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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition ^ 



Peony,* Petunia, Phlox,** Pink (Dlan- 

 thuB),** Pyrethrum,* Salplglossis, Scabiosa, 

 Scarlet Sage, (Salvia), Schlzanthus, Silene 

 (Catchfly), Sweet Sultan, Sweet Sultan, 

 Sweet William,* Verbena, Veronica,* Wall- 

 flower,** Zinnia. 



Best for Backgrounds.— Castor Oil Bean, 

 Cosmos, Golden Glow,* Helenium,* Hellan- 

 thus.** Heliopsis,* Hollyhock (B), Lark- 

 spur.** 



For Edging Beds and Borders.— Agera- 

 tum, Anemone,* Arctotis, Aster (dwarf),* 

 Begonia (Tuberous),* Bellis,* Candytuft, 

 Clarkia (dwarf). Dusty Miller, Feverfew,* 

 Forget-me-not,* Gilia (dwarf). Lobelia, 

 Marigold (dwarf), Nasturtium (dwarf). 

 Pansy, Phlox nana compacta, Portulaca, 

 Primrose,* Pyrethrum aureum, Sweet 

 Alyssum, 'Verbena, Violet,* Zinnia (dwarf). 



Suitable for Rockeries. — Adonis,** Ane- 

 mone,* Bellis,* Gypsophila, Iceland Poppy, 

 Lily-of-the-Valley, Pansy, Primrose,* Pyre- 

 thrum,* Silene, Veronica,* Violet.* 



For Sunny Piaces. — Arctotis, California 

 Poppy, Castor Oil Bean, Coreopsis,** 

 Helianthus,** Petunia, Portulaca, Veronica. 



Shade and Partial Shade.— Asperula, Be- 

 gonia (Tuberous),* Bellis,* Canterbury Bell* 

 Columbine,* Feverfew,* Forget-me-not,** 

 Foxglove,* Larkspur,** Lily-of-the-Valley,* 

 Lobelia, Morning Glory, Pansy, Phlox (gar- 

 den),* Poppy, (common), Schizanthus, 

 Snapdragon, Sweet Alyssum. 



Fine for Fragrance.— Asperula, Helio- 

 trope,* Mignonette, Moonflower, Nicotiana, 

 Scented Stock, Stevia, Stock (Ten Weeks) 

 Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Sultan, Verbena 

 Wallflower.** 



Annual Climbers.— Balloon yine, Canary- 

 hird Vine, Cardinal Climber, Cobaea 

 scandens, Cypress Vine, Gourdis Hop (Jap- 

 anese), Hyacinth Bean, Maurandia,* Moon- 

 flower, Morning Glory, Nasturtium, Sweet 

 Pea, Wild Cucumher. 



These groups are merely suggestive. 

 Many other annuals and perennials 

 might be included. The plants listed 

 here for special purposes and places are 

 not always grown in ways specified. 

 For instance, the plants and flowers 

 mentioned as suitable for rockeries 

 are not all rock or alpine plants, but 

 they are worth trying for that purpose 

 and usually give satisfaction. Again, 

 those grouped as suitable for shade or 

 part'ial shade 'are likely to do their 

 best in the latter degree of darkness; 

 only lilv-of-the-valley will prove suc- 

 cessful in dense shade. Some of the 

 annuals and perennials mentioned will 

 grow almost anywhere. Any one of 

 them is worth trying in the flower gar- 

 den of 1922. 



If the weather is not severe, hot- 

 beds may be started the latter part of 

 this month. See that they are well 

 protected on the outside with dry 

 straw or dry manure. Heating or wet 

 manure freezes and takes heat from 

 the beds. 



If early celery is desired the seed 

 should be sown during the month of 

 March in a hotbed or in the house. 

 For late celery the seed is sown 

 about the middle or during the latter 

 pai-t of April.— W. T. Macoun, Ottawa. 



An Attractive Garden 



THE two illustrations on pages 23 

 and 25 of this issue show views 

 of the attractive and well- 

 planned garden of J. A. Kyle, Dun- 

 das, Ontario, secretary of the Dun- 

 das Horticultural Society. It contains 

 a lily pond, a bird bath, and a sun- 

 dial. How these threu garden acces- 

 sories are constructed is told in the 

 following : — 



The lily pond is on the first terrace 

 at one side of the garden. It is about 

 ten feet in diameter and two feet deep, 

 and is built up in the front with stone 

 and cement. In the bottom of the 

 pool three holes were dug for tub.s 

 fourteen inches in diameter and eigh- 

 teen inches deep, the tops of the tubs 

 being level with the cement in the bot- 

 tom of the pool, which is six inches 

 thick. The sides are built up against 

 the bank from 6 inches to 4 inches at 

 the top, with a thick coat of cement. 

