Canadian Gardens — An Amateur's Garden Worth While 



FLOWER growing is not so diffi- 

 cult as some people seem to think 

 though to have flowers grow and 

 give forth their best bloom, you must 

 watch over them, work hard amongst 

 them, nurse, and last but not least, love 

 them. If you do these you will be am- 

 ply rewarded by an abundance of bloom 

 during the months from May to the end 

 of November. 



In our garden we try to have constant 

 bloom so that when one variety dies 



The Backyard before the Garden was Started 



down another is ready to take its place. 

 In this we have succeeded beyond our ex- 

 pectation. As, however, our garden has 

 only been in existence for six years, it is 

 only now commencing to show what it 

 really can do. It is a city lot, forty-five 

 by two hundred and twenty-five feet, and is 

 laid out according to the following plan : 



R. S. Rose, Peterborough,' Ont. 

 ARTICLE No. 4. 



One. — Lilacs, common. . 



Two.- — Shubbery, consisting of Persian 

 lilacs, purple and white ; Tartarian honey- 

 suckle, white and pink ; Indian currant, 

 spirae van Houttei ; syringa, mock 

 orange, weigelia rosea, snowball and 

 meadow sweet. This shrubbery is about 

 thirty feet long by three and a half feet 

 wide. We do not attempt to grow any 

 annuals around the shrubs as we want 

 them to' have lots of room to spread 

 themselves. They bloom from early 

 spring to midsummer. 



Three, is our long perennial flower bed. 

 It is about one hundred and fifty feet long 

 by four and a half feet wide. At the back 

 it is lined with phlox, including such 

 kinds as Bacchante, Bridesmaid, Henry 

 Munger, Jules Cambon, Selvia, Von 

 Hochberg, Couquelicot, Richard Wallace,, 

 Mercier, Paul Kruger, Pantheon, Eliza- 

 beth Campbell, Edmund Rosland, Mr. 

 Jenkins, and others. In all there are 

 thirty-six different varieties blooming in 

 a mass of different colors, from the mid- 

 dle of June until frost. 



With these are the Scarlet Likners, 

 perennial sunflower (Golden Wave), Val- 

 eriana, or the hardy garden heliotrope, 

 soronicum, (this should have a place in 

 all gardens), and three varieties of Del- 

 phinium. The last bloom before the 

 phlox and continue to bloom with them. 



In front of these we sow our annuals, 

 namely. Coreopsis, Calendula, annual snap 

 dragon, Centaurea or Bachelor's Button, 

 Gypsophila,:Love in a Mist, Marvel of Peru 

 (four o'clocks), annual wall flowers, mal- 

 lows, white and pink ; if we have a bare 

 spot, we transplant from our perennial 

 seed bed, where we always have some 

 plants coming on. We act on the prin- 

 ciple that there is always room for one 

 more. We keep our beds as full as pos- 



sible, so that the earth is not seen, as we 

 find that this retains the moisture best. 

 In this bed I should say that we can al- 

 ways find room for zinnias, stocks, scab- 

 iosa, gaillardia and sweet sultan. All the 

 annuals are mixed colors. The whole 

 length of the bed is bordered with sweet 

 alyssum (little gem). When this bed is at 

 its best it fairly dazzles the eye in col- 

 oring, being so brilliant, and our great 

 aim is to have its colors blend, so llint 

 one will not kill the other. 



The Long Bed Showing Some of the Phlox 



Four is a clump of Assyrian poppy, a 

 perennial. This poppy is very large and 

 extremely hardy. In color it is a deep 

 blood red. The root was sent us by a 

 friend straight from Assyria about eight 

 years ago. 



Number five, is a high bank with stone 

 facing in front. This bank is lined with 



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The Plan of Mr. Rote's Garden, for a Description of which Read the Article on This Page. 



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