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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



THE WORLD BEAUTIFUL. 



E seem to be en- 

 tering- upon quite 

 a new era of landscape 

 art, and our leading- 

 cities are beings stirred 

 up as never before. 

 The Hamikon Horti- 

 cultural Society and 

 the City Improvement 

 Society have joined 

 hands with the Ham- 



ilton Spectator in a 



laudable effort to 



work out a placid 



civic improvement 



through the agency of 



the children, to whom 



numerous prizes of 



considerable value are 



to be given for well 



kept g^ardens; while 



Toronto is exerting 



herself to secure an 



island park that shall 



do credit to the city. Doubtless the excellent address by Dr. Saunders, given in the 



Association Hall, on the 15th of April last, has gone a long way in enthusing Hamilton 



citizens in the judicious planting- of trees and shrubs for the embellishment of their town. 



The City of Cleveland, Ohio, has set a notable example of the possibilities of a movement 



such as that undertaken by our Hamilton friends, and, when the results are worked out, 



we are promised a collection of amateur photographs which we will engrave for our readers. 



In the meantime we give some of the Cleveland views, showing- how well this, that was 



at one time called "The Poorest City," is now becoming famous as **„The City of Flowers." 



Fig. 2327. A Beautiful Appkoach. 



