CONTENTS 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME 7, 8 



SOILS , 10 



PLANT PATHOLOGY 17 



INSECT ENEMIES 20 



VEGETABLE BREEDING , 28 



BREEDING AND PROPAGATION OF FLORISTS' FLOWERS 32 



NUT CULTURE IN OUR RURAL ECONOMY 42 



COMMERCIAL GROWING OF GARDEN VEGETABLES 46 



COMMERCIAL GROWING OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 49 



COMMERCIAL GROWING OF CUT FLOWERS 53 



FOREST PROBLEMS 57 



HORTICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN CANADA 65 



HORTICULTURE IN THE EASTERN STATES 68 



HORTICULTURE IN THE CENTRAL WEST 71 



SOUTHERN HORTICULTURAL CONDITIONS 75 



OUR NATIONAL FORESTS : . . . . 76 



Civic HORTICULTURE AND Civic IMPROVEMENT 82 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING 87 



HORTICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS 92 



GOVERNMENT AID TO HORTICULTURE 98 



FEDERATION AND CO-OPERATION.. 106 



