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MONSTER MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Space has been allotted the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for a great garden map 

 of the United States, of about two acres in 

 extent. The different state laws will be 

 marked by walks of red gravel, so that from 

 the Agricultural Building this map would 

 be like a bird's-eye view of the United 

 States ; and a visitor walking on the paths, 

 would, so far as vegetation is concerned, be 

 walking through the country. This will 

 certainly be a novel exhibit. 



The report of the Western Horticultural 

 Society for 1901-2 is to hand, and its en- 

 larged size shows the progress and growth 



of this young society, which has now been 

 five years in existence. Among the inter- 

 esting papers read we noticed one on the 

 "Judging of Vegetables and Roots," which 

 we hope to publish next summer in time to 

 be of use to our societies at the time of their 

 flower and vegetable shows. Mr. Melvin 

 Bartlett, Box 438, Winnipeg, is the Secre- 

 tary. 



Mr. C. M. Webster, of Hamilton, in 

 speaking of the adaptability of our climate 

 for rose-growing, says : 



" There are after all but few who realize 

 the possibilities of rose culture in Canada. 

 We have received glowing accounts of rose 

 growing in the Maritime provinces and from 

 Newfoundland, where by reason of the cod 



