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mental Farm authorities received the thanks of the Japanese Govern- 

 ment for exchanges sent from Canada. Many varieties had been sent, 

 which, it was expected, would be of much use in the northern 

 pro\incs of that country. Hitherto the Japanese had done very little 

 in the way of cattle-raising, but were now devoting more attention to 

 this important branch ot industry. Prof. Sargent, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Boston, had been kind in sending seeds to the Experi- 

 mental Farm, and more had been received from Kew and St. Peters- 

 burg, so that quite a large number ot useful trees and shnibs had been 

 added to the stock on the Central Experimental Farm. Collections of 

 these and other useful trees and shrubs are being sent to the different 

 Experimental Farms of Canada, in Nova Scotia, Manitoba, the North- 

 West Territories and in British Columbia, so that these would soon be 

 stocked in this way with valuable material for experimental v/oik. 

 Prof. Saunders then thanked the members present, said he was glad to 

 sets them all, and hoped they would meet there again at some future 

 time. Mr. Hilborn, the next speaker, was introduced by Mr. Whyte, 

 who, in doing so, described the various parts of a flower, and the func- 

 tions which each was called upon to perform. On rising, Mr. Hilborn 

 said that he was highly pleased to meet with the club on this occasion, it 

 being the first excursion at which he had been present, although he had 

 been a member for some time past. He dwelt at length upon the 

 various methods and devices used in cross-fertilization so as to produce 

 hybrids, and thei'efrom obtain hardy varieties. In his department of 

 the farm work, considerable attention had been given to fruit trees, etc., 

 and the following would serve to illustrate the work done. There 

 had been planted 300 varieties of apples, 110 varieties of 

 pears, 80 varieties of cherries, 90 varieties of plums, 1.50 

 vai-ieties of grapes, 110 of strawberries, 50 or 60 ot rasp- 

 berries, and 50 varieties of currants and gooseberries. There were 

 some very fine fruits amongst these which were well adapted to the 

 climate of this country. There were experiments being made to test 

 which of these varieties would stand best, and a careful selection of 

 such would be employed in cross-fertilizing ; thus he hoped to get 

 useful and hardy fruits. It was done in this way : Select a hardy 

 variety for the female parent and get stamens from another the male 



