THE WATERLOO FRUIT AND FLOWER GROWERS. 



Fuj. 1276. — Waterloo I'rBuc Park. 



HE above sketch presents a 

 good view of the Waterloo 

 public park, sloping down 

 gently to the '' lake," not very 

 far from the waters of the 

 Grand River, whose majestic 

 flow adds much to the natural 

 beauty of the country between Waterloo 

 and Berlin. The town itself was founded 

 in 1806, and became a town in 1876, 

 but even as far back as 1840 there was 

 sufficient aesthetic taste to lead to the 

 purchase of 60 acres to be reserved as 

 a public park. What an example to 

 many other towns in Ontario, which 

 with perhaps even more favored sur- 

 roundings, have never yet made a move 

 toward a public park for the rest and 

 recreation of their industrious inhabi- 

 tants. No finer site could have been 

 chosen, for natural position and beauty, 

 with its wooded eminence of beech and 

 maple, its splendid bicycle track and 

 sporting grounds. 



The Horticultural Society of Waterloo 

 takes a deep interest in the improve- 



ment of this park, and hopes to make 

 it one of the best inland parks in 

 Canada. In 1895 ^^^ Society planted 



Fig. 1277. — Mb. Ja'^ Lockie. 



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