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year 1890, 100,000 seedling fruit trees were sent to various 
points, as widely separated as possible, in Manitoba and 
the North-West. That this work is appreciated, and that 
there seems to have been awakened an interest in the 
important question of forestation, is indicated by the fact 
that there were 1,600 more applications for trees than 
could be granted. A most commendable feature of the 
plant and seed distribution is to be found in the clear and 
concise directions accompanying each package. No more 
thorough way of distributing much needed information on 
the subject of tree planting and seed growing could be 
devised. 
The application of fungicides to the treatment of the 
fungi which prey upon all classes of fruits, receives a large 
measure of attention. Important work has also been 
accomplished in the production of new and valuable varie- 
ties of small fruits as seedlings and hybrids. In the report 
of a special committee chosen from the Ontario Fruit 
Growers’ Association and the Montreal Horticultural 
Society, the statement is made that “The chief attraction 
to your committee was a patch of two or three hundred 
seedlings and hybrids (raspberries) which were originated 
by the Director, some of which, in our estimation, bid fair 
to supersede the best of the standard varieties.”’ 
In the department of botany and entomology good work 
is also being accomplished. A botanic garden and arbore- 
tum has been planned, and a large amount of work has been 
done upon it. The testing of important forage plants, the 
study of insects injurious to plants, and the best methods 
of preventing their action, form the principal features of 
the work thus far accom plished. 
From the outline thus presented, it appears that the 
Experimental Farm does not fulfil the scientific mission of 
the European stations, nor does it accomplish both the 
practical and scientific ends as in the United States. It 
fills a distinctly different field. As is evidently intended to 
be expressed by the name, its mission is to reduce to prac- 
tice the results of scientific research; to perform for the 
