“The Press” In 1866

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31161, 10 September 1966, Page 14

“The Press” In 1866

September 12 BOTANICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday saw begun one of those undertakings which it will be impossible to calculate the benefits of to this province. At ten o’clock a.m. two carriages, containing the committee of the Horticultural Society, started from the Town Hall, and proceeded to the grounds granted by the Provincial Government to that Society for botanical purposes. . . . Much credit is due to the society for commencing this undertaking, and it behoves the Government and the public generally to assist it in the successful carrying out of the scheme, as by its means much labor and expense will be saved to private individuals in

experimenting on those plants most suitable for planting and ornamenting our bleak and barren looking plains. Besides the committee, there were assembled a number of persons interested in the success of the undertaking. Mr W. Wilson, president of the society, and the various nurserymen of the city, contributed a quantity of valuable plants for planting the grounds; but the chief object of attraction was centred in a fine specimen of Platanus orientalis (the Oriental plane tree), the gift of the president. This tree was planted by Mr W. Wilson and Mr George Gould, the president and vice-pesident, after which success was drank in wine to the undertaking.