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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



If you have attentively followed the 

 (1f'.scri{)tions of flowers in this and the 

 preceding lessons, you will have gained 

 some useful information as to the j)arts 

 of which flowers are composed, and also 

 some little notion of the sorts of varia- 

 tion which flowers present in their 

 structure. At present this is all that 

 can be expected from the beginner. 



TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. 



It has been found necessary, in order 

 tr> ensure the prompt mailing of the 

 Canadian Ilorticultarist so that it shall 

 leach our readers by the fii-st day of 

 t!i(^ month, to have the copy in the 

 ]>!-inters' hands not later than the tii-st 

 day of the previous month. Please, 

 tlierefore, to bear this in mind, and 

 mail your commtniications in season to 

 reach me by the first day of the month 

 [(receding the month of publication of 

 the number in which you wish to have 

 your paper appear. 



FORESTRY IX QUEBEC. 



We are indebted to Mr. C. Gibb, of 

 Abbotsford, Que. — the man to whom 

 that Province owes a debt of gratitude 

 for his, indefatigable labors in the cause 

 Qf fruit-growing in that climate — for a 

 ie[)ort of the recent meeting of the 

 Forestry Association of Quebec. It was 

 v/ell attended by gentlemen of influence 

 :i:ul members of Government, among 

 these, the Honorable the Commissioner 

 of Crown Lands, who took a lively inter- 

 est in the proceedings, and was evident- 

 ly fully alive to the imjwrtance of hus- 

 banding the resources of the Province 

 which lie in its forests, both by conserv- 

 iiig what yet remains and by re-forest- 

 iag dentided portions not suited to 

 agricultural purposes. 



This matter of forest niRnagement is 

 cue of great importance to both Ontario 

 and Quebec. Properly managed, our 

 forests would be a. source of perpetual 



revenue. The ripe timber could be cut 

 and sold while the remainder is coming 

 to maturity, and that in such a way 

 that there would be a yearly crop. 

 There should be in each Province an 

 Assistant - Commissioner of Crown 

 Lands, thoroughly informed on all 

 matters pertaining to forestry, whose 

 tenure of oftice should be according to 

 the ability displayed in managing the 

 forests in such a wav as to make them 

 a continual source of revenue. Under 

 our system of government, the Honoi- 

 able the Commissioner may be wholly 

 ignorant of forestry matters, and yet a 

 valuable member of the government. 

 Besides this, the Conmiissioner is fre- 

 quently changed, hence the methods of 

 caring for our forests lack the element 

 of stability. It is well that public at- 

 tention is being aroused to this very 

 important matter. 



THE CANADIAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The first number of this new venture 

 is before us. It is the only journal 

 devoted to this subject y)ublished in 

 Canada. Published weekly by D. A. 

 Jones ifc Co., Beeton, Ont., at $1.00 

 a year. A sample copy wiil be for- 

 warded by the publishers to any who 

 may desire to receive one. We com- 

 mend it to the attention of those of 

 our readers who are interested in bee 

 culture. 



The KieferPear. — Geo. W. Campbell 

 says he finds the Kieffer as badly injured 

 by the cold of winter and as liable to 

 blight as any pear he has. He thinks it 

 about as tender as the peach, and not so 

 hardy as the Bartlett pear. We have 

 found it hardy, but it blighted the first 

 year after making a good growth. After 

 successive years of fruiting we do not find 

 it good enough to make it worth raising as 

 far north as 42°, but tolerably good and 

 handsome specimens have grown as far 

 south as Philadelphia. — Country Gentler 

 man. 



