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season, but the plum and cherry crop was almost a failure and hence 

 no experiments could be made. 



As this fungus works very much as Apple Scab there is no reason 

 why the fungicides for that disease should not prove effective. But 

 treatment should begin soon after the petals have fallen, and should be 

 continued till nearly the ripenmg period." 



In addi'ion to the remedies recommended by Prof. Pammel I 

 would suggest the use of a weak solution of copper sul[jhate, say i oz. 

 in 25 gallons of water. 



I shall be glad to receive any additional data regarding the pro- 

 gress and life-history of this fungus. It is of special importance to 

 fruit growers in the Ottawa Valley where we are debarred b) climatic 

 conditions from growing many of the Pninu<; doinestica family of 

 plums bearing fruit of finer quality but less vigorous and hardy in 

 constitution. 



It may be mentioned that this is a new disease and although it 

 has received considerable attention from economic botanists during the 

 last three or four years was only described by Felix von Thiimen in 

 1887. 



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ORNITHOLOGY. 



Edited by A. G. Kingston. 



Snow Birds. — The first Snow birds of the season were seen on 

 the 24th October, when a large nock of about 200 alighted on the 

 Experimental Farm. Another flock was noticed by Mr. John Craig at 

 St. Hubert, Que., on the 22nd October. — J. F. 



Native Song Birds. — Mr. Charles Hughes, who has been 

 spending the summer at Wakefield, in the Laurentian Hills has been 

 studying our native song birds. He has promised to send us soon 

 some notes on between 20 and 30 species which he has observed. He 

 kept many of them round his house by feeding them with seeds of 

 different kinds. For this purposi; he sowed a large quantity of Sun- 

 flower, Millet, Hemp, and Canary-seed, and the pleasing result has been 

 that many kinds seldom seen, have stayed around his residence through- 



