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And the topic was plants by Ruby Wllllams The October meeting of Saltfleet Women's Institute held at the home of Mrs. W. Turk was well atten- ded. Mrs. LA. Wilson, tst ' vice president, presided. »- §he welcomed the guests, alsqmembers who had not been\ab_|e to attend lately. She also welcomed Mrs. C. Leavens, one of our mem» bers and a past Eres'dkent, who has come back to reside in Stoney Creek af- ter living a few years at Sudbury, Mrs. Wilson also welcomed a new member, Mrs. L. Hurren. Yhe secretary Mrs. C. Kati read an invitation from Blackheath W.l. to a card party on Nov. 7. The roll call was answered by » bring an old school book. Miss Lottie Jones brought the oldest book which was a reader dated 1869 belonging to her father. Mr. Alva Jones. Mrs. V. Beachin, curator of the Erland Lee Home, told us that a W.|. member from England was at the home and gave her a 1978 diary of their Women's ln- slitute convention. Mrs. Beachin presented it to our branch. As Education and Cultural Activities was the theme of the program, Mrs, R. King, the Convener, introduced the speaker Miss Martha Veldhuis who is with Veldhuis greenhouses at Dundas. Her lamin has been in the florist business for a great many years. Her topic was plant culture. weeeeee "9 GIUIIGII 0F @ TIE IEIEEI 23 [aka Ave. 5. 8233333 O i it Home Baking, Candy, Toys & Gifts Dow: 09!" H «.m. Hot Lunch begins a 11:30 am. 3333883 3882'??? eeoeaeoeoe "a Miss Veldhuis had a very large and beautiful collec- tion of plants an display. especially small cacti. She showed foliage plants that come from many tropical countries, plants that grow in trees, in rock fissures. Two unique plants that were in bloom were the parlour maple with leaves like a maple tree and a Thanksgiving cactus. Miss Veldhuis expressed her ioy at working with flowers and gave us valuable information on the amount of light the dit- ferent plants need and also the importance of knowing how to water them. In the 1950's Miss Veldhuis was in mission work in northern Ontario, atThunder Bay. in her closing remarks she gave a biblical quotation expressing how flowers can be such an im- ortant part of our lives: how the giving of one rase can mean so much to someone who is ill. JIIS'I' Tllll We can arrang Full size No e.g. '72 Ch , '73 But 3 Cam PIIIGE Call Verne Col Clint Hicks