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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Our Horticultural Societies will be 

 pleased to learn that arrangements are now- 

 being completed by the Department of Agri- 

 culture for the sending of a lecturer to visit 

 each affiliated society at an early date. 

 We hav-e great expectations of the results 

 that will be gained by the regular visits of 

 such a lecturer, for he will familiarise him- 

 self with the possibilities before such socie- 

 ties, and encourage them in working out 

 the greatest usefulness. Gathering large 

 numbers is not the aim in sending out the 

 lecturers, but rather to gather together the 

 few in each place who wish instruction, if it 

 be only a baker's dozen of people in some- 

 body's parlor. 



For Fertilizing Orchards, says Farm 

 and Home, leguminous plants have great 

 value. The details of their growth, cul- 



tivation and utility should be studied, that 

 we may learn how and when to use the 

 different varieties to best advantage. 

 Their roots penetrate deep into the soil, 

 making it more porous, and decompose 

 more or less of the hardest substances with 

 which they come in contact. The roots also 

 support bacteria which have the power to 

 change the free nitrogen of the air into plant 

 food. The thick epidermis of the leaves 

 prevents rapid evaporation from their sur- 

 face, The heavy foliage shades the ground 

 checking the loss of moisture by the direct 

 action of the sun and wind, at the same time 

 keeping the temperature of the soil at a 

 lower point through the hot months than if 

 clean cultivation was used. 



Mr. Warren H. Manning, in a report 

 recently made to the park commissioners of 



