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 THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen : — 



" It is again my pleasant duty to welcome you to this the secoDd winter 

 meeting of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants. It is exceedingly 

 gratifying to note the increasing interest in the work of this Society, not 

 only by our own members but also by the public. Several new members 

 have been added to our list during the year, and these no doubt will con- 

 tribute materially to the valuable work that is being done. 



" I stated in my address last year that a Society such as ours cannot 

 hope to bring about in a year or tvvo any marked change in the mode or 

 treatment of plants whereby they will be better protected against fungous 

 diseases and insect pests, for the education of the general public is at best a 

 slow process. Many years of constant work, repeated over and over again, 

 will be required before the results of our labours can be readily seen. 

 We may not live to see the time when the best methods will be generally 

 practised throughout this province, but if we do our duty faithfully and 

 well we may leave the world with the happy assurance that our successors 

 will see the fruits of our labours as well as theirs. 



"Since our last winter meeting, a summer meeting was held at La Trappe 

 in August. Unfortunately^ I was unable to be present owing to pressing 

 duties that prevented me from leaving Ste. Anne's. I was informed, how- 

 ever, that those of our members present on that occasion had a pleasant and 

 profitable meeting. 



" It is with pleasure that I refer to the warm tokens of appreciation 

 with which our First Annual Report was received. The members of the 

 Pomological Society look upon it as satisfying a long-felt want, and they 

 were very pleased to have it bound along with their own report. As you 

 are aware, considerable attention was given to the chief fungous diseases 

 and insect pests of the orchard, concerning which many of our orchardists 

 were desirous of the latest information. I am sure it is the wish of the 

 members of this Soeietj^ that the fruit-growers will find in our future reports 

 that sort of information that will enable them to cope with the enemies that 

 svork so much destruction and loss. 



"The vegetable growers and the florists have also heard of our Society, 

 and they, too, are asking for help along similar lines. Accordingly, some of 

 the articles in the forthcoming report will deal with the pests of the garden 

 and the greenhouse. 



