde de mer- veilles qui nous environnent, et qui par un harmonieux concert chan- \ \ 20 . I tent continuellement la bont^, la sagesse et la toute-pulssanoe de notro Dieu ; mais quand quelqu'une de ces merveilles peut arriver jusqu'& nous, elle produit encore I'effet pour lequel elle a 6t6 cr^^e : elle 6\hyo notre kme, elle satisfait nos sens. Aussi lliortioulteur, qui, plus que tout autre, est appel6 & admirer les ouvrages de la oration, trouve-t-il dans la cidture des plantes des plaisirs, des charmes qu'il cheroherait vainement ailleurs. lA, point de remords, les jouissanoes sont pures oomme les objets qui les font naltre. C'est ainsi que la sooi^t^ dlior- ticulture peut contribuer puissamment h. extirper Tintemp^rance, et h rendre les hommes meilleurs. vvnt, Un autre avantage qui naltra de oette soci^t^, ce sera I'union des ooeurs. L'Horticulteur trouve sans doute un grand plaisir k voir la fleur qu'il a sem^e, I'arbre qu'il a plants, le beau legume qu'il a cultiv^ ; mais sa plus douce jouissance est de faire admirer aux autres ce qu'il regarde comme son ornement et sa gloire. Voulez-vous done resserrer les liens qui doivent unir les membres qui composent cette cit6 si flo- rissante, donnez de V^lan k votre soci4t6. C'est en se livrant h I'hor- ticulture que les citoyens de Montreal apprendront k se connaitre et k s'aimer. Bivalisant de z^le pour avoir les plus belles fleurs, ou les plus beaux fruits, ils visiteront ceux qui peuvent leur disputer la palme, ils visiteront leurs jardins et seront heureux qu'on visite le leur. De la ces rapports de bienveillanco, qui apprennent h. se con- naitre. En faut-il davantage pour s'estimer et s'entendre ? Les ex- cellentes qualit^s, qui distinguent ceux qui forment la population du Canada, doivent leur faire aimer leur origine. L' Anglais est fier d'etre Anglais, et il a raison de I'Stre; si je n'4tais pas Frangais je vou- drab Stre Anglais. Le sang qui coule dans les veines des deux peu- ples est assez noble et assez g^n^reux pour que chacun soit satisfait d'etre ce qu'il est. La 80ci6t6 d'horticulture permettra d'appr^der ces bonnes qualit^s : ainsi verra-t-on disparaitre peu k peu ces divisions qu'entretiennent les pr^jug^s d'education et d'origine. Pour s'aimer et s'entendre, le Canadien et I'Anglais n'ont besoin que de se connaitre. Qui ne travaillerait avec ardour h procurer une fin si desirable ? c'est de Ik que depend I'avenir de notre beau Canada. ^-:^f :,^ f i. ,,?•>< ,- h J'aurais encore k vous parler des avantages mat^riels, qui sont le fruit de I'horticulture ; mais je craindrais d'abuser de I'attention bien- veillante dont vous voulez bien m'honorer ; d'ailleurs qui poiurait douter que cet art ne soit pour le pauvre comme pour le riche une source .abondante de commodity et de bien-Stre. Je me borne done k rap- peler ici, que la pomme de terre (patate) ai utile k toutcs les classes dc 21 se de notro ret jusqu'k ; elle^l^vo i, plus quo trouve-t-il cheroherait sont pures 3i6t^ dTior- grance, et h, I'union des r k voir la il a cultiv6 ; tres ce qu'il no resaerrer 9 cit4 si flo- •ant ^ I'hor- nnaltre et k leurs, ou les disputer la on visite le nt & se oon- ? Les ex- >pulation du lais est fier icais je vou- )s deux peu- ■loit satisfait ippr^cier ces ces divisions ur s'aimer et e connaitre. cable ? c'est I, qui sont le «ntion bien- urrait douter une source done ^ rap- es classes dc la sod^t^ est un produit de rhortioulture, on la oultivo dans les jardins avant de la livrer h ragricultUid. £t dans oe moment, oh la maladie de oe pr^deux tuberoule r^duit tant de millions de nos fibres aux horreun de la famine, o'est encore ^ Thorticulture h sauver ce tr^r des pauvres par de nouveaux essais, et & fournir d'autres legumes qtd puissent le remplaoer, si la Divine Providence rendait infruotueux tous les eflTorts de I'art. . .'