1" some seed,

ma GUARDIAN

OCTOBER 7. 1939

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Mr. Junk further says, “In your interest notes on Sept. 28rd you mention the fact that it would be well for evory school to have a copy of “Eastern Hawks and what they look like in the air." I am sum you will be pleased to know that. thanks to the generosity of the Audubon Societyfland others in- terested. We are p nning through the medium of the Red Cross $0- clety and the school inspectors, to place this leaflet along with other luitable material, in every school in the Hovince; and also, through tbo instriunentahty of Miss Catherine

McLean. into a large number of the schools in New Brunswick. "Along with we are also

placing a large poster in color, tit- led “Hawks are YOur friend-i"; 1119 last supply of these alone cost about $12, so you see it costs some- thing to get this material before the public. Also with this are in- cluded "Lessons on Binds"; "At- tracting Birds with food and wat- er"; "How to build Bird Houses“ “Conservation and Fur"; The Cost of Fire"; “How to Start Bird Clubs", and "Lists of Materials l available for Nature Study in Schools." Supplied by the National Anti-steel Trap League are "The steel Train. a menace to Con-serm- tion", “La Nature Wasting Safe?" and other leaflets. By the Humane Society “Toady. the story of a Friendly 'oa.d," “Those that live in the Pond." and others.

“Some of this literature is now in_ the hands of Miss McLean and Miss Verna Darrach and some of the school inspectors and it is hop- ed by October to have it in the hands oi the nest. of them. (If any school should be overlooked in this distribution, says a postscript, all that the teacher need do to write to . Ludluw Jenkins, Marahfield, who will see that the pamphlets are sent on.)

"We feel that if Nature Study ls made one of the activities of the Junior Red Cross it would be an added attraction, but of course Just now with war ra81118 they will be extremel busy. It was said that the Word heaved a of relief when Leopold King of e Belgians died. 1 guess when Hitler passes out it will be repeated.

- "We are having extremely dry weather here, not even the flight of the ants seems ' much rain. although we had a slight shower after the flizht." so ends the letter.

With regard to the nuptial flight of the ants, it is evidently connect- ed with the state of the atmosphere (perhaps electrical-ill): the rain usu- ly occurs the following day, and In

the weather was clear and fine ill about 4 pm. on the 17th when there was a dash of rain and the rest of the day was darksome. The centre oi the disturbance was at where there was a gear. ltorm; we were on the ou .

NATURE NOTES

We have a. very pretty orchid here; the Lad '

(rarely white) with a sac-like in- flared "lip" and once seen is not likely to be forgotten. It is scarce and lfltely to become scarcer, be- cause it is subjected to ruthless gathering and gets no chance to produce seed. There is another fac- tor operating against this, and for the matter of that, all other or- chids: though each flower produces hundreds of seeds. they are as fine as dust and have no reserve food to carry them over their "infant" stage. Consequently should they fall to the ground in a spot where the conditions are the least un- favorwble, the cannot grow. The cultivated orchids are in gen- eral very valuable, as one soon dis-g covers when one goes to purchase’ the flower: and orchid growerst have for years been experimenting to find a reliable medium in which the seeds and make sure of their growth. Peat moss, fungi. and various kinds of manure, have all been tried and rejected, till at last it was found that agar-agar, a jelly-like susbstance produced from a Japanese sea-weed, fulfill- ed all the conditions, and enabled the experimenters to germinate the seeds at will,

The low-growing Sanvitalla pro- cumbtms has proved to be the most

satisfactory of the four annuais tested out on my little rockcry this year. It has a. long period of bloom: was admired by tourist the last weeks of

and it give Promise

least, for the

in October. The flovrcr — a composite — is not large, but it is produced in 111011151011; rather prim-looking, it has yellow ray-florets, and a black- ish disc, with a faint suggestion of crimson. I have already saved and hope it is viable.

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IONTIIAL Jtlfifi.

