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THE CANADIAN HORTICUL TURIST 



April, 1912 



mixed hollyhocks, golden glow and gold- 

 en treasure. In front of these are Can- 

 terbury bells, mixed colors, then coreop- 

 sis lanceolate, Snow in Summer, Dian- 

 thus Plumaris, annual larkspur, sweet 

 rocket, pentstemon, platycodon pyre- 

 thum, veronica, Iceland poppies in clumps 

 here and there in both beds, and any an- 

 nual or perennial we may have to fill in. 

 The whole bed is bordered with mixed 

 dwarf nasturtiums. This bed is forty- 

 five feet long by six feet wide. 



Six.— Paths. 



.Seven. — Large Giant Syringa. 



Eight. — Rockery. 



Nine. — Paeonies. 



Ten. — Geranium bed, bordered by for- 

 get-me-nots, shasta and the blue daisy 

 (agathea.) 



Eleven. — IJly bed, bordered by nar- 

 cissus Poeticus, back of these are day 

 lilies, both white and blue; orange, tiger 

 and sweet scented yellow lilies, Span- 

 ish, German, Japan and English iris, and 

 the common blue flag. The whole bed is 

 simply carpeted with violets, white, wine, 

 and deep blue English, the common yel- 

 low and the deep blue double Russian, 

 not to forget the California violet, of 

 which there are a few clumps. This bed 

 throws out a most delightful perfume in 

 the early spring. The bed is siuated at 

 the foot of a raised lawn. 



Twelve. — Clothes lawn raised so as 

 to form protection to the lily bed. 



Thirteen. — Sunken lawn. 



Fourteen. — Wild flower garden, and 

 the leavings of all seeds that are left 

 over. 



Fifteen. — Well shaded by trees that 

 the sun filters through, makes a splendid 

 pansy bed. It is just one mat of pansies, 

 as all kinds from the Giant to the Viola 

 or tufted pansy, bloom here. The color- 

 ing is simply gorgeous, ranging from 

 white to a deep purple. In fact it has all 

 colors that pansies are noted for. Both 

 sides of the bed are bordered by a deep 

 band of lilies of the valley, and at the 

 back by narcissus. 



Sixteen. — Perennial seed bed. 



Seventeen. — Rowan and elm trees. 



Eighteen. — WeJl with pump. Beds 

 fourteen, fifteen and sixteen are all bor- 

 dered at the back by columbines of dif- 

 ferent varieties. 



Nineteen. — Rose bed. We have a var- 

 iety of roses, most of them being the 

 hardy hybrid perpetuals, such as Anna 

 De Diesback, Baron de Bonstettin, Frou 

 Karl Druschki, General Jacqueminot, 

 Mrs. John Lang, Paul Neyron, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Margaret Dickson, 

 Soliel D'or, Harrison's Yellow, Madam 

 Plantier, and others which bloom from 

 June till late in the fall. We have had 

 bloom in November. Through the bed 

 are large clumps of English and Russian 

 Violets, alternating with clumps of pan- 

 sies. This bed is thirty by ten feet. 



Twenty. — Back of our rose bed runs 

 our sweet pea trellis, thirty feet long, 

 and eight feet in height, made of wire 

 mesh. Sweet peas are sown on both 

 sides and bordered by dwarf nasturtiums 

 or any good plant that would shade the 

 stocks from the sun, and also keep in 

 the moisture, which we find necessary. 

 We have had them grow so tall that we 

 have had to use a step ladder to cut the 

 top blossoms. Keep them cleaned, do 

 not let them go to seed, and you will 

 have a much finer bloom. 



Twenty-one. — On each side of the path 

 behind the sweet pea hedge, we have 

 what we call our pick and come again 

 beds. There are asters, of which we 

 have eight or nine varieties. The best 

 ones we find are Queen of the Market, 

 Giant branching, Hohenzollern, Day- 

 break Comet, Truffaut's Paeony, and any 

 annuals we care about, including always 

 a wide band of that dear old flower, mig- 

 nonette. This is edged by a row of bal- 

 sams, four feet deep. These make a 

 good hedge to tell where our vegetables 

 commence. 



