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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



air ; hwhv i^oes the chaR and dov n comes 

 the rice. 



Not all the g-athered rice is manufactured. 

 A Iar_i,'-e amount is sold as o^reen rice and is 

 shipped to other points to stock small lakes 

 with rice for the water-fowl, and some is 

 exported for the same purpose. 



Usually six to seven weeks are occupied 

 in the g-atherin^;;- of the crop. 'Tis said that 

 away from its nati\e place that the wild rice 

 is a shy grower, many finding it difficult to 

 get it accustomed to its new surrounding's. 

 After the fall gales in those places in the lake 

 that in summer looked like beautiful mead- 

 ows, not a speck of rice straw is to be seen, 

 it having all gone to the bottom. 



The story is told (of course it was long 



ago, all good stories are of the long ago), 

 of a man who was going up Rice Lake in 

 one oi the barges, who, seeing' the beds or 

 fields of rice, asked what it was. On being 

 told it was rice growing- in water he sup- 

 posed that they were g-uying- him and in- 

 sisted on the barge going into the edge of 

 the field so he might show them he was not 

 as green as the stuff, for he would walk on 

 that elegant meadow as fast as the old tub 

 could g'o. He made the essay and was 

 right glad to have a hand to help him on 

 board. While still dripping and the water 

 running down his face he was heard to say, 

 " Who'd have thought it was so deceitful." 



Dr. H.arrison. 



Keene. 



San Josii Scau:. — The Committee, sent 

 by our Association, interv^iewed the Hon. 

 John Dryden on the 2nd of February. 

 There were present Messrs. Murray Pettit, 

 Winona, Chairman ; W. M. Orr, Fruitland, 

 -Major Hiscott, ex-M. P. P., Niagara; Dr. 

 jessop, M. P. P., St. Catharines, and Mr. 

 George E. Fisher, Freeman, the Govern- 

 ment inspector. 



The following recommendations were sub- 

 mitted by the deputation : 



( 1 ) That a system of inspection be carried 

 K^Vi in all suspected districts, with a limited 

 number of suitable assistants. 



(2) That every grower in suspected dis- 

 tricts be required to inspect his own trees 

 during the months of November and Decem- 

 ber in each year, and to report to the in- 

 spector, not later than the ist day of January 

 following, on suitable blank forms to be fur- 

 nished, that the work has been carefullv 

 performed, together with a statement of the 

 condition of the orchard at the time of in- 

 spection. 



(3) That as the work of treatment is still 

 in an experimental stage the Government 

 should make suitable material, both whale 



oil soap and crude petroleum, a\ailable to 

 the people on the same terms as supplied to 

 growers last year. 



(4) That in isolated sections wherethe scale 

 is found to a very limited extent the treat- 

 ment of the trees be carried on by and at 

 the expense of the Government under the 

 direction of the inspector. 



(5) That with regard to nursery stock, the 

 most careful measures be continued to pro- 

 perly protect the purchaser from the infesta- 

 tion from this source, and to this end all 

 fumigation be done under the supervision of 

 the Government, and official certificates be 

 issued to accompany each shipment. 



Hon. John Dryden, in reply, said he was 

 anxious to do all he could for the fruit- 

 growers. He suggested that in order to 

 secure the enforcement of precautionary 

 measures the association appoint a commit- 

 tee of three to co-operate with the depart- 

 ment, particularly in the placing of suitable 

 spraying material within the reach of the 

 public. It is probable that some action will 

 be taken at the Legislature this session to 

 prevent the further spread of the scale. 



