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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1914 



The Formal Gardan Showing Part of the Perennial Border — Fig. 3 



Cross formation. Perennial borders cir- 

 cumscribe all the beds, and the rose here 

 reigns supreme. One is not exagger- 

 ating when one says there are thousands 

 uf>on thousands of rose bushes here. Mc- 

 Gredy of Porterdown, Ireland, supplied 

 the majority of these, and they consist 

 of the choicest the earth produces. One 

 bed alone contains the following : In the 

 centre. King George V., and around are 

 Mrs. Maynard Sinton, Mrs. Muir Mac- 

 Kenna, General Jacqueminot, Madame 

 Abel Chatenay and Etoile de France. 

 Others are Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe, Kais- 

 erin Augusta Victoria, John Laing, Lib- 

 erty and Frau Karl Druschki, the last 

 the best white rose in cultivation. 



The two large chestnuts on the left of 

 this cut and the apple tree to the right, 

 stand on the spot where one of the three 

 brick houses originally stood. These 

 houses, of course, were demolished 

 at the time the plans were approved of. 

 In figure four is pictured an artificial pord 

 formed by damming the creek ; and the 

 German irises in the foreground with the 

 dogwtxid, Cornus Siberica, altogether 

 make this spot a charming retreat on a 

 summer day. The maples on the east 

 side of the entrance drive can also be 

 seen well in this cut. 



Mr. Rowe bought the land in 1904, 

 and in 1908 was in residence. The land- 

 scape architect, Mr. F. G. Todd, of Mon- 

 treal, the man who laid out .Sir William 

 McKenzie's palace, spared no pains, 

 brains or money, and from motley cut- 

 up farms covered partly with old brick 

 houses, has been evolved a most splen- 

 did residence and grounds, a pleasure to 



its owner, a valuable asset to the town of 

 Cobourg, and a beauty sf)Ot for Canada. 

 Mr. Buckler, the gardener, and his staff 

 of assistant gardeners are to be congrat- 

 ulated on the very smart and correct ap- 

 perance of the whole at all seasons. 



Summer Care o{ Roses 



By u Amateer 



Frequent culii\ation will ke«!p rose 

 plants thrifty and strong and will coun- 

 teract the ravages of insects materially. 

 After the leaves are well out an appli- 

 cation of arsenate of lead, two ounces to 

 a pail of water, applied with a sprayer 

 so that every leaf is covered, will kill 

 all chewing insects. The arsenate of 

 lead leaves a white sediment on the 

 leaves, but this will be all washed off 

 by the rains and by the necessary spray- 

 ings with pure water before the roses 

 open. 



Weak solutions of ordinary soap dis- 

 solved in warm water and applied with 

 a sprayer to the under side of the leaves 

 will hold the thrip in check, while spray- 

 ing with the garden hose in the evenings 

 will get rid of the aphis, which infects 

 the young and tender growths. Mildew 

 will not likely trouble plants in good lo- 

 cations, but if it should appear, it is best 

 held in check by dusting the plants with 

 flowers of sulphur or soot while the 

 plants are wet with dew, and allowing 

 it to remain for a day or two and then 

 washing it off with water from the hose. 

 If it appears in the autumn, when cool 

 nights follow warm days, it will not do 

 any considerable harm. 



When transplanting many varieties of 

 rooted plants the iron trowel is very 

 useful. — H. M. Speechly, Pilot Mound, 

 Man. 



While the first cost of many varie- 

 ties of paeonies may seem high, it is 

 really the most economical plant one 

 can buy, from the fact that it represents 

 a permanent investment and one which 

 pays annual dividends of increase of at 

 least one hundred f>er cent. — J. H. Ben- 

 nett, Barrie, Ont. 