Twenty-two. — -Rhubarb. 



Twenty-three. — Tomatoes. 



Twenty-four. — All kinds of small vege- 

 tables. We do not attempt potatoes. 



Twenty-five.- — Herbs. In this bed we 

 grow such as are required for the house, 

 namely, lavender, lemon thyme, thyme, 

 broadleaf sage, winter and summer sav- 

 ory, sweet marjoram, horehound and tan- 

 ogon. The top of the bed is bordered by 

 parsley and the side next to bed three 

 is bordered by chives which run down 

 by the vegetable beds. 



Twenty-six. — We use this space for 

 our hot and cold frames and when they 

 are removed the space is used for a relay 

 of small vegetables. 



Twenty-seven. — Are red currants, al- 

 ternating with gooseberry bushes. Be- 

 tween these bushes we have a band a 

 foot wide fo the common field poppies, 

 mixed with Shirley poppy. 



Twenty*-eight — Dump bf grass clip- 

 pings and garden refuse. This is hidden 

 from view by large Russian sunflowers. 



Twenty-nine. — Black currants, eight 

 varieties. Scarlet runners are trained 

 over the fence behind the bushes. 



Thirty. — Blush roses and Penzance 

 briars (sweet briar). In front of these 

 are Sweet William in all colors and great 

 variety. 



Thirty-one. — This bed we are only 

 starting. It is well shaded by elm trees, 

 so we are putting in flowers that love the 

 shade, such as foxglove, monkshood, col- 

 umbines, and others that we may think 

 of later and which we are growing in our 

 seed bed. 



Thirty-two. — Driveway. The fence 

 back of thirty-one and thirty-two is 

 covered with the common morning glory. 



Thirty-three. At the point of bed four- 



teen we have a large bush of bleeding 

 heart. 



Thirty-four. — Extension kitchen of 

 house covered with Virginia creeper. 



We do not grow any flowers in the 

 front, only climbing vines to cover the 

 veranda, as the Crimson Rambler, and 

 Dorothy Perkins climbing rose, and 

 Woodbine honeysuckle. We prefer to 

 have our garden at the back, where we 

 can work amongst them without being 

 in full view of the street. Our sunken 

 lawn is well shaded by trees and makes 

 a cool and comfortable lounging place 

 on a hot summer's afternoon. 



Useful Garden Implement 



W. J. Jailice, Barrie, Out. 



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.An implement that I have found very 

 useful in my garden is the little weeder 

 here illustrated. It was 

 made as follows : — 

 The blade was cut 

 with a cold chi.sel from 

 a cast away hoe blade, 

 and the cutting face 

 filed to an edge. The 

 stem was rivetted on 

 by a blacksmith. It 

 could be put on by 

 any one having a 

 breast drill. 



This tool is exceed- 

 ingly handy for close 

 work about plants of 

 any kind as it can be 

 used in either hand. 

 With a little practice 

 one could be used in 

 each hand. It is es- 

 pecially good for weeding beans and 

 Dutch set onions. 



Sweet Pea Culture 



W. T. MicoiiB, C.E.F., Ottawa 



An easily worked clay loam is the best 

 kind of soil for sweet peas. It is usu- 

 ally a moist cool soil and fairly rich in 

 potash and phosphoric acid. With the 

 addition of well-rotted barnyard manure 

 thoroughly incorporated with it, it should 

 be sufficiently rich to grow very good 

 sweet peas. Sweet peas are liable to run 

 too much to vine if planted in clay loam 

 and heavily manured, hence, as stated 

 before, only moderate fertilizing is nec- 

 essary or desirable. 



I have had good results in growing 

 sweet peas in light sandy loam soil with 

 a moderate dressing of manure, but if 

 the season were a hot dry one the results 

 would not be so good. If there is no soil 

 available except a sandy loam the sur- 

 face should be kept heavily mulched for 

 eighteen inches on each side of the row 

 with the lawn clippings during the sum- 

 mer or better still with short manure, on 

 top of which may be put the lawn clip- 

 pings for cleanliness. 



