June, 1911 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



141 



Another View in Dr. Bell's Garden 



A nearer view of the south entrance to the Pargola walk may here be seen. The pathway 

 is made of large flat stones. Notice the border of flowers on the right and the natural 

 effect of the whole scene. 



June Planting Notes 



Wm. Hunt, O. A. C, Guelph, Ont 



DURING June harden off all plants 

 gradually from indoor to outdoor 

 condition. This is done by stand- 

 ing the plants out when safe to do so, in 

 a partly shaded place away from the hot 

 sun and sweeping winds for a week or 

 so before planting, and where they can 

 have temporary protection from frost as 

 well. Remember the hot sun is often as 

 injurious to tender plant life as frost when 

 they are brought from indoor to outdoor 

 conditions. Do not plant out very ten- 

 der plants such as Coleus, Salvia, Iresine 

 and Cannas until all danger of frost is 

 over, they are very tender and easily 

 touched by frost. The ground should be 

 quite warm before planting. 



TRANSPLANTING SEEDLINGS 



Transplant seedlings before they get 

 too much drawn up and spindled, or when 

 about four leaves have developed. Choose 

 dull, showery weather for this work, if 

 possible, or do the work in the early 

 morning or evening. The plants in the 

 seed box or seed bed should be well wat- 

 ered several hours before transplanting: 

 the soil should be moist, not very wet nor 

 du.st dry. Take only a few plants from 

 the seed box at a time. 



Never allow the roots of any plant, 

 especially seedling plants, to be expos- 

 ed to the hot sun, or to dry winds. Keep 

 the roots covered with a little soil or a 

 dainp piece of paper or cloth until plant- 

 ed. Get the plants back into the soil 

 again as quickly as possible. Plant the 

 roots a little deeper than when in the 

 .seed box. .See that the roots are not 

 pointing end upwards. Press the .soil 

 firmly around the plants. Water the soil 

 well at once, and in such a way as not 

 to lay the seedlings down flat. 



Go o\'er the plants a few hours after 

 planting and lift up any leaves out of the 

 soil tTiat may be partially buried, pressing 

 the soil around any stems or roots of 

 plants where needed. Shade the plants 

 from the hot sun, in fact the whole oper- 

 ation of transplanting should be done in 

 the shade if possible, especially in hot, 

 sunny weather. .'Vvoid giving the plants 

 too much water after the first watering 

 for a day or two, until growth has well 

 started. Carefully shading for two or 

 three days, not too dense, and a gradual 

 introduction to more sun each day after 

 that — until the plants have got a good 

 root-hold — and a Spraying with water 

 over-head, is much better than soaking 



the plants too much at the roots after the 

 first watering. After a few days stir the 

 surface soil around the plants with a small 

 hand cultivator to prevent the surface 

 from becoming hard. Surface stirring is 

 better than the application of too much 

 water. 



The best implement for transplanting 

 small seedling plants is a small dibber 

 made of a small hardwood broom handle. 

 The dibber should be about five inches 

 in length and pointed to a not too fine 

 point. For large plants the top, or eye 

 end, of a spade or fork handle about 

 twelve inches long, and pointed, will do 

 for this purpo.se. For large plants there 

 is nothing better than a regular garden 

 trowel. The latter is an implement that 

 should be among every collection of gar- 

 den tools. 



BULBS IN FLOWER BEDS 



If you have spring flowering bulbs, 

 such as tulips, hyacinths, crocus, and so 

 forth, in a flower bed, and you wish to 

 plant the bed with plants such as ger- 

 aniums, salvia, coleus, canna, or large 

 plants of any kind for summer effect, the 

 bulbs should be dug up just before it is 

 time to plant out the summer plants. It 

 is possible, if the bulbs are planted too 

 thickly, to put the plants named in be- 

 tween the bulbs. It is, however, very 

 seldom that bulbs are planted wide 

 enough apart, the ground cannot be thor- 

 oughly dug and cultivated with them in 

 the border, so as to give the summer 

 plants the best conditions possible, so it 

 is best to take the bulbs out. The bulbs 

 should be left as long as possible before 

 digging them. Then dig up carefully, 

 with all the soil possible attached to the 

 roots ; the leaves and tops should be left 

 on. 



Take a small trench in some out of the 

 way corner of the garden about four or 

 five inches deep with a sloping side. Lay 



The Pargola Walk in Dr. Bell's Garden 



A vista in the Pargola walk is here shown 

 flowers are in full leaf and flower the effect is 

 Davidson, Baddeck, N.S.) 



At seasons of the year when the vines and 

 moet charming. (All photographs by J. Q. 



