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Canadian I-urcstry Journal. March, ig20 



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A block of 70,000 Caragana trees in the C,P.R. Nurseries at Wolseley, Saskatchewan. These are 

 in their third season and were developed from seed. 



Horticultural Work of the 

 Canadian Pacific 



By) F. A. IV. Boyd, C.P.R. Forestry Branch, Wolselsey, Sask- 



The Canadian Pacific Railway in 

 the past fourteen years has been 

 planting on its Western Lines, large 

 numbers of trees, as snow fences on 

 the right-of-way, and for ornamental 

 purposes in the station gardens. 



A large number of the snow-fence 

 plantations have done well, and are 

 taking the place of the unsightly 

 wooden snow-fences ; but in a few 

 cases where the locations of the plan- 

 tations are very high and exposed, 

 the trees have not survived. The vari- 

 ties used for this work have been the 

 willows, Russian poplar, Manitoba 

 maple and caragana. During the last 

 few years some spruces have been 

 planted as an experiment, and in 

 some locations are doing well. It is 

 the intention to make more use of the 

 evergreens in future wherever condi- 

 tions are favorable. 



Outside of the many gardens plant- 

 ed and looked after by station agents 

 and other employees, there are a 

 large number of station gardens 

 which are in charge of professional 

 gardeners under the supervision of a 

 horticulturist, who is on the stafif of 

 the Forestry Branch. In these gar- 

 dens it is the aim to have a good 

 lawn, several good specimens of the 

 different varieties of trees suitable for 

 the locality, a few ornamental shrubs 



and some good groups of perennial 

 flowers. In some of the gardens an- 

 nual plants also are used. These gar- 

 dens not only serve to beautify the 

 station grounds and afiford some re- 

 lief to the eyes of the travellers pass- 

 ing through, but serve as an example 

 and an inspiration to the farmers and 

 settlers, showing what can be accom- 

 plished in the way of home decora- 

 tion and protection, and giving some 

 idea of the varieties suitable to the 

 locality. 



An educational campaign is carried 

 on from the office of the horticultur- 

 ist among the company's employees, 

 the object l:)eing to arouse interest in 

 tree planting and allied horticultural 

 activities. A series of bulletins have 

 been prepared and are distributed ex- 

 tensively, dealing with the planting 

 and growing of trees, ornamental 

 shrubs and plants, fruit and vege- 

 tables. Trees and other nursery stock 

 are also supplied to employees living 

 on company's property who wish to 

 have gardens round their houses. 

 This work is meeting with great suc- 

 cess, and an increasing number of 

 employees avail themselves of these 

 opportunities yearly. 



The trees for all this work are sup- 

 plied from the C. P. R. nurseries at 

 Wolseley, Saskatchewan, which is 



