AprU, 19X6. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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Planning the Garden of Satisfaction 



HEREWITH are shown two plans 

 of gardens intended to suit the 

 requirements of the average 

 backyard gardener. Number one is 

 for a combined flower and vegetable, 

 and number two is solely for vege- 

 tables. The varieties given are the 

 best as determined from actuaJl experi- 

 ence. They can be relied upon. These 

 plans wijil not suit all gardens as to 

 location and size, but are given as an 

 idea upon which to plan. By all means 

 plan. It's the only way. 



By the time this is in print there will 

 .still be time to make a hotbed or cold- 

 frame to raise your own plants, and 

 thus save time and expense. The fol- 

 lowing are the names of a few of the 

 best varieties of flowers with which to 

 beautify the surroundings of your 

 lawn : Climbing roses, crimson ramb- 

 ler, Dorothy Perkins, and Tauschen- 

 don. Clematis ; Jackmamni, hollyhocks. 

 Buy the plants, as they do not bloom 

 the first year from seed. If you insist 

 on growing them from seed, procure 

 Ohaters double mixed. 



For bush roses, the following are six 

 of the best: Marquis de Sinety, cop- 

 per and yellow; Miss Cynthia Forde, 

 rosy pink ; Mrs. A. E. Coxhead, red ver- 

 million; Mrs. "W. C. Miller, blush sal- 

 mon rose ; Mollie Shamian Crawford, 

 pure white ; Juliet, gold on one side of 

 petal and rosy red on reverse side. 

 Paeonies: Festiva Maxima white; 

 Humeii, rosy pink; iris; Mrs. Horice 

 Darwin, Madame Chereau, Pallida Dal- 

 matica. Delphiniums: Duke of Con- 

 naught, Musea, Persimmon. Helian- 

 thus: Miss Mellish and Daniel Dewar. 

 Shrubs and annuals are too well 

 known to need describing. Be sure to 

 get a good strain of af?ters and gladioli, 

 as there is nothing that will set a gar- 

 den off better than these. 



Now for the tooth.some vegetables. 

 We Avill take them in the order shown 

 in the plan on page 92: Cabbages, 

 unless you want variety, Henderson's 

 Summer Early will answer all purposes 

 for early, mid, late. It is a good plan to 

 order of your seedsman now if you do 

 not raise your own plants, as they 

 grow most of the best varieties for 

 sale, and by ordering now you can gen- 

 erally get what you want. 



There are several good varieties of 

 peas and beans. Those marked on the 

 plan will give good satisfaction. Don't 

 forget that the Telephone Pea is tall 

 growing and requires some brush or 

 netting to run up. The writer has ex- 

 perimented with thirty varieties of 

 potatoes for the last five years. The 

 three given on the plan have proved 

 to be the best during that time. They 



By Geo. Baldwin, F.R.H.S. 



were grown on a clay loam with sandy 

 sub-soil, and are varieties the seed of 

 which can be secured in almost any 

 feed store. 



Cucumbers are best raised in the 

 frame and transplanted to the ground 

 when the weather permits, as the 

 squash-Jbug plays havoc with the young 

 seedlings when grown outside. The 

 two varieties of carrots are good for 

 nearly all soils, but if you have a deep 

 loamy soil, try Carter's Red Elephant. 

 The same comment applies to beets and 

 parsnips. If you want the long blood 

 red beet, or the long Sutton's Student 

 parsnip you must have deep soil. 



Leeks are best grovm. in the trench 

 with the celery and earthed up togeth- 

 er. Try some. Salsify is splendid for 

 soups when siliced up; in fact, you 

 would almost think you had oyster 

 soup. Marrows, use white busih. 

 Squash, Green Hubbard and Summer 

 Crookneck are good. You will find by 

 growing the Southport red, white and 



yellow onions you get the best for 

 flavor and keeping, but if you want 

 them big, it will be necessary to start 

 them inside, and have them eight 

 inches long by May 24th, the time for 

 planting out. Plant them in rich soil 

 land give lots of moisture. 



While a row each of radish and let- 

 tuce is shown on the plan, it is not 

 ■absolutely necessary, as they can be 

 igrown to advantage in between cab- 

 bage rows, or on the ridges of the 

 celery trench. Do not deprive your- 

 self of the early Golden Bantam com ; 

 it is by far the best early corn, and 

 Country Gentleman or Stowell's Ever- 

 green for late. 



Get two or three nail kegs from the 

 hardware and place over some of the 

 rhubarb roots, packing manure around 

 the outside, and have rhubarb a month 

 earlier. Do not cut the asparagus the 

 first year, and do not let the seeds 

 ripen, but cut the brush off early in 

 the fall, and lay on the bed for pro- 

 tection. 



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A celery bed, three weeks after planting, -with radishes growing along the top of the ridges. 



