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tion of Ontario for the year 1885 as 

 soon as it is printed, and which ever 

 one of the following ai-ticles he may 

 prefer to have sent him in the spring 

 of 1886, namely, either (1) three plants 

 of the Atlantic Strawberry, or (2) a 

 yearling tree of the Russian Yellow 

 Transparent Apple, or (3) a plant of 

 the Lucretia Dewberry, or (4) a year- 

 ling Vine of the Early Victor Grape, 

 or (5) two plants of the Marlboro' 

 Raspberry, or (6) a package containing 

 thi'ee varieties of flower seeds. These 

 will be sent by mail prepaid to the 

 subscriber. The collections mentioned 

 above vvill be sent prepaid to the address 

 of the person who remits the money 

 and new subscribers names. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



Of the Fruit Growers' Association of 

 Ontario was held in the Town Hall, 

 Wingham, on the 16th and 17th of 

 September, 1885 ; at which the fol- 

 lowing Officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year, namely : President, Wm. 

 Saunders, London ; Vice-President, A. 

 McD. Allan, Godei'ich; Directors: John 

 Croil, Aultsville ; A. A. Wright, Ren- 

 frew ; J. R. Dunlop, Kingston ; P. C. 

 Dempsey, Trenton ; Thos. Beall, Lind- 

 say ; W. E. Wellington, Toronto ; Mur- 

 ray Pettit, Winona ; A. M. Smith, St. 

 Cathai-ines ; F. Mitchell, Innerkip ; J. 

 A. Morton, Wingham ; J. M. Denton, 

 London ; W. W. Hilborn, Arkona, 

 and Chai'les Hickling, Barrie. Audi- 

 tors : Charles Drury, Crown Hill, and 

 James Goldie, Giielph. Secretary- 

 Treasurer : D. W. Beadle, St. Catha- 



WANTED. 



A few copies of the January num- 

 ber of the Canadian Horticulturist for 

 1882, Volume V. We will send in 

 return therefor Vol. I., II., III. or 

 IV. complete, if desired. 



EASY LESSONS IN BOTANIC 



BY H. B. SPOTTO>f, BARRIE. 



LESSON IV. 



For this lesson we shall require a 

 lily of some kind — any variety found 

 in the garden will do, or in spring-time 

 our native Dog's-tooth violet Avill an- 

 swer the purpose admirably — and a 

 specimen of the well-known Calla, popu- 

 larly regarded as a lily also, though 

 not at all related to the true lilies. If 

 you have the common tiger-lily at 

 hand, and can procui'e a complete speci- 

 men, root and all, you will find at the 

 very base of the stem a swollen mass, 

 made up chiefly of fleshy white scales, 

 from the midst of which the stem as- 

 cends. These scales may all be re- 

 moved in succession until nothing is 

 left except the flatfish piece to which 

 they are all attached by their Jower 

 ends, and from the lower side of which 

 the large fibrous roots are given off. 

 These scales are fleshy underground 

 leaves, and a mass of them sucli as we 

 find here is called a hulh. You will at 

 once think of the onion, with its coats 

 which can be peeled ofi" one after an- 

 other, as another instance of a bulb, 

 and of the tulip, hyacinth, &c., as 

 masses of similar structure. The stem 

 of the lily, then, rises fi'om a bulb, and 

 in the plant now before us .numerous 

 leaves are developed on the sides of the 

 stem. These leaves, when compared 

 with any of those belonging to the 

 plants already examined, show very 

 marked differences. There is no ap- 

 pearance of a petiole, and as the blade 

 is attached directly to the stem the leaf 

 is said to be sessile. The veining, you 

 will see, is peculiar. Here there is no 

 network such as we found in the other 

 leaves, but the veins run the whole 

 length of the blade without branching. 

 This arrangement of the veins is de- 

 scribed by the term straight-veined. 

 Many other instances of this mode of 

 veining will also occur to vou. Everv 



