THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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FARM SCENE IN THE JOHN DAY VALLEY, OREGON 
particularly an inlander would enjoy. 
The trip from Seattle to Victoria, 
only consumes a few hours, in fact, 
it does not seem half long enough. 
Victoria, which is the capitol of 
British Columbia, is a city of 35,000 
population and is one of the clean¬ 
est, prettiest and most' interesting 
cities of its size one will find and a 
week could be spent in and around 
Victoria with pleasure and benefit. 
.Proceeding to Vancouver through 
the Strait of Georgia, dotted with 
its innumerable islands, makes your 
steamer ride one long to be remem¬ 
bered. Arriving at Vancouver, 
which is the largest city in the 
Province, and which at its present 
rate of growth, will soon hold its 
place with the older cities on the 
coast, is likely to prove a surprise 
and wonder when you consider its 
youth and view its magnitude. 
With numerous sky-scrapers; large 
wholesale and retail districts, manu¬ 
factures, parks and other evidences of permanent develop¬ 
ment, standing as an evidence of the progressive western 
spirit. Vancouver has one of the finest harbors in the 
world and ships ■ from all nations can be daily seen at its 
wharfs. 
The writer will not attempt to enumerate the points of 
interest which visitors should take in, either in Vancouver or 
the Province but it will surely repay anyone to take a trip 
through British Columbia and by arranging your return trip 
over the Canadian Pacific, it will enable you to see some of the 
most sublime mountain scenery on this continent, and many 
who have had the good fortune and pleasure to visit Switzer¬ 
land and other foreign countries, claim that the mountain 
scenery along the Canadian Pacific excells that to be seen in 
any European country. The scenery cannot be described in 
words. By getting stop overs at such points as Sicamous it 
will enable you to take in the Okanogan fruit districts; then 
from Revelstoke you can take in the Kootenay district. By 
all means you should stop over at such famous resorts as 
Glacier and Banff, which are among the most scenic spots on 
the route. 
While at Vancouver, if time would permit, a steamer trip 
up the coast to Prince Rupert, the western terminal of the 
Grand Trunk, as well as to such points at Ketchikan, Wrangel, 
Junaeau .and Skagway, Alaska would be fine. Steamers 
make regular trips to these points during the summer months 
and it is a trip well worth the time and expense. British 
Columbia is so large in area,’ so varied in resources and possi¬ 
bilities, so wonderful in her natural scenic beauties 
that it is out of the question to do justice to her in 
mere words, but if any of our eastern brethren of the 
American Association will take the time to visit some 
parts of this vast Empire, he will certainly return 
home feeling well repaid and he will find his Brother 
Canadian Nurserymen and British Columbians in 
general a cordial, whole-hearted lot of people. 
PEAR ORCHARD NEAR KENNEWICK. WASHINGTON 
THE 1914 CONVENTION 
With the Portland meeting so close at hand, the 
delegates are already discussing the question of the 
place for holding the 1914 Convention. It is gener¬ 
ally conceded that as last year it was held in the 
extreme East and this year in the extreme West, 
the logical location for next year must be in a more 
central spot. It is understood that Cleveland will 
make a strong effort to secure it for 1914. 
