TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS AT THE DOM. EXPERL FARMS. 



Fig. 1473. — Winter Scene. 



pects, for all of which suitable plants are 

 selected. The way the snow is collect- 

 ed within and about this enclosure is 

 shown in Fig. 1473 ^"d in Fig. 1474 a 

 portion of the enclosed space is seen 

 after the winter has passed and the spring 

 flowers have opened. Such enclosures 

 may be planned of many different forms 

 to suit special places, but they serve best 

 the purpose for which they are designed 

 if the hedges are made of some ever- 

 green growth. 



On another part of this lawn the 

 hybrid perpetual roses are grouped in 



beds 12 feet wide so as to permit of 

 three rows of bushes 3 feet apart each 

 way and a margin on either side of half 

 this distance. A strip of grass 3 feet in 

 width runs between each bed, thus giv- 

 ing a wide path of six feet. In this way 

 the many varieties under cultivation can 

 be conveniently examined. A part of 

 the rose plantation is shown in Fig. 1475 

 with groups of evergreen and deciduous 

 trees in the background. In a later 

 communication the subject of hardy 

 roses and their cultivation at Ottawa will 

 be more fully discussed. 



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