. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE EVOLUTIOX OF A LOCAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 465. Fig. 2177. Residence of A. K. Goodman. know what; his arrival was most opportune, but our hearts failed us at the idea of g^etting 50 members in Cayuga. However three of us, Mr. Skeele, our president, Mr. Morson, manager of the Bank of Commerce, our treasurer, and the writer as secretary, started on the tramp—-after hours. At first people laughed at us but we soon had 78 members and then everyone said " I told you ; In the spring we were impatient to
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE EVOLUTIOX OF A LOCAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 465. Fig. 2177. Residence of A. K. Goodman. know what; his arrival was most opportune, but our hearts failed us at the idea of g^etting 50 members in Cayuga. However three of us, Mr. Skeele, our president, Mr. Morson, manager of the Bank of Commerce, our treasurer, and the writer as secretary, started on the tramp—-after hours. At first people laughed at us but we soon had 78 members and then everyone said " I told you ; In the spring we were impatient to see the snow go, everybody cleaned up, bonfires were general, pigpens were abolished, the cattle shut up. The Cayuga Horticultural Society was on every tongue and lazy men apologized and said " If I'd a place of my own I'd go in for flowers ; As the season opened street trees and evergreens were planted, many new gardens were made. The county council was waited upon and gave a grant of S50 for 1901 for flowers Governor Murphy joined forces with us and with great taste and skill directed our local florist, Slocum, to the end that gardens in our Court House park grounds of 12 acres, of great natural beauty, excited the admira- tion of everybody. The public, the grand jury, the county council and the visiting justices of the Supreme Court, all spoke well of the work and praised the exquisite taste of the guiding hand and the beneficial and wholesome results attained. The town council, too, gave us S20 with which three handsome beds were made in the town park; these were even watered and cared for vol- untarily by good citizens. Our government grant was $60. A handsome cedar hedge was donated to the High School grounds and many took advantage of the opportunity of buying choice stock at wholesale rates. Our public meeting held in the Court House was attended by an immense number ; Mr. Wm. Bacon, of Orillia, the government lecturer, was simply astounded to see the li
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