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ANOTHER. JUBILlSE

l frwenty five years ago,'to be Ear Id on Friday night, May 13th, 1110, a band of immlgrantg landed It the wharf 1n Charlottetown. and More welcomed by a large gather- [g who heartily cheered the new- oolncrs. The writer was one o! the party, which numbered fifty per- . eons, ranging from eight months to fortyycars, with a spllilkllllg oi older people. "They were met at Plttou by l-lon. John Richards, Capt. wm. Richards and ex-Mayor Paton, and from 113,‘. time they got 0n board the Northumberland they were made t9 feel that they were auumg friends, and at home." says

I contemporary account oi’ the re- caption. A good many of the crowd

‘ 11nd come prepared to buy farmwli satisfied, but there were cightccn (I twenty! young fcliouzs‘. for whom places as lzircd mcu 113:1 nlrfgd.’ been secured in various parts oi the Island. In reviewing the matter it seems naturally to fall into ttvo parts: first. renditions on the voy- age, and second, impressions of the Island. It is said that in 1910 about half

a million people left the shores of Bitain to sock their fortune in other parts oi the Empire and most 01' ihrm went to Canada. The pro- leiiifllls in the Old Countsy wcrc Olowded; the industrial ‘workers were training their 50115 to be "white collar men" if at all pos- flle; whilst their datiglitcra were lmclwly in commercial schools lflarn- 1B8 Bibliography. This lmd the ef- fect of lowering wages, to the point Where few of the young folks could b! independent of their parents. The middle and upper classes took the "bull by the horns" by sending their sens to the factories, iron Work and mines, where a. few years l! hard Work and diligent study en- flded them to qualify for manag- BII. and then away io Russia, Brazil

v or Japan, to a government job. It ‘WU felt. $00. that Gcnnany was

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time handsome profits that year. Now we bad time to look ov_er_ the old Cirlhliihlin‘herielf. When she first took to tho water it was as a transatlantic , gar ltenmer, but she had fallen behind in the race. Juarger and faster bolts had out- stripped her and in the course oi years she had sunk to the level of n cattle boat. Her wooden decks had given place to concrete ones, and a proper "group" ran round her outer walls. From long toying with the elements the rivets in her iron hide had worn the rivet-holes till there was aiwaysa slight drip oi sca water through them. Now the emergency of the big rush had caught her and turned ner to her

other old craft. All the cattle flt- tings had" been tonrout. wooden partitions and bunks had‘ been

gmpirv-a source of wonder then!- waa installed. Ono good point the old tub had; she was of a kind oi a Dutch build, and practically un- sinkable! And that was to stand us in good stead in the long run.

Nevertheless some unkind souls suggested that the agent wag any- thing but altruistic when he ar- ranged for our passage on that ancient craft.

GARDENING NOTES

The ground is a little cold yet but sufllciently workable to do some planting oi the hardier vegetables. On the 4th inst, advantage was taken of the sunny weather to run in a. line of peas, another of broad beans, some spinach and some Chinrsc cabbage. The latter is very useful as an early substitute for lettuce. A full line of “potato onions" (which are here, called "multipliers") completed the day's operation. On the same day in the front garden a clump of Chionodoxa or Glory of the Snow was in full flower. It i; the newer variety dis- tinguished as “Heavenly Blue," and it well merits its name. Side by side with it bloomed a. small group

fwt hiding he: time. although then. as now, there were thos: who prophesied smooth thinks. The taxes v were mounting. and some went as hi‘ a5 to soy that the municipal fibts vwrrn about equal to the Na- Pflhmal Debt. With all lhesc reasons for disquictude, it was not to b: llmndercti that there was a con- Iitierable exodus. ,

Bo considering all these things, bud having a family growing up,

tirriirr determined to try the

v Vlorld." Canada was well ad-

» lvortistd for mcst of the Provinces had agents in Britain who were on me look out for suitable emml- grants. Western Canada. was boom. fig just then and to it I proposed llo direct my steps. However. "Lady Link" took a. hand and directed m? 1b the azzcni‘. for Prince Edward Is- land; which was fortunate indeed 0hr: way that things have turned ou .

