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society would strengthen the hands of local 

 enthusiasts. 



The joy of possession is a rule that works 

 admirably in the garden. If a child plant's 

 and attends to an asparagus or strawberry 

 bed, cuts or picks the product, carries it in 

 sympathy to the sick, or, if its favorite color 

 is planted, cared for, developed into perfec- 

 tion and it is then allowed to gather and 

 give — it will soon learn to act with know- 



ledge and discretion. To plant a grap*? 

 vine, prune it, watch it attain maturity, and 

 then to gather and enjoy it thoughtfully, is 

 the highway to wisdom. 



But, first and always, cultivate and develop 

 the inherent natural love of flowers. Work 

 that the children may plant ; care for, that 

 the children may gather, until in time the'r 

 natures will respond to the noblest ambitions 

 of man. 



FLOWER AND PLANT LORE— THE MISTLETOE 



EDWARD TYRREIvL, TORONTO. 



''I "^ HE season of Christmas (Yule tide) 

 J. will soon be round, which brings th*^ 

 Holly inside our churches and the Mistletoe 

 inside our parlors. A hint has been re- 

 ceived that some of our young readers might 

 be pleased to have a short account of the 

 mistletoe and its associations, interwoven as 

 they are so closely with Cnristmas and New 

 Year, but as Lord Dundreary was wont to 

 remark, " no fellow can find out," and I am 

 not certain that I will make it clear why 

 Roger claims the privilege to kiss Margery 

 under the mistletoe at Christmas, as it ap- 

 pears to have baffled our antiquaries. 



I have clear recollections, when a boy, go ■ 

 ing with others, a day or so before Christ- 

 mas, to cut holly and mistletoe for our 

 homes ; our hands and clothes had a very 

 different appearance on our return than 

 when we set out. The holly in Norfolk, 

 England, has grand sharp spines, but they 

 can not be compared to the thorns of the 

 white thorn (May tree), from which the 

 mistletoe is gathered. Although the mistle- 

 toe grows freely on the apple and lime trees 

 we sought it on the trees that were the 

 hardest to climb. 



The mistletoe (Viscum album) is a true 



One of the Mass Effects at the Big Flower Show. 



In addition to the large display of cut flowers in the floral rink, at The Provincial Fruit, Flower and Honey Show, there were 

 some exceptionally handsome mass effects which attracted general attention. Several of these were arranged with great care and were 

 much admired. One, prepared by l^anton Bros. , of Eglinton, was a splendid reproduction of a hill side in a wood and as such was a real 

 work of art. (From a photograph taken specially for The Canadian Horticulturist.) 



