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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



dividual in the province. Mr. Goldie is a 

 public benefactor in the strongest sense of 

 the term, though perhaps because of his 

 quiet method of working there is no other 

 public benefactor who is receiving less cog- 

 nizance for his achievements. 



Mr. Goldie holds the view that horticul- 

 ture is ever the forerunner of all other suc- 

 cessful cultivations, hence his zealous de- 

 sire to promote the love for flowers. The 

 gardener's position he would elevate ;' the 

 ideal gardener has to him as large an out- 

 look and as broad a field as that of the so- 



fiowers, has broadened with his years. 

 Birds and animals now have a share in his 

 affections. The fine arts, too, have a place. 

 Inside his home may be seen many beautiful 

 and costly paintings, statuary and cases of 

 stuffed birds, while outside pans of water 

 and food stand here and there. The birds, 

 the beautiful and now rare wood duck, the 

 English, the Golden and the Silver pheas- 

 ants, are being domesticated in numbers by 

 domestic hen. The birds from the tiny 

 wren to the proud black swan seem to know 

 their host and to enjoy the provision made 





View in Mr. Goldie's Lawn 



called learned professions. The pruniiig 

 knife in the hands of his ideal gardener can 

 be handled he maintains with as much love 

 and dignity as can the knife of the surgeon. 

 Mr. Goldie's love for the beautiful, 

 though confined in early life mostly to the 



for them. Even the English sparrow that 

 is despised by the majority of agriculturists 

 have a friend in Mr. Goldie, and it is pleas- 

 ing to see the delight he takes in telling in a 

 whisper (so that the farmers do not hear 

 him) that he imported the sparrow. 



We should encourage amateur tinriculture 

 because well kept gardens and grounds are 

 pleasing to others as well as to ourselves. 

 They make our homes beautiful, and also 

 our city. The love of culture of flowers 

 has a refining influence on all and the pres- 

 ence of flowers must tend to the good of our 

 children. — (E. Mepsted, Ottawa. 



The geranium is the most popular win- 

 dow plant, as it is so easy of culture. 

 Given a fair chance, it seldom fails to bloom 

 during the winter. — (Mrs. W. J. McLena- 

 han, Appleby, Ont. 



For exhibition purposes cut asters with 

 as long stems as possible. — (Wm. Hunt. O. 

 A. C., Guelph.) 