It crime to DR§. then, that we Intmir-“d at Newcastle upon Tyne on Azwil 22nd, 1910. at 11.20 pm. and after n rathcr tedious night journey arrived at Liverpool on Boturdfly. April 23rd, at 8.10 am. After brealzinsting at a restaurant we went sight-seeing, for we wcrc not to be at the wharf till l p.m. Liverpool, or at any rate the part of it that we inspected, did not im- press us: it was not so trim as

_ Newcastle, and sccrrnd to be short on paint: and the people were rath- er “off-hrmdcd" as we say in the North. Tlicy seemed us‘ if they could not be bothered with strang-

‘ ersl perhaps because they saw so

’ many that year. ,

After dinner we made our way to

= the wharf at which we were to meet. the agcnt, and 12.1. shephwdcd us to the “i-cnder" that. was to

' » take us to the pTiSEBIIg/Ci‘ boat lying

‘ in the middle of the rivrr.

In a vciy short timc we wallrnd the plank on to tlic deck oi the

, 300d shin Carihzrzinian, nnd irok (as we thourrhl) o. last. look at the shores oi Britain. Our flckets had been nurcbascd about a wcek before, and lll‘"fl'.'l 1' mtilcrs effects" and cfor: irco oi customs) had precccwl us and wrrc at. that moment imdcr llZliCllTS. With such multitudes on the more there were

of Iris reticulata which has no popular (or English) name. Apart from ~iis~aclnnrable quality of earli- ness. its flowers are rather more curious than attractive: its deep purple-blue blooms have very nar- row petals (standards and falls, as the Iris fans term them) and the “falls” have e. narrower eentraidine cf warm yellow netted with black and white.

In the early morning, I note. a robin is very busy in the front gar- den, and it is just a question whether he is digging angle-worms or filling up with vitamins in the shape of the new growth oi the herbaceous perennials. I have known these birds, a. little latcr in the spring, to ruin n. line of cun~ flowers by eating the seed-leaves. But birds. although at times they do damage to special crops, U6, in the main, friends of the gardener. because they destroy enormous numbers oi caterpillars, grubs, and insects. Chickadees, thrushes, wrens, fly-catchers, most oi our native sparrows, and the redstarts" mainly (and in some cases wholly) insectivorous. Those birds which interfere with our crops are the crows (which will dig up the corn.) the robins and starlings each with a sweet tooth for the best fruits, and the house sparrows, which take toll of the oat-sheaves.» The usual means taken against there trouble- some birds. is to protect the crops with old fishing nets wherepos- slble. and to frighten the birds by scares. “The balance oi nature should not be interfered with" says an Einglislr honiculturist; ‘iand birds of prey. such as hawks and owls, should be preserved equally with the song-birds." This is good advice, but too late for Britain, tvhcre the hawks have been per- mcutcd for centuries, and are about cxterminated.

A NATIVE msrntroa

In the pamphlet "A Prince Ed- ward Island Weed Survey" by Prof. Herbert Groh (1926). a reference is made to the collections of the late Prof. John Mucoun which are now

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In the plctumqun golden. in which 110W!!! ll‘! BMWII W Ulla l. Picture a major problem ll plum- ing for a succession of bloom. In 8110b a garden there must be g “m. tinuous show. The gardens, l; g stage manager, who must mg produce a series of spec e3 to charm the beholden.

To the initiated thil may ocean more difficult than it really lo. Th0- supply of actors for the guden show 1B almost unlimited, A 5&4 catalog gives an amazing list, of typos. tall short. blonde brunet“, vigorous, delicate. whatever you may want. Nature has provided them in great abundance.

Each flower has its lesson o! bloom, determined by nature, and Wu have only to select from those which bloom each season. types which fit into the composition o! your garden picture. _

It is possible to produce u, con- tinuous show of flowers with per- ennials and annuals grown mm seed. No one need hesitate about combining these classes ,0! flowers in the border. The modem idea. is to consider flowers solely from the standpoint of their effectiveness in the picture. without Imam to whether they live one year or twenty.

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plants. A perennial starts the son- oon full groom, whereas annuals must make their g the some lea-son. Perennials o n lust for yoonywbilc annualodic ouch. foll-

trob of white flower: in April; guy, which blossoms in H172 us, or no ploni, which flown!

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annuals, with their constantly lin- provcditypcs‘, there are many which rival perennials in size; though none which bloom so early agthe earliest perennials.

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viigmioo. or viwlnh cow-clip.

which flowers 4n our; nopcto rnus- slni, mauve catnip. flowering in May; polemonium Jacobi ladder. bearing racemes cf blue boll flower: in April; renun- rennials which can culus cautious. double lruttcmuli. seed are anchun flowering lnmy. ‘

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The "Hemlock Looper

More or less extensive infestations by the hemlock loper have recently b91511 reported from a number oi been known as an enemy of horn. localities in Quebec and tbs Mm. time Provinces.

