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The Proposed Bill regarding the 

 San Jose' scale to be brought before the 

 American Congress is still more restric- 

 tive than the one advocated for Canada 

 by this Journal. Not only are all trees, 

 scions, plants and buds from foreign 

 countries to be subjected to rigid quar- 

 antine, but they cannot even be moved 

 from one state to another without a cer- 

 tificate from the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, and if found infected, dealt with 

 at the expense of the owner. The 

 American nurserymen are indignant 

 with the terms proposed. We think 

 the least that our country could do 

 would be to enact that no trees, plants, 

 buds, scions or fruits be allowed to 

 enter the Dominion, unless accompa- 

 nied by a certificate from the Secretary 

 of Agriculture for the U. S., or from the 

 State Entomologist, that they are free 

 from the San Jose scale. 



Our Energetic Me.mber at Simcoe, 

 Mr. H. H. Groff, who writes so fre- 

 quently for these pages, has received 

 an honor, which is well merited. A 

 prominent and wealthy U. S. scientific 

 hybridist has offered him a partnership 

 in a very important line of scientific 

 experiment. Such men as Mr. Groflf 

 are a credit to Ontario, for their enter- 

 prise in originating new varieties. 



Canada as a Fruit Country was 

 the subject of an address by Mr. John 

 Craig before the Field Naturalists' Club 

 at Ottawa, on Thursday evening, March 

 nth. The whole Dominion was touched 

 upon and special emphasis was laid upon 

 the capabilities of the Province of Onta- 

 rio. He stated that the total area in 

 orchard, garden and vineyard in Ontario 

 is 320,122 acres. There are about seven 

 million bearing apple trees and about 



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