November, 1915. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



265 



Morning Session, Thursday, Nov. 11th. 



9.00 a.m. — iRepor.ts of Committees and 

 Notices of Motion. 



9.30 a.m. — 'Nomination of Officers and Di- 

 rectors. 



1000 a.m. — "Tlie History, Development 

 and Propagation of tlie Lilac." John Dun- 

 bar, Assistant Superintendent of Parks, 

 Rocliester, N.Y. 



10.30 a.m. — ^Discussicn. 



11.00 a.m.^Report of Committee on Names 

 and Varieties. 



11.30 a.m. — iReport of Delegates to Ameri- 

 can Civic Association's Convention. Rev. 

 A. H. Scott, and W. B. Burgoyne. 



12.30 p.m. — Round Table Luncheon. 



1.15 p.m. — i3-minute Addresses. 

 Afternoon Session. 



2.00 p.m.— 'Election of Oiflcers and Direc- 

 tors. 



2.20 p.m. — "Vacant Lot Gardening." Geo. 

 Baldwin, Toronto. 



2.50 p.m. — ^Discussion. 



3.00 p.m. — "iCalifornia in Summer from a 

 Horticultural Standpoint" Prof. Macoun, 

 Ottawa. 



Patriotic Fruit Growers 



Throughout Canada fruit growers are 

 showing their patriotism by sending forward 

 large quantities of fruit to the soldiers at 

 the front. The Quebec branch of the Navy 

 League is sending a supply of Canadian 

 fruits to the sailors on board the war ships 

 in the North Sea. Many fruit growers are 

 furnishing fruit for this purpose. 



The Ontario Department of Agriculture 

 has undertaken to send from the Horticul- 

 tural Experiment Station at Vineland, some 

 20,000 gallon tins of preserved peaches. This 

 will go largely to the men in the 'Hospitals. 

 Already several hundred boxes of apples 

 have been forwarded by the Department, 

 the intention bein!g to send possibly 5,000 

 boxes or more during the winter months. 



ILeading fruit districts in British Colum- 

 bia, such as Summerland, 'Naramata, Peach- 

 land, Kelowna, and Penticton are forward- 

 ing large quantities of fruit under the aus- 

 pices of the Okanagaa Woman's Patriotic 

 Society, assisted by the United Growers. 

 Some points are sending as much as a car 

 of 600 boxes. That these donations will be 

 appreciated by those who receive them goes 

 without saying. 



A Distribution of Seed Potatoes 



By instructions of the Dominion Minister 

 of Agriculture a free distribution of superior 

 sorts of potatoes in three pound samples 

 will be made during the conning winter and 

 spring. The samples will be sent out from 

 several of the Experimental Farms, the Cen- 

 tral Farm at Ottawa supplying only the pro- 

 vinces of Ontario and Quebec. 



Each application must be separate and 

 must be signed by the applicant. Only one 

 sample of potatoes can be sent to each farm. 

 Applications on any kind of printed form can- 

 not be accepted- iRequests forwarded after 

 the end of December will probably he too 

 late. Samples will not be sent in response 

 to applications (no matter when received) 

 which fail to state clearly the needs of the 

 applicant, his experiences in crop-raising, 

 and the character of the soil on which h° 

 (intends ito ."iow the seed. 



All applications for potatoes should be 

 addressed to the Dominion Cerealist, Cen- 

 tral Experimental iFarm, Ottawa. Such ap- 

 plications require no postage. If otherwise 

 addressed, delay and disappointment may 

 occur. Applications for potatoes from far- 

 mers In any other province should be ad- 

 dressed (postage prepaid) to the Superin- 

 tendent of the nearest branch Experimental 

 Farm in that province. 



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