Walkcrvillc : A Garden Town Beautiful' 



THESE are days in which a new 

 civic consciousness is abroad in 

 the land. We are beginning to 

 resent unkempt boulevards, neglected 

 lawns and gardens, ill-favored alleys, 

 and ugly billboards. In their place we 

 long for grassy swards, avenues of well- 



W. H. Smith, Secretary, Horticultural Society 



ARTICLE No. XII. 



give soriie idea of the appearance of our 

 streets lined as they are by shade trees 

 as well as of their beauty which is add- 

 ed to by mile after mile of privet hedge. 

 It might be well here to sound a warn- 

 ing about privet hedge. Fight shy of 

 California Privet. The winter kills it, 



One of Walkerville's Residential Streets— Notice the Boulevards. No. 1 



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trimmed trees, homes nestling in the 

 midst of gardens, and for all else that 

 is lovely in horticulture. The members 

 of the Walkerville Horticultural Society 

 have been striving to make their muni- 

 cipal home a public garden. In what is 

 here written, as well as by the accom- 

 panying illustrations, I hope to show 

 some measure of the success that has at- 

 tended our efforts. 



Walkerville is situated on the bank of 

 the Detroit River, a majestic stream over 

 a mile in width. It is in the county of 

 Essex. The population is between three 

 and four thousand. All the streets and 

 avenues are paved with reinforced con- 

 crete, macadam, asphalt, brick, or some 

 other suitable material. The street 

 sweeper is kept busy. It was not bought 

 to lie and rust in the municipal barn. 

 Therefore, the streets are clean at all 

 times. 



The boulevards are graded and the 

 grass is kept green and well mown. I 

 do not mean that a boulevard here and 

 there is kept mown, but stretches a mile 

 in length. Naturally they are very pleas- 

 ing to the eye. The sidewalks are grano- 

 lithic throughout the town. A glance at 

 illustrations numbers one and two will 



This article takes the place of the nmial article 

 on Canadian sardens that has been a feature of 

 this year's iesues of The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 "Flower Gardens of Walkerville," an article by 

 the same writer, will appear in th« near future. 

 It will be well illustrated. 



and it is decidedly unpleasant to plant 

 a hedge, care for it, and have its ap- 

 pearance everything to be desired, only 

 to be frozen to the ground with the first 

 cold weather. When securing a hedge, 

 therefore, be sure and purchase English 

 Privet (privet vulgaris) ; the severe win- 

 ters will not injure it 



Illustration number three shows one 



of our alleys This illustration, as well 

 as all the others, was obtained without 

 special preparation having been made. 

 Did you ever see a perfectly clean alley 

 before? People generally figure that an 

 alley is a place in which to dump gar- 

 bage, tin cans and refuse of all descrip- 

 tions, and where it may be allowed to 

 remain until the alley is impassable and 

 has become a breeding place for flies and 

 possibly disease. Of late years, how- 

 ever, we hear a great deal during the 

 summer about "Swat the Flies." We 

 would not hear so much about flies if 

 we kept more garbage pails having tight 

 covers and kept our alleys clean. This 

 is, perhaps, a rather peculiar topic to be 

 writing about in a garden magazine, but 

 we must all admit that it is the "tout 

 ensemble" which makes a perfect pic- 

 ture ; and it is impossible to have a 

 pretty town or city with dirty streets and 

 filthy alleys. 



The following is an excerpt from Oi.r 

 by-law respecting the removal of gar- 

 bage and refuse : 



"Every person shall dispose of all 

 "garbage, for the disposal of which he 

 "is responsible, either by burning the 

 "same or in the following manner, 

 "that is to say, the garbage shall first 

 "be drained of all liquids, then wrap- 

 "ped securely in oaper, and then be 

 "deposited in a pr-yer, securely cov- 

 "ered receptacle, and then kept until 

 "taken away by the town scavenger 

 "as may be directed by the council, 

 "&c. 



"The said receptacle shall be i:ept 

 "by every person on his own premises 

 "as conveniently as may be to his 



