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THE CANA DIA N HOR Tl C ( L Tl 'RJS 7\ 



from the road is expensive and difficult to a flat piece. Ledges and boulders often 



build upon, but often very sightly and cool form very interesting and valuable incidents, 



in summer and warm in winter, if on the giving the place an individuality which it 



right side of the hill. A gentle slope to- would otherwise be difficult or impossible to 



ward the road gives good surface drainage secure. Masses of native trees and bushes, 



and an easy approach. A gentle slope away or individuals of either; an ancient and pic- 



from the road is not bad, and if properly turesque fruit tree ; a vine-covered surface, 



managed, a pleasing result may be secured are often of the greatest value and can be 



with a house set below the road level. The utilized to give results that could not be se- 



most satisfactor\' result can often be obtained cured iu years by artificial planting, 

 on an irregular piece of land, and very often 

 the irregularities can be so utilized as to 

 make construction more economical than on Brookhne, Mass. 



( To be Contirnied. ) 



Wakkex H. Manning. 



Orchids at Chrysanthemum Show, Toronto. 



Plioto by E E. King 



THE FLORISTS' EXHIBITION. 



/^HE tenth annual floral exhibit by the Tor- 



^^ onto Gardeners' and Florists' Association 



was in no way behind previous displays. A 



writer in the Toronto Mail says of it : 



The chrysanthemum is still held a hot favorite 

 by the flower-loving public, and deservedly so. 



The indifferent spectator might be excused for not 

 going into estacies over the ordinary plant with 

 the ragged head and one eye. as first introduced 

 to the civilized world, but the person who fails to 

 see real beauty in the great compact blooms of 

 white, pink, or yellow, such as are shown m pro- 

 fusion at the Pavilion, misses a rare pleasure. The 

 "craze" in this variety of flower just now is to 



