"I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter night, the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun, and my fruits are refreshing draughts, quenching your thirst as you journey on.
"I am the beam that holds your house, the board of your table, the bed on which you lie, and the timber that builds your boat.
"I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, and the shell of your coffin.
"I am the bread of kindness and the flower of beauty.
"Ye who pass by, listen to my prayer; harm me not."
A practical application of this beautiful message would add to the beauty and productive capacity of this country and would give pleasure and profit to its people.
Dr. J. Russell Smith was here called upon and gave entertaining and amusing accounts of his early struggles with nut culture and of some of his travels in foreign lands.
The President: I would just like to add to what I have said that the Rev. Paul Krath of the United Church of Canada is now about to leave for a five year absence in central Europe. He tells me he would like to sell the balance of those hardy Carpathian walnuts. I have faith in them. I think they are worth the price he asks for them for an experimental purpose alone.
Dr. Smith: Do you know where the seed was procured?