March, igi2 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



63 



The Stream and Rustic Bridge in Mr. Child's- Garden (No. 7) 



increase their number and effectiveness 

 in the near future. A pleasing rustic 

 bridge spans the stream. (Illustration 

 No. 7.) 



We returned to the house by a fruit- 

 tree-studded lawn, and happening to pass 

 a very artistic doorway, covered with 

 beautiful vines, enquiry was made as to 

 where it led to. The answer was "The 

 kitchen!" It was an ideal back door at 

 last. A whole sermon might be preach- 

 ed on that doorway, but it is not neces- 

 sary for the photograph (Illustration No. 



8) will convey the lesson better than 

 words. Everyone must agree that it is 

 a refreshing sight. Alas, how few can 

 live up to it. 



Mr. and Mrs. Child have evolved 

 their garden bit by bit and have aimed at 

 retaining all the natural beauties of their 

 lovely place, which are always so much 

 more satisfying than those "made to or- 

 der." How admirably they have suc- 

 ceeded, the accompanying jllustrations 

 made from photographs taken by Mr. 

 Child, prove conclusively. 



Vines for All Purposes 



F. E. Buck, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa 



should be remembered that vines will re- 

 spond to good treatment and when plant- 

 ing carry out these suggestions if by 

 any means possible : 



I. Supply good soil and also drainage 

 where necessary. 



THE number of hardy perennial or 

 woody vines which can be grown in 

 North .America is about forty. Then 

 there is about an equal number of half- 

 hardy vines, very few of which can be 

 grown further north than the latitude of 

 New York — some parts of the west coast 

 excepted — and finally a third group of 

 more than fifty tender vines, most of 

 which need greenhouse or conservatory 

 conditions. 



Altogether we have about one hundr^^d 

 and fifty vines — if some of the best An- 

 nual vines be included — which are avail- 

 able for decorative and utility purposes 

 in our homes and gardens. About twenty 

 of these hardy woody vines can be grown 

 with complete success in the vicinity of 

 Ottawa, and perhaps an additional dozen 

 in the more southern parts of Ontario. 



CARE AND TREATMENT 



Vines, like most other plants, respont! 

 to good conditions with regard to soil 

 and situation, and also to careful treat- 

 ment, but as a rule, and very fortunately 

 so, most of the perennial vines thrive 

 under many conditions, even when badly 

 neglected. The large number of very 

 pleasing vine effects obtained by people 

 one might say almost by chance, is no 

 doubt due to this fact. However, it 



2. Plant all vines a little bit deeper 

 than they grew in the nursery. 



3. If watering be necessary, water 

 very heavily or not at all ; pay special 

 regard to this point just after the vine 

 has finished flowering. 



After the vine is established train it 

 with consistency and care. Prune it very 

 little, but prune to encourage it to take 

 a graceful, natural, and attractive form. 

 If it flowers in the spring, prune it just 

 after it has flowered ; if it flowers in the 

 summer, the correct time to prune it is 

 in the early spring. 



PUKPOSES 



Vines are used for a number of pur- 

 poses. These purposes, for the sake of 

 clearness, are grouped here under two 

 headings : 



1. Vines used for purely decorative 

 purposes. 



2. Vines used as screens. 



"Vines used as screens" may be fur- 

 ther divided if wished, and in that esse we 

 should have, first, vines used as screens 

 for the purpose of giving privacy or land- 

 scape effect, and second, vines used as 

 screens to hide unsightly objects. The 

 same vines, of course, may be used to 

 serve both purposes, but discussing them 

 as thus classified we have first of all — 



DECORATIVE VINES 



"Decorative vines" are used for about 

 seven different purposes, or in .seven 

 different places. Even in Ottawa, where 

 vines are not grown to the same extent 

 as they are further south, one would 

 shudder to think of the barren harsh 

 appearance of the domestic architecture 

 in our villages and cities were such de- 

 prived altogether of the softening effect 

 produced by climbing plants. Their use 

 not only lessens the number of intoler- 

 able eyesores produced by ugly fences, 

 outbuildings, and untidy backyards, but 

 bv using climbing plants there is also a 



"The Ideal Back Door at Last" (No. 8) 



