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The New Flore.

before the 1 v I w“ mltu-lfgagdeglouvgdbktlger?

round the ed g yg will shortly ifilefltllfillalbg w: “he the xe o a potted pla-nt,

bearing the l

ti! Prince Edward ISIB-lld," cutun“! l-Nfltfid o arks 11110" 151F937“; on are in order. Suchafl Plait-s I to new, m me legion under

wmg rem wmplete list °1

Y are rooting nice! have a moist soil. Where did m,

001110 h‘ j . h. l... Mrs. it.

atlon and may 01” ma)‘ 11M- aea-captaln’ 11km“ "5 °d°11 take it

yripfions of their 51195953

home from the southern seas, and

epticr case the Flora is known having n° “h” "lime. 0511 it South-

a .1‘ sck-list.

and subspecies of

m. m print descriptions o would have added very con-

Tl Flor in °m WW1?" Sorry to spoil her little l“ conlprlses more“? thana700 nqmame’ but the" 15 n Island ifilit its native home was on th f 5 ONs of the Mediterranean, l.e

Sfluihem Europe. As it travelled

1 ,0 the cos; o; the work, YWTUIWBIII. it vras of course

m- i; cirsely in accord W

~- ~ M nual of Bot- wiflmNuerill lagt edition. the [ghmlifi have no diffktllllil’

q I

.113! standard work.

I list lrlnn VJTICII the present 15 bassd was issued as long

159i. by John MacSwam and . gain. and comprised about c595 of ferns and flowering known to occur here. This and issued as a 1.9m, in sprottons “Elements ctural Botany" in 1907. The |,,w, Watson, who was an ding flgilre among the nat- understood re drawn up further lists of “pr plants, but tfnese, as far mgwn to tile present writ/er, W

ished, In 1920 there

aided to.

l. of ills day. ls

jibe check-list form was

.1“ publication. As the its; pendent SW5. n Eng]

often figures in ish stories. Bhe sent specimens of the plant to Australia 8nd New 568111116. Wt it was unknown in both countries. The fact 1s that, the

Artemlsi s-lth - Southerdlwood e besifigl to “mob sentlalll plants of the

wood was brouant here by the ship-captains and immigrants long ago," and 1n

Bideford the shrub is a famili ere a chumlin sto 0r 01a English rustic life bghat rixplains the popularity of this fJlrub. 1t is called "Daddy Dawson's ..Dovecot", by Juliana Horatio Ewing. In it we "i? Elven a Illcture of Jack March, the workhouse (poorhouscr boy atching Phoebe Shaw, the farm-

, d g short list of plants not “r5 “We daughwr- P5551118 °ll iltl"

.. ly known to occur here. and . to

the writer, it the first. step towards

lllora". It brought the colla- .. of h vary active and en- lc hand of botanists who, "ilew" lo the writer's notice. Ah- wnsltl-crable advance in our ge of tile Island's vefletatlon . e when Prof. Herbert Groh, ‘he Dcnliuion Botanical De- t, Utawa, conducted a two "Weed Survey” of PE. Island

.|.»bl‘0l1,‘ilb scores of

. 1926. - .. moves, but slowly, slowly l on from point to poln .. Tennl". n‘s hero. nln th case for ‘as published till 1933.

lur the present writ/er pre- rllst of all the plants, "anci-

iud modern." and p

we Government of the day, n to print it if they

lh while. Unknown

p1 r it was sent first to thence to the

. n; part of the Transactions

Royal Canadian Institute

"n; a 51211211 honoiyfor only while MES. appear in those ; but the effect was marred

iiufc and ” the writer

file In , ~ 1155.. but also and in greater "e. ubcll those responsible

leeing the publication mrough ms

‘lliil the number of species varieties lluzi reached the res- lststal of 700. Six more added during the summer of 7m‘, and three in 1941. (Of flit s might have been ex-

roveries of new plants

lng fewer). The “New

reiorv is the culmination

l t

elibors oi more than t-vent l and the

l-ihlyv put. their krlowledge at

nlicrs s? ice, are especial l l lll 11s pages. iclellt c names employed I . by the Internat- Collgress held at and followed by

