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following syllabus :—(l) History and botanical matter; (2) Importance and extent of 

 of cultivation ; (3) Soils and fertilizers suitable ; (4) Propagation ; (5) Culture and 

 general management; (6) Harvesting; (7) Packing and marketing; (8) Storing; (9) 

 Varieties grown. 



3. — Landscape Gardkning. 



Location of buildings ; making and care of law as ; kinds, aniingement, and care of 

 trees, shrubs, vines, hedges, and flower beds ; course and construction of walks and drives ; 

 general surroundings. 



4. —Arboriculture. 



Importance of forests ; their effect on climate ; diff-rent kinds of trees ; their occurence, 

 habits and uses ; where trees should be planted ; raising trees from seed ; planting 

 operations ; transplanting large trees ; care and management of trees, with a view to 

 ornament, shelter, and economy. 



5. — Floriculture. 



Soil for house plants ; methods of potting ; propogation of plants ; effect of atmosphere, 

 temperature and light on plants ; watering ; trimming and training ; treatment of frozen 

 plants ; resting plants ; kinds of plants suitable for window or conservatory ; hanging 

 baskets; rockeries; flowerbeds; etc.; arrangement of plants for effect. 



The Annual and Winter Meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association will be held in Orillia, in the Town Hall, beginning on Tuesday 

 evening the 4th December, at 8 o'clock, with an illustrated lecture on Fungi, 

 by Prof. J. H. Panton, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Papers 

 will be read and addresses made by prominent fruit growers from every part of 

 Ontario. The meetings will be continued throughout Wednesday, Thursday, 

 and Friday, beginning at i t a.m. ; 2 and 8 p.m. All sessions are open to every 

 one — ladies or gentlemen — interested in fruit growing. Prof. Beach, of Geneva 

 Experiment Station ; Professors Craig and Fletcher, of Central Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa ; Prof. Hutt, of O. A. C, Guelph ; Mr. James, Deputy Minister 

 of Agriculture, Toronto, and others, are expected to be present. 



Numerous papers will be contributed by members of our Association for 

 publication in our report, and the most of them will be read and discussed at 

 this meeting. Programmes will be ready soon, and may be had from the 

 Secretary, (kimsby. 



There will be no public meetings until Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, when 

 the lecture above mentioned will be given. On Wednesday and following days 

 the public sessions will open at 10.30 a.m., thus giving time for committee meet- 

 ings in the morning. 



The Board of Control of Experiment Stations will meet on Tuesday after- 

 noon at 2 o'clock. The Directors of the Association will meet on Wednesday 

 morning at nine o'clock, and arrange for details of programme and considering 

 report of Experiment Stations. 



