LOYALTY COMMEMORATED. 



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Fig. i960. Memorial Column. 



'he loyalty of the Canadian soldiers to 

 the Empire has been proved on 

 many a battlefield in South Africa, 

 but the Canadians who have staid at home 

 have been no less interested and sympathetic 

 and loyal. These sentiments have been 

 shown in a hundred different ways, one of 

 which is shown by the accompanying- illus- 

 tration. It is a "broken column" com- 

 posed of living plants erected in the Public 

 Gardens at Halifax, Nova Scotia, to com- 

 memorate the brave defence of Kimberly 

 and in honor of the first Canadian to sacri- 

 fice his life there. 



The circular bed on which the column 

 stands and the base of the column are com- 

 posed principally of Ledum glaucum and 

 echeveria, with a single row of golden cras- 

 sula near the outer edge of the bed and 



"H Co." in the same plants, the "H" 

 being on one side of the column and the 

 "Co." on the other. At the back of the 

 column in the circular bed is the word 

 "Africa," and in front "Heroes." The 

 upper part of the column and the conger 

 section in the centre are each composed of 

 alterianthera, while the division in which 

 the word " Wood" appears is made up of 

 Cerastian tomentosa, and the lower division 

 which includes the word " Kimberly," con- 

 sists of a species of herniaria. Altogether 

 it is a most interesting and artistic bit of 

 work and one which is a credit to Mr. 

 Power, the Superintendent of the Gardens, 

 who was instrumental in having- it erected. 



J. C. Sears. 

 School of Horticulture, 



Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 



