SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 



of the 



QUEBEC SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF PLANTS. 



Report of First Summer Outing. 



Article 16 of the constitution and by-laws of the Quebec Society for the 

 Protection of Plants provides that a summer excursion of the Society, for 

 the purpose of studying any unusual outbreaks of disease or insect pests, 

 and for collecting, shall be held during the month of August, the day and 

 place of meeting to be decided upon by the Council. 



The first summer outing of the kind was held on Wednesday, August 

 25th, 1909, at the Reverend Trappist Fathers' Agricultural Institute and 

 Farm at La Trappe, Que. The following members of the Society were 

 present : — 



Messrs. G. Dimitriou, La Trappe. 



O. E. Dallaire, St. Hyacinthe. 



Rev. Father Edouard, La Trappe. 



Peter Reid, Chateauguay Basin. 



J. M. Swaine, ]\Iacdonald College. 



Rev. Bro. Liguori, La Trappe. 



Dr. W. Grignon, Ste. Adele. 



J. C. Chapais, St. Denis de la Bouteillerie. 



H. Nagant. Quebec City. 



Douglas "Weir, Macdonald College. 



The forenoon was spent in searching the orchards, vineyards, vegetable 

 gardens and adjacent woodlands for injurious insects and fungi, resulting 

 in but few noxious forms being found, which speaks well for the excellent 

 work being accomplished by the silent monks of Oka. 



