June, 9121 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



143 



Canadian Gardens— Picturesque "Inglewood'' 



Wm. Hunt, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph 

 ARTICLE No. 6 



THERE are few places in western 

 Ontario that are more beautifull}' 

 situated, or that have more natu- 

 ral beauty, than have the gardens and 

 lawn of "Inglewood," in the city of 

 Hamilton. Occupying as they do an ele- 

 vated position several hundred feet above 

 the level of Lake Ontario, on the steep 

 incline of land leading close up to the 



tccture, its spacious verandahs, and the 

 stone sculpture work that adorn its walls 

 being prominent features of its architec- 

 tural beauty. Members of the Royal 

 Family who have visited Canada, as well 

 as almost all of our Governor-Generals, 

 have been hospitably entertained within 

 its walls at various times in its history. 

 It is, however, of the lawns and gar- 



"Injl8i»J3d"^Ths rtjuie aiiJPart]of ths L awn 

 cliff-like limestone formation of the Nia- dens that I am expected to write about. 



gara escarpment, these grounds are 

 naturally ver\' attractive. 



The panoramic view from the terraces 

 on the lawn is strikingly beautiful. The 

 lawn with its fringe of fine ornamental 

 trees, through which can be seen glimp- 

 ses of parts of the rapidly extending city, 

 as well as of Hamilton Bay and the strip 

 of land known as "The Beach," make 

 up the foreground of a very beautiful 

 landscape picture. The town of Dundas 

 nestled below the high hills to the west, 

 and (he thickly wooded heights of East 

 and West Flamboro, and as far east- 

 ward as the eye can reach over the blue 

 waters of Lake Ontario — even as far 

 east as the city of Toronto — form a back- 

 ground to the picture of which words 

 will utterly fail to convey anything likf 

 an adequate conception. The scenic 

 beauty unfolded to the eye from the 

 points mentioned can scarcely be equalled 

 in Canada. The view is still more exten- 

 sive and beautiful when seen from the 

 cupola and promenade platform on the 

 top of the residence, or from the top of 

 the cliffs or mountain to the south of 

 the residence. 



The residence itself is a fine stone 

 structure of the Gothic style of archi- 



so that I must not linger over scenes and 

 incidents, many of which the writer was 

 closely interested in. The latter state- 

 ment will, I trust, be sufficient excuse 



to my readers for this slight deflection 

 from the subject proper of this article. 



THE APPROACH 



The residence is approached by a wind- 

 ing carriage drive, from which almost 

 the whole vista of the lawns can be seen 

 through the openings between the fine 

 ornamental trees and shrubs growing 

 along its edge. Among these last-named 

 are to be found magnificent specimens 

 of the Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip 

 Tree), Catalpas, Flowering Chestnut, 

 Double-flowering Peach, and others, and 

 a splendid specimen, upwards of fifty 

 feet in height and almost as much in 

 breadth, of the double-flowering Chinese 

 Cherry (Cerasus sinulata). This beauti- 

 ful specimen is, literally speaking, a huge 

 pyramid of pure white, and a landmark 

 that can be seen for several miles, when 

 it is in full flower. It is a pity that this 

 kind of tree is not more hardy than it is. 

 It seldom succeeds well outside of the 

 Niagara district on this account. The 

 tree in question was planted about sixty 

 years ago, soon after the residence was 

 built. The ice storm that played such 

 havoc with the telephone and telegraph 

 wires some twenty years asTo in Hamil- 

 ton damaged this fine old tree very 

 materially. Since then it has never 

 flowered as luxuriantly as before. 



SOME FINE TREES 



The irregular fringe of trees <^kirt- 

 ing three sides of the five or six acres 

 of lawn must not be forgotten. The 

 groundwork of this beautiful belt of trees 

 is made up of fine specimens of the Nor- 

 way Spruce, many of which are upwards 



A Portion of the Lavrn and Flower Bed* at "Ingle wood" 