‘f! Gilly iwho was no isolat- .1. The common or

. . a, Gray's. but with a nomenclature,

lto finality in know-

llll another twenty years time

student will issue another

PlClZi! In that day it ls likely

Slime of the plants of the

L: i711] be excluded.

am that the latter udd-

alld tlllelr groundi

An Interesting Letter

"i hi“ lust come in an W“ _ l". Slfzncd only with a llirlilfl nil mime, and avid- “gm .Ol1ll‘\Vh0I‘B in the west- ‘ It on of the Island. It is a H mel- and shows more than rY_0bE0l'\’§lt[i(1‘in and an M15111. .’ a l 1nd address were not given, iomctlmcs send cuttings or un- tfeli plants to those who show h lot in such things, _ m“ Elfdlfid her Southern. _, '4 W’? did mine: and lhe u" "lbs to root in water" “hays do. i0 get new plants?’ $1 I had the some idea; the discovered the damage,

Maul: rmcx/ w

‘m!’ nelehbon who! m Chicks did for them. L°h°"l- or dron in. - Worth. u: G a ‘mflofllrflelei. chuietteazwan i Mil-van: h n la . onm e 5k, “Pinter. It. ll. 6. Reusing- nill r lenglhBaflmlldryilI london: n.5, "Irt Mont , M1121?‘ Mac-Leunfifil. l.

Kenn"; . fr y. Murray Harbour N. . m" G-“illim. wen Devon

‘n’: starched frock, and Iier airs with

: clases.) And though Phoebe did n

g moilter, she and her In mates took posies to Sunday School

Wily to Sunday School. and bewild- ering himself “with the sight of h

her Bible and Prayer-book. and class card. and clean pocket-nond- kerchief.”

“Now amongst the rest Sunday paraphernalia, Phoebe lil- ways carried a posy, made up of herbs and strong smelling flowers, Countrywomen take mint and

as fine ladies take snicliiilg-bot.

is a strong sex in the WOFkl-‘I’

suffer from “Iainty feels" like n

and refreshed fl-lelr nerves in the stream of quest-ion and and hair old and corduroyhwlth all the airs of thelreltiers."

The corduroy suits worn by boys

The hair oil wit-h whim voting and old anointed their cmnlunls, W115 sweet-scented; and these and the Dosiese, must have ' teachers‘ olefactory senses with rare combination of perfumes!

.. ‘me writer of the l tie l. g .d enough ,0 compumente m‘; gnftfge Unlicd States Market

"Notes on Island Pfanis", pleased that I give the names 1.00., I appreciate the pllments. but still think l|~~ fill"- ent WEI" t° 19"" the scientific for Latin), names, which are in versal use. The popular numcs vary

and is

with the district. Phoebe, in the story, never said "SOIIHIETIIWOOTI"; to her the plant was "Old Man”

, -se1ling from $11.50 up WOUld be and n is likely thm’ “M “ever h‘“m equal to or about 50 cents higher

than Toronto prices, while lighter cattle selling would be about 25 cents or more

This ancient cm, or Bath beuew lclver than Toronto. Same shippers

the former name.

The Cltv of Bath

ed to be the most beautiful ciiy in England. has been heavily bombed bv the Germans on two successive nights, with great destruction and many casualties. The attack was not provoked by military llecessit I understand. for it is whollv

with stately terraces, squares and crescents that sllv-rclzlld tile 0'6" crescents all

flat surround the o‘dcr parts of the city. It was, however. full of refugees from other bombed

areas. and no doubt this was well to ' o

known to the enemy, and infiuenc ed his action.

Bath was the resort, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, of the classes boasting wealth, rank, and fashion: who assembled there “to take the waters" oi’ the spa and to bathe in the hot springs. It is still pan excellence the spa, and its ancient glamor of wealth and beautv have not quite disappeared.