This Species of caterpillar has long been known as an enemy of hm- 10d: in Ontario and of balsa-m fir in Newfoundland. It has occurred "willy in destructive outbmcko in both hemlock and balsam fir in tho 148% States and on hemlock in Ontario, but the first outbreak; m. corded on balsam fir from Eiutsm Canada.» wereueported from cns North Shore of Quebec 1n 1,939, m that year outbreaks occurred gt Manicouagan, Trinity and Penis. cost. This insect is native through- Wt the whole of eastern Canada and outbreaks may, therefore, gp. Dear in balsam forests aiwwherc in that area. It may be noted that. in- iboth the Newt and the North Shore outbreaks the. infesta- tion occurred in mixed balsam fir and b11101! Spruce stands, and was larscly confined to patches of nearly pure balsam.

It has been demonstrated that hemlock looper outbreakson. bulb hemlock and balsam can be con. trolled by "lblane dusting, em- plvylns‘ calcium arscnate at the rate °l GbWt 15 pounds per acre. It has been characteristic of these out- breaks to develop first on a small acreage and then to spread rapidly over the surrounding for“; y; 1g "M91019. important to discover the infestations while they are 5111.111 and to effect control with the mini. mum of iniury and expense.

Since these outbreaks develop on balsam fir in the early pure stands, any method of management that increases many the spruce content of the forest should delay or prc- vent the development of outbreak; When more is known concerning the regeneration of baJsmm m‘; Spruce in the north-east, sonic method of increasing the percent- as» 0i spruce on cutovcr lands may be devised. -

When smell spots of fnfestgtlon “Wm? in an extensive forest. concentration of extensive cutting operations on these ‘ ‘ ’ are” should help in checking the spread 0f the llllllry- Felling the trees over a. large area would probably result in the starvation of the majority of the caterpillars. When feasible. this method deserves a trial as an alternative to airplane dusting.

the writer with another unusual sight, the occultation of the planet Venus. On surveying thn sky short-

in the National Herbarium at Ot- tawa. In the collections is t0 b:

no gcvctumcnt rrssisis-d passages such as afterwards c1mo into bp- Lug: other way and tlnore i5 no doubt come oi the shipping companies

1.934 SIIIIGLU FED .FOX‘ PllP FELT

If IN 80.000 SKINH—IDNDQN MARCH SALE -~ ‘llhofollowing letter was received

b! us unsolicited. _» Charlottetown, PEI. i , April 29, 1935 “NATIONAL FOX 8t ANIMAL

1 I00 LTD.

rside, P. E. I. on: Mr. L. W. Hancock, Mgr, fin‘ Mr. Hancock:- Xdl may have noticed in our daily where a. pelt from my ranch the highest prico on the . Auctions in March. y Major A, l. Robertson who was present at ' , In Auction d who was sent over ‘ . M the OILS .3. Aufn, told me thlt - It was UNQUIBTIONABLY THE FELT ON THE BALE. AND _ WAS THE EXPRESSED ON 0F TEE BUYERS WITH OM HE T . I rcllon I dre/w your attention " thh fact is, that our pupa were ' on SUNGID FOX BATION NS]. rem the time they were wean and was the ONLY CEREAL

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found a specimen of the Small Mistletoe, with the big name, to wit. Arceuthobium pusilium peck. This plant is parasitic (like moot oi the family) on trees, and our species affects the twigs oi spruce and larch, causing the abnormal growths known as “witches brooms." Flor a long time post I had been on ‘the look out for this plant, and had examined many witches’ brooms in valn--at the wrong smo- nn of the year. On Sunday, May 5th, happening to be near a glove of spruce-well covered with than growths. I drew one “brcom" down andslooked. it over. . To my satisiwe tlcn I found the little mistloloein flower. Anybody who is at all familiar with the European mistletoe. with its large leaves and semi-transpar- ent white berries, would be can» pointed with its Island cousin. Our plant 1a from "4 to 20 millimetres lmig" say the books: the specimens I found averaged one-quomr o! an inch and would be almost un- iotiocable hid it not boon for. tbfl male flowers. The staminate flow- ers are usually pfilltflfy. mllltl! three-parted. vex-g small. of a pum- llsh out. with three yellow stom- enl. A few were four-parted. with four stamens. The lclves am ro- duced to mam 508160; the plant bu little necfl- for-leaves seeing that gate its sultbnance from the spruoo. It wu too early in the year to find the l-varried plank but the horrid are not. at‘ all ornamental like till Euro an kind. and are only about a m imrtru Fml- . WW" l" .our nltutalists in: whet transim "*"::'.::."" u::'""""""" to npre pa ‘l’!!! MARCIA!!! AWN! cumin. Mo! M N»

