THE 



Canadian Horticulturist 



Vol XVII. 



1894 



No. lo. 



IS a banner of ^old and scarlet 



October flings to the breeze. 

 And none other of all the twelve months 



Can boast such colors as these. 



For the trees that through all the summer 

 Have been dressed in the darkest green, 



Now hanging with red and yellow 

 In most gorgeous gowns are seen. 



The goiden-rod flames by the roadside 



And over the fences old, 

 Till each meadow is fast becoming 



The Field of the Cloth of Gold. 



And even the sun in his setting, 

 When he slowly sinks from view 



And looks over the world of color, 

 Has caught the golden hue. 



A. S.. in \'x 