In lire time of the Roman occupa- tion of Britain. we have the first mention of the healing springs which were well known to the n- vaders as "Aquae Soils". The Romans built public baths there. which in gmat part, lasted to our

island. Anglo-Saxon Ceawlin pushed his conquests west- ward in 577, he took Bath, and it known to the Saxons as Batman-coaster, the town (or campl oi’ baths. ‘rho common people nick- namBd it Akemannes-ceaster, and resorted to 1t to drink the waters and bathe in the springs. to cure the rheumatics. And a. road leading to thLs "invalldv city" was known aa Akeman-atnet. ‘Ihe Roman uublic bath still to be 59611. is an oblong pool, bordered with stonework, and surrounded by a eolonnade of stone pillars.

Oloee to the Roman remains 1a the Abbey Church, a handsome. building in the "perpendicular

0M9" of Gothic architecture. It is and to hear of such interesting memorials being destroyed.

» All Old-time Election

When I was seventeen or there- aboutl. there happened to be a. "General Election" in Britain. This would be inte nailed in Canada as I ‘TWO! ection", while our LQIl-alative Assemblies compare in some manure with the British County Councils, which. also. are elected bodies, At the time oi which I am writing the two great parties in Erlgland were the Conservatives and Liberals. the latter having a ‘Radicar’ wing whose policies w-"re P91715118 the forerunner of the {giant trend towards State Social-

Tho little village near which I wa-qllving was a kind of "till. vill- In.‘ for more than halt ifs inhabi-

(Continued on page 1i, ‘Col S)

Weekly Live Stock Market Renort

y‘ The in cattle prices during tne past m“ way’ mu“ week but, for the mos: part, orices

held smlthemwwd despite the fact that export buying eased off due to the tract that the second quarterly quota on heavy Canadian cattle entering the United States at the reduced rate of duty

markets m’ ‘mum slightly, while others reported flnn ° w better rams. chu makets, parti- cularly in the east, under the in- wide cimupmon me flucnce o5 seiafsonallyxdhiglger suppl- hsoumemwood" It reached Ea? es, ease 0 culls era y. 0:5

‘ were generally unchanged and lambs an,“ Shae , land in 1548i And as my corres- Showed “me k p a very light supply.

Eastern Cattle Markets

“T higher and most oi‘ ire better class

The MARITIME market continued strong with best steers quoted at $9 to $10.

Western Cattle Markets

had only light support from export buyers but demand for slaughter checked any sharp price 9" declines. Most killing classes held at I observed daily during my three- firm rates and a good cleanup was effected. The best load of steers topped at $11.51) with an odd load

of her g;

points. The St. Paul about 40 loads of Canadians ap- Ewglflfl $112 proximately 75 per g’ steers. bThel tong on d I 1

owcl- u a eman on emae residential. holiday kind of place. stock 1mmoved_ Medium to good Canadian sstesrs “were drepoyirdi a‘;

. . $10.85 to l2. goo gm es o mxe

,, diluent kn“ f)! yearllugs at. $12.25. canner to good -’~° ‘"1 ‘he “f” M“ cows in $1.25 to torus. medium to gcod bulls ca to $10 and good feed- er steers $10.75 to 11.

iid_g.2la calves. shipments of beef

SUMMARY There was some slight variation

I CONSERVATION I

l WIIIIJ OOLUIN OI PI-MYIIOAI. OPINIONS 0P Till 4"‘ VITAE- BETTIE LIIIOTNG ‘I'll U!!! AND ABUSE-l 0F IATUBAL I-IIOUBOIE l! Ill LUDLOW JENKDTS. IABIIIIIID.

at previous wreck‘; ‘evels. 'I'l‘li5, A FEW NQTEQ 0y THE _ BALI) EAGLE

By N. R. CASILLO The

nearing fulfillment.

