THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



From the entrances to the grounds 

 on the Central Farm, along the roadways 

 leading to the several buildings, a suc- 

 cession of groups of trees and shrubs 

 have been arranged with occasional in- 

 dividual specimens. Surprise is often 

 expressed at the wonderful beauty and 

 grace displayed by the many charming 

 objects thus associated. No shears or 

 pruning knife is allowed to interfere with 

 the natural beauty of the specimens, but 



time with brief descriptions of portions 

 of this work with illustrations of groups 

 and objects of special interest. 



In Fig. 147 1 we have a view of the 

 roadway leading to the house of Doctor 

 Saunders. 



Figure 1472 gives a view of part of a 

 large central lawn around which the 

 necessary buildings and residences ar( 

 grouped, the large stock barn being seen 

 in the distance. In the foreground is 



Fig. 1472.— Sketch of the Central Lawn. 



the graceful forms with which they have 

 been endowed are carefully preserved. 



At the outset the Central Farm was 

 void of all attractiveness save that of its 

 beautiful situation and outlook, but by 

 judicious planning and planting the wil- 

 derness has been made to blossom. 

 With the view of promoting a love for 

 the beautiful, and of extending the use- 

 fulness of this part of the work of the 

 farms, it is my purpose if space permits 

 to present your readers from time to 



an enclosure made with evergreen 

 hedges of spiuce and arbor vitaj de- 

 signed for the purpose of protecting 

 many sorts of flowering bulbs and plants 

 during the winter by gathering about 

 them a deep covering of snow. Within 

 the protecting influences of this enclo- 

 sure many species can be wintered well 

 which if grown in the open ground are 

 very apt to be killed. The outside 

 margins of this enclosure also form par 

 tially protected beds with different as 



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