. m. .:,...< /^ Puisque la sooi^t^ d'hortioulture r^unit tant d'avantages & tant de charmes, quel est celui qui pourrait lui refuser son concours ; aussi j'es- p^re que vous rivaliserez de zele, pour y entrer et la r^pandre. En- courag^e par vous, elle deviendra pour notre beau pays une source in^puisable de jouissances pures, d'union et de prosp^rit^. . , , ,, Omne tulit punctum, qui miioult utUo dulcL « Mr. F. Johnson supposed, as the Horticultural Society had yot scarcely began its operations, the company might expect some flowers of rhetoric to make up for the want of flowers of the garden. However, in coming before them, he intended only to find fault with the proceedings of the Chairman, who had gleaned all the grain, and left nothmg but stubble and straw. But, in their relative position, it might seem somewhat presumptuous for so humble a member of the bar to complain of a member of the bench ; he would therefore content himself with moving the third resolution. Moved by F. G. Johnson, Esq., seconded by W. F. Cofiin, Esq. : 3. Resolved, — That regarding the establishment of societies as the best means of promoting improved Horticulture, we hail with pleasure the formation of this Society, and pledging ourselves to its support, we earnestly solicit the cordial cooperation of our fellow citizens. John Boston, Esq., made a few excellent remarks on the im- portance of Horticultural Societies, in the course of which he al- luded to the rate of subscription, as being altogether too low, — nothing short of a golden guinea should be the annual amount, and even then he considered the return would be ten-fold. He had been connected with societies formerly, and the meetings and exhibitions were the most pleasant occasions. The rich and de- licate repasts on the choicest fruits, the sight and delightful per- fume of the rarest and most beautiful flowers and plants, wore 22 ample cc ^^satinn — apMrt from the importance to the commu- nity of pro tooting Horticulture — for any amount of time and mo- ney expended in furthering the objeof h of the Society. Moved by John Boston, Esq., seconded by His Honor the Mayor : 4 RisoLVKD, — That tho folK Hng gentlemen be elected to All the offices provided for in the constitution : — president: Thb Hon. Mr. Justice Day. VICE-PBESIDENTSi The Rev. Mr. Villenbuve, | Hon. A. N. Morin. William Lunn, Esq. | Hon. Wm. Badoley. ^'^ ' TREASURER: John Frothingam, Esq. .* S. Jones Lyman, Esq., Corresponding Secretary. Gboroe Flatt, Esq., Recording Secretary. DIBBCTORS: John Torrance, Esq. George Sheppard, Esq. James Ferrier Jr., Esq. Geo. McEerracher, Esq. Henry Corse, Esq. John Donbgana, Esq. George Desbaij^ts, Esq* J. E. GuiLBAULT, Esq. E. Muir, Esq. Joseph Savage, Esq. T. BouTiLLiBR, Esq. John Rbdpath, Esq. committee on horticultural DESIGNS, LANDSCAPE OARDENING, *o : Mr. Wells, Junr., | Rev. Mr. Villenbuve, T. Boutillier, Esq. COMMITTEE ON FRUITS: ^' . >.«.s..], H. Corse, Esq., h ^, | J. E. Guilum lt, Rsq. t ,, Moses J. Hays, Esq. ' ■■ ■■^■^•- ■■' ■■•■■ '■' PLANTS ANDFLOWERS. i, -, . fj, J. GiBB, Esq., | Mr. Gushing, . ; i; '' ':,r'. '■:■-' rji':.-,: ,. Mr. Wilson. .-r^' ■; T.H: vegetables : STATiLi Y Bagg, Eoc, | E. Muir, Esq. George Garth, Esq., xiictuaiiKs 01 ine meeting were then given to the Chairman, and the Company separated. . e eoinina> eandmo- e Mayor : to fill the ■11 Y. .':/ " y- ATS, Esq. ', Esq. , Esq. Esq. Esq. fINO, *o : NEUVE, I', Esq. chairman,