IRISH GARDENING. 



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" Under the direction of Mr. W. C. McKilliean 

 and his gardener the party inspected the Brandon 

 Farm, where some interesting tests in the culture 

 of Tomatoes were lieing carried on. ... In the 

 orchard a number of clierries, phuns and apples 

 were seen to be giving fair satisfaction and 

 proving sufficiently hardy for the western pro- 

 vinces. The Sand Cherry and Japanese hybrid 

 produced by Professor Hansen were bearing fairly 

 abundantly. 



" The Mammoth Plum, a production of Mr. 

 A. P. Stevenson, a seedling of the Cheney, was 



deciduous and coniferous tree seedlings by the 

 million for prairie farms, and he deserves credit 

 for the remarkable way in which he has developed 

 a treeless prairie farm into a place of great 

 beauty. Some of the outstanding varieties of 

 trees for prairie planting are Black Bill's Spruce. 

 Siberian Larch, Lodgepole and Scotch Pine. ..." 



At the conclusion of the Convention it was 

 decided that the following facts had been empha- 

 sised : — 



" 1. That the horticulture of the Great Plains 

 Region is one of international importance, and the 



Erigeron Quakeress. 

 Flowers light mauve. 



foiuid to be perfectly hardy and bearing well. 

 Two of the hardiest apples were Osman and 

 Columbia. One of the lilac giving best satisfac- 

 tion was the villosa lilac (Syringa villosa), which 

 was seen in the arboretum at the farm. 



" At the Experimental Farm at Indian Head 

 the party, under the direction of Superintendent 

 McKenzie and Professor Macoun, spent a profit- 

 able morning in the gardens, orchards and 

 arboretum, and compared the relative hardiness 

 at this point of the various types and varieties 

 as they had done at Brandon the day before. 



" A visit to the Forestry Station, where Mr. 

 Norman Ross, Superintendent, took charge of the 

 party, was of special value to those interested in 

 beautifying the farm homes of the Prairie Pro- 

 vinces. At this station Mr. Ross is producing 



problem can best be solved by co-operative and 

 co-ordinated effort. 



" 2. That the work of developing fruit and vege- 

 tables for this region is a problem that will require 

 long periods of time and is a problem that should 

 receive the support of governments and public 

 bodies. 



" :i. That this region is capable of great horticul- 

 tural possibilities. 



" 4. That these annual gatherings are an excel- 

 lent means of arousing a widespread interest in 

 this question." 



We reproduce the above to show the importance 

 attached to horticulture in the great Dominion 

 of Canada. Nearer home, in Great Britain, horti- 

 culture is booming, and both practical and scien- 

 tific men are liending to the task of developing 



