Horne, Edward Tarlton , Viti-culturist, East Road, Invercargill. Mr. Horne was born in 1858, in New Orleans, United States of America, whence he removed with his parents in the first ship after the American war, during which his father organised the British Fusiliers, in New Orleans, for the protection of life and property. The family went to reside in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland, and resided there up to the time of his father's death in 1868, when they removed to Liverpool, England, where they resided till they left for New Zealand. One of Mr. Horne's forefathers was band-master under King William, when that monarch proceeded to the subjugation of Ireland, and his grandmother was a daughter of Kildare Tarlton, of Bally-lavin House, King's County, Ireland. Mr. Horne was seven years at sea, and arrived at Port Chalmers in October, 1879, by the ship “Nelson,” He was employed for about two years in the Dunedin Corporation's gas department, and was for four years in the grocery business. In 1886 he removed to Invercargill, where he entered business as a bacon curer and poulterer, etc., and supplied the Union Steamship Company for some years. He was in business for about ten years, and during that time he made a special study of fruit cultivation, and was very successful in the cultivation of tomatoes and grapes, of which he has exhibited some very large bunches. Mr. Horne has four acres of land on the East Road devoted to the cultivation of various fruits, and one acre of the area is under glass. He also has ten acres at Myross Bush, and that, too, is devoted to fruit growing. Mr. Horne yearly produces large quantities of tomatoes, and has sold £350 worth of various kinds of fruits in a season. The property has been brought to its present condition from its original virgin state by Mr. Horne. Mr. Horne was married, in February, 1882, to a daughter of the late John Whitfield Starford, confectioner, of Birmingham, England, and has four sons and four daughters.

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Mr. And Mrs E. T. Horne And Family.

Lennie, J. And Sons (James A. Lennie, senior; John A. Lennie; James L. Lennie, junior; and Thomas D. Lennie), Nurserymen, Seedsmen, Fruiterers, and Florists, Waikiwi Nursery, and 34 Dee Street, Invercargill. The present firm was formed in 1886, but the well-known Waikiwi nursery established in 1865 by Mr. James Cooper, was acquired by Mr. Lennie in 1888. It consists of thirteen acres of land, situated on either side of the North Road, and is beautifully laid out in flowers, shrubs, fruit and forest trees, in which a large trade is done. Such of the seeds as cannot be advantageously grown in the colony are imported from well-known London firms, and an extensive wholesale and retail trade is carried on; and the firm's business connections extend throughout New Zealand. The business is now practically carried on by the sons mentioned, under the able supervision of their senior, and in their energetic hands the reputation of “Lennie's” is not likely to diminish.

Perry, Edgar Seymour , Nurseryman, Seedsman and Florist, Dee Street, Invercargill, and North Road Nursery, Waikiwi The North Road Nursery was originally established by the father of the present proprietor, the late Mr. J. E. Perry, who commenced at West Plains. In 1891 Mr. Perry, senior, secured five acres on the North Road, and more land, amounting to six acres, was bought at Gladstone. There are now fully four acres altogether in nursery stock of all kinds, and there are tens of thousands of trees in all stages of development.

Mr. Edgar Seymour Perry , Proprietor of the North Road Nursery, was born in 1878, in Invercargill, where he was educated and brought up to the nursery business by his father. He gained experience in different centres of the colony, and after his father's death in 1899, he continued the business, which he had previously managed for some time, on his own account. Mr. Perry has served as a member of the Southland Mounted Rifles, and took rank as corporal in 1900. As an Oddfellow he is a member of Lodge St. George, Manchester Unity. He is also a member of the Invercargill Rowing Club, and was stroke for the representative crew that competed successfully against Otago in 1902 and 1903. Mr. Perry is also interested in football, and represented Southland in the match against Canterbury in 1903.

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Mr. E. S. Perry.