The Blue-bells of Scotland (Olm- pun rotnndifolfl) is giving a (I b10001 since I shear- ed of! the old atoms before tho seed pened. This plant seems to

inherblt the

have a. to earth and matters abroad hundreds and hundreds fine dust-like

good {bin . ‘like to be wlthout it on as its blue flowers form

an lo ch from the yel- low ues so filer-it in the au- tumn flora. e plant is very adaPtable but given to alter its habta of growth with what I mav term its circumstances. In rich soil it sends up its stems in com- pact tufts' but in bleakcr spots with scantler soil it becomes more artistic, out its "bells" in looser sprays. And treated as I have done, it will bloom till win-

ter .

favorite, is attested by fact that dozens of visitors have taken plants of it for their own gardens --Scottish and iish alike!

A friend whom I ave never per- sonally meb-Mr. E. S. Blanchard. of Charlottetown-has won my warmest gratitude by forwarding me a parcel containing a number of magazines; to be exact they are the English "Good Gardening" and the American "Flower Grower.” The English magazine is supgrbly illustrated in color and sepia nes, and its letter-press is quite evident- lv written by experts. The "Flow- er Grower" is well illustrated too, and the articles in it are suitable w a wide range of climate on this side o! the Atlantic. In my more or less enforced idleness I enjoy many a. good half-hour of brows- 1118 1n these magazines, for which I trust Mr. Blanchard will accept my heartlest. thanks.

I dug m blue potatoes, in the garden, ay. There were nearly a score oi plants and I was satis- fied with the crop. Better still they are beginning “to show their breeding". when 1 took them in hand four seasons ago they were a motley lot: round ones, long ones. -shaped. knobby, etc; and th various degrees of blue- ne-ss. Now they are showing more uniformity in shape, though not in

would not tho rock

NATUIAL IISOUICII IAISIIED. .

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OPINIONS OI THE B! Ill LUDIDW JENKINS.

ANIMAL PROBLEMS 0F THE SOUTH

Land Poverty: Cattle on 3181""!!! Fires in the Everglades.

The National Humane Rlevlaw

One scarcely knows who“- evil aspect of animal conditions in the South and Middle South out- balances the hopeful signs to be found there. One day the entire prospect is depressing; next day one may meet a group of enthusi- asts who are aocomp 8 81'“! things and are striving for things still greater,

The South is hard on animals. especially farm stock. Much of the land gives little in the way of nutritious pasture. The sun beats down upon the grasses and the earth is parched. Many of the fur- mers are close to the poverty line. They lack the equipment and the fertilizer to do much in the way of cultivation mid the sun is as 1181‘! on them as 0n their stock. One sees cattle that are obviously un- derfcd and their milk cannot have a high butter fat content. It is a fact that milk and cream in most oi Florida ccst more at retail than in the big northern cities. Yet here and there one sees a dairy herd that stands out by comparison with the general run. Hogs seem

appearance and was all but a dis- mal flop: on the 56001111 1118111 m9 rucelpts amounted to $101 The syndicate look fright and sold out Lilell‘ rights to the astute D‘Oyley Carlo who (according to Gilbert) had little of the Aryan in his pedigree. The failure was not in the opera. however, but in present- ing it in a theatre almost unknown to. and liule patronized by the dis- crlmiuazzng public. Sullivan at zhe time was conducting conoerrs at Covent Garden. and one even- ing he put on his programme a number of airs from the forlorn opera. The audience was carried away, cheered and whistled, and

to do better than cattle; in the

y“ ma" '12:. rum“ m" ves . Penn stock enjoys free 111186-

Tbcre is no fence law in 011018111 or Florida and if the preferences oi the animals are studied it is lg- parent that the borders of the hi: - ways offer better pasture than dome of the farms. The motorist u warned that this is open range country and that it. is 11D to him w b; 0n the lockout for cattle and hogs. The Wfl-IDIDB is needed. for the danger is ever present.

At one place a poor old cow stood in the middle of the railway tracks. It was an inauspicious way to welcome a trainload of peo- ple to Florida, and it is possible that the cow became another vic- tim of the powerful steam trains.

