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Four COLBORNE .CHRONICLE Thursday, February 18th, 1965 FEBRUARY 21 -28 : : BOY SCOUT WEEK BOY SCOUT MUSEUM BOASTS DISPLAY HISTORICAL SCOUT ITEMS More than 2,000 visitors annually tour the Scout (Museum located at the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of Canada in Ottawa. In 1964 thev came from every province in Canada nearly every State in the United States and from Japan, Australia Singapore, Jamaica, Trinidad. Scotland, England, Greece, Co lumbia Austria, Israel and Pakistan. Opened only four years ago the museum has brought together under one roof rare collection of items relating to the earlv days of Scouting, both in this country and in England, exhibits from the siege of Mafeking, in which the founder of Scouting Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. became a world hero, and insie-nia used by Scouts in past years. In the Baden-Powell section of the display are photographic reproductions of some of the founder's school reports when he at tended the famus Charterhouse school in England. One such report dealing with mathematics . states, "has to , all intents given up the study of mathematics" and another, re porting on his studies in French, relates: "Could do well, but, has become very lazy; often sleeps in school". One of the nrorp fascinating exhibits is a portrait of Baden-Powell embroidered in coloured silks, and a remarkable likeness It is recorded that when the siege of Mafeking was lifted in 1900 after 217 days, hundreds of gifls poured in upon Baden-Powell's mother and this one among them. This was inherited by Agne= Baden-Powell, sister of the founder of Scouting, who in turn gave it to a Major Heather its Kitchener, Ontario, on the condition that it eventually would be given to the Bov Scouts of Canada headquarters. On the death of Major Heather a few years ago the portrait was bequeathed to the museum. A reminder of the very earliest, days of. Scouting is the name plate fro"i the motor launch "Hyacinth". In 1907, to test out his theories on Scouting, Baden-Powell took a group of 24 boys to an experimental camp on Brown-sea Island off the south coast of England. The "Hyacinth" was the launch used to transport the world's first Boy Scouts to their rendezvous with destiny. Baden-Powell was an inveterate world traveller, making several trin= jn Canada."Everywhere he went he kept elaborate diaries, which he illustrated sometimes with photographs, and more often with his own sketches of what he Lady Baden-Powell, present World Chief Guide and widow of the Founder, presented his diary of his 1910 Canaian tour to the museum, and the open page displays a very fine sketch by Baden Powell of Fort Garry in Winni-peg. the more than a score of books he wrote during his lifetime. His water colours and sketches are considered by experts to be of exceptionally high quality. One of his water colours, of his last home in Nyeri in Kenya, whicn he called Paxtu, was presented to the Boy Scouts of Canada by the Boy Scouts of the United ■ Kingdom in 1955 on the occai the world jamboree in i that year. It too is a prizi seum possession. during the siege of Mafeking. One carries the portrait of Baden-Powell, and the other one of the Mafeking cadets, a group of boys who did yeoman service during the siege and on which Baden-Powell modelled the Boy Scouts. It is said that Queen Victoria, when shown the .stam;> Two of the more valuable items in the collection are rare stamps, issued for local postage purposes bearing Baden-Powell's likeness, was "not amused". Apparently during her reign it was customary to use only the monarch's likenes.-on stamps in the British Empire. In the collection are most of Baden-Powell's books, which include such titles as "Pigsticking and Hog Hunting" and "My Adventures as a Spy". Many samples are on display ot the souvenirs, manufactured in many forms to mark the relief of Mafeking in 1900. These include wall plaques, cups, mugs, lapel buttons, cigarette cards, match cases, paper weights and plates. One such plate, bearing the likeness of Baden-Powell ant! other high military officers of the Boer War, turned up in a Neigh-j bourhood Services second hand store in Ottawa and was donated to the museum. This was the first anybody at National headquarters knew of the