May, 1913 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



127 



A First Prize Garden— "Tlic Maples," 

 Whitby, Ont. 



Whitby's first prize garden is owned 

 bv Mr. E. Edmund Starr. Having 

 listened attentively to the teaching of 

 our worthy leaders in floriculture, Mr. 

 Starr first carefully prepared his garden 

 plan' — with a view to adding to the at- 

 tactions of "Beautiful Whitby," and at 



sweet peas. Last season these were 

 nine feet high, with an abundance of 

 bloom. They formed an entrance to ano- 

 ther walk leading to the rose garden. 

 In the gladioli patch, where one of the 

 accompanying illustrations was taken, 

 over three hundred and fifty spikes were 



\\'insome, and Royalty. These havR 

 been very satisfactory. Black Beauty, 

 Sylvia, Agnew, and Duchess of Cam- 

 bridge have also been greatly admired. 



Running north from the dahlia bed, 

 a row of kocha stood guard along the 

 pathway, with beans and asparagus in 

 the rear. Returning to the eastward 

 path the sweet peas are passed. The 

 walk is bordered by lettuce, back of 

 which , is cress, the gladiolus showing 

 with dahlias in the rear. Then came 

 the vegetable garden. Not a weed was 

 to be seen, though the generous rains 

 had kept the hoe man busy. The order 

 und design here displayed called forth 

 much admiration throughout the sea- 

 son. Ornamental beets in three shades 

 looked artistic along the pathway be- 

 tween gooseberry and currant bushes . 

 Running north and south for fifty feet 

 were rows of tomatoes, table beets, car- 

 rots, onions, parsnips, peas, snowball 

 turnips, salsify,, and radish, in the rear 

 of which one saw corn (Golden Bantam) 

 and potatoes. 



THE BOSE GtABlDEN 



In the rose garden there was a well 

 kept walk throughout. The rose bushes 

 were in bloom from June until October. 

 There were many choice varieties. 

 Quince, pear, and apple trees throve 

 throughout the garden. The quinces 

 were extra good last year. 



Last year was Mr. Starr's first sea- 

 son as a practical gardener, and the 

 thoroughness of his 'effort, with his 

 methodical exactness, bespeaks still 

 greater success in the future. J .P. S. 



the same time providing luxuries for the 

 table. After many years, lived in the 

 city, the home garden appealed to Mr. 

 Starr, who was instrumental in organ- 

 izing the Horticultural Society of Whit- 

 by, and was its first president. 



A double row of maple trees stand in 

 graceful guard at "The Maples," from 

 the Kingston Road north on the west 

 side for over one hundred and fifty feet. 

 There is also a single row along the. 

 south, front an-d east sides. The gen- 

 erous lawn space makes a fine .setting 

 for the home, with its wide colonial 

 porch, directly in front of which is a row 

 of .Spiraea van Houttei. 



Crossing the lawn on the west side 

 one passes through a vine-covered arch- 

 ed gateway intoi the currant garden. 

 Here symmetric trimming promotes lux- 

 uriant growth and rare fruit. The neat- 

 ly trimmed garden walks of green run- 

 ning north and south for two hundred 

 feet and east and west for two hundred 

 feet, add greatly to the attractiveness of 

 the garden. Passing east along one of 

 these well-kept walks one reaches the 

 centre walk, running north. It has a 

 hedge of grapes on the west over which 

 one caught glimpses of a melon patch. 

 Looking to the right one saw first the 



gathered. North of the gladiolus grow 

 the dahlias, the first row comprising 

 Queen of Yellows at each end and 

 Dreadnought in the centre. Then came 

 the cactus varieties, Jackson, Floradora, 



Light, hot, sandy or gravelly soils 

 are greatly improved for rose beds by 

 the mixture of loam and rotten cow 



Among the Gladiolus in Mr. Starr's Garden on August 1st 