Slime once again reported

that "

oned.

good to force prices 25 cents u; we; aver-red that eggeg

an item about

The cattle market at WINNIPEG bird of prey. Witn apologies to the domestltt “what manner of birds is this?"

ered living prey.

observation.

most —ood to

Advice was Government <

700 1b., each, would be Tho Buffalo nlnrkct was definite- Calves Lower In East

Within increasing supplies

from T h e

$11.25 weightly

from $11.50 dovm $9 to

repflrt-Efi loss-rs owing to the decline $10 to $12.50. Calgary paid an in prices at Buffalo and the higi-l- average of $10.75 for best veals, Ed- er paying pl-lros at Ontario country monton $11-25. Prince AWE" ind

market had

cent slaughter she-gig was Hogs Mostly Unchanged

Exports during the tailed 7.655 beef cattle. 313 dairy,

perennial yarns of the pm- datory fleroenesa of the bald eazlB _ have been dusted off Dflces e851"! and are being broadcast through- out the land. Just a few days ago I read in a national magazine o1’ the eagles

the fiercest birds of prey. They rabbits and often 0r 110 Ohlmge 11nd" wolves. Eagles. have tremendous appetites and have been known to devour a. calf, a sheep and a. do; in a single week." The author of the article, however, fails to dis-

A normal rim of cattle cleared close whether it was a single bird u: at TORONTO at unchanged prices. a group of them m; figgugli; Buying far export W188 véely tiling, .

~ but iveig ty steel-s ceare a

“Mn” "e- The swmm‘ to $11.35 Rfld butchers at $9.50 to $10.75 under a good local demand. map; menu

the 01d gardens M PM, Hm and glrfgllgylTREAb had a demand suffici-

“devoured the formidable repast. But, be does convey t/he impression that eagles had actually brought down the ani-

In another influential Periodical

have been known to attack children, and f steers ranged from $9.25 to $11.60 one was seen to-flght and carry off b a wildcat. Paradoxically, in another issue of the same paper there was an eagle being ignominiously vanquished by s. six- months-old Plymouth Rock rooster. the latter actually killing the largo

Bard. It surely cannot be the same bird that

motlilts‘ stay on the Alaskan ach- ipelago; a. period during which I never once saw an eagle attack r two at $11.25 and the majority anything alive, unless the few sal- steers sold downward from $11 mon that they dpiratecl from osnreys which was fully in line with last could be consi week. A good demand for stacker and feeder iatttle held tltaithdlgllsigh .- of the mar c steady w . es y

southemvimd m a “m5 h” 5”“ '~‘- feedcrs at $9 50 and above. CAI? hundred indivldfils. At part off’ lrlny . - ~‘ GARY was active and strong up o duties as a sa on rap wa z el- gggeitwfibea pfilmémtthdelusmn_w'i" mirl-lveek but closed a little easier was to dispatch as many eagles r5 a e we“ ith good to choice butcher steers as possible, so that I had plenty of

h selling at $10 to $11.25. EDMON- opportunity for °'- TON was a‘=o brisk under ligiht . B!‘ receipts and fully steady with a top “m” 131W" load of steal-s of llcvvy weights at $10 75 and

My observations of the birds were not casual, but were systematically conduct/ed studies of more than one range.

al- thoueh I must confess to a woeful neglect of the prescribed duties m

.. Choice cattle tinder the second quarterly u,“ $9.50 in $10 50. PRINCE ALBERT quota from April 1st ‘mr- 'l~ lmld $10 m $10.25 for some choice were 47,269 hag-d, steers while MOOSE JAW paid $9.75 for best killlltgtstcerg andTRlgGINA ‘ . . l ‘ 10.50. ‘

{f} gm“ ‘ifyglfmgit m°sldrfmllllliv 33332371031? ISlgSgIITOON cigeetga: 05.9861: dairy 5,012 (5.022); calves whicgcag clgtlh‘ hug if)’ a piflke m RFSEIIECI (Iemalid for export to the 23,731 (13 320),

e a 9°" “i?” United States but a keen local de- mand in the late part of the week United States served to boost prices 25 cents and _ , choice steers bold at $9.25 to $10. lb F‘““*‘”Id "W VANCOUVER use scmc good butch- “ er steers at $10 to $10.50.

