F. H. Lewis & N. F. Lewis – Bank of Montreal (1899).

William Wright – Bagley & Wright Manufacturing Company (1899).

From Wikipedia:

“Bagley & Wright was a spinning, doubling and weaving company based in Oldham, Lancashire, England. The business, which was active from 1867 until 1924, ‘caught the wave’ of the cotton-boom that existed following the end of the American Civil War in 1865 and experienced rapid growth in the United Kingdom and abroad.”

F. Braidwood, Secretary and manager of the Canada Jute Co. (1899).

Advertisement from: Toronto Daily Mail, September 10, 1887

“Bags
All Sizes Kept in Stock or Made to Order of Linen, Jute or Cotton.
Canada Jute Company
Stark Bros., Agents, Toronto.”

Louis Amos, Architect and civil engineer (1899).

From: http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/37

“….formed a partnership with Alfred A. Cox in Montreal. For the next 18 years the firm of Cox & Amos became renowned for its distinctive designs for bank buildings in Quebec and Ontario for the Eastern Townships Bank, the Bank of British North America, and for the Quebec Bank..”

Alexander McLeod – H. Shorey & Co., tailors (1899).

From: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/shorey_hollis_12E.html

“…he was the largest producer in Canada and was selling across the dominion and into Newfoundland and the West Indies. He occupied a large six-story building at the corner of Notre-Dame and Saint-Henri streets where 125 tailors and cutters turned out pieces for 1,500 outside workers. But the firm was more a monument to Shorey’s enterprise and skill than a modern manufacturing company. By the early 1900s it no longer existed.”

One of the doorways into the formerly named Academy Apartments.

This building was built, in 1921, as a residential hotel.

From: Montreal Gazette, February 12, 1921

“…built on the plan of the residential hotel and will contain fifty-two apartments…There will be a large ballroom on the ground floor and a cafeteria will be operated by the company on the same floor. Full hotel service will be furnished in the addition to the usual apartment house services.

The new building will be of four stories and basement. In size it will be 185 by 115 feet, with outside courts. There will be four entrances.”

Melville Avenue’s “resident cat”.

He didn’t look “very impressed” as I took this picture of him resting on his owner’s exterior staircase.

A “cheerful” patch of black-eyed Susans (the state flower of Maryland), also known as “Indian Summer”, planted by the City on the perimeter of Westmount Park adjacent to Melville Avenue.

From Wikipedia: (I do not recommend trying any of the following remedies)

“Traditional Native American medicinal uses:

The roots but not the seed heads of Rudbeckia hirta can be used much like the related Echinacea purpurea to boost immunity and fight colds, flu and infections.

It is also an astringent when used in a warm infusion as a wash for sores and swellings.

The Ojibwa people used it as a poultice for snake bites and to make an infusion for treating colds and worms in children. The plant is also diuretic and was used by the Menominee and Potawatomi peoples. Juice from the roots has been used as drops for earaches.”

Another beautiful sunset, after the rain, over Westmount Park.

A Prunus padus, (Bird Cherry or Hackberry) near the lagoon. All the leaves seem to be infected with either the fungal Cherry leaf scorch or leaf spot (Apiognomonia erythrostoma or Blumeriella jaapii).

From: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/learn/british-trees/native-trees/bird-cherry/

“Mythology and symbolism:
If placed at the door, the strong-smelling bark of the tree was said to ward off the plague.

How we use bird cherry:
Traditionally cherries were planted for their fruit and wood, which was used for making cask hoops and vine poles.

Bird cherry is lighter and more finely textured than wild cherry.

Threats:
Bird cherry is susceptible to bacterial cankers, which can disfigure and occasionally kill infected trees. Pruning at the wrong time of year can put trees at risk from silverleaf disease, which can also eventually kill the tree. Dieback can be caused by damage from the cherry black fly (Myzus cerasi).”