THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



double forms to the larger, stiffer and 

 more fully double sorts ; some of their 

 flowers are of great beauty of form with 

 wonderful delicacy in their tints. 



Some-ganoko (Fig. 1490) is a good 

 representative variety of this class. The 

 flower is of medium size, the outer petals 

 of a deep blush rose with paler mark- 

 ings, the centre being filled with a lovely 

 rosette of very narrow yellow petals 

 neatly arranged, each with a thread-like 

 base and tinted above with pink. 



Kame-no-Kegoromo is a large hand- 

 some, loosely double flower of a deep 

 carmine-red color with a number of 

 narrow petals distributed about the base 

 of the wider petals, the former being 

 crimped and twisted, yellow in color, 

 margined with red. 



Tatsu-gashira (Fig. 1491) is also a 

 very beautiful flower. In this variety 

 there is a single row of wide petals 

 nearly white, with the centre partly filled 

 with a loose cluster of very narrow yel- 

 lowish petals tinted with rose. 



Paeonia tetiuifolia which is shown in 

 the front of the bed seen in frontis- 

 piece, is very striking on account of its 

 finely cut foliage. It is a distinct species 

 from the other sorts referred to of which 

 there are two varieties in common cul- 

 tivation, one of which is single, the other 

 double and both of a deep crimson-red 

 color. This is a native of Siberia, is 

 very hardy and is the earliest variety to 

 bloom. 



THE ST. CATHARINES MEETING. 



address by Mayor Gilleland at the even- 

 ing session. It is some satisfaction, 

 after a year of hard work on the part of 

 the officers of our Association to find 

 that their labors have been appreciated, 

 and that the literature on fruit gowing 

 they have been able to send out has 

 been helpful to their patrons. 



St. Catharines is beautifully situated 

 on that highly favored belt of land lying 

 below " The Mountain, ' a glimpse of 

 which is seen in our engraving looking 

 down from the cut near DeCew Falls ; 

 whence the pipe line of the Cataract 

 Power Company descends to the power 

 house below. This gigantic enterprise 

 undertaken by a Hamilton Syndicate is 

 about completed, and will be of great 

 value to the manufacturing interests of 

 that city. The Welland Canal is another 

 important feature of this vicinity, not 

 only giving beauty to [the landscape, 

 but what is more important, low freight 



Fig. 1492.— Mayor (jilleland. 



ELDOM has the Ontario Fruit 



Growers' Association received 



a warmer welcome than that 



extended to it by the Garden 



City, on the ist and 2nd of December 



last, and put in the form of a welcome 