existence of such a souvenir. Within two weeks a similar plate turned up in Montreal and both are now prized items in the collection. There is also a copy of volume 1, numiber 1 of The Scout, the world's first Scout magazine now in its 57th year of weekly publication. It is dated April 18, 1908, a few weeks after the movement was started. One of the museum's proudest possessions is an original copy of part 1 of Scouting for Boys the book which really started the mvement. It was originally published in six fortnightly parts in 1908, and sold for four pence a copy. Another particularly interesting item is a small wooden bead, original of the wood badge now worn by thousands of Scout leaders across the world who have taken wood badge training. The story behind the bead is that during one of his African cam paigns, Baden-Powell captured a Dinnizulu chief who, in token of surrender, handed over his necklace of several hundred carved wooden beads. Later, when Baden-Powell was looking for an app-opriate insignia for trained leaders, he adopted the Dinnizulu beads and called them the wood badge. The bead in the museum is an original from the chief's necklace. As the wood badge a pair of them are worn on a leather thong around the A kudu horn is another item that attracts wide attention. It is the horn of a large African antelope, and with a hole carved near the tip, it. creates a sound when blown which travels great distances. It was such a kudu horn that Baden-Powell used to call the boys together at his experimental camp on Brownsea Island in 1907. Items for the from the most unlikely places a'nd many are donated by former Scout leaders or Boer War-veterans who have had them in their possession for many years. Most of the work of assembling the memorabilia and preparing it for display has been done by Patrick M. O. Evans, who acts as curator. Mr. Evans has been a member of the staff of the Boy Scouts of Canada since 1945. - GARDEN NOTES The Plant Research Institute Ottawa by A. R. Buckley Fragrance in the Garden Although basically modern gardens are built around plants with beauty of form, texture, fruits and flowers, there is a distinct advantage in choosing those which, as well as possessing these desirable traits, are also endowed with fragrance. The scent of flower and leaf has a greater nostalgic impact than the parts of plants we see, and nothing can be more enjoyable than a brief waft of delightful fragrance that arises when a plant is casually brushed as one passes by. In this article then, I shall briefly mention a few fragrant trees and shrubs that might form the basis for a garden of frag-In the Arboretum of the Plant Research Institute the best of ail flowering trees, the beautiful Bechtel's crab apple, has large flowers, two and a half inche° across which ovsr a period of ten days emit a roselike scent. Its very beautiful, double pink blooms not only make the tree the most beautiful crab apple, but make it worth growing for scent alone. English writers have described its scent as suggestive of violets, but to my olfactory organs it is more like the most pungent of moss roses. The oleaster or Russian oliv>> (Elaeagnus angustifolia) has each year an abundance of fragrant yellow blooms, which, half hidden by silvery leaves, exhale a sweet perfume. Like the crab apple, this tree is also worth growing for its other attractions. It makes a lovely silvery-foliaged tree that stands out admirably from a red-brick house and grows no more than thirty feet. The littleleaf linden, which many arborists are using for city streets, is, when in bloom, one I of the most fragrant of larger trees, fts fragrance, although attracting scores of bees during flowering time, does not stupify them in the same way as other lindens do. Among the fragrant shrubs are a few that emit fragrance all • and not just when they , These are perhaps more desirable for planting near the entrance to the home. The aromatic shrubby (Artemisia), for example, placed where people may have to slightly brush it as they pass, is an interesting plant. Similarly, the Caroline allspice (Calycanthus floridus) can be planted at a strategic place in the -garden, where visitors, given a leaf to crush, will soon detect a fruity scent, much like pineapple, mixed with wine and camphor. The flowers of the plant, produced