STO.VV CREEK AXD FONTUILI. FRUIT GARDENS. 



foreground, and just below some of his 

 nursery stock, while in the mid-distance 

 Thorold and to the left St. Catharines 

 is barely distinguishable. 



A visit to Fonthill would be incom- 

 plete, if it did not include the Fonthill 

 Nurseries, the most extensive in the Ho- 

 minion, covering in all, about 700 acres 



tain ash, in the middle background a fine 

 hedge of Spiraea \'an Houtti, and on the 

 right one of Norway Spruce, beautifully 

 trained, and in the reara rowof Pyramidal 

 Arbor Viije, which is adapted to become 

 a beautiful ornamental hedge. On the 

 left is seen a variegated Dogwood, Paul's 

 Double-flowering Thorn, and a Scotch 



Fig. lliiS. — P.to.xiE-, Xorway Sprcce Hedces .wd Ofkices, kkum Photo 

 r.v Miss Mauel F. Woolverton. 



of ground. Desiring to see the rose 

 plantation, then in their full glory, we 

 visited these nurseries, and were very 

 curteously treated by the proprietors, 

 Mr. W. E. Wellington & Mr. E. Morris, 

 who furnished carriages for carrying the 

 writer and his assistant, with accompany- 

 ing cameras, through their grounds. 



The entrance (Fig. i i6.j)is very pretty, 

 having on the right a fine \\"eepingMoun- 



piiie. Driving in past the greenhouses 

 and ofliices, we passed some large gar- 

 dens of beautiful ptconies of all colors. 

 A snap from this point looking back 

 toward the entrance with a Xorway 

 Spruce hedge near at hand, was loo 

 good to miss (Fig. 1163). In addition to 

 the trees before mentioned it shows a fine 

 Cut leaved Weeping birch near the office. 

 From here we were driven through 



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