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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1914 



Walk with Herbaceous Border through Vegetable Garden, Rodman Hall 



ation. This can easily be accomplish 

 ed where a cold frame has been used 

 by making an awning of cheese cloth 

 or mosquito netting. A similar ar- 

 rangement may be devised where the 

 seeds have been sown in an open border. 

 When the seedlings are large enough 

 to handle they should be transplanted 

 three or four inchs apart into nursery 

 beds. With good cultivation they will 



grow into desirable sf)ecimens for per- 

 manent planting. 



It is essential that grouping or mass- 

 ing of individual varieties be practised 

 when planting into permanent quarters. 

 A group of plants of definite form, 

 habit and color are far more effective 

 and pleasing to the eye than an indis- 

 criminate planting of miscellaneous 

 varieties. 



Rochester, the City of Parks 



THE recent trip of the St. Thomas 

 horticulturists to Rochester, was 

 one of much interest, the visitors 

 seeing much, thanks to the courtesy of 

 the Rochester officials. 



On Sunday, May 24th, the party was 

 taken in tow at Highland Park, al- 

 ternately by A. B'. Lamberton, superin 

 tendent of parks ; J. Dunbar, assistant 

 superintendent, and C. Sullivan, the man- 

 ager of Highland Park. Standing on 

 the brow of the hill one has a good view 

 of the magnificent collection of lilacs, of 

 which there are two hundred and eighty- 

 six varieties, the name of each variety be- 

 ing painted on a sign at the foot of the 

 plant. 



Great beds of tulips proudly held blos- 

 soms up high as the visitors passed by. 

 The party were informed that this had 

 not been a good year for tulips as three- 

 fourths of some varieties were "blind," 

 the complaint being general over an area 

 of hundreds of miles. 



There were many beds of different 

 kinds of azaleas, four hundred varieties 

 of peonies, many varieties of rhododen- 

 drons, some of them very rare ; njagnol- 

 las by the hundred, some fine pansy beds, 

 one of them sixty by fifteen feet. The 

 conservatory contains hundreds of tropi- 

 cal and semi-tropical plants. 



Highland Park also includes Hemlock 

 reservoir, which furnishes the city water 

 supply. In the centre of the reservoir can 

 be seen a fountain throwing the crystal 

 water to a height of about twenty feet. 



A movement is now under considera- 

 tion to find means to purchase a few of 

 the most important shrubs seen at High- 

 land Park, which will be the beginning of 

 a scheme to make St. Thomas a minia- 

 ture Rochester. 



On Monday the local party were joined 

 by sixty members of the St. Catharines 

 Horticultural Society, marshalled by Aid. 

 W. B. Burgoyne, proprietor of the St. 

 Catharines Standard, and Thos. J. Hold- 

 en, city editor of the same paper, fiiey 

 were eager to see everything pertaining 

 to horticulture 



The Durand-Eastman Park of four 

 hundred and eighty-four acres, is one of 

 the latest of Rochester's breathing places. 

 Deer and other wild animals have been 

 placed in this park. It extends along the 

 shore of Lake Ontario for nearly a mile. 

 The next place of interest was Maple- 

 wood Park. In it there is a beautiful 

 grove in which is a fully equipped play- 

 ground and a handsome bandstand. Sen- 

 feca Park of two hundred and eleven 

 acres, was the next spot visited. This 

 park has an extensive zoo, a children's 



playground, a swimming hole, and a 

 baseball diamond. 



In addition to the parks mentioned here 

 there are twenty small parks varying in 

 size from a thousand square feet to fif- 

 teen acres. There was not enough time 

 left at the disposal of the party to visit 

 the beautiful Genesee Valley Park of five 

 hundred and thirty-six acres, where the 

 annual water carnival is held. 



The city spends $190,000 per annum 

 on parks and $1 1 ,000 a year on municipal 

 music. 



Rev. Father West, who was an in- 

 terested visitor, remarked that living in 

 such beautiful surroundings has a most 

 pronounced influence over the morals of 

 the people and that the effect of the horti- 

 cultural splendor could be noted in those 

 with whom they came in contact. Cities 

 are measured to-day more than ever be- 

 fore by the happiness of the people, and 

 that city is greatest which gives to its 

 citizens the most in protection, educa- 

 tion, recreation, amusement and beauty. 



There will be an effort by the St. 

 Thomas and St. Catharines Societies to 

 have excursions organized next year at 

 many points in Ontario, all to converge 

 at Buffalo and to run by special train to 

 Rochester, where the Chamber of Com- 

 merce will arrange a royal time for the 

 combined parties. — St. Thomas Times. 



Exhibiting Sweet Peas 



Emett Heggs, Hamiltra, Ont. 



If you are planning to exhibit some of 

 your sweet peas and have to ship them, 

 or if you would like to send some to a 

 friend, a wooden box four to six incHes 

 deep and eighteen inches long will be 

 found admirable to pack them in. Give 

 the blooms at least one hour in water 

 before packing them. Do not use any 

 damp moss. Remember, they have the 

 moisture in their stems. 



Pack them dry, and place soft tissue 

 paper over each layer. Do not be ner- 

 vous about crushing the blooms, as the 

 tighter you pack them, the fresher they 

 will be when they have reached their 

 destination. When they arrive put them 

 in water, and place them in the darkest 

 place you can find, for an hour; and 

 they should be none the worse for their 

 journey. 



The setting of sweet peas is an art in 

 itself, in connection with which there are 

 one or two points to which I should like 

 to refer. Always have something inside 

 your vases to hold the stems where you 

 want to place them. A good method is 

 to get some coarse grasses and bind the 

 stems with ratfia or cotton so as to fit 

 tightly inside the vase. Cut the ends 

 with a sharp knife so as to leave them 

 about an inch from the top of the vase. 



By doing this you not only hold the 

 stems in position, but you are able to 

 give a mpr? graceful effect. 



