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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



held at Woodstock, X.B., on March 22 and 23 during which a Xew Brunswick Potato 

 Growers' Association was formed. At this meeting I gave an address on "The 

 Potato and its Culture ". 



Mr. M. B. Davis, Assistant in Pomology, visited a number of places during the 

 year for various purposes. Before installing the irrigation plant for vegetables at 

 Ottawa he went to the Vineland Station, Ont., where a system was installed in 1914, in 

 order to obtain any information iiiat might be useful at Ottawa. On May 2 

 he went to the Lennoxville Station and assisted in the laying out and planting of the 

 orchards there. On June 7 he visited the cranberry bogs in the Annapolis Valley, 

 N.S., to obtain information in regard to cranberry growing for a bulletin now in 

 press, and from August 28 to September 4 he made a trip to Cape Cod, Mass., for 

 the same purpqse. On September 8 and 9 he judged field crops of beans, potatoes, 

 carrots and beets in Wright county. Que. On September 24 he judged the vegetables 

 at the School Fair at Shawville, Que. On January 20, 1916, he addressed the annual 

 meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association at Wolfville, N.S., on pruning. 

 This address met with such a good reception that his services were asked for to 

 deliver a number of addresses on the same subject at a number of different points. 

 He, therefore, addressed meetings at Kingston, N.S., on February 14; Aylesford, 

 February 15; Canning, February 16; Woodville, February 17, and Berwick, N.S., on 

 February 18. 



Mr. F. E. Buck, Assistant in Ornamental Gardening, visited the following places 

 for the purpose mentioned : On April 13 he addressed the Carleton Plf^e Horticul- 

 tural Society on " Improving the Home Grounds." He visited the Farnham Tobacco 

 Station on April 30 and planted the grounds ; the Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S., 

 on May 12 to 17 to plan and do some planting on the grounds and particularly on a 

 new perennial border. He attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Horticul- 

 tural Association at London, Ont., on August 2 to 5, and gave a paper on " Works 

 and Aims of Special Committee on Plant Nomenclature," and at a meeting of the 

 Women's Institute, Elgin, Ont., August 12, an address on " Easily Grown Flowers." 

 He judged lawns and gardens at Carleton Place, Ont., on August 21, and at Westboro 

 on August 27. On August 31 he addressed the Ottawa Horticultural Society on 

 " Annuals." Flower shows were judged by him at Carleton Place, Ont., on September 

 3, and at Smiths Falls, Ont., on September 11. He visited the Frederieton Experi' 

 mental Station on October 12 to 17 to plant the sample hedges and do other work in 

 connection with the ornamental grounds there. At the Horticultural Society of 

 Winchester, Ont., he gave an address on " Popular Flowers " on November 2. He 

 Xiresented the report of the Names Committee at the Ontario Horticultural Associa- 

 tion held in Toronto, November 9 to 11. At the Short Course at Maedonald College, 

 February 10 and 11, 1916, he gave an address on " The Improvement of Home Grounds 

 and Work at the Central Experimental Farm." On March 15 he addressed the Toronto 

 Horticultural Society on " Annuals." 



Mr. A. J. Logsdail, Assistant in Plant Breeding, made several journeys to gather 

 material and information for his work. On June 5 he made a trip up the Gatineau 

 Valley for the special purpose of locating plants of the wild blackberry in order later 

 on to cross this with the cultivated varieties to obtain hardier and better sorts. He 

 visited the Experimental Station, Lennoxville, Que., on September 22 to examine 

 material for breeding which was growing there. He attended the meetings of the 

 , Ontario Horticultural Association, Toronto, Ont., on November 10, and on the lltli 

 the meeting of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association, at which he gave an 

 address on " Seed Production." He attended a meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association, Toronto, Ont., on January 20, 1916, and on January 22 addressed the 

 London Branch of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association on " Seed Production 

 for the Market Gardener." 



Ottawa. 