On the highways many animals are killed by motor vehicles, often with damage to the latter and in- Jury rhaps deaih—to the oc- cupan , By the aide of Highway Number One were the bones and remains of a carcass, obviously a cow. Twenty or thirty huge car- rion birds were stripping the flesl‘. from the bones. runner on was a. dead brown hog and more car- rion birds. The hog could not have been dead long. More and more dead things, some that had man- aged to crawl fifty feet from the roadway: more and more carrion birds. What a service do these winged scavengers render to the South!

Some day all the southern states will have n, fence law that Will obliterate the picture of cattle standing on railroad tracks as a sort of welcoming committee for the refugees from northern winters. Some oi the women's organizations and the Junior chambers of com- merce are demanding a fence law and they are bound to win in the end. The stockmen and owners of range land. however, contend that such a law would create an intolerable burden, that it. would cost more to fence than the land would sell for. This contention seems to have foundation in fact,

asked for more, and shortly after- wards the little downtown theatre

color. It used to be said that ‘the blues’ were losing their vigor, but these seem to be vigorous enough: the largest weighed l4 ounces. (Th-at one i: to be discarded, be- cause it is not the ideal shape). I: probably takes seven years to fix the desired strain, so that the bes may be used for “seed? The bees, wild and tame, are ing their attention to the blooming cornflowers or bachelor's buttons. as they are called here (Ccntaurea cyanus). They visit the Flall Dandelion but I don't see them 0X1 the Golden-rods (“yellow weeds"). I hope ii spared another year, to take notes of all flowers to which the resort.

“Though ere are a. few in- stances where distinct species oi the same botanical order have been successfully hybridized", says a scientist. "the records of failures outnumber them at least five hun- cred to one." This is true both of animals and plants and even when the hybridization is successful, the is likely to be sterile. Some years ago I searched into the his- tory of the pumpkin tribe and found that the field (or garden) pummtin would not “cross" with the nearly related squash. In the Iowa State

ay- ate-

pollen from squashes and secured 1l7 fruits. These yielded only eleven fertile seeds and seven of the seedlings were so weak that they died before they were inches tall. The others bore fruit but not a single fertile seed-so the experimenters were exactly where they started! I have never alttempicd to hybridize plants, my efforts being limited to improving them by selecting the seed of outstanding individuals to uce a. more desirable strain. several instances this has been very silccessful.

ODD COLLABOBATORS (l)

In the old days when music was melody, the present writer was an enthusiastic Gilbert-and-Sullivan fan and never missed an oppor- tunity to witness the erfonnance of their operas, both n London, and in Newcastle. In those happy days all England was c508 when a new opera was to be produced. The two collaborators took extraordin- 1111 precautions to keep even the name of the new venture secret, and no inkling oi the rehearsals was ever permitted to seep through to the public: this stimulated our 011110511)‘. 10 the great. profit of the box office! It is said that in the Passed 60 years the Gilbert and Sullivan operas have been perform- ed more than 20,000 times, and have brought more than $2,500.- 000 into the coffers of the D‘0yley Caries. hther and son, their auth. orizcd producers, |

Yet their start was anything but a. icious. Gilbert and Sullivan's firs opera. "Pheopis", put’, on the boards in London in 187i. fell flat. The author and the composer drift- ed apart (ior they were temper... mentally different), till the far-

Ellhted Richard D'Oyley Carte brovsht them waethe-r again. Then in 1W5 l. little "our -ra.isc:”

Wll Presented st an obscure thea- tre in Soho: it was "Trial by Jury" and was an immediate and bril- liant success. Gilbert was es- sentially a mockm‘. and his w» was here directed against the 1.15. ticiary. a theme always with an appeal, oven in our day. Sullivan's music was light, melodious, and easy, so that this particular opera had had more "appearances". amateur and professional, than any of the series. but never except by aprons permission of the D‘Oyley rt

es. Ikllehied with this success the Droducer persuaded four friends

the purpose of stealing the scenery.

was advertising "standing room on ..

The disgruntled Syndicate now saw their mistake, and instigated a riot which may have been the prototype of the scrimmage in Pricstleys "Good Companions". On the night of July 31st. i879, t0- warrls the end of the performance. fifty roughs raided the theatre for

etc; but they were r and the resulting advertisement was good for Pinafore, which ran till its 700th performance. Though they did not snitch the scenery the Syndicate ran their own ver- slDIl of Pinafore for a. while in a theatre next door!

