THE GRlMSfl) HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fic. 119S.— Mr. Charles VanDizer, 

 Ex-Sccretary. 



the ground with fine fruit, but this year 

 it is almost barren. Among his other 

 specialties are Bartlett pears, peaches 

 and grapes, a share of which he pro- 

 poses to furnish for the experimental 

 export trade to Great Britain. In [addi- 

 tion to his orchard, Mr. VanDuzer has 

 opened up a business in fruit shipping, 

 and may always be found at the Ci.T. R. 

 station ready to pay a price for all kinds 

 of fruits, in order to fill his orders. 



Our frontispiece shows Mr. VanDu- 

 zer's home, near Grimsby Park, with 

 tennis court and front yards. The large 

 tree in front is the common locust f Ri>- 

 binia pseiidaacia ), a favorite tree with 

 the early settlers about Grimsby ; the 

 clipped trees in front are Norway 

 Spruces, and the dense foliaged trees on 

 the side are Horse Chestnuts, a tree 

 that succeeds well in the Niagara dis- 

 trict on high well drained soil. But the 

 great charm of the yard is the beautifully 

 kept hedges ofJArbor Vitae, which arc a 



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proof of the great desirability of this 

 slow growing evergreen for making an 

 ornamental hedge. 



At the last Annual Meeting one of 

 the lady vice-presidents was elected 

 to the office of president, viz., Mrs. 

 Edgar J. Palmer, the wife of Grimsby's 

 leading merchant, who has lately retired 

 from business. The daughter of a prac- 

 tical horticulturist herself, she takes a 

 special interest in the Society, and 

 frequently calls sociable little meetings 

 of the directors at her own house. She 

 also excels in her own garden in grow- 

 ing early vegetables, as well as with 

 many of the choicer floral treasures. 

 One bed in a side garden is most attrac- 

 tive in May with Crown Imperials, and 

 again in July with white lilies ( L. Candi- 

 dum ). We were surprised at the heighth 

 of the latter this season, many of the 

 stalks standing six feet high, and show- 

 ing from eight to ten blooms each. 



Fu:. IIIHI. -Mh. E. H. Kkaip, .S.-ci-oUiry. 



