THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



to put around his trees bands sticky with 

 tar, and thus prevent the invading host 

 from climbing up. 



The view of Mr. Young's house shows 

 Mr. Young himself in the foreground, a 

 fine Ampelopsis Virginiana shades the 

 veranda in front, and, on the side, a 

 Clematis Virginiana. A fine flower 

 garden in front contains sweet peas, 

 roses, dahlias, gladioli, etc , and some 

 fine shrubs, notably a large bush of 

 Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, six- 



His farm slopes down to the river or 

 west passage, the high way of the C. P. 

 R. and other steamers, on which a hun- 

 dred boats a day can easily be counted. 

 In our engraving the near ground shows 

 a portion of Mr. Raines' orchard of ap- 

 ple trees, his house and barn, and in 

 the di-tance the river, and the Sailors' En- 

 campment on the Michigan side, a most 

 charming location. His soil was clay, 

 and on the high ground certain varie- 

 ties of apples were found doing well, as 



Fig. 1414. — Mr. Young's Hesidence. 



teen years planted, which blooms annu- 

 ally yielding at least a wheelbarrow load 

 of bloom. 



Mr. Young's farm slopes toward the 

 north channel of Lake Huron, and our 

 view shows the portion intended for 

 orchard, with a few young trees already 

 growing upon it. 



On the west side of the island, we 

 visited the orchard of Mr. A. Raines, 

 who was the first white man born on 

 the island. 



Charlemov, Duchess, Wealthy, Wolf 

 River, Haas and Hyslop. He had several 

 fine trees of the Kiefifer pear, which had 

 stood the climate for two winters. The 

 Pin cherry, Prunus Pennsylvania, was 

 growing freely about the house ; indeed 

 it is found everywhere throughout this 

 Northern region. 



On the South side of the island after 

 driving over many miles of rough stony 

 and corduroy roads, we visited the farm 

 of Mr. Wm. Dunn, which overlook 



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