GEORGE V. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 \ A. 1912 



REPORT OF THE DOMINION HORTICULTURIST 



W. T. MACOUN. 



Ottawa, March 31, 1911. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, C.M.G., 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 



Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith the twenty-fourth Annual Report of 

 the Horticultural Division. 



While all the work done in this Division is not recorded in this report, the results 

 from some of the most important experiments being conducted are given, with other 

 material which it is hoped will prove of value. 



Previous to this year, my work as Horticulturist of the Central Experimental 

 Farm was confined mainly to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the Central 

 Experimental Farm at Ottawa. This year the title of the position was changed to 

 Dominion Horticulturist and a wider field of work was opened. In addition to my 

 work at Ottawa, I was instructed to visit the Branch Farms from time to time as 

 necessary and discuss, in consultation with the Superintendents, the experiments 

 being conducted with fruits, garden vegetables, forest and ornamental trees, shrubs 

 and herbaceous plants. 



In order to provide the assistance which was required on account of this greater 

 field of work, Mr. T. G. Bunting, B.S.A., was appointed my Assistant in August, 1910, 

 and has been able to render substantial and valuable help since. 



I visited the branch Experimental Farms and Stations at Brandon, Man., Indian 

 Head, Sask., Rosthem, Sask., Lacombe, Alta., Lethbridge, Alta., Agassiz, B.C., Char- 

 lottetown, P.E.I., and ISTappan, N.S.. during the growing season and went carefully 

 over the plantations, making suggestions for future experiments and taking notes in 

 regard to future work. I also visited the new Stations at Scott, Sask., Kentville, N.S., 

 and Cap Rouge, Que., and the sub-station at Kamloops, B.C. 



During the past winter, I have worked out a uniform system of recording notes 

 of horticultural experiments at the branch Farms which it is hoped will add to the 

 usefulness of the information obtained. 



Material for the new Stations at Scott and Cap Rouge and additional stock for 

 some of the other Farms has been ordered for next season. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



W. T. MACOUN, 

 Dominion Horticulturist. 



