INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 7

INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE

MEETING 01? DOMINION COUNCIL.

The Dominion Council of tho above institute met yesterday, in the Public Library, Wellington. There were present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S. (in the-chair), and. Messrs. I<\ J.'.Nathan, L. M. Ellis,Herbert Buillie, O."H. Treadwell, E.'C Jack, H. E. Napier, S,']?. Pope, W T Goodwin, Rev. Mr. Ellis, Professor Peren, and the secretary (Mi\ George A. Green). Apologies were received' from Messrs.' X.-R.Cooper, J. G. .'Mackenzie,' T. Waugh, T. C. Brash, and Colonel low. ' • : ■: . The referred to the steps that, had been already taken to get into touch with the leading horticultural authorities: the \Jorld over. ; From these it was certain that much valuable information and many suggestions would be received, and these would have full consideration when the Dominion Committee was preparing its report to tho next conference. , He outlined the course that would be taken in'getting the District Councils' Educational Committee to work, and the wide scope of-their investigations. . , . The secretary'stated that Messrs. G. Archie (convener), Professor, Johnson. A. B. Webber, and D. A. Hay had been appointed by the Auckland Council as the Educational Committee (with power to,^dd), and that Professor Johnson and Mr.' Hill had been appointed the nucleus of an educational committee with power.to add.. .-':■ The secretary reported that during the month he had addreased meetings on the -aims and objects of the institute. At tho Lowei; Hutt resolutions had been passed 'in, favour of tho Horticultural Society linking up with the institute, and also "that the time had arrived when a federation of horticultural, societies should bo formed, and its several individual members linked up with the institute." At Birkdale, he added, much interest was shown, and after the meeting three individual members were enrolled. The name o£ Mr. H. Baillie, the secretary_ to tho executive, was:added to the Dominion Council, The complete amendment of the institute rules, as drawn by up the subcommittee, was then considered and adopted _ with slight verbal alterations, and remitted to a sub-committee for them to register. :', Mr. Nathan brought up ' the matter of the .protecting by patent the raisers of new varieties: The question was referred to the executive. In concluding the proceedings, the president said that the support accorded had execejjed all expectations, and he was sure that if all worked with a will there would in time be built up an organisation.of which they would be proud, one that would exercise a great and beneficial influence tin the whole community, and even extend far beyond I the hounds of the Dominion. •