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mounted as you see them together with all the information possible to 

 collect, bearing on the economical fertilization, coTrect methods of culti- 

 vation and suitability for special crops. This may appear ai stupendous 

 task, but in reality it could be very easily carried into effect by securing 

 the co-operation of the farmers themselves as honorary collectors of soil 

 samples. The classification and analytical portion of the work could be 

 carried out by the Department sufficientlv promptly to enable the prevailing 

 types in several districts being published every year. 



As an assistant to the important problem of closer settlement, I venture 

 to say that the work outlined would be of immense value to the State in 

 placing people on the land under conditions which would permit of its 

 affording them an income proportionate to the amount of skill and energy 

 brought to bear upon it. 



The Convention Papers will be continued in tlie September number. 



GARDEN NOTES. 



/. Croniri. I us feci or Vegetation Diseases Acts. 



The Violet and the Pansy. 



The garden forms of violet and pansv have been derived from Viola, 

 a genus of dwarf plants, mostly perennial in growth, species of which 



VIOLET, SINGLE FLOWERED. 



PRINCESS OF WALES. 



lave been found native in many parts of the world. There is a great 

 number of species of violas, but only a few are cultivated except in 

 botanical collections. All are low growing plants, and naturally occur 

 in cool and shadv situations. 



