SOMETHING ABOUT FLOWERS. 



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but the situation and the soil will determine 

 to a great extent whether you will have 

 much success or not. They should be shel- 

 tered from strong winds, but not under 

 trees ; they like plenty of air and sunshine, 

 though shade from the hot mid-day summer 

 sun will not be a disadvantage. As to soil, 

 I have always found that a stiff loam suits 

 them best, and if the soil in your garden is 

 very light some heavy clay loam mixed with 

 it would be very beneficial. Before order- 

 ing roses for your garden find out from 

 }'Our neighbors the kinds that thrive best in 

 your locality, also w-hat kinds do 'best on 

 tneir own roots and grafted on other stocks. 

 Where the owner of a garden is unable 

 to do much work on it himself, flowering 

 shrubs are very attractive and much plea- 

 sure can be obtained from them. There is 



a great variety, and their blooming season 

 begins early and lasts till well on in the sum- 

 mer. I should like to mention a few. Of 

 liilacs there are a great variety of colors and 

 shades, some make low bushes others large 

 shrubs, some are early and others late ; of 

 the syringa (properly Philadelphus or 

 mock orange) there are several varieties, 

 short and tall ; berberis or barberry ; pyrus 

 Japonica (Japan Quince), white and scar- 

 let ; deutzia ; weigelia, several 'beautiful 

 varieties, no garden should be without one 

 of these; exochorda (pearl bush); althaea 

 (Rose of Sharon), sometimes winter 

 killed ; the well known Hydrangea Panicu- 

 lata Grandiflora; spireas in great variety 

 and beauty; viburnum (snow-ball), and rosa 

 rugosa very pretty both in flower and fruit. 

 Some of these ought to be in every garden. 



The Verandah Box 



E. MEPSTED, OTTAW'A, ONT. 



ONE of the most attractive features of 

 summer decoration is the verandah 

 box. We are beginning to find them on 

 all our streets. If there is no other plant 

 decoration on the lot the verandah box is 

 still complete, and if there are many other 

 decorations around it a finish is added to all. 



Some people cannot afford to spend much 

 on these boxes. They need not. They 

 can easily get a plain box made the required 

 length with plenty of depth and width — 

 don't make them too small. Place them 

 on the verandah and plant with nasturtium 

 and petunias, single, of course. Add two 

 or three German ivys and you have a cheap 

 box. If you wish you can add a few ger- 

 aniums and by midsummer the display is 

 fine. 



The plants need plenty of water when they 

 are growing vigorously. On. the shaded 

 side of the house begonias and foliage 

 plants, such as coleus, are suitable. 



Tree Peonies at Ottawa 



AJMONG the many amateur gardeners 

 which Ottawa can boast of none are 

 more enthusiastic than the Hon. Frank R. 

 Latchford. His display of tree peonies is 

 a very striking feature of flie Waverly street 

 garden. Many of these were imported 

 direct by himself from France and Japan. 

 These beautiful flowers are usually con- 

 sidered tender in climates less severe than 

 that of Ottawa so that this magnificent dis- 

 play requires some explanation. 



Mr. Latchford attributes his success to 

 his manner of protecting them. He uses 

 no packing material of any sort, but each 

 plant is covered by a wind and water proof 

 box made of ordinary boards. He is firmly 

 of the opinion that packing material, even 

 of the best, induces milde^v and decay, and 

 dryness and protection from the wind are 

 the essential features. His success with 

 peonies, as well as tender roses, is an indi- 

 cation of the correctness of his theorv. 



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