THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURIST. 



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mulant on the rninds of our people and 

 done more for forestry than anything else 

 could have done. In growing that tree 

 people will learn how easy it is to grow 

 forest trees ; ihey will naturally take to 

 the cultivation of more valuable trees, 

 such as' black walnut, butternut, elm, oak, 

 ash, pine, spruce, tamarac, &c., according 

 to the nature of the soil and other cir- 

 cumstances. 



I think we can look, if not with pride, at 

 least without shame, on the results of our 

 first year's work ; we have certainly got 

 somethinj^ to show for our money, twelve 

 dollars — total receipts up to date. 



You have doubtless heard that it is pro- 

 posed to hold next year, an International 

 forestry Exhibition at Edinburgh. I hope 

 you will take this important matter into 

 consideration, as it is one in which we, as 

 a Forestry Association, and the whole 

 Dominion, are deeply interested. 



Mr. J. C. Chapais announced that 

 he had brought out a book on forestry 

 entitled " Illustrated Guide to Cana- 

 dian Tree Culture," which be hoped 

 would be of benefit to the cause, and 

 especially in the education of the young. 



Mr. Win. Little said that he had re- 

 ceived a copy of the woi'k, which was 

 a very valuable one. 



Mr. J. X. Perrault referred to the 

 great importance of education in the 

 matter of forestry, and expressed the 

 hope that the association would en- 

 courage the distribution of forestry 

 literature throughout tlie Province. He 

 would like to know, from the Minister 

 of Crown Lands, if his department in- 

 tended taking any steps to assure a pro- 

 pel- distribution of forests into districts, 

 so that the cutting of the forests should 

 be done systematically, and that when 

 one portion was cut the lumbermen 

 should not return to that district for 

 say twenty years, when it would be re- 

 stored. This was the system followed 

 in Europe and he thought steps should 

 be taken to procure the same here. 



THE COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS, 



Hon. Mr. Lynch, in reply, said that the 



progress that had been made in forestry 

 matters since last year must prove a 

 source of the greatest encouragement 

 and satisfaction to the members of the 

 society, and especially to the president, 

 Hon. Mr. Joly, who had gone to much 

 trouble. He did not think that persons 

 generally realized the difficulties that 

 attended the foundation of this society 

 and the establishment of what was 

 known as " Arbor Day." When the 

 idea of having such a day was inaugu- 

 rated he himself had thought there was 

 very little in it, that it was more of an 

 idea that would never become a reality. 

 Practical experience had, however, 

 shown him tliat it was a reality which 

 could not fail to be the source of much 

 future good to the country. There had 

 been not a few difficulties attending the 

 inauguration of such a day, but he was 

 glad to be able to say that from one 

 end of the Province to the other a be- 

 ginning had been made, and not only 

 in the large cities and districts, but 

 also in the smaller hamlets and villages, 

 had the day been celebrated with much 

 success. This, he was pleased to notice, 

 was one of the results of that combined, 

 associated effort tliat had led to the 

 foundation of this Association, and to 

 the adoption of legislation regarding 

 the protection and separation of our 

 timber and colonization lands. He 

 firmly believed that the latter was one 

 of those pieces of legislation that would 

 be of great good to the country. The 

 object of the legislation in question 

 was in the direction to which Mr. Per- 

 rault had referred. He had only occu- 

 pied, he might say, the position of 

 Minister of Crown Lands for a few 

 months, but in this short period lie had 

 learnt that it was a most responsible 

 position and upon it depended very 

 greatly the future prosperity of this 

 province. He thought that they should 

 protect their natural resources ; about 

 all that they had now was their forests, 



