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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



POINT PLEASANT PARK. HALIFAX. 



BY PROFESSOR F. C. SEARS, WOLFVILLE, N. S. 



Point 



NE of the most beautiful spots in all 

 Nova Scotia (and her sons and 

 daughters think there are many 

 beautiful spots in the province), is 



Pleasant Park, of Halifax, better 



known as " South Park. 



It 



comprises 



Fig. 2251. "There Are Miksof Splendid Drives. ' 



somewhat over two hundred acres within 

 its borders and occupies the extreme end of 

 the peninsula upon which the city of Halifax 

 is built. The land is owned by the Imperial 

 Government, but in 1873 was leased to the 

 City of Halifax for a period ot nine hundred 

 and ninety-nine years, at the not unreason- 

 able rental of one shilling- per year. 



The key note of the park is naturalness, 

 and one is surprised and delighted on leav- 

 ing the street car and walking the compara- 

 tively short distance necessary to reach the 

 Park to find how completely his surround- 

 ings have changed. From the hustle and 

 hurry of the city he has passed to the quiet 

 and restfulness of the country. And what 

 a beautiful country. It is the original, 



virgin forest, with only enough change to 

 accommodate those who wish to see and 

 enjoy its beauties. 



The prevailing trees are the conifers, 

 spruces and pines and hemlocks, but there 

 are also many birches and poplars in certain 

 parts, growing naturally, besides several 

 kinds, especially maples, which have been 

 planted by those in charge. And among 

 and beneath the trees are quantities of native 

 shrubs of all kinds, and more beautiful than 

 all else, the native ferns of Nova Scotia. 

 Add to this a profusion of wild flowers in 

 their seasons and one has a variety of 

 charms such as is not often met with. 



There are miles of splendid drives which 

 take one to every part of the park ; now 

 skirting the shore and giving one a view of 

 the water with the ships coming and going, 

 and all the beauties and attractions of the 

 sea ; then passing through some thick wooa 

 where one feels as though he were miles 

 from any human habitation ; or again sweep- 



FiG. 2252. " Now Skiitin^ the Shore and Giving 

 One a View of the Water." 



