February, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Manitoba 



J. A. Neilson, Manitoba Agricultural 



College, Winnipeg. 



The Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry 

 Association will hold their joint annual 

 convention at the Manitoba Agricultural 

 College on February 17th and 18th, 1916. 

 The convention this year promises to be a 

 very interesting one, as experts of the vari- 

 ous branches of horticulture will be present 

 to contribute to the success of the pro- 

 gramme. Mr. Robson Black, Secretary of 

 the Canadian Forestry Association, will 

 provide an illustrated lecture on Forestry 

 Problems. Mr. Norman Ross, Chief of Tree 

 Planting Division, Forestry Station at In- 

 dian Head; Mr. A. P. Stevenson, of Mor- 

 den; Dr. H. M. Speechly, of Pilot Mound; 

 Mr. J. J. Ring, of Crystal City, and other 

 leading horticulturists are expected to take 

 part in the programme. Representatives 

 are expected from Neepawa, Souris, Pilot 

 Mound, Stonewall, Killarney, Dauphin, 

 Brandon and other Societies. The discus- 

 .sions on the programme, and the exchange 

 of views and experiences by the delegates 

 from the different sections will doubtless 

 provide a considerable stimulus to the 

 growing interest in the work of Horticul- 

 ture and Forestry in Manitoba. The vari- 

 ous local societies have already done good 

 work, but much more remains to be done. 

 The following is a provisional pro- 

 gramme: — 



Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 17th. 

 WOMEN'S MEETING. 



1 p.m. — Inspection of buildings and green- 

 houses. 



2 p.m. — Invocation. 



Paper — "The test of house plants and how 

 to comfort them" — Miss Barbara Stratton, 

 Stonewall, Man. 



Paper— Mrs. S. E. Clarke, 325 Vaughan 

 St., Winnipeg. 



Address — "The Farmer's Vegetable and 

 Fruit Garden" — President J. B. Reynolds. 



Illustrated lecture — "What Bees do with 

 Flowers" — R. M. Muckle, Lecturer in Bee- 

 keeping, Manitoba Agricultural College. 



Addres.s — -"Vegetables as health pre- 

 servers" — Miss Ethel M. Eadie, Prof, of 

 Household Science, Manitoba Agricultural 

 College. 



Illustrated lecture — "Birds in their rela- 

 tion to Horticulture"— Dr. H. M. Speechly, 

 Pilot Mound, Man. 



Thursday Evening. 



7.30 p.m. — Business Meeting — appointing 

 committees, receiving reports from local so- 

 cieties, draughting resolutions. 

 Friday Morning. 



9.30 a.m. — Demonstrations in preparation 

 of spray mixtures — .1. A. Neilson, Assistant 



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