to May 7th Exports from January 1st to May 7th, inclusive, with corresponding figures for 1941 in brackets were: beef cattle 94.859

received from file that the full rate of duty, i.e.. 3 cents per .. on Canadian cattle entering the United states and weighing over collected commencing on Friday, May 8th. This. of course, is subject to rebate on any cattle which enter the , United States before the quota of “DWI” ly iolvcl" not only on Canadians but 51,720 head has been filled. Th

e "m" oil domestic stock as well. The high-

reduced rate of duty L; 1 1-2 cents ert. price paid for o. load of Cana- per lb. . dian steers was $12 75. while an- “"'" other lead sold at $12.25 and the balance of the weighty kinds from

of m“ “i” "W" m“ °°"““'Y» hi" elm" s12 dCWli i0 $11.50. Lighter weights

calves arriving on eastern markets, down to prices were definitely lower. Tor- steers onto lost $1 and closed with choice visals at $13 to $14. while Montreal pounds had a net loss o1’ 75 cent to $1 for ire. week with prices ranging from $13. Western markets, how- ever, held fairly steady and Winni- peg sold good and choice veals at

Moose Jaw 210, Saskatoon $11 and

‘Frlere was little disturbance of hog prices and Toronto continued to pay $15.25 for grade B-I dressed. with Montreal on a basis of $15.37 to $15.40. Winnipeg $14 to $14.10, Calgary $13.75. Edmonton $13 75 $14 25, Prince Albert $13.70 to S13. Moose Jaw $13.75, Regina $13.75. past week ‘Saskatoon $13 60 to $13.75

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and

TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming '

v

The following interesting facts on fur auctions and the new tyne of

spite of the federal bounty of one fur tannins-Chinchilla raisins-

o ar.

It was contended and still is) by the salmon interests that the eagle was responsible for ously reduced numbers of salmon. After I had had a little time to size up the situation. I began to wonder how a group of apparently intelli- gan men could formulate the opin- are seldom gentle and are amOngatIOns they lad about a creature that seemed wholly inoffensive so fr: as live fish. were conccriled. Indeed, I thought them decidedly beneficial, for they consumed quantities of de- complaed fish carcasses that drift- ed ashore. In fact, they showed a decided preference that; showed the most decay.

People have accused of destroying ptanniizan and waterfowl. but also young caribou mountain sheen and

the tremend-

for carcasses

the eagle

only grouse,

goats. But why the eagles shoul-"l

mer there.

E‘-

tes

its failure.

An average

portunities for happened to be spending the sum-

a dead-pound pfckerel to a pound rock in fifteen feet of water. the fish, of course, floating on the surface at the end of a stout line. Jast as I had expected. one of the eagles (the female) swooped. grasp- ed the fish and tried to make off with it. During the short interval of violent wingbcatinr; it succeeded in dragging the rock about. iwen feet. Then it dropped the obs-fl. a fili and winged off in disgust a‘.

YOUTH!

bald eagle

leave an abundant supply of tlnclr favorite food, available along prac- tically any watercourse. has alxvnys een a source of wonder particularly when considering the comparative difficulty involving the capture of the prey that they are accused of taking. To this I micrl. add that On eleven separate stances I observed in company of their mothers tentedly feeding within easv sir"- ing distances of several eagles. Did the eagles so much as turn a cove- tous eye in their direction? I should say not. They preferred to waddle clumsily from one festering pile -.-f fish to unolthcr. morsels to eat there on the spot. or to carry of to their young. During the summer of 1924 a. pair of eagles included Lake Morey, near Falrlee, Vermont. as part of their Again I Imd unusual op- studv because

C 1n-

seiectinlg choice

>_

At the west end of the lake lived several farmers who expressed the belief that their poultry would be unsafe with the eagles about. But during the course of not a single head was reported mis- sing, although the eagles were fre- quently seen nearby feeding on the thousands of dead flli that ‘were ki‘led that slimmer by fungal pars-

tfrle season

rd determine, if possible, the lift- ing power of an eagle, I anchored

ten-

weighs

between right and twelve pounds.

and can probably lift the equivalent of its own weight. Yet the species has been reported to have carried off children weighing up to fifty A newspaper item before me states that an eigllt-yenr-old boy was seized by one and lifted a good twenty feet before he was dropped to the ground.