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of land which the Provincial Government of Ontario very wisely 
purchased and set aside as a national park, the total area of which 
is just over 800 acres. At one end of this reserve, near Lake 
Ontario, is the battlefield of Queenston Heights ; and at the other 
end the battlefield of Fort Erie. The city of Niagara Falls, 
Ontario, is about midway between these two points, and here the 
Queen Victoria Park Commissioners are doing a splendid work in 
developing a park system which will undoubtedly rank with the 
best in the world, both from an aesthetic and an educational 
standpoint. 
erhaps the most important project the Parks Commission have 
in hand is the construction of a boulevard extending from a point 
near the Falls to Bridgeburg 16 miles up the river. I need not 
enter into details of its construction; suffice it to say that each mile 
section along its course will be planted with one variety of shade 
tree, w ile at several points, where the width is sufficient, small 
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Falls and Buffalo, renders its construction essential and in time it 
will no doubt rank with the best American park systems in point 
of utility as well as beauty. 
he area in the vicinity of the F ais pmoanting to two hundred 
acres, is being transformed and laid out more or less in the nature 
of a large botanical garden. The southerly portion will form the 
arboretum. A large range of iron-frame greenhouses and con- 
-gervatories will be built to accommodate various exotic species and 
varieties of plants, also to furnish a sufficient space to display the 
decorative or greenhouse types, such as Chrysanthemums, Cyclamens, 
Primulas, So. ., in their respective seasons, 
The northerly sorhion, in which are situated the herbaceous 
borders and flower beds, also contains the baseball, football and 
cricket grounds, the t tennis courts and bowling greens. In this 
aes many beautiful and valuable specimen trees and shrubs are 
Coniferae are strongly represented and flourish well under the 
conditions at the Falls. Thuya occidentalis, Juniperus virginiana, 
suga canadensis, Pinus Strobus and Taxus canadensis grow 
naturally at various points in the park proper aud are also to 
found in abundance along the lower Niagara Gorge. 
Evergreens other than conifers are rare, very few of the broad- 
leaved type have up to the present proved hardy enough to stand 
the rigours of the severe Canadian winters, therefore this class of 
plants. is only represented by such subjects as Rhododendron 
catawbiense, R. maximum, and Kalmia latifolia. 
There are many remarkable specimens of deciduous trees, some 
of which are growing naturally, while others, perhaps the ans ie 
have been planted. Splendid specimens of Ulmus americana. 
