



City Hall of Regina, in the auditorium of which the meetings of the convention were held. 



fact before your association, kno^A'ing 

 well that such examples will be duly 

 appreciated by all present. 



It is, also, for me a great pleasure to 

 be able to draw your attention to* the 

 efforts made, on the same line, at various 

 railway stations — in some cases by the 

 railway companies themselves, in others 

 by the local municipality and private 

 citizens. The work done in this very 

 city, by the corporation, and, in many 

 instances, by the citizens themselves, 

 deserves a particular mention. For 

 some time past, what is known as the 

 C. P. R. Garden at Moose Jaw has been 

 greatly admired, and the example thus 

 set was largely followed by the city 

 itself and by the citizens, with the 

 result that Moose Jaw has become a very 

 charming place. The same can now be 

 said of what the C. P. R. Co. has done 

 around their station here. All these have 

 done much to create and spread a taste 

 for the embellishment of private homes. 

 It is, of course, unnecessary for me to 

 mention the Experimental Farm at 

 Indian Head, as also the newly started 

 Forest Farm at the same place. Both 

 are well known, and have, in fact, be- 

 come places of resort. Besides, you will 

 be given the opportunity of visiting 

 them both before you have ended your 

 abors. 



The many experiments which have 

 thus been so successfully carried out, at 

 various distant x)oints throughout the 

 province, by the settlers themselves. 



will have done much towards testing 

 and proving the kind of trees or shrubs 

 best adapted to the country; and the 

 experience acquired by the gentlemen 

 whose names I see mentioned on the 

 programme of this meeting cannot fail 

 to be of still greater value to the people 

 of the province who will have the 

 privilege of being present here to-day, 

 or who may read the report of your 

 proceedings. 



The chairman, after briefly outlining 

 the aims of the association, then called 

 on Premier Scott to address the con- 

 vention. 



Hon. W Scott. 

 Hon. Mr. Scott expressed his pleasure 

 at welcoming the members of the asso- 

 ciation to the capital on behalf of the 

 people of Saskatchewan and voiced the 

 satisfaction it afforded the western rnen 

 to have the association hold its meeting 

 in their capital. While little forest was 

 found in Saskatchewan, the people were 

 coming to realize that they had a keen 

 interest m forestry. Considerable educa- 

 tive and practical work had been done 

 and in travelling through the province 

 he noted many new groves on farms 

 this year, and the number of these was 

 continually increasing. At Regina, 

 when first the railwaj' came through, 

 there was not a twig to be found. On 

 one occasion a lady had been going east 

 with her little son, born and bred on the 



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