 After setting, the tubs were filled with 

 earth and well-rotted cow manure, 

 and well mixed before planting the 

 lilies, which were obtained from 

 Dreer's, of Philadelphia. Of the three 

 planted, I only succeeded in raising 

 one, which had 22 blooms on last sum- 

 mer. It is called Marliacea rosea, and 

 has a large flower, of deep rose color. 

 The young leaves are purplish red, 

 changing to deep green. In the other 

 tub, I planted a seedling which I rais- 

 ed during the past summer. This has 

 not bloomed yet. The third tub had 

 the common buUrush. ' Surrounding 

 the pool is a border. On the one side 

 is planted lilies and on the other peren- 

 nials, with iris. The west side is about 

 30 inches wide, planted with Murrillo 

 tulips, which look much like the water 

 lilies, and made a grand show in the 

 spring with iris of different kinds sur- 

 rounding the M'hole border. In the 

 pool, I have 22 gold fish, which I keep 

 in the house in the winter. Of these, 

 I only had eleven to start with one 

 year ago. I have no trouble keeping 

 them and can feed them out of my 

 hand with worms, of which they are 

 ■very fond. Some of them are six inches 

 long now. 



The bird bath near the pool is made 

 of cement, three feet high. The baisin 

 is twenty-two inches in diameter, and 

 one to three inches in depth. It is a 

 delight to the many birds that visit 

 my garden, and also amusing to watch 

 the different birds fight for their place. 

 There is also a feeding place not shown, 

 where we place feed of different kinds 

 for the birds all the year round. Nut- 

 hatches, robins, flickers, jays, and 

 wrens and sparrows cover the feeding 

 shelf during the winter. 



The sundial, on the west side of the 

 garden, is also made of cement, three 



feet high ,with a shaft six inches at 

 the bottom, and tapering to four and 

 a half inches. The top is nine inches 

 square. The dial is made of copper 

 one-eighth of an inch thick, with a 

 slot for the gnomen or style to set in. 

 The style is of brass and cut to the 

 angle of 51 degrees. I placed the dial 

 on the pedestal and after finding the 

 true north, as near as I could for an 

 amateur, I watched the shadow from 

 the style every hour and marked it 

 with a pencil before cutting it perma- 

 nently, to be sure I was right. It was 

 correct during the summer but now is 

 not, with the change of the sun. All 

 this has been of great interest to both 

 my wife and myself during our spare 

 hours. 



The Striped Cucumber Beetle 



H. L. Spooner, Windsor, Ont. 



THE easiest way to combat the 

 striped cucumber beetle is to use 

 some form of repellant. They 

 abhor dust of any kind, and many 

 odors are oifensive to them. Air-slaked 

 lime is commonly used. It is generally 

 scented with kerosene, turpentine, or 

 carbolic acid. As the beetle spread 

 rapidly, it is important that the lime 

 be on the plants all the time. 

 Therefore they should be dusted when 

 the beetles first appear, and at fre- 

 quent intervals thereafter until the 

 danger is past. Paris green is some- i 

 times mixed with the lime, and gets^ *; 

 some of the beetles that the lime fails 

 to drive away. 



Other dusts are often used in place 

 of lime, such as land plaster, road dust, 

 tobacco dust, and cayenne pepper. 

 Tobacco dust is especially good. In- 

 stead of the dust, tobacco stems are 

 sometimes used, being placed around 

 the plant on the ground. Besides act- 

 ing as a repellant, they have a high 

 fertilizing value. Wood ashes satur- 

 ated with kerosene are also used in this 

 waj-, but care must be taken that they 

 do not touch the plants, as they are 

 rather strong. 



Instead of dusts, some growers use 

 sprays. The most common is Bordeaux 

 mixture, which is the best as it is a 

 fungicide as well as a repellant. 

 Arsenate of lead is usually mixed with 

 it, about three pounds of the lead to 

 fifty gallons of 3-6-50 Bordeaux. Lime- 

 sulphur is sometimes used with good 

 effect in conjunction with the arsenate 

 of lead. A spray made by dissolving a 

 bar of laundry soap in a pail of warm 

 water is excellent. It kills every bug it 

 touches and repels the rest. By pour- 

 ing a barrel of water on a gallon or two 

 of coal tar and letting it stand a day, 

 then sprinkling on the plants, an effec- 

 tive spray is made. 