The opera found its we. to the United States about this lme and the delighted Bostoninns took it to their hearts: "the Museum was crowded nightly by hysterical aud- iences", one account says. As there was no international copy- right laws then, these orm- ances were inaut-horircd and bicught no royalties to any of the three rincipals. “Pirated" copies of Sullvans music sold by the thousands, and were even smug-

gled into England! and rough. cheap-looking stuff they were i Later D'Oyle Carts foiled the pir-

ates by the s mple move of winks;- "composcr" who cooyflghtticdbo e time the late Professors Earle and lottetown. The acting and g fortunate that the gQQd work begun lapse. It is recorded by the late Mr. ton a few days ago, and witnessed tell you they weren't "ln it" as turning it into a love story, while England follows this pretty closely. operas. the scenery and omhestra icily erfect, splendidly nulll To “pr0vlncial" companies had scen- let themselves out a leetls too much been surprised at the response of performance of the Pirates of lot is not a happy one" the poor till the last, when he ly to the music.

off

means to keep down the growth OI a Job which are glad to

some sections, notably in the Ever-

ands of acres. in the This

because many large tracts are ad- wertised for sale at from a dollar to two dollars an acre. Perhaps the solution would be for the cost 61111118 the highways to be ap- portioned between the land owners and the state as theownersofthe highways. But if that were done the state would have to devise

vegetation by the side of the roads, the wandering cattle do. 111a plays an importantpart in glades. During March fire swept 111188 11111-5. thousands and thous- Everglades. ia the most productive land in the entire South. The soil is com- posed of decayed vegetation, built by Nature over hundreds and hun- dreds oi years. Deep canals have been dug to carry off the water. Once the land catches fire it smoulders and burns, maybe to a depth of three or four feet. rend- ering the land useless and destroy- ing all that Nature has built up thro h the ages. ous rains ended the fires in March. A woman. brought from Mississippi, was credited with a mystic capacity of causing rain to fall. And certainly rain did fall in many arts of Florida. But not only did he state lose much of it; earth wealth, for there was also a tremendous sacrifice of wild life. W111i 1119 is one cf Florida's attractions, yet dwindling under the onslaughts of guns and hun- tars. The Everglades fire made it , ible for thousands of crea- tures ever again to contribute to the state's wild life resources.‘ The Far South also is hard 0n the smaller domestic animals, such as dolls and cats. i-ieartworm and black tongue claim considerable mortality, while ticks and other in. sects make life unbearable unless the owners exercise constant care. Every humane society in the south should maintain a dlpflinv vat m aid the animals in their fight againm ticks. ‘There are {/00 many wandering

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SOURIS HIGH SCHOOL Honor Roll for Beptcmber: Principal's Dept, Grade X: l. Pauline Richards.

2. Joseph MacDonald. 3. Miriam Matthew.

Grade IX:-

l. Marlon Ma/aKenzie. 2. Muriel Richards. 3 Arlene Yeo. Grade Vlll:

l. Charles Holland. 2. Lilian Poole.

3, William Pierce.

Min White’: Dep.

Grade VII:

1. Ruth Yeo.

2. Melvin MacKenzle. 3. Edward Cheverle. Grade V1:

1. Frances Oheverie,

2. Harold Paquet. ‘- 3 Billy Poole,

Grade V;

1. Michael Rooney.

2. Vernon Poole 1 3. George Mossey.

Miss Macliellazfs Depl-

Grnde IV:

1. Hazel Yeo.

2. Enid Richards. 3. Joan Richards, Grade Ill:

1. Jerry McCormac. 2. Joseph Perry.

Ii. Billie Carter.

Miss Chevcrids Dept. Gmde II (a): 1. Jackie Poole. 2. Leo. MacDonald and Howard

Glover (equal. )

3. Cecil Murphy. Grade II (b):

l. Leonard Gallant. 2, John Yeo and

(equal) 3. Ruth Jackson.

Kent Ellis

3. Vernon Jarvis. Enxesi. D. Reid, Principal

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