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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



December, 1912. 



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An Alley in Walkerville. "Did you ever tee a Perfectly Clean Lane Before?" No. 3 



"entrance from the lane. No paper <x 

 "other rubbish capable of being easily 

 "burned shall at any time be placed 

 "or thrown or allowed to accumulate 

 "in any of the streets or alleys of the 

 "town." 



Violators of this by-law are liable to 

 a fine of twenty-five dollars, or ten days" 

 imprisonment. 



A glance at the photo of the alley 

 shows a portion of a garbage pail by tlie 

 opening in the fence, and the alley s 

 cleanliness is proof that the by-law is 

 not a dead letter. 



PRIVATE EESIDENOEfl 



Illustration number four s'hows blocks 

 of residences covered with Boston Ivy 

 (Ampelopsis Veitchii). Can you imagine 

 how cool it looks upon a hot day to walk 

 under shade trees and see the residences 

 covered with this beautiful green ivy? 

 We have whole blocks of houses and 

 buildings covered with it. I think the 

 leaves of the Ampelopsis Veitchii show 

 richer tints in the autumn than the maple 

 leaves . 



Illustration number five shows the in- 

 terest our manufacturers take in the 

 grounds around their offices, factories, 

 and storehouses. 



The grounds of Hiram Walker & Sons, 

 Limited, have a spacious lawn, with a 

 border of privet, flower beds and vases, 

 the building itself being covered with 

 Boston Ivy, and overlooking the Detroit 

 River, with Belle Isle (Detroit's world- 

 famed island park), showing in the dis- 



tance America's largest pleasure boats 

 and freight carriers passing within a 

 stone's throw. 



Just a word about our many factories. 

 The goods manufactured here are sent 

 to all corners of the world. We have 

 large automobile factories, manufactur- 

 ing chemists, wire fence factories, and 

 the famous distillery of Hiram Walker 

 & Sons, Limited. The town is named 



after the founder. The Canadian Bridge 

 Co., one of the largest structural steel 

 manufacturing plants in the Dominion, 

 and numerous other concerns which 

 make Walkerville a bee hive of industry. 

 It thus can readily be seen that this 

 clean and pleasant town is not only a 

 residential town, but is also a great 

 manufacturing centre. 



While all our citizens and members of 

 the Town Council pride themselves upon 

 the neat and prosperous appearance of 

 the town, the little kiddies have not been 

 forgotten. -A safe bathing spot has been 

 provided in the Riverside Park, and, 

 while our citizens can sit and enjoy the 

 cool breezes off the river, the children 

 can bathe and sport in the water. A 

 caretaker has been provided to see thai 

 the children do not get beyond their 

 depth. 



A Blackberry Disease 



Dr. J. B. Dandeno, BowmaDvillc, Ont. 



By blackberry is here meant what 

 some people call thimbleberry and others 

 the long blackberry. The disease ap- 

 peared, here and there, in this locality in 

 igio, in June and early July. It affected 

 the canes only, and seemed most de- 

 structive when the plants were crowded 

 or otherwise shaded. 



The surface of affected canes become 

 first brownish, then darker brown, and 

 later whitish with minute black points 

 scattered here and there in the surface. 

 While the fungus was working on the 

 canes the leaves stopped growing and 

 turned lighter green and later yellowish. 



All the diseased plants should be cut 

 out and burned as soon as the disease 

 is manifest. From my observations the 

 disease will not likely be very destructive 

 unless the plants are crowded. 



