THE WESTERN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ENDORSES 

 WORK OF FORESTRY CONVENTION. 



The Secretary of the Western Horticultural Society has 

 forwarded from Winnipeg a copy of the resolutions passed at 

 the recent convention of the Society. The members of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association will be delighted to know of the 

 great interest taken in the west in everything pertaining to the 

 preservation of forest lands. 



The resolutions are : — 



" Resolved, that the Western Horticultural Society, having 

 more than 200 members resident throughout the three central 

 provinces of Central Western Canada, in annual convention 

 assembled, heartily endorses the action of the Premier of Canada 

 in calling the recent Forestry Convention at Ottawa, and that 

 this Society is in full accord with the resolutions passed at said 

 convcTition, and 



"Resolved, that in the opinion of this Society, the forest 

 reserves now existing in Western Canada by order-in-council 

 should be immediately made permanent by legislation, and that 

 the most stringent regulations be enforced to protect these 

 reserves from fire, including the acquirement of the right of any 

 settlers therein, where their presence may endanger forests, and 



"Resolved, that in view of the rapid settlement of the 

 country, an immediate topographical survey should be made of 

 the forest areas bordering on or situated within the prairie 

 districts with a view to setting aside further forest areas as 

 permanent reserves, and 



"Resolved, that in view of the great destruction caused 

 to the forest areas dotting the prairie districts in many parts of 

 the country by prairie fire, that any restrictions upon the rail- 

 ways looking to the prevention of fires caused by locomotives, 

 etc., should be made to apply to the prairie country also, so far 

 as it is within the jurisdiction of the federal authorities. The 

 destruction of timber within the prairie country by fires has been 

 proportionately as great as in the wood districts of the eastern 

 provinces, as witness the enormous destruction wrought in the 

 Turtle and Moose mountains and other timber areas within the 

 prairie area. An effort should be made to restore and maintain 

 these forests, even to the extent, if necessary, of acquiring the 

 rights of settlers therein, and 



