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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



outlines can be seen to the best advantage. 

 As dividing" lines on small lawns, or even as 

 single specimens, tall growing pines and 

 cedars are decidedly out of place and inap- 

 propriate, as they either have to be allowed 

 to grow and overshadow and perhaps des- 

 troy everything within the reach of their 

 hungry absorbing roots, or their growth 

 has to be clipped and their roots pruned 

 back to prevent them destroying all other 

 plant life growing near them. 



There are however many dwarfer growing 

 evergreens and conifers other than those 

 mentioned, that are more suitable for plant- 

 ing on or around small lawns either as 

 dividing lines or as single specimens, where 

 an evergreen hedge is considered to be a 

 necessity. Amongst the best and most 

 easily obtained from nurserymen are the 

 dwarf growing Thuyas or Arbor Vitae, the 

 varieties Thuya Hoveyii and Thuya occi- 

 dentalis compacta, being probably the 

 hardiest and best of the varieties to be had. 

 Many of the Japanese varieties of the Thuya 

 and Cypress are more ornamental than these 

 native varieties, but are not nearly as 

 hardy, and are much more expensive to 

 purchase. 



Amongst flowering shrubs suitable for 

 planting as a hedge around a lawn is the 

 pretty little dwarf growing Spirea, Anthony 

 Waterer. This shrub is probably not suf- 

 ficiently hardy in the more northern section 

 of Ontario, but in Southern Ontario it suc- 

 ceeds splendidly, and when covered with its 

 bright pink blossoms, as it is generally from 

 July until October, it has a very pretty 

 effect. One only has to see this plant 

 growing in nursery rows to form an idea of 

 its suitability for a dwarf hedge around a 

 lawn. The Spirea Bumalda, and the white 

 variety of the same class (Spirea callosa alba) 

 would also be very effective for the same 

 purpose. The stronger growing Spireas 

 such as S. van Houtii ; S. Douglasii, and 

 S. Billardii and the several similar types of 



these plants, are not as suitable for planting 

 as hedges or dividing lines. Only recently 

 I saw a hedge of the bridal wreath Spirea 

 van Houtii, planted around a lawn as a 

 hedge, that had probably when first planted 

 been very pretty and effective, but owing to 

 its habit of growth it had of necessity 

 to be clipped to keep it within bounds, 

 making it very little better or prettier 

 than a hedge of the common Osage 

 Orange or Honey Locust. Some of the her- 

 baceous Spireas would be found very suit- 

 able to use as dividing lines or as hedges 

 around lawns, amongst them being S. 

 auruncus and S. ulmaria alba plena, the 

 latter being the most suitable of the two. 



Amongst the Deutzias the most suitable 

 would probably be the popular little dwarf 

 variety D. gracilis, and the newer variety 

 Deutzia Lemonei, although the high price 

 of the latter at present, will probably pre- 

 vent its being used very lavishly on lawns 

 for a year or two. 



Another very pretty shrub is the Berberis 

 Thunbergii, its hardiness and dwarf growing 

 habit making it particularly suitable for 

 forming a low growing hedge. 



Amongst herbaceous perennials that can 

 be used very effectively for the above pur- 

 pose and that are hardy and not expensive, 

 is the old fashioned Bleeding Heart or 

 Dielytra spectabilis. A row of these plants 

 has a most beautiful effect, especially when 

 in flower, on the margin of a lawn during 

 summer. The German and Siberian Iris 

 are also very pretty and effective for marginal 

 lines. These latter could be mixed so as to 

 give quite a variety of color when in flower. 

 The foliage of the Iris is also quite orna- 

 mental, if the rows or clumps of roots are 

 kept compact and trim. The dwarf grow- 

 ing Iris pumila is very useful for forming 

 marginal or dividing lines on very small 

 lawns as it grows only to a height of eight 

 or ten inches. 



Both the Hemerocallis flava and the 



