The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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ringed luaiich ; it is claimed, how- is instanced in anotlicr coluiiin. 



ever, by nuuiN that this is done at The most convenient tool for grape 



the expense of quality. Others, pruning is a pair of French Vine 



again, say that the slight difference Pruners, such as is shown in figure 



llG. 21. — FkKNC H ViNK pKLNhKS. 



in (juality is far more than conn- 21, and w'ith this a great many 

 ter-balanced by the early maturity vines may be operated upon in a 

 and increased size of the fruit, as day. 



A FEW HINTS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



SIR, — I have a p)lace with a frontage of 

 198 and two sides of 160 feet each. I 

 know very little about ornamental trees and 

 am desirous of planting the three sides with 

 ornamental trees and a hedge. 



What trees would you recommend ? I 

 thought of Mountain Ash, including Oak 

 Leaved Horsechestnut white and red flow- 

 ering, Acacia or Honey Locust, Walnut, 

 Flowering Thorns, Maple and Basswood. I 

 can get these. I would also want some ever- 

 greens, different kinds. 



How would a thorn hedge do ? Some 

 agents recommend a thorn hedge. I forget 

 the name. They say it grows very quickly. 

 I also require a large number of fruit trees, and 

 small fruits for back lot. Would like if you 

 would send me a list of reliable nurserymen. 

 I do not wish to order through agents. 



I like your journal very much and get a 

 great deal of information from it although I 

 would like to see more about ornamental trees 

 and flowering plants treated in it. An early 

 answer will oblige very much. — A. B. Ki,i:in. 

 Walkerton. 



A very artistic plan for laying out 

 a small lot was recently given in the 

 Country Gentleman, which we repro- 

 duce here as being one which might 

 be helpfid toour correspondent. The 

 frontage is about the same as his, 

 but the depth is about 400 feet, thus 

 taking in the kitchen and fruit garden, 

 and altogether enclosing an area of 

 about two acres in e.xtent. The use- 

 ful and the ornamental are so artfully 

 blended that one might suppose the 

 whole to be ornamental, for the gar- 



den is concealed from the carriage 

 drive, which surrounds it, by hedge- 

 rows of tall growing shrubs such as 

 Tartarian Honeysuckles, Lilacs, Spi- 

 reas. Purple Fringe, etc., etc. 



There are two driveways, one of 

 which curves gracefully past the 

 house and the other forms a partly 

 concealed side entrance to the l)arn 

 and garden, for conveying fodder, 

 grain or manure. The groimds in 

 front are chiefly devoted to a smooth 

 lawn, except as occupied with trees 

 or beds of flowers and shrul>l)er\-, 

 while the whole boundary through 

 which the carriage way is laid out in 

 the rear, is gracefully planted with 

 groups of ornamental trees and 

 shrubs. 



The whole is so plannetl as to be 

 managed economically ; one day suf- 

 ficing a man to cut the front lawn 

 with the lawn mower, one to put the 

 flower l)eds in order, and one to cul- 

 tivate the kitchen garden with the 

 horse and finish with hoe and rake. 



For the planting of the sitle and 

 rear of such a lot as this, we have a 

 large list of deciduous trees that are 

 hardy enough for the latitude of 



