June, 1913. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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perfectly suited to this climate, clings 

 loosely and colors beautifully in the 

 autumn. The foliage of these climbers 

 serves as a good background for crim- 

 son rambler roses, clematis and climb- 

 ing honeysuckle. 



The planting of shrubbery about the 

 foundation modifies the abruptness of 

 the angle between the ground and the 

 wall of the house and also serves as a 

 foil for flowering plants, annuals and 

 perennials, set in front. Asters look 

 especially well in such a situation, and 

 annual larkspurs are desirable, not only 

 because of their intrinsic beauty but 

 also because of their persistence into 

 late fall. 



A few shrrubs, such as Berberis, 

 Thunbergia, the spiraeas and conifers, 



have Ijeen planted in the outskirts of 

 the lawn, and a hedge of hydrangea 

 Paniculata Grandiflora marks the boun- 

 dary between this and the adjoining pro- 

 perty. 



One of the really good things about 

 gardening is that the gardener is never 

 satisfied with what he has accomplished. 

 For this reason gardening possesses an 

 inexhaustible store of future pleasures, 

 with almost limitless possibilities in the 

 way of achievement as experience begets 

 knowledge and knowledge ambition. 

 The ideas of the gardener develops his 

 vision, expands his taste, improves his 

 methods, and the result is a nearer ap- 

 proach to that standard of excellence 

 towards which every true garden maker 

 is striving. 



The June Garden 



R. S. Rose, Peterborough, Ont. 



ALL seeding now should be done, 

 and the seedlings showing up. 

 This is the time to thin them out 

 to about an inch apart each way. Some 

 may say that an inch is not enough. 

 Of course, in some plants more space 

 is desired. I only know that I for one 

 love to see the earth altogether covered 

 and have always had splendid results. 



Keep turning the earth over with a 

 small spade ; one such as the children 

 use I find a good tool to have. Weeding 

 will be much easier and your plants 

 much healthier. 



INSECT ENEMIES 



Prepare some kind of emulsion which 

 can be used on the tender shoots. I 

 generally start spraying with soap chips 



dissolved in a gallon of water (one laun- 

 dry bar cut fine). I do this before any 

 insects appear. It is wiser to do this 

 than to wait until they come ; for once 

 the aphids take possession of the young 

 shoots they are hard to dislodge. This 

 insect multiplies extremely rapidly, and 

 prevention is better than cure. If the 

 aphids do come (and they surely will) 

 after using soap chips and water, add a 

 cupful of coal oil to the gallon. 



For those who do not know the aphids, 

 I will call him the little green fly that 

 sonces on the stalks and young leaves, 

 especially on rose bushes and sweet 

 peas. There are also numbers of other 

 insects, almost too numerous to mention. 



that come with the hot weather. Some 

 of them one can hardly see with the 

 naked eye, but you can tell their pre- 

 sence by the leaves, as white or brown 

 spots will show on the surface of the 

 leaf. Look for your trouble underneath, 

 then spray so that the emulsion will go 

 on the under side of the leaf and on the 

 stalks. 



THE OAHE OF ROSES 



This is the rose season, so give them 

 all the attention possible. I have been 

 frequently asked what to do for them. 

 In the first place see that you have 

 good rich soil and that they get lots of 

 sun. Shelter them from the north winds. 

 Keep the earth loose and give them once 

 a week a mulching of liquid manure. 

 The rose will not bloom so freely if 

 planted with other shrubs, as they are 

 very shy. The rose is a very gross 

 feeder. When the aphids appear on the 

 rose bushes, I always use a much 

 stronger emulsion for them, namely 

 one cake of laundry soap shaved fine in- 

 to one gallon of water. When dissolved 

 add two gallons of kerosene oil. When 

 spraying, do not let the emulsion go on 

 the buds, as it is apt to hurt them. 



Twice a week 1 give the bushes a 

 thorough washing with the hose helj 

 close to the leaves so as to give them 

 the full force of the water. This helps 

 to keep down the pests, and the rose 

 itself likes plenty of water. 



The kind that give me the most satis- 

 faction are as follows, grown on their 

 own roots : General Jacqueminot, scarlet 

 crimson ; Madame Plantier, white ; Mrs. 

 John Laing, pink; Soliel D'Or, yellow; 

 Paul Neyron, dark rose; Prince Camille 

 de Rohen, crimson maroon ; Acura de 

 Diesbach-, pink ; Lady Helen Stewart, 

 crimson scarlet ; Harrison's Yellow, 

 golden yellow; Margaret Dickson, white ; 

 Persian Yellow, bright yellow ; all hy- 

 brid perpetual or remontant roses. 



Another insect, which appears on the 

 Golden Glow, is a little red fly that at- 

 tacks the stock in the shady part near 

 the blossom and under the foliage. I 

 have had this insect attack my Golden 

 Glow so severely that I have had to 

 take a soft substance and scrape them 

 off^ into a pan and burn them in the 

 kitchen range. Powder is no good to 

 destroy the aphid or these red insects, so 

 do not try it. Do not skimp the watering 

 of the garden, but water thoroughly. 

 A light sprinkling, which only covers 

 the surface of the earth and does not 

 soak into the roots of the plants, is 

 worse than no watering at all. I have 

 always found it much belter to give the 

 beds a good soaking three times a week 

 in the evening, than a light sprinkling 

 every day. Some might ask, why the 

 evening and not the morning? I pre- 

 fer the evening for this reason, that the 

 water has a chance to soak in during 

 the night, giving the plants plenty of 



