RAMBLES ROUND TORONTO. 



Fig. 1375.— On the Hcmbeb River— Twilight Shadows. 



Nearer the city some beautiful vistas are 

 to be had in the Don valley, and also 

 in the Rosedale ravines, as shown in 

 Fig. 1372. Fig. 1373 depicts a sylvan 

 glade in " Brooke's bush," at Hogg's 

 Hollow some seven miles up the Don, 

 and four miles north of the city. Hogg's 

 Hollow is named after a miller who was 

 engaged in his occupation there in Re- 

 bellion Times of 1837, and is a lovely 

 and picturesque spot. 



From here, retracing our steps to the 

 town, we pass by Mount Pleasant Ceme- 

 tery, that tranquil, beautiful resting- 

 place of the dead, and Reservoir Lake 

 a crystal gem crowning the hill behind 

 Toronto, but turn aside to observe 

 more closely a novel floral sight. At the 

 water-works pumping house in July 

 and August, the pond is ablaze with 

 water-Hlies of all shades. " A feast of 

 lilies and lily pads." The delighted 

 eye ranges over the rainbow-like re- 

 flection on the waters, the wonderful 

 deep blue of the Zanibar lilies, a foot 



in diameter, the snowy cups of our own 

 native lily, the deep rosy pink of another 

 African species, also twelve inches 

 wide, and of the very rare Cape Cod 

 water-lily, the pink and white of the 

 giant Egyptian lotus rearing on a stalk 

 six feet high, and its flowers enormous 

 — a dream of beauty. Here too, are 

 the splendid night blooming lilies : — 

 Nympheea rubra, a native of India with 

 " immense cups of glowing carmine " 

 and rich brown leaves ; Nympha^a 

 dentata and Nymphsa lotus, snowy 

 beauties from Western Africa, and 

 " queen of them all, Nymphaea Devon- 

 iensis, surpassing in brilliancy of flower, 

 if not in size of leaf, the famous Victoria 

 Regia." " A single plant of the Devon- 

 iensis will in one season cover a circle 

 twenty feet across, with leaves twenty- 

 five inches in diameter, and flowers 

 twelve inches from tip to tip of petals. 

 The leaves are rich green with serrated 

 edges and occasional brown blotches. 

 No person can form an adequate idea 



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