4g, emu. wlizloifiip A little while elapsed: the moon

iy after 7 p.m. the planet Jupiter was to be seen just above the gouth- eastern horizon. -Nea.rer the -Zcnith W55 the Dlliflfili Mars. distinguished by iis..ruddier tint: and away to the north-west was the planet Venus. a brilliant point of light, at this time closely accompanied by a thin crescent moon. A line joining these planet; would very nearly mark the- ecliptiqsince the greater part oi the celestial phenomena connected with the planetary. cyc- tem takes place either in the eclip- tic or in planes not greatly inclin- ed to it. As the earth tum: north- ward in its diurnal rmation the 1118MB lmrear to travel the other WES’ and to sink in the west or north-west. Now the moon appelvo to follow pretty nearly the came track, its path being only about 5 degrees inclined to the ecliptic; but “against the gtream"; that in to icy it is firt seen Li . the went or north-west as a. slim crescent, ind night after night works over towards the east. where at int it appear: as full moon. ‘

A; I regarded the crescent moor: I coulf see the remainder of itl disc, olntl visible by reuon- m the "earthl n; gn the moon." ven- uswasjnston heedgeofthodilc and as I locked the planet diasp- peered. in termed oecnitoiiin lonet bccomn

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By NANCY COOK WILLS

1 nope you take as much pride as 1 m; in eel-villi the veecwblfs W“ have grown in your own sardon- That is one of the most 1119881!“ experiences to come from M!!! gardening, and believe me I new!‘ fail to inform my guests that their dinner. or a le-rse pert 0f 1i» “mil

from a little plot 1118i flwllnd “l. comer from my dinlni 100m window

Because I take such pride in

sewing my own vegetables, I like t0 think mat my methods of cooking u; we best tobring out full flavor b") 0f uuuflShfllQnt» I find that the schools of domestic

science are valuable, and‘ Pvt learned a. lot from their in- vestigations. .

Steaming some vegetables that ordinarily are boiled in watcr aids in preserving color, flavor grlgpneaq; 180i} 12bit 81.11108?’ B0 WM," wlicheipthem brings about a saving" fin" vitamins‘ and mmeralt- Tendcr gcoens, such as Swiss c110"! and spinach, can be cooked best in a gwgmeq, Therootcropé. ill-INN. ‘carrots. liar-ships; befits. Niall,“ ect., may be steamed and will b0 betw- m- it. They should be cut in smalLniecesriwith. the exception o! beets), so that as little time as W8" sibie ls needed to cook them. Th!!! will prevent shrlveling. -

mm baking and steamns e111 in saving the hidden food elements in vegetables. It has been deilniMlY established that vegetables which are boiled lose fully one-half their vitamins and minerals. In the case of steaming the amount lost- is al- most negligible. This is true. in path of baking, where the saving is not quite so met

Bolling ls necessary. of course. with some veseta-bles. such B8 asparagus. peas, beans and cabbage- Oooking than a long time is un- necessary, and will ixwreaoe Will‘ loss of food values tmnendouslY- m the case oi ulnar-alps. for In- stance, the tops will take but a third of the time to cook as the heavier base of the stalk. 'I‘ie the bunch of stalks set them in the kettle heavy ends down. 000k until almost, done, and then put the tops into the water and cook okain for ll or '1 minutes.

Men arc more addictzd. to hobbies than worm-n. Just why 1111i! i! "l" is somewhat obscure. Perhbps. it’! because the men havo nothiiw w do

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(SIRE JULIUS N0. 11081-400“) PERCHIBON QTALLION

Leaver Kausingtm Monday. April an. u» Lloyd winger.” vgurnont

after dinner in ovcz but read thenc- per. No matter wihnt the mason. however, it is an unfortunate thinl

‘for the womcniolk. because hobbies

b‘ looting aotlaikotiorl, and o nzlvxrwlrttexoot in life which role!»

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one or a few flowers or veeeilblvl