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An attractive beauty-spot for TIhis bed contains 1,50 distinct var- several sum-mers lias been' A. H. Flet- feties of this splendid flo-wer. JuýtI cher's Rose Garden on Quueno St,, as side lines he lias over a dozeni Bowmanville, and scores of people kind of peonies, many delphiniums, drive past there daily to c-ee thie fox gloves, phlox, mandonna liles andý Iovely king of fiowers in ail its be- other perennials and grorws every witching loveliness. During- the year a liandsome collection of as- past season w'hen this garden wns ters. It is the climbinig and ramib- at its best ihisý despatcli appeared 1er roses -wheni they are in bloom- that in T'he Toronto Daily Star: cause the exclamation of admniration A. Herbert Fletcher is Amnateur from visitors. There are over 100 and does -work ini spare time but of them and every well-known and hias miagnificent display of flowe(_rs tested variety la- present. -has won m'aý,ny prizes.1 For twenty-one consecutive years A Herbert Fletcher, the owner of Mr Fletcher exhibited at the local a adnthat has beo-me famous, shows at 3owmanville and his car- far outside itsz home town of Bow- rying off the prizes has g-ot to be an mavhe swligeogit akold story. last year lie made about the gardlen and ail the 0 Il his eltry into the larger field of the derful 'and beautiful things that arel Rose Societ y Exibition in Toronto. in it, but he is diffident aibout syn miuch regarding _Mr Fletcher. . Won Prizes and Bowl 'MR. AND MRS. A. HERBERT FLETCHER, BOWMANVILLE Mrs. Fletcher, who i,, as enthus- but managed to win eight prizes. iastic a g-ardener as ber hiu.band, As one talks to Mr. Fletcher it is laughingly volunteered the inf or- just a littie liard to decide whetlier mation: "People often sayV, "But o)f envy of his accomplishment or in- course Mr. Fletcher keeps a gard(-, spiration from bis effort is. to get the ener'. 1 always answer that lie does botter of it. ln the end the in- and thrat I ami it". spiration wins. He puts in ten I do flot dlaim to be anything hotirs a day at his regular vocation but an amateur in the adin and every other minute of daylight game, Mr. Fletcher declares, 'bût in his garden. when thýe Star Amateur Gardener "The onfly answer to the frequent visitedl hia hlom-e in Bowýman*villelie hoqtestion, "When dIo you do it"? is found a garden to rouse the envy that "a lot of it Is donc-w-lien 1 of other amjateurs wlio still (Io their ouglit to bce asleep," lie declares. own garden work.' Mr. Fletcher is We are indebted to the Goodyear an expert of no mean abil1ty. "Wingoot Clan" for the boan of There are lots of advanced inia- photos used in connection witli this teurs and professionals wlio con- article. fidently declare that standard rosýes cannot be produced in Canada, but Mr, Fletcher does it. 11 elha s 1 q of them on bis grounds that are ahl THE EDITOR TALKS the reult of bis own budding&. U1 euie eol h lo T> Cl"1 n hePln their commion sense, lience better "import the briars from' Scot- judgment to f orm their convictions land", lie explained, "and doai the will readily agree witli the opinion budding myscîf". H1e pointed outý of one of Canada's leading con- a beauty standing dlean on it stitutional lawyers. This opinion single stalk six feet bigli and show- wasý given by Mr. Jolin S. Ew,,art, K. ed -wbere red had been budded into C. of Ottawa, in reply to Mr. MTý. it on two sides and white on the N. Campblcl, M., P., Prog-ressi*ve other two, witli the result that \vhen miember elect for MacKenzie, Sa1sk. in f ull bloomi the tree bears the H1e sayrs: Constitutional practice two colors of flowers.tae noiefmartesnte Mr. Fletcher explained tha hle Gomms nc ot aof ropes inorhe came by bis love of gardening very the worsd noupsa relevaintoaed natraly. My otherwasan n-difficulties disappetar. As long as thusiast about gardening and as, a the government is su'stained by the youngster I spent a lot of time help- mai ority of tlie memnbers, it remiains ing lier. It was therte that the love in ffice. The largest 'group' mnay of making tliingos grow was instilled think that the miajority is wr.ong, into me".. but if, in opposing the government, Althoul lie had been growing it is onîy a mninority in tne division gladiolus for ýsomie lifteen yeaýrs lists, it is an opposition and nothing bef ore lie owni1ed hi'l11 present pro- more". perty ,the greeter pari of bis g-ard-1 Thi hudcnic vr es enin acievmen basbee mLc1e onble person that Hon, W. L. Mac. on the three quarters of an acre Kenzie King la quite justified in that surrou-nd!a bis home.1 calling the House to decide the His place is called The Rosary question wliether bis Governiment and it well deserves the namne. shahl carry on or not. If wheni the There are over 500 rose bushes in 1-1use of Gomimons meets on Decem-1 orderly rows, open to' the street, and, ber 10 it is found on a division that bis plan for next years la to uarryý the Governmient is supported by a thc rose garden back still fart-herl majority of the members elected oni s0 that it will accommodate aboutlOctober 29th Hon. Mr. Meiglien and as many more. bis followers become the opposition Gladiolus i Great variety as tliey were in the hast Parliament. Juat at the present time Mr. __________________ Fletclier's gladiolus are in tàe i r- glory. He lias two hundred or more Special Free Offer namied varieties and a -whole row of ____ those of bis own production thru The. Canadian Statesman willbel hybridizing. In the early summier tle irisesht [ sent to new subcribers in Canada fil~~~~~~ a oldbp l'aou wet 1h froni now to end of 1926 for $2,00 flffty feet are rivais for tlie roses. 1 -balance of this year free. 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