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Canadian Forestry journal, June, 1919 



"I firmly believe that the method employed at 

 Berthier will give quick results and the loss of 

 individual trees is very small. Naturally if there 

 are any dangers of fire the brush will increase 

 the chances of same. 



"The average number of trees shipped from 



the nursery during the last five years is about^ 

 500.000 and the present stock of the nursery 

 is placed at 4,750,000, of which 3'/2 millionsj 

 are spruces, half a million Scotch pines and the^ 

 remainder consisting of various soft and hard 

 woods." 



BEAUTFYING QUEBEC SCHOOL GROUNDS 



By T. C. Bunting, B.S.A., Professor of Horticulture. 



The school grounds of many of the rural 

 schools of the Province of Quebec as well as in 

 the other provinces are anything but attractive. 

 They have been considered simply from the 

 standpoint of a yard or playground and have 

 been kept free of flowers, shrubs and trees, with 

 few exceptions, and the buildings themselves 

 are often plain and unattractive. Here and 

 there through the country are school grounds 

 that have been attractively planted with native 

 trees and shrubs taken from the woods or with 

 plants purchased from a nurseryman. The 

 school teacher and pupils as well as the parents 

 can aid do take a greater pride in the country 

 school where it is attractively laid out with 

 trees, shrubs, vines and flowers, without these 

 interfering with the space set aside as a play- 

 ground. That school children will respect and 

 help care for these plants has been demonstrated 

 many times where these plantings have been 

 made. 



The Horticultural Department of Macdonald 

 Colleere has undertaken some work in this re- 



spect and has been growmg trees, shrubs, vines 

 and perennial flowers with a view to planting 

 reoresentative school grounds in various parts 

 of the province. An offer is made to the school 

 commissioners to provide them with a quantity)|^ 

 of plants for this purpose free of cost. Thfi 

 commissioners are asked to forward a sketch oflli 

 the school grounds, buildings, trees or any 

 landmarks on the property and from this sketch 

 a planting plan will be drawn to scale sug- 

 gesting the position that the different plants 

 should be placed in. The school commission is 

 also asked to pay express charges on the ship 

 ment and to take care of the planting accord 

 ing to the plan and directions forwarded with 

 the plaji and directions forwarded with the 

 the shipment. Visits v/ill be made from time 

 to time to these school grounds and instructions 

 given as to the future care of the plants and 

 assistance will also be given in pruning them 

 and where necessary plants will be replaced. 



Already a number of school grounds have 

 been planted under this arrangement. 



SCHOOL PLANTING IN SASKATCHEWAN 



By Augustus H. Ball, M.A., LL.B., Deputy Minister of Education. 



It has been the policy of the Department of. 

 Education for many years to encourage the 

 planting of trees and shrubs on school grounds 

 in Saskatchewan In 1915, when two directors 

 of School Agriculture were appointed, arrange- 

 ments were made with the superintendent of 

 the Forest Nursery Station, Indian Head, where- 

 by any school district, whose grounds were re- 

 ported by the directors as having satisfactorily 

 cultivated, would receive a large number of 

 young trees of varieties suitable for shelter- 

 bels or ornamental planting Since that time 

 about 300 districts have been supplied with ap- 



proximately 800 trees each, and in most case? 

 the trees are well looked after and consequent!} 

 a considerable improvement in the appearance 

 of the school grounds has been effected. 



To successfully develop a good shelter-bel' 

 on the prairies of this province is not an easj 

 matter and thorough preparation of the grounc 

 is absolutely essential. Very careful summer 

 fallowing is necessary and no trees are sent ou 

 until the superintendent of the Forest Statioi 

 is assured that such preparation of the soil ha^ 

 been given. 





