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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



shrubs and other plants as may be deemed ad- 

 visable. Such regulations shall come into effect 

 and have the force of law after publication in two 

 successive issues of The Onta^-io Gazette. 



4. Every municipal council adopting this Act 

 shall in and by the by-law adopting the same ap- 

 point one or more inspectors whose duties it shall 

 be to inspect all orchards and to enforce the pro- 

 visions of this Act and the regulations made 

 thereunder, and to report upon the same to the 

 council. 



5. In case the occupant or the owner of any lot 

 neglects or refuses to comply with this Act or 

 with any regulations made thereunder, the In- 

 spector may cause the necessary work to be done, 

 and shall within ten days make a report in writ- 

 ing to the Council stating the amount of the cost 

 thereof, and the Council may thereupon direct 

 that this amount or such part thereof as may ap- 

 pear to them equitable, shall be entered upon the 

 collector's roll against svtch owner and shall be 

 collected in the same manner as other taxes. 



6 Immediately upon the passing of a by-law by 

 any municipal council for bringing this Act into 

 force, the said council shall cause to be delivered 

 to the occupant or owner of every lot affected, a 

 printed copy of this Act and of the regulations 

 made thereunder, together with a copy of the by- 

 law and the name and address of the Inspector 

 appomted to enforce the Act. 



7. Any person interfering with the Inspector, 

 or attempting to hinder or prevent him in the en- 

 forcing of this Act, shall, upon conviction there- 

 of, before any of Her Majesty's Justices of the 

 Peace, be subject to a fine of not less that one 

 dollar nor more than twenty dollars, and in de- 

 fault of payment of the same to be imprisoned in 

 the common jail for the period of not less than 

 ten days, nor more than twenty days. 



Errata.— On pag-e 213, Fig-. 1820, shows 

 Nig-ht Blooming Cereus, by mistake, credited 

 to R. Jenning-s, should read " grown by W. 

 C. Young-," who also photographed the pic- 

 ture. 



Black Knot of the Plum and rotting of 

 the fruit have been found to be amenable 

 to regular and thorough spraying in the 

 orchards of the Hatch Experimental Sta- 

 tion, Mass., with the result that most of the 

 fruit has been saved, and the black knots 

 few. Our native plum trees are reported 



curculio proof, many of the varieties im- 

 mensely productive ; the fruit buds never 

 winter killed ; fruit not injured by brown 

 rot ; though inferior to the best European 

 and Japanese, some varieties are of good 

 quality and especially valuable for cooking; 

 the trees not subject to black knot, but they 

 are sometimes attacked by leaf-curl and the 

 plum-pocket fungus. 



D. W. Beadle. 

 307 Given's St., Toronto. 



The San Jose Scale Act has been amend- 

 ed by the Ontario Legislature so as to per- 

 mit of the treatment of the infested trees 

 under regulations made by Order-in-Coun- 

 cil. This is also in compliance with the re- 

 commendations of our committee, in view of 

 the excellent results obtained by the use of 

 whale oil soap for the destruction of the 

 Scale. The following is a copy of an Order- 

 in-Council approved by His Honor the 

 Lieutenant Governor, the 25th day of April, 

 A. D., 1900 : 



Upon the recommendation of the Honorable the 

 Minister of Agriculture, the Committee of Coun- 

 cil advise that for the purpose of preventing the 

 further spread of the San Jose Scale, the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture be authorized under the San 

 Jose Act, 190O; to furnish owners of Scale infested 

 orchards that are adjacent to such infestation, 

 with whale oil soap suitable for spraying in bar- 

 rel lots, at one half its cost, including freight, 

 (being one and three-fourths cents per pound) on 

 the following conditions, namely, that applicants 

 agree : 



1 . To properly prune and prepare their trees 

 for treatment. 



2. To apply the soap under instructions to be 

 given by the inspector in charge. 



3. To make application to the Chief Inspector 

 or such other person as may be named by the 

 Department, stating the number and kind of 

 trees to be treated. 



4. To prepay the cost of the soap as per terms 

 above stated. 





