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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191a 



Plan of Mr. White's House and Lot 



may not break 

 them. Finally a 

 few more leaves, 

 or what is very 

 much preferred, 

 an evergreen 

 bough, is thrown 

 on the top. This 

 forms a very sim- 

 ple winter treat- 

 ment, but it has 

 proved quite effec- 

 tive. 



Rather late in 

 the spring he un- 

 covers and prunes 

 the vines, giving 

 severe pruning for 

 some varieties, but 

 very light for 

 others. This 

 treatment with a 

 ittlc attention 

 during the sum- 

 mer brings him a 

 succession of roses 

 every month 

 in the flowering 

 season. He ad- 

 vises the use of 

 lime as a simple 

 remedy to keep 

 away the rose 

 slug. The varie- 

 ties which he has 

 found most satis- 

 factory are as fol- 

 lows : 



much the lack of the material or the 

 opportunity which are responsible ior 

 frequent failure as it is the lack of some 

 ideal around which to centre effort. In 

 this regard it is well to note that Mr. 

 White has had marked success. Besides 

 his rockery he aimed to have another 

 ideal feature in his garden. This second 

 feature is the growing of native wild 

 plants. In the spot marked "i" on the 

 plan he grows some beautiful specimens 

 of that lovely scarlet flower, the native 

 Cardinal flower, also the Columbines and 

 other native plants. In this same spot, 

 as will be seen from the illustration, 

 there also flourishes to perfection the 

 shade-loving Japtinese anemones, toge- 

 ther with some varieties of roses. This 

 spot, originally a damp, dismal corner, 

 presented quite a problem at first, but 

 it turned out to be ideal for such things. 

 It now makes as delightful a spot as 

 any in this garden. 



SUCCESS WITH BOSES 



Mr. White is a great lover of that 

 queen of all flowers, the rose. He attri- 

 butes his success in growing them to 

 very simple methods. Late in the 

 autumn he heaps up a little earth or pre- 

 ferably some turf sods around the roots. 

 He then bends over the vines, placing 

 under them a few leaves to act as a cush- 

 ion so that the weight of snow above 



Climbers — Crimson Rambler and Dor- 

 othy Perkins. 



Hybrid teas — Caroline Testout, La 

 France, Killarney. Caroline Testout, in 

 his exfjerience, has proved to be the 

 hardiest, and it has always come through 

 the winter safely. 



Hybrid perpetuals — Reds — Ulrich 

 Brunner, General Jacqueminot (the best 

 rose for abundance of June bloom), Cap- 

 tain Hayward, Prince Camille de Rohan 

 (a grand rose), and Fisher Holmes. 



Pinks — Her Majesty, Mrs. John 

 Laing, Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi. 



Whites — Frau Karl Druschki, and the 

 Rugosa rose, Conrad F. Meyer. He 

 has found it very harmful to put manure 

 of any kind around roses for a winter 

 protection. He also objects to fall prun- 

 ing of roses, except to a little which 

 might be undertaken with success in the 

 vicinity of Ottawa if done in the month 

 of September. 



PERENNIALS 



Most of the flowers grown in this gar- 

 den are herbaceous perennials. The 

 perennial border, marked nine on the 

 plan, contains some fine display of color 

 at various periods of the flower seasons. 

 Both tall and low growing plants are 

 used. Among the tall plants the Sweet 

 Rocket, hollyhocks, delphiniums, and 

 phloxes predominate. Bulbs, Oriental 



poppies, irises, Sweet William, Rock 

 Cress, Adonis, and so forth, also occupy 

 prominent positions. 



RECOMMENDED PLANTS 



Everyone, of course, has favorite 

 flowers, and Mr. White has, but he does 

 not limit his gardening ideals to grow- 

 ing favorite flowers only. The list of 

 flowers which follows will indicate bet- 

 ter than anything else the general know- 

 ledge which Mr. White possesses of 

 flowers which may be grown with suc- 

 cess by the amateur. On the rockery he 

 has found these flowers do well. 



ROCKERY AND OTHER PLANTS 



Arabis albida — rock cress ; Aquilegia 

 — columbines in variety; Iris — irises in 

 variety; Primula— in variety; Iris — 

 dwarf, pumila, etc. ; Alyssum — madwort ; 

 Erysimum — wallflower ; Campanala — 

 bellflowcrs ; Anemone sylvestris ; Phlox 

 subulata — moss pink ; Heuchera — coral 

 bells; Dianthus — pinks, Mrs. Sinkins, 

 etc. ; Narcissi — in variety ; Aubrctia — 

 purple rock cress ; Aconitum — monks- 

 hood ; Epimedium — barrenwort. 



A paeony garden is another feature of 

 this garden. It is marked "6" on the 

 plan. 



Amongst the shade loving plants the 

 Triliums (Wake-robin), the Globe flow- 

 ers, and native ferns have done excep- 

 tionally well. 



Besides the several thousand bulbs 

 planted on the rockery each year many 

 are also planted in with the roses. This 

 year several quite new varieties of daffo- 

 dils and narcissi were planted in the 

 rose beds. These Mr. White imported 

 direct from the Old Country. He says 

 that he "never misses a year without 

 trying some new introduction or 

 novelty." 



The four facts which Mr. White's 

 success emphasizes are : It pays to spe- 

 cialize in a few plants, to grow the best 

 of everything, to try novelties, and to 

 persist in patient effort. These four 

 points are well worth keeping in mind, 

 especially by anyone who is gardening 

 for pleasure and results. 



When transplanting annuals into a 

 flower bed I keep a supply of each kind 

 in reserve in the box. These are used 

 to fill in spaces that may be left through 

 any of the plants failing to grow. — D. 

 W. Marden, Pilot Mound, Man. 



Sweet peas require deep spading, at 

 least two feet deep, well enriched, and 

 the peas planted very early in the spring 

 at least one inch deep. If after they are 

 up and ready to climb they are simply 

 left alone and given no support and al- 

 lowed to sprawl all over the ground, 

 what kind of sweet pea flowers could be 

 expected? Sweet peas require special 

 attention both before and after plant- 

 ing, and if they don't get it you won't 

 have good peas. — D. W. Marden, Pilot 

 Mound, Man. 



