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49. The True and False in Arboriculture William Robb. 



50. The Mills of West Fork J. Jenkins, Winona, O. 



51. Individual Effort in Preserving and Propagating Trees, 



Dr. Reginald A. D. King, Compton, Que. 



52. Profitable Forest Culture C. E. Thorne, Springfield, 0. 



53. What to Plant for Forest Trees, for Groves and for Wind-Breaks, 



8uel Foster, Muscatine, Iowa. 



54. Canada's Forests, and her Future as a Steel Producer, 



Edward Haycock, Ottawa, Ont. 



55. Cliraatological Range and Geographical Distribution of Forests, and the Cli- 



mates Favourable to Them . .J. Beaufort Hurlbert, LL.D., Ottawa, Ont. 



56. Plan of Instruction in an American School of Forestry, 



Prof. Adolph Leue, Cincinnati, O. 



57. The Relation of Forests to Agriculture, 



A. G. Humphrey, M.D., Galesburg, 111. 



58. Forestry from a Hygienic Standpoint. . . .Henry Howard, M.D., Montreal. 



59. Some Notes and Remarks on the Denudation of Our Forests, 



G. L. Marler, Montreal. 



60. How the Forest of the Eastern Townships was Broken Up — -A Brief 



History Rev. T. W. Fyles, Montreal. 



61. " Woodman Spare the Tree " — The Forestry of the Niagara Section, 



J. R. Martin, Cayuga, Ont. 



At the conclusion of the preliminary business the Congress proceeded with the read- 

 ing and discussion of papers, which occupied the remainder of the afternoon. 



In the evening a meeting was held in the Queen's Hall, which was well-filled with 

 an appreciative audience, including a large number of ladies. 



The platform was tastefully decorated with rare potted plants in full bloom, and 

 upon the table were ranged bouquets of choice exotics. In a conspicuous position behind 

 the President's chair was the legend " Woodman, Spare the Tree," and on either side of 

 this inscription were shields bearing the words " American Forestry Congress, 1882," 

 and surrounded by the American and English flags entwined together in a manner em- 

 blamatic of the friendly union existing between the two nations. While the audience 

 were taking their seats music was discoursed by the City Band. 



The Chairman, in opening the meeting, said the duty which had been imposed upon 

 him was a most pleasant one. He was called upon to welcome and offer the freedom of 

 the city to the gentlemen who had come to Montreal for the purpose of discussing ques- 

 tions of great importance, not only to the Dominion of Canada but to the whole continent 

 of America. He would merely briefly introduce to the meeting those gentlemen who 

 were now on a visit to the city, and he hoped they would receive a hearty welcome from 

 all the citizens of Montreal. 



The Hon. Mr. Joly was first called upon to address the meeting. He said that the 

 task which had been allotted to him was a pleasant one ; that task was to welcome their 

 friends, for he called friends all those men who were united together in what he would 

 attempt to show was a great cause, and a cause that deserved the sympathy of all. He 

 was glad to be called upon to welcome those men ; those who came from the United 

 States, and those who came from Ontario, New Brunswick, and all the other Provinces. 

 He might also say that the Government of the Province of Ontario took a deep interest 

 in the subject of Forestry, and had deputed four men of experience on this subject to re- 

 present it at the meeting. He was particularly glad to see so many ladies present, which 

 afforded ample evidence that the question was one of great interest, and not so prosaic 

 as generally supposed, and he would endeavour to treat it in a manner wortliy of his fair 

 auditors. It was customary for the Chairman at such a meeting as this to explain in a 

 few words the object of the meeting. This meeting was held, he might say, in the inter- 

 ests of Forestry. Now, what did Forestry mean 1 He knew that in the Province of 

 Quebec, in the land of forests, so to speak, this question was not one which awakened a 

 very powerful echo in the hearts of its inhabitants. Time was when we thought that we 



