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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, igil 



have the seed bed well prepared. A 

 little frost or snow after these seeds are 

 in the ground will not hurt them. A 

 week or two later beans, beets, carrots 

 and salsify may be sown. Never sow 

 when the ground is wet and soggy. 



Many gardeners grow the same plants 

 every year. Buy some new plants this 

 season. Among vegetables not grown 

 are endive, Chinese mustard and cress. 

 Plant some Brussels sprouts. Kohl-rabi 

 is also good for a change. 



IN THE FEUIT GARDEN 



All pruning of both small and tree 

 fruits should be finished this month. If 

 you have not already done so finish the 

 work on your currant and gooseberry 

 bushes, as they break into bud early. 



If you have any mummied fruits hang- 

 ing upon the peach and plum trees, re- 

 move them at once and burn. Spray the 

 trees with the spray solution for dor- 

 mant trees of lime sulphur . Cut out 

 all black knot in your plum and cherry 

 trees. Examine the peach and cherry 

 trees for the borers. These may be 

 found by looking for the little mound of 

 sawdust which is usually seen at about 

 the level of the ground, or lump of gum- 

 my substance higher up on plum and 

 cherry trees. Cut the borers out with 

 a sharp knife or crush them by forcing 

 a wire into boring. Look over the trees 

 for egg masses of the tent caterpillar, 

 also for the nests of tussock moth and 

 the dreaded gipsy moth and brown tail 

 moth. 



As soon as the snow is off examine 

 the trees for injury from mice or rabbits. 

 Where the injury' is slight cover with 

 grafting wax, or if the inside bark is not 

 eaten through cover up with earth to 

 keep the moisture in, and the tree will 

 soon recover. If the tree is entirely 

 girdled put in several scions, waxing 

 carefully and tying carefully. In this 

 case it is well to cut the tree severely in 

 order to prevent too rapid evapora- 

 tion. 



The mulch on the strawberry beds 

 should now be taken off and left between 

 the rows to conserve the moisture, keep 

 down the weeds, and also keep the fruit 

 from the soil. Dig out and remove all 

 perennial weeds, such as dandelion, dock 

 twitch grass, as .soon as they appear. 

 With all small fruits it is a mistake to 

 plant before the soil is well manured 

 and worked. 



Have you a strawberry patch? Do 

 you grow raspberries or currants? Were 

 your gooseberries a success last season? 

 Write out your experience with either 

 vegetable or flower gardening, and send 

 it to The Can.^dian Horticultirist. If 

 you have photographs illustrating your 

 garden all the better — send them along. 

 The readers of this paper will be interest- 

 ed in reading of your success or failure, 

 and in turn your account will stimulate 

 others to write. We want our readers 

 to feel that they are part of the Maga- 

 zine, and that all are interested in each 

 other. 



The Planting of an Amateur's Flower Garden 



(jy'^AN you give me some sugges- 

 I tions as to how I can lay out 



my flower garden to the best 

 advantage" is a question that The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist receives fre- 

 quently from amateur flower growers in 

 all parts of Canada. The following ar- 

 ticle by Mr. Roderick Cameron, Super- 

 intendent of Parks, Toronto, describing 

 what can be grown in a small city gar- 

 den is really an answer to one of our 

 subscribers in Hamilton who asked for 



suggestions as to how to lay out and 

 plant his flower garden, a diagram of 

 which is f.urnished by him showing how 

 he planned to lay out the beds and walks 

 as here published. By printing this ar- 

 ticle we hope that many of our readers 

 will obtain hints that may help them. 



I would first of all fasten chicken net- 

 ting lengthwise, round the garden fence 

 on to the posts of the fence. Presum- 

 ing that the posts are six or eight inches 

 through this would leave a space be- 



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tween the net and the fence proper of 

 six or eight inches, or the thickness of 

 the posts. 



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Forcing Lilacs in Winter 



These branches were cut from the bush and 

 placed in water, in the temperature of an oi- 

 dinary living room.— Photograph sent by Mrs. 

 W. F. Hardy, Oakwood. Ont. 



On the north fence, which would be 

 facing the sun, I would plant tomatoes 

 to be trained up between the net and th< 

 fence. If trimmed and tied nicely the\ 

 will cover the fence and look as well as 

 any vines, and be useful to those who 

 like this vegetable or fruit. If the in- 

 tention is to grow nothing but flowers, 

 then I would train up honeysuckle, 

 trumpet vines, or clematis, as they will 

 stand the hot rays of the sun better 

 than most vines, and in such a situation 

 are free from insects. 



PLACE FOR K08E8 



Climbing roses may be planted on the 

 cast and west sides of the fence, such as 

 Crimson Rambler, Dorothy jerkins, or 

 Pink Rambler. Be sure to have one of 

 Tousendschon, or Thousand Beauties, 

 a grand pillar rose. If the west side is 

 much shaded I would train up by prun- 

 ing some plants of Ruby Castle Currant- 

 They look well, and will supply the 

 table with late fruit. 



BORDERS AND BEDS 



As the south side is the most shaded, 

 I would plant my dahlias there, where 

 they will he cooler and freer from insects. 

 In between the dahlias may be planted 

 gladiolus, and various kinds of lil- 

 ies, and the border edged with alys- 

 sum saxitile or the arabis albida, and 

 llie double flore plenus. Plant them time 

 about in the row, as the double one' 

 blooms after the single one is done. This 

 will prolong the blooming season of the 

 row. Early Kidney beans, lettuce or 

 radishes may be grown between the 

 dahlias if desired, and be off before the 

 dahlias require the room. 



The north border, since it faces the 

 sun will be very hot. This, and the re- 

 flection of the sun, causes insects, such 

 as red spider and thrips, to thrive. Do 

 not plant roses or sweet peas here. .A 

 choice may be made of any of the follow- 



