The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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ral friends and what liorticulturist has doing well. They havcMiot fruited with 



not got horticultural friends ? And me as yet, conscvjuently I know nothing 



would it not be a sin to refuse about them, either as to size, appear- 



an offering from such an one? I ance or (juality. Am pleased to note 



took the trees, planted them, expect- the continued improvement in the 



ing they would die the first winter ; Horticulturist. — A. A. Wright, 



but to my utter astonishment they are Riiifrcxu. 



DECORATION OF HOME GROUNDS. 



DEAR EbiTciR : 1 was pleased to see 

 in June number of your much 

 prized journal, an article on the 

 Honeysuckle, accompanied bya colored 

 plate of three popular and desirable 

 varieties. Nothing so much improves 

 the apj)earance of our homes as a few 

 hardy climbers and flowering shrubs 

 about the grounds, and the climbing 

 Honeysuckle is one easily managed, 

 of thrifty growth, and that will 

 abundantly repay the small amount 

 of annual care required. It is a pity 

 some of our Canadian farmers do 

 not pay more attention to the adorn- 

 ment of their homes by the addition of 

 a few hardy flowering shrubs and native 

 shade trees. We know they are indus. 

 trious, hard-working people, and that 

 " time is money " to them, as well as 

 to the merchant ; but a very few days 

 out of each year given to the care of 

 the lawn and flower garden, would so 

 amply repay those concerned that we 

 should like all owners of homes to try 

 the experiment. One or two common 

 lilacs, say a white and colored ; a syrin- 

 ga, or mock orange, a snow ball, and 

 that most showy of all white flowering 

 shrubs, the' Spirea Van Houtti ;" these 

 with a few of our native evergreens, as 



Spruce, Hemlock or White Cedar, would 

 re(^uire little or no care after they are 

 once .started, besides making home 

 more home-like to our children : they 

 would also add money value to the 

 place and make the neighborhood a 

 more desirable one for strangers to settle 

 in. Almost any one who has them 

 growing would be pleased to give for 

 the asking a few sprouts or suckers of 

 the shrubs named above, and they may 

 i)e transplanted in either Spring or Fall. 

 .Some of our farm houses in this district 

 are really elegant structures, and a 

 credit to those who, through thrift and 

 industry, have acquired the means to 

 build and furnish them ; yet we have 

 ofcen remarked that some of these 

 grand places, without either flowers, 

 shrubs or trees, do not look nearly as 

 home-like as an unpainted cottage, 

 perhaps not far from them, which is sur- 

 rounded by foliage and flowers. I 

 hope you will continue from time to 

 time to give a little space in your valu- 

 able journal to articles on the cultivation 

 of flowers and lawn decoration. .\t 

 some future time I may i)erhaps write 

 you on " House Plants — How I Suc- 

 ceeded with Them," etc. — Frkh. (;. 

 Lockett, BcllevilUy Ontario. 



