DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 285 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The assistants in the Horticultural Division also prepared a number of articles 

 for horticultural papers. . 



Donations During the Calendar Year 1912. 



bender. Donation. 



Adney, Tappan, Upper Woodstock, N.B Apple scions. 



Adams, E. E., Leamington, Ont Seeds of selected Earliana tomato. 



Arnold, Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., U.S Trees and shrubs. 



Armstrong 1 , 0. G., Orono, Ont., Potatoes, Aroostook Wonder. 



Barclay, W. G., Nelson, B.C Wild strawberry, Anderson's variety. 



Billings, Miss B. , Brockville, Ont Scions of Billings' Red apple. 



Courtneidge, W., Starbuck, Man Scions of Warren's No. 1 plum . 



Davis, James, Maple Creek, Sask Squaw corn seed. 



Elwes, H. J., Colesborne, Cheltenham, England Herbaceous plants and one species of pine. 



Fisher, A, L., Brockville, Ont Seeds of flowers and vegetables. 



Havebrugs Experimental Station, Esbjerg, Denmark. . . .Scions, Grev. A. W. Molkte pear, Skoofogerable 



and Elmelund apples. 



Henderson & Co., New York, U.S Seeds of vegetables. 



Hilborn, J. L., Leamington, Ont Seeds of selected Earliana tomato. 



Hunt, A. S., Lawrencetown, N.S .Scions of Schaffner's special apples. 



Gilbert, G. S., Burton, N.B Scions of Fameuse Seedling, Greenish Seedling, 



Peabody Early apple and Yellow crab apple. 



Johnson, H. D., Wolfville, Ont Scions of probably Fameuse apple seedling. 



Keen, Alfred, St. Mary's Ferry, N.B Scions of Keen's Crimson apple. 



Mitchell Nursery Co., Coaldale, Alta Seeds of white. flowered delphinium. 



Moore, Sir Frederick, Royal Botanic Gardens, Glas-Plants of herbaceous perennials. 



nevin, Ireland 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England Trees and shrubs. 



Rowe, N. W., Won wood, Tavistock, England Scion of Pccket applu 



Revestadel Ministerio de Obras, Bogota, Republica de 



Colombia Potatoes. 



Sherrington, A. E., Walkerton, Ont Seeds of selected Early Detroit tomato. 



Smith, Chas., Sandbeach, N.S Potatoes, No. 1, seedling. 



Smith, W. H., Port Dover, Ont Scions of Red Seedling No. 3 apple. 



Tribe, James, Inkster, Man Seeds of Tribe's Magnum Bonum pea. 



Waters, A. A., Peel, Ont Orser beans. 



STAFF OF THE HORTICULTURAL DIVISION. 



W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, 



T. G. Bunting, B.S.A. (resigned November, 1912), Chief Assistant and Assistant 



in Pomology. 

 F. E. Buck, B.S.A., Assistant in Ornamental Gardening, 

 A. J. Logsdail, B.S.A., Assistant in Plant Breeding, 

 C. F. W. Dreher, B.S.A., Temporary Assistant in Vegetable Gardening, 

 J. F. Watson, Secretary, 

 H. Holz, Foreman, 

 Wm. Ellis, in charge of greenhouses, 

 H. J. Read, Assistant Foreman, 

 J. Taggart, Foreman of Ornamental Grounds. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 





My chief assistant and assistant in pomology, Mr. T. G. Bunting, continued to 

 render valuable services until he left in November, 1912, to become Professor of 

 Horticulture at the Macdonald College, Que. Mr. F. E. Buck, my assistant in orna- 

 mental gardening, has spent much time during the past year in the study of the 

 plants under his charge, and has proven himself to be devoted to his work. Mr. A. J. 

 Logsdail, who was temporarily employed in charge of the plant breeding during the 

 latter part of the year, and permanently appointed at the close, did good work. Mr. 

 Wm. Dreher, also temporarily employed during the latter part of the year, was able 



