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the Province and to the Dominion of Canada in horticulture and 
botany. In landscape beauty the park system will undoubtedly 
rank amongst the ae of its kind, for glorious natural features 
abound on every 
panys e Toronto Power Com any s generating station is a 
magnificent structure, and although it is not quite completed it has 
the | appearance of a beautiful library or museum. In the immediate 
foreground are beds sunk in concrete, the whole elt arranged in 
the form of a terrace approached by steps. In these beds are 
pig al — sub-tropical and ordinary bedding planting plants 
in spring, and in the autumn bulbous plants such as Tulips, 
Fiyachwiluc and Narcissus. 
The Administration Building contains the offices of the Parks 
Commission and of the Superintendent and his staff; the basement 
is divided into lavatories and Constables’ headquarters. The 
second floor serves as a restaurant, while the Board room of the 
Commisssion and their bedrooms are on the top or third floor. 
These rooms are only used when the Board is in session. Standing 
as it does in proximity to both the American and Canadian Falls 
the building has a igre ns oe location and from its balconies 
splendid views can be o ned. 
The number of men employed in the park proper is about 80 in 
There are only ‘Seve trained gardeners sia by the Pann 
SOrERODs two of them Kew men. I have met many gardeners 
from Britain, and am glad to say that in nearly every case the 
best aitiene are held by old Kewites. I may state that the mere 
fact of having taken the Kew course places a man in the front 
rank of horticulturists out here. Let me say that alae else 
is it possible for a gardener to obtain such a training a 
rds. This fact strikes home to many a Kewite, when Kew to 
him is a thing of the past. 
As an old Kewite I would advise the young fellows in Kew to 
make the best of their time, not only as far as practical work is 
concerned, but also in the various courses of lectures. Two years 
is a very short perion rey should, therefore, crowd all they 
possibly can into the e opportunity will never come again, 
and when they leave ‘thay should remember it is their duty where- 
ever they may be to uphold the reputation of Kew. By so doing 
the chances of their fellow Kewites ¢ are materially improved. 
