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form capacity for 600 musicians, and a mam- 

 moth organ, built to order for the Exposi- 

 tion, occupies the centre of the interior. 



The main building will contain general ex- 

 hibits. It is situated about in the centre of 

 the grounds. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



FIELD MICE. 



To THE Editor of the Canadian Hoeticdlturist. 



Dear Sir, — Will tarred felt paper 

 prevent the mice from girdling young 

 fruit trees, or would it injure the trees 

 any } Yours, very truly. 



Subscriber. 

 Toronto, 25th Sept., IS 84. 



Reply. — We have never tried this 

 paper for the purpose mentioned, but 

 believe it would be effectual and would 

 not injure the trees. If you try it, 

 please report your experience. 



WHITE THORN. 



Dear Sir, — As I was out rambling 

 through the woods yesterday, I came 

 across a species of thorn entirely new 

 to me. You will find a small branch 

 enclosed. Please inform through Horti- 

 culturist, and oblige. 



Yours, truly, T. A. Chapman. 

 Echo Heights, Baltimore, Ont. 



We submitted the branch to one of 

 our best Canadian botanists, and re- 

 ceived the following 



Reply. — The spines are longer and 

 more slender, and the leaves slightly 

 deeper cut than usual, but I have no 

 doubt your specimen is a young shoot 

 of cratce'jiLS oxyacantha. With neither 

 flowers or fruit it is difficult to say 

 with absolute certainty, but still I feel 

 confident that it is as I say, a form of 

 the above. Very truly yours, 



T. T. M. Burgess. 

 London, Ontario. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION' OF 

 ONTARIO. 



This meeting was held in the town 

 of Barrie, in the County of Simcoe. It 

 was a new departure this holding of our 

 meeting in any other place than that in 

 which the Provincial Exhibition is 

 being held. The founders of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association thought to secure 

 a larger attendance and a wider repre- 

 sentation, and thereby to accomplish 

 the greater good, by holding the annual 

 meeting in connection with the Agri- 

 cultural and Arts Exhibition. Experi- 

 ence, that greatest of teachers, has 

 shown that hitherto the magnitude of 

 the Provincial Exhibition has quite 

 overshadowed everything else ; that 

 only one evening could be devoted to 

 the objects of our Association, which 

 barely gave time for the i-eading of re- 

 ports, the President's annual address, 

 and the election of officers. No time 

 could be had for eliciting or imparting 

 information, for the discussion of horti- 

 cultural subjects, in short, for the fur- 

 therance of those objects for which the 

 Association exists. 



The meeting at Barrie was a great 

 success. Representative men wf-re pre- 

 sent from all parts of the Province. A 

 varied collection of fruits and flowers 

 was exhibited, especially from the vicin- 

 ity of Barrie, giving an opportunity of 

 ascertaining what attention is being 

 given there to the cultivation of these 

 things, and with what measure of suc- 

 cess. Two days were spent in very 

 pleasant and profitable discussion of 

 topics connected with horticulture and 

 forestry. A short-hand reporter was 

 present to take down the discus.sions 

 and preserve the information thus ob- 

 tained for dissemination through our 

 annual report. 



