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May, 1912 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



119 



A PortionSof the Pergola in Mr. MacKendrick's^Garden 



Canadian Gardens — The MacRendrick Garden 



A. H. Goodman, LL. B., Toronto, Ont. 

 ARTICLE No. 5 



A MAN in the creation of a garden un- 

 consciously reveals himself. The 

 garden at 7 Chippewa Ave. , Toronto 

 Island, is no exception to this rule, ""or 

 this is the garden, not of a florist, a bot- 

 anist or a gardener, but of a man — a big, 

 bold, intellectual, forcible man. A florist 

 would have followed well known rules of 

 gardening, namely, that there should be 

 simplicity, instead of extravagance, mass- 

 es, instead of scatterings, law instead of 

 lawlessness, in respect to variety and of 



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.Mr.^MacKendrick Entertaining Visitors 



The President of the Toronto Horticultural 

 Society is here shown describing his methods of 

 rofle coilture to members of the Society who 

 visited hie garden last summer. 



The Border 



colour, and of form, and that there 

 should be a focus or point of interest, cr 

 constructional centre, a dominant note of 

 form, light or color, with other parts 

 subordinate to this. 



It is said, harmony is better esthetics 

 than contrast, that we should use foliage 

 in masses that the blue of the sky, 

 water, the green of the earth, shrub- 

 bery and trees are a delight forever, that 

 bright color has its cheer, and we should 

 plan our garden for it, prizing it as an 

 accent rather than a constancy. But the 

 popular president of the Toronto Horti- 

 cultural Society cuts out all .sentiment, 

 his grounds stand disclosed, nothing is 

 suggested or left to fancy, he simply 

 grows flowers in profusion, beautiful 

 flowers in abundance, with accuracy, ar.d 

 magnificent results. T.nking the well- 



known flowers that we all love, he ex- 

 travagantly gives them the soil, water, 

 nourishment and conditions they ask for, 

 and compels them to bloom in a riot of 

 beauty never before seen on the Island. 



Mr. McKendrick is successful with 

 all the flowers. The tulip, in remarkably 

 rich and glowing colors, large size and 

 massive substance, type of the brilliant 

 splendour of the Orient, from whence it 

 came, the fragrant stocks and wall flow- 

 ers, the sweet pea, charming in form, 

 beautiful and varied in color, deliciously 

 sweet, — snap dragon and sweet william, 

 roses of many varieties, phloxes, pseon- 

 ies, dahlias, lilies, irises, gladioli, fox- 

 glove, daffodils, narcissi, pinks, asters, 

 and many, many others. 



I have seen this garden but once, and 

 have spoken to the man only a few 

 times, yet the one is a reflex of the other. 

 This garden is an educational floral as- 

 set of the city, where the man with a 

 small yard can see and study individual 

 flowers, grown in perfection, but it has 

 nothing of Lord Bacon's suggestion of 

 the mystic, or "of avenues, arbors and 

 fountain, and the edge of a wilderness." 



The Care of Tulips 



Wm. Hont, O.A.C., Gaclph, Ont. 



Where tulips are planted in flower 

 beds or borders where summer decora- 

 tive plants such as coleus, geraniums, 

 cannas and others, are to be planted, 

 it is advisable to dig up the tulips so as 

 to be able to thoroughly cultivate and 

 manure the ground for the summer 

 plants mentioned. By manuring the 

 ground well at this time the bulbs will 

 not require any manure or fertilizer when 

 planted. 



The tulip bulbs can be left in the 

 ground until it is time to set out the 



A Portion of the Rose Garden 



In the rear is the summer tool house. 



