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are difficult and uncertain, but so re- 

 markably fine that the Committee could 

 not refrain from mentioning them. 



John B. Moore, 

 April 5th, 1884. Chairman of Committee. 



THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. 

 The United States Congress has au- 

 thorized a loan of one million of dollars 

 to the International Exposition to be 

 held all next winter at New Orleans. 

 This Exposition promises- to be the 

 largest exhibition of the industrial re- 

 sources and products of the world ever 

 held in this country. The main build- 

 ing covers 33 acres, afibrding 1,056,300 

 square feet of ground, or 1,215,000 feet 

 of exhibiting space, a larger area than 

 that of the main building and machinery 

 hall combined at Philadelphia in 1876. 

 All the Southern States have applied 

 for space, except Kentucky, and a bill 

 is now before the Legislature of that 

 State, providing for a grand display of 

 its resources there. Twenty Northern 

 and Western States and Territories have 

 already secured space, and others are 

 making arrangements to be represented. 

 Fourteen foreign Governments have de- 

 clared their intention to take part in 

 the display, and a large ai'ea has been 

 applied for by foreign firms and indi- 

 viduals. 



The applications from American ex- 

 hibitors alone already call for more 

 sj)ace than was occupied by similar ex- 

 hibits at Philadelphia. The Live Stock 

 Department will ti'anscend anything of 

 the kind ever seen in this country. In 

 the Horticultural Department the pre- 

 miums will amount to over 020,000, 

 besides gold, silver and bronze medals. 

 Arrangements have been made for 

 experimental gardens, in which growing 

 crops, such as cotton, sugar, jute, to- 

 bacco, etc., will be shown. Quantities 

 of evergreens from nurseries North and 

 South will embellish the grounds. 

 Mexico has appropriated §200,000 for 



the Exposition, and many of the States 

 of that Republic have appropriated 

 $5,000 each, to display their special re- 

 sources, while all the Central American 

 States are taking great interest in the 

 show. Never has there been seen so 

 vast and varied a display of manufac- 

 tured goods as that which will delight 

 and instruct visitors to the Crescent 

 City next winter, while the exhibition 

 of minerals from foreign coimtries and 

 our mining States and Territories will 

 be the most extensive ever witnessed. 

 Is Canada not to be represented at 

 this Exhibition ? Surely Canada can 

 not afford to let such an opportunity 

 for advertising her productions to go 

 unimproved. 



GAS TAR V. MEALY BUG. 

 Seeing a little controversy lately on 

 gas tar as a remedy for mealy bug, I 

 venture to give my experience of its 

 use on vines infested with that pest. 

 In my case it proved successful. About 

 nine years ago, on taking charge of a 

 garden, I found four vineries infested 

 with bug, two very badly, the fruit 

 then hanging being literally full of the 

 pest and quite unfit for table. As soon 

 as I could clear all the fruit ofi" I had 

 the houses well cleaned, working tur- 

 pentine into all the crevices of the 

 woodwork and trellis ; the Vines were 

 washed and scrubbed and then painted 

 with the usual clay mixture, but my 

 enemy showed itself in force again next 

 season. I then tried the following 

 recipe for its destruction, viz., petro- 

 leum and .spirits of wine ; this was used 

 on the Vines in one house and killed 

 them nearly to the ground level ; they, 

 however, broke strongly from below 

 and soon made headway. Now, I 

 thought I had at least got rid of the pest, 

 but not so ; it showed itself again in 

 numbers, which I contrived to keep in 

 check and from spoiling the bunches by 

 constant watching and the use of Fir- 



