Order 

 Geraniaceje — \ 



Linaceae 



Polygalaceae 



Euphorbiace;e . .. . 



Malvaceae 



Hypericace* 



Violace» 



Cactaceae 



Lythracea; 



Onagraceae 



Araliacejp 



Umbellifer* 



Primulaceae 



Gentianaceae 



Apocynacea; 



Ascle'piadacea? 



APPENDICES 



Family Order Family 



Geranium Convolvulaceae . . . Morning 

 Wood-sorrel Glory 



|ewel-weed Polemoniacea? .... Phlox 



Flax Boraginacea? Borage 



Milkwort Verbenace* Verbena 



Spurge Labiata Mint 



Mallow Solanaceas Nightshade 



St. John's Scrophulariaceae . . Figwort 



Wort Bignoniacese Trumpet 



Violet Creeper 



Cactus Plantaginaceae. . . . Plantain 



Loosestrife Rubiaceae Madder 



Evening Valerianacea? Valerian 



Primrose Dipsaceae Teasel 



Ginseng Cucurbitaceae Gourd 



Carrot Campanulaceae Bellflower 



Primrose f Chicory 



Gentian Composita? . . . . \ Ragweed 

 Dogbane ( Thistle 



Milkweed 



NOTE 4, PAGE 71 



A seed grain competition was carried on by boys on 

 farms all over Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 The main purpose was to improve crops by the use of 

 seed improved by selection. Dr. Robertson will best 

 tell the story: 



"In the summer of 1899 1 put aside fioo — my 

 own money, not public funds — to offer in prizes to 

 Canadian boys and girls who would send me the 

 largest heads from the most vigorous plants of wheat 

 and oats on their fathers' farms. 1 had a wonderful 

 response, and I paid that money in prizes with as 

 much enjoyment as any money 1 ever spent. The 

 letters I got from farmers, and from their boys and 

 girls, were so encouraging that in the following winter 

 I went to Sir William C. Macdonald and said: ' Here is 

 a great chance to do some educational work in progres- 



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