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inflexible rule can be laid down for 

 such details of planting ; so much 

 must depend upon the size and 

 situation of tlie place, and upon the 

 taste of the planter. 



The following are some of the more 

 desirable shrubs for planting in Can- 

 ada, arranged according to the months 

 of flowering : April — Forsythia, Japan 

 Quince, Missouri Currant ; May — 

 Wild Thorns, Azaleas, Lilacs, Tar- 

 tarian Honeysuckle, Weigela, Syr- 

 inga, Spiraeas and Flowering Almond; 

 June — Red-Twigged Osier, Winter- 

 berry, Snowberry, Snowball, Rose 

 Acacia ; July — Fringe Tree, Elders, 

 Privet ; August and September — 

 Alder-leaved Clethra, Strawberry 

 Tree, Hj-drangea Panicidata. There 

 are many others, but these are the 

 most popular. The W^interberry, or 

 Black Alder, as it is also called, is 

 far more attractive in fruit than in 

 flower, the bright red berries hang- 

 ing on the bushes nearly all winter, 

 and being particularly beautiful. 



Lawn vases, with Agaves or stiff 

 foliaged exotics, are suitable on the 

 verandah, or very near to the house ; 



but out on the lawn among the 

 shrubbery they are out of keeping 

 with their surroundings. 



The great importance of water in 

 the attractiveness of a country seat 

 is again well illustrated in the 

 engraving before us, where a delight- 

 ful walk leads the visitor along the 

 bank toward a pleasant summer- 

 house, from which a delightful 

 prospect is before him. How many 

 such possibilities are afforded us in 

 Canada along our beautiful rivers 

 and lakes, the advantages of which 

 are wholly ignored by the residents 

 in their neighborhood. We have in 

 mind just such a lovely situation, the 

 beauty of which has been wholly 

 lostupon its unappreciative possessor. 

 Inheriting broad acres of land, he 

 had built an elegant house in a 

 choice position on the shores of our 

 beautiful lake Ontario, and having a 

 bank on one side sloping down to a 

 picturesque inlet ; but he had so 

 placed his barns, stables and out- 

 buildings as to most effectually hide 

 the pretty landscape, and blot the 

 beauty of the whole situation. 



CHOICE OF TREES FOR AN ORCHARD. 



AT this season of the year, when 

 many of our readers are being 

 called upon by agents of various 

 nurseries, a few words of advice may 

 prove valuable. 



First, with regard to patronizing 

 the much-abused itinerant tree agent, 

 we do not take the extreme ground 

 which some do. There are, it is 

 true, many rogues abroad who travel 

 upon their own responsibilitv, and 



fill their orders with the culls from 

 any nurserv, refuse which would 

 otherwise have been consigned to 

 the brush heap, and which the}' 

 could purchase for a trifling sum. 

 Such men should not be allowed 

 inside the door. The first question 

 should be : " What nurser}' do you 

 represent?" And if it is a reliable 

 firm," the next should be : " Show 

 me vour certificate." This precau- 



