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the Royal nurseries, Vancouver; Brown Bros.' nurseries, Vancouver; and the Layritz 

 nurseries, Victoria. 



My assistant, Mr. T. G. Bunting, on August 12-17, 1912, inspected fields of 

 vegetables in the competition organized by the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associa- 

 tion. On August 25-28 he judged the fruits and flowers at the Provincial exhibition, 

 Quebec. On June 29 and August 29 he judged the gardens in a competition at 

 Vankleek Hill, Ont., and between September 2 and 12 he attended the National exhi- 

 bition, Toronto, and the Western fair, London, Ont. 



My assistant in ornamental gardening, Mr. F. E. Buck, helped to judge the fruit 

 and flowers at the Provincial exhibition, Quebec. He also attended the National 

 exhibition, Toronto, and visited the Dale nurseries, Brampton, Ont., September 2-7, 

 1912, and the Ontario Pruit, Flower and Honey Show, Toronto, November 12-16, 

 1912. 



My assistant in plant breeding, Mr. A. J. Logsdail, acted as judge at the Horti- 

 cultural exhibition at Haileybury, Ont., on August 27-30, and at Vankleek Hill, Ont., 

 September 19, 1912. He attended the Fruit, Flower and Honey Show and the meeting 

 of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association on November 13-18, 1912. 



ADDRESSES. 



I attended the meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association and the meet- 

 ing of the Ontario Horticultural Association, on November 13 to 16, 1912, and gave 

 an address at the former on 'The Best Varieties of Small Fruits,' and at the latter 

 on ' Continuity of Bloom in Small Gardens.' I also compiled and read the annual 

 report of the Committee on Novelties of the Ontario Horticultural Association. At 

 this meeting, my assistant in ornamental gardening, Mr. F. E. Buck, read a paper on 

 ' Everlasting Flowers.' On December 4 and 5, I attended a meeting of the Quebec 

 Pomological Society at Macdonald College, Que., for which I prepared an obituary 

 of the late Prof. John Craig. As president of the Society for Horticultural Science 

 in 1912, I delivered the presidential address at the annual meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 on December 31, 1912, my subject being ' The Relation of Climate to Horticulture.' 

 On February 3 and 4, 1913, I attended the Short Course in Horticulture at Macdonald 

 College, Que., gave a talk on ' The Best Varieties of Fruits for the Province of 

 Quebec,' and also an illustrated address on ' The Improvement of Home Surround- 

 ings.' At this short course, Mr Buck gave an address on 'Laying out Home Grounds.' 

 On February 25 to March 1, I attended the meeting of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit 

 Growers' Association, at Grimsby and St. Catharines, giving addresses on ' The 

 Influence of Temperature on Fruit and Fruit Trees ' and ' The Best Varieties of 

 Apples and Plums for Market.' On March 18, Mr. Buck addressed the Smith's Falls 

 Horticultural Society. Mr. T. C. Bunting, one of my assistants, gave a talk 

 on ' Small Fruits for the City Garden ' before the Ottawa Horticultural Society, July 

 23, 1912. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



During the year, I prepared pamphlet- on ' Cabbage and Cauliflower Culture,'. 

 'Tomato Culture." and on 'Hardy Roses;' also, a 'Spraying Calendar,' all of which 

 were published. In addition to these, several articles were written for horticultural 

 publications. These included an article on 'Apple Culture in Canada,' 'Bush Fruits 

 and Their Culture,' and ' Horticulture in Canada,' for the new edition of Bailey's 

 Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. An article on ' Fruit Growing in Canada ' was 

 written for a book on ' Commercial Canada,' by F. Cook, and an article on ' The 

 Christmas Tree,' for the December number of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



