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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



THE EVOLUTION OF A LOCAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY— II. 



Fig. 2189. St. John's Church. 



AYUGA is ag^reeably situated on the 

 Grand River in the centre of" its 

 .Xyli County, and althoug-h it is not o\ 

 very much importance commercial- 

 ly, still it is backed by a thickly populated 

 agricultural district of much vig-or and 

 wealth. La Salle was first struck with the 

 beauty of the Grand River and in our own time 

 (ioldwin Smith placed the picturesque beau- 

 ty of the Grand River as first of its kind in 

 Ontario, that of the Blue Mountains and the 

 Thousand Islands second and third respec. 



Fig. 2190. On the Grand River. 



Fig. 2191. The City Hall 



tively. Cayuga nestles in pastoral loveli- 

 ness in the midst of the only hills of a flat 

 country that extends many miles in length. 



The aim of our Society is, in some mea- 

 sure, to restore to Cayuga its ancient herit- 

 age of beauty, to make it clean and whole- 

 some in the hope that as it grows it will in 

 time, architecturally, bespeak the mental 

 health, power, pleasure and elevation that 

 order and thought produce. 



Of course we look for and seek help from 



