. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1905. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 388 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST dividual in the province. Mr. Goldie is a public benefactor in the strongest sense of the term, though perhaps because of his quiet method of working there is no other public benefactor who is receiving less cog- nizance for his achievements. Mr. Goldie holds the view that horticul- ture is ever the forerunner of all other suc- cessful cultivations, hence his zealous de- sire to promote the love for flowers. The gardener's position he would elevate ;' the ideal gardener has to him as
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1905. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 388 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST dividual in the province. Mr. Goldie is a public benefactor in the strongest sense of the term, though perhaps because of his quiet method of working there is no other public benefactor who is receiving less cog- nizance for his achievements. Mr. Goldie holds the view that horticul- ture is ever the forerunner of all other suc- cessful cultivations, hence his zealous de- sire to promote the love for flowers. The gardener's position he would elevate ;' the ideal gardener has to him as large an out- look and as broad a field as that of the so- fiowers, has broadened with his years. Birds and animals now have a share in his affections. The fine arts, too, have a place. Inside his home may be seen many beautiful and costly paintings, statuary and cases of stuffed birds, while outside pans of water and food stand here and there. The birds, the beautiful and now rare wood duck, the English, the Golden and the Silver pheas- ants, are being domesticated in numbers by domestic hen. The birds from the tiny wren to the proud black swan seem to know their host and to enjoy the provision made. View in Mr. Goldie's Lawn called learned professions. The pruniiig knife in the hands of his ideal gardener can be handled he maintains with as much love and dignity as can the knife of the surgeon. Mr. Goldie's love for the beautiful, though confined in early life mostly to the for them. Even the English sparrow that is despised by the majority of agriculturists have a friend in Mr. Goldie, and it is pleas- ing to see the delight he takes in telling in a whisper (so that the farmers do not hear him) that he imported the sparrow. We should encourage amateur tinriculture because well kept gardens and grounds are pleasing to others as well as to ourselves. They make our homes beautiful, and also our city. The love of culture of flowers has a refining influence on all and the pres-
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