20 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
judging from the one on spraying which I attended on Mr. Ralph Eaton's 
farm, near Kentville. 
The Canadian Department of Agricultuee 
Issues at frequent intervals valuable bulletins on agricultural and 
horticultural subjects, sent free to farmers. It has an experimental 
station in each province for trial of different varieties of corn, vegetables, 
and fruits. That of Nova Scotia is at Nappan. The central experimental 
station is near Ottawa, where soils and fertilisers are analysed free to 
farmers, insects are identified, and advice given on matters connected 
with agriculture and horticulture. 
In 1897 it sent over an expert, Mr. J. E. Starr (himself a large apple 
grower), to report on the condition of the fruit arriving in England and 
Scotland from various parts of Canada, to see whether any improvements 
in packing, cold storage (for grapes, plums, &c.), steamer accommodation, 
marketing, could be suggested, or new markets found. 
In conclusion, I can recommend Nova Scotia as a pleasant country 
to farm in, and as a delightful holiday resort, where a good deal may 
be learnt in agricultural methods. The people are very kind and sociable, 
and willing to give information. And, finally, I would here like to 
record my best thanks to my friends across the Atlantic, and to my 
wife for the two photographs illustrating the paper ; also to the Gould's 
Manufacturing Company for the use of electrotypes illustrating two of 
their pumps, the "Pomona" and the '* Kerowater." This latter has 
only recently been introduced and patented this year. It mixes and 
sprays a combined spray of water and paraffin : the proportion of the 
latter can be regulated from 5 to 25 per cent. 
