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The portrait on page 279 is a faithful copy of a photograph 

 which is commended by Peter Henderson & Co. as the best 

 one to be had. 



CHARLES GIBB. 



Charles Gibb, whose name is familiar to all who grow fruits 

 in the cold north because of his work upon Russian and other 

 hardy fruits, died in Egypt in March of la grippe, while on his 

 way home from a horticultural trip to China and Japan. The 

 following biographical sketch is written by John Craig, of 

 the Experimental Farm at Ottawa. The above portrait is 

 made from the best photograph of him. 



The subject of this sketch was born at Montreal, on the 29th 

 of June, 1845, and died at Cairo, Egypt, March 8th, 1890 

 His father was a notary by profession who amassed a fortune 

 in Montreal, dying in 1857. The son' s early education began at 

 the high school of that city, going from there to the grammar 



