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of course more of a factor to be consider- 

 ed in future breeding Avork than one to 

 overcome present difficulties with exist- 

 ing varieties. 



Closely allied to the above may be the 

 affinity of one variety for another and 

 pollen production. 



In the foregoing pages the writer has 

 endeavoured to place before the reader a 

 few phases of science as applied to horti- 

 culture in a practical sense. Very simple 

 and elementary it is true, and not at all a 

 scientific treatise such as a scientist would 

 give to his colleagues, but nevertheless a 

 discussion on the practical application of 

 a few scientific findings. 



IIortirultuiL' i^ iioi <inl\ tiie mere grow- 

 ing of fruits, vegetables and flowers; it is 

 a far Iiroader thing. It is the co-ordination 

 and practical application of tlie fund- 

 amental sciences of soil activities and 

 plant growth, and the successful horticul- 

 turist of to-morrow must have not only a 

 knowledge of his species and his varieties, 

 but a clear and working conception of the 

 sciences of soils, plant nutrition, patliolo- 

 gical conditions, the laws of heredity and 

 cytological phenomena, etc., as related to 

 plant growth, and he must further be able 

 to marshal the facts and principles of 

 these sciences in such a manner that he 

 obtains in their practical application the 

 greatest possible commercial efficiency. 



DOMINION APIARIST 

 DROiVNED. 



On Saturday, September 10th, Mr. 

 F. W. L. Sladen. Dominion Apiarist, 

 ^\as drowned in the waters off Duck 

 Island in Lake Ontario. There was 

 no person with Mr. Sladen at the 

 time and it was therefore difficult to 

 obtain any particulars in regard to 

 the circumstances surrounding his 

 death. As the deceased was unable to 

 swim, it is presumed that while bath- 

 ing he stepped from a ledge of rock 

 into deep water and that death oc- 

 curred either from drowning or from 

 heart failure. The body was found 

 some hours later and was brought to 

 Kingston, whence it was removed to 

 Ottawa for burial. The funeral ser- 

 vice was held at the First Congrega- 

 tional Church. Ottawa, on Tuesday. 

 June 13th, at 2.30 p.m. 



Mr. Sladen was born and educated 

 in England, where he early became 

 known as a bee expert. Since coming 

 to Canada in 1912 he has made a spe- 

 cial study rf bee breeding, honey- 

 producing plants and the localities 

 best suited for the bee industrv. He 



aimed to improve the strain of bees 

 and his work was regarded in scien- 

 tific circles as of the highest im- 

 portance. His death is undoubtedly 

 a great loss to agricultural research 

 in Canada. He joined the Canadian 

 Society of Technical Agriculturists 

 in April, 1920, during the organiza- 

 tion period of that Society, and was 

 always interested in its work. 



The deceased was in his 45th year. 

 He is survived by his father in Eng- 

 land, his widow and three children — 

 two sons and a daughter. 



At the funeral service in Ottawa 

 many officials of the Dominion De- 

 partment of Agriculture were pre- 

 sent, including Dr. J. H. Grisdale. 

 Deputy Minister, E. S. Archibald. 

 Director of Experimental Farms. F.' 

 C. Elford. Dr. M. 0. Malte, H. T. 

 Gussow, Dr. C. E. Saunders, Arthur 

 Gibson and W. T. Macoun. The C. S. 

 T. A. was represented by Fred. H. 

 Grindley. General Secretary and 0. 

 C. White. Secretary of the Eastern 

 Ontario Brancli. 