at the end of June, are- like rusty-red incurved chrysanthemums. For centuries lilacs have been admired for their scent. Many modern ones, however, lack this delicious attribute. Some of the best fragrant varieties are La-martine, pink single: Miss Ellen Willmott, white double; Congo, deep purplish-red single; Leon Gambetta, rosy-salmon, single: President Lincoln, blue single: Ludwig Spaeth, red single, and President Grevy, with blue double flowers. The same care should be given to selecting garden roses. Among the best-scented hardier hybrid perpetuals are Captain Hayward, crimson; General Jacqueminot, crimson, and George Arends, pink. These may not be easy to find, but they are listed by some specialists. The best of the hybrid tea roses are Crimson Glory, dark red: Golden Dawn, yellow; Horace McFarland, salmon; Mary Margaret McBride, dark pink; Mirandy, red; Mrs. Pierre S. DuPont, golden yellow; Radiance, pink; Red Radiance, red; Rubaiyat, crimson; Signora, orange-salmon, and The Doctor, pink. Among the floribunda roses are Donald Prior, pink; Geranium Red; and Vogue, cherry coral. Among the climbers are Climbing American Beauty, and Paul's Lemon Pillar. The mock orange is, of course, we!! known for its very heavy scent. However, not all mock oranges have this fragrance, so you should choose the commo scented mock orange (Phila delphus coronarius) and thai varieties Bouquet Blanc and1 Avalanche. Honeysuckles are' also plants which by repute are very heavily scented. About the climbing English honeysuckle or common woodbine it has been said that although the indescribably sweet, spicy scent makes its flowers a delight to the young, it is almost too rich and sweet for any respectable middle aged liver. The common woodbine is not truly hardy in Ottawa but can be pulled through the winters if it is allowed to creep along the ground under protective bushes, preferably in half-shade. It is quite hardy in south-western Ontario. Carles' viburnum is a neat, four-foot shrub with exquisite, white, strongly scented flowers. The heavy fragrance is aromatic, almost clovelike and similar to Finally, two old stand-bys deserve mention: the early spring -blooming Flowering Currant. (Ribes aureum), with golden-yellow sweet-scented flowers, and the Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), which has an odor redolent of wild pastures. UNIT III EDEN U.C.W. Unit III of Eden U.C.W. held their meeting on Tuesday evening, February 9th, at the home of Mrs. Keith Stimers with six members present. Meeting in charge of Mrs. Stimers opened with the Theme-Prayer and Hymn 483, "He Lead-eth Me". Mrs. Stimers provided a very inspirational topic on "Three minutes a day", given by herself. Mrs. Frank Chapman. Mrs. Whittaker, Mrs. Gerald Dunk and Mrs. Lyle Honey, a verse of Scripture was read by each person and the explanation of each was as follows: "Be reasonable about it", "Think for yourself", "Windfall for children" and "You need to be needed". Hymn 568, "The Day Thou Gavest Lord, Is Ended", and prayer closed devotions. Mrs. Lyle Honey presided for the business which included making plans for Unit Ill's share in the wedding reception to be held in the Hall on February 26th. A box of bandages was sent to Leprosarium, Sudan Mission, South Africa, last week. Roll call for February was 1 cent for each button on our clothes. Meeting closed with prayer and Mrs. Stimers served lunch. the ? ! j.'lf EMERGENCY MEASURES COMMITTEE MEETING The first meeting of the Emergency Measures Committee of Council was held in the Counties Building, Cobourg, on Friday, February 9th, 1965. 1965 members are: Mr. A. L,. Blanchard (Warden), Reeve Darlington Township; Mr. L. A. Hoo-ton, Reeve Cavan Township: Mr. I Sidney Little, Reeve Bowman-I ville; Mr. A. L. Brown, Reeve j Campbellford; Mr. G. II. Ross, ! Deputy-Reeve Murray. Mr. L. A. Hooton was re-elected Chairman for the coming year With Mr. Brown as Vice-Chair-Present at the meeting was Mr. J. A. K. Rutherford, Director of EMO for the Province, who explained what is being carried out in the rest of the Province in planning for a nuclear or natural disaster and urged the Committee to extend their activities for Emergency Welfare and to study all aspects of a counties wide Emergency Communications network. 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