The Canadian Horticulturist 





VOL. XIII. 



JANUARY, 1890. 



NO. I. 



Written for the Canadian Horticulturist by Grandma Gowan. 



1590. 



^^ ATHER TIME, of hoary age, 

 p=^ Appears again upon life's stage, 

 ^ ^.^^ Withdraws old eighty-nine from view 

 » As ninety makes his grand debut ; 

 And shouts his prologue to the world 

 Mid din of bells, and flags unfurled. 



Hear our youthful king's oration, 

 His promises to every nation ; 

 He speaks of ending Ireland's ills, 

 Repeal eviction and coercion bills. 

 Give back to Ireland national life, 

 And equal laws to end its strife. 



Why phould our brethren weep and cower 



'Neath the sad abuse of power ? 



(God grant ere vengeful thoughts grow strong 



And Ireland avenge its hated wrong ;) 



Ah ! from the gulf of bloom Hope's silvery rays 



Give a redeeming trace of better days. 



Points to the land of the Sitting Sun, 

 And the mighty brotherhood in one ; 

 He frowns on " trusts " and combination. 

 Favors equal rights and emigration — 

 The blending of all human kind 

 In one grand universal mind ! 



Talks of a " Fraternal Union " 

 O'er the Almighty's vast dominion ; 

 In the millennium era, this may be. 

 When the angel stands on earth and sea. 

 With uplifted hand the world o'er. 

 And swears that Time shall be no more. 



Mount Ri', . 



