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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



2. Nature Study in the Garden. 



3. The Influence of Floriculture on Child 

 Life. 



4. The Social and Moral Influence of the 

 Home Surroundings. 



5. Bulb Culture and its Attractions. 



6. The Work of the Horticultural Socie- 

 ties. 



Date. Society. 



March 31 Bowmanville. 



April I Millbrook. 



" 2 Lindsay. 



" 3 Peterboro. 



" 4 Stirling. 



6 Picton. 



" 7 Napanee. 



8 Cardinal. 



" 9 Woodstock. 



Division No. 2. 

 Delegate— Wm. Hunt, O. A. C, Guelph. 

 Subjects: 



1. The Propagation and Care of Window 

 Plants. 



2. Hardy Border Perennials. 



3. Planning and Planting the Home 

 Groimds. 



Date. Society. 



March 30 Toronto Junction. 



" 31 Grimsby. 



April I St. Catharines. 



" 2 Niagara Falls. 



" 3 Hagersville. 



" 6 Tilsonburg. 



" 7 Simcoe. 



8 Port Dover. 



" 9 Aylmer. 



Division No. 3. 



Delegate— T. H. Race, Mitchell. 

 Date. Society. 



March 16 Seaforth. 



" 17 Kincardine. 



" 18 Mount Forest. 



" 19 Walkerton. 



" 20 Owen Sound. 



" 21 Elora. 



" 23 Elmira. 



" 24 Waterloo. 



" 25 Hespeler. 



" 26 Brantford. 



" I'j Paris. 



" 30 Cayuga. 



SPRAY CALENDAR- PART No. 1 



DIRECTIONS FOR TREATMENT OF 

 INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



PROF. WM. LCCHHEAD, 



OF O. A. C, GUELPH. 



• I. Bordeaux Mixture — (For Fungous 

 Diseases). Copper sulphate (bluestone), 

 4 pounds; lime (fresh), 4 pounds ; water, 40 

 gallons. In making this mixture, observe 

 the following precautions and directions : 

 I. LJse nothing but fresh quick-lime. The 

 lime should be slowly slacked by the gradual 

 addition of water. For convenience stock- 



solutions of milk of lime and bluestone 

 should be prepared and kept in different bar- 

 rels in readiness for spraying operations. 

 In barrel No., i, 25 pounds of fresh lime are 

 gradually slaked, and barrel made up to 25 

 gallons of water; in barrel No. 2, 25 lbs. of 

 copper sulphate, or bluestone, are dissolved 

 in 25 gallons of water. For rapid dissolv- 



