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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, 1914. 



Mr. Johnson's Residence, Showing Part of Improvements Effected by Meant of the Planting 



of a few Plants and Vines.— No. 2. 



but not an English sparrow. A sand 

 pit gives ample opportunity for the chil- 

 dren to enjoy themselves. 



A NATUEAL BEAUTY SPOT. 



. Probably the garden showing the most ■ 

 natural type of beauty was that of W. 

 H. Reid, 94 Boasted Ave. Between the 

 lawn and the street is a rough stone 

 wall about two and one-half feet high. 

 Behind this wall the earth is banked up 

 and planted with roses and shrubs. 

 Viewing the wall from the street one has 

 the impression that flowers are growing 

 on top of it. Leading under an archway 

 a flag stone walk extends to the house. 

 The house is well covered with vines, 

 and an herbaceous border extends around 

 the base. On the front lawn an old tree 

 trunk about eighteen feet high, has been 

 transformed into a fine ornament by be- 

 ing well covered with vines. 



A WELL KEPT BEAR. LAWN. 



At the rear of the house is a fine lawn 

 flanked with herbaceous borders and con- 

 taining a few fine shade trees. Grape 

 vines well loaded with fruit were grow- 

 ing on the wire netting which constitutes 

 the line fence. Between the house and 

 the one adjoining is a vine covered arch- 

 way which screens the rear door from 

 the street. The neighbors in the house 

 adjoinging have adopted the general 

 scheme and the two residences are in 

 complete harmony. 



A fine corner was that of H. E. Hurd, 

 16 Parkway Avenue. Facing the house 

 was a crescent shaped lawn surrounded 

 by a walk. In the centre was a fine bed 

 of geraniums. Along the side street was 

 a wrought iron fence, behind which was 

 a fine collection of border plants. In the 

 extreme outer comer of the lawn was a 



small bed of most attractive appearance. 

 Mr. Hurd's son, who was responsible 

 for the fine improvement made in this 

 garden, has since died. He was very 

 enthusiastic in improving the appearance 

 of the High Park district. 



On Roncesvalles Avenue ,a neat little 

 garden wa.s that of Wm. Barber. The 

 lawn was enclosed with an iron fence be- 

 hind which was a fine border of herbace- 

 ous plants. A bordered walk leading 

 under an arch, extended to the rear of 

 the house. A few stone urns on the lawn 

 added to the general attractiveness of 

 the scene. 



Another nice garden was that of W. 

 McTavish, 440 Indian Road. Space 

 does not permit us to describe this gar- 

 den more fully. Suffice it to say, how- 

 ever, that the efforts of residents of High 

 Park to make the district one of the 

 finest residential sections in the city, have 

 been crowned with an unusual measure 

 of success. 



As a cut flower the peony is hardly 

 equalled. Cut the blooms as the bud is 

 about to unfold and place in water in a 

 coor room, such as a cellar, where the 

 air is fresh, night and day, free from 

 draughts. They will continue to de- 

 velop, and when brought up as required 

 they will open and retain all their fra- 

 grance and delicate fresh coloring, last 

 for days, and be superior to those left 

 to open on the plant exposed to the heat 

 of the sun which fades them out very 

 quickly. — J. H. Bennett, Barrie, Ont. 



Two good varieties of the moss rose 

 are the Crested Moss and Blanche Mor- 

 eau. — Wm. Hunt, O..A.C., Guelph, Ont. 



The Growing of Roses 



Jm. M. BrysoB, Aroka Vale, Toronto 



11 must be confessed that of late years 

 (here have been vigorous and sus- 

 tained efforts made to level up all 

 roses to one uniform standard, that of 

 the best show blooms. In pursuit of this 

 not a few roses of special interest have 

 disappeared from many gardens. Ai 

 present the rose fever runs high in the 

 direction of the hybrid perpetual and 

 hybrid tea, and even the popular sorts 

 may be moulded by pruning and train- 

 ing into other forms than tho.se of the 

 standard, half standard, or dwarf bush 

 rose. To show how to secure variety ol 

 form is the purport of this paper. 



Pruning may, in some important 

 .sen.ses, be said to be the basis of train- 

 ing. The highe.st examples of ro.se 

 training contain two apparently opposite 

 qiialities, symmetry and diversity. Each 

 rose may be a symmetrical type, of a 

 particular formed rose, and yet the mere 

 juxtaposition of two forms will yield a 

 richer variety than if neither had been 

 more or less perfect of its kind. For 

 example, a perfect dwarf and a perfect 

 standard afford more contrast or diver- 

 sity than if the dwarf were climbing up 

 into standard stature. Similar contrasts 

 may be drawn between pillar and weep- 

 ing roses. These principles must be 

 clearly borne in mind and persistently 

 applied in practice when pruning roses. 



A superfluity of material is almost 

 more difficult to deal with than a scar- 

 city. By looking well ahead this may 

 generally be prevented by disbudding, 

 a kind of prevention that saves much 

 cuttjing and carving; afterwards. For 

 nvramidical roses the number of shcot- 

 for example, to form the pyramid is 

 four : That is to say, one central shoot 

 and three side shoots. These may either 

 be forced out of the base or the stem 

 breaks from near the base. The latter 

 may help to widen the base of the pyra- 

 mid. In this formation the leading 

 shoot should always have the preference 

 from the first. That shoot, though be- 

 headed every year, should be cut back 

 to the best and most prominent buds, in 

 order to ensure the presence of a fine 

 bud. At this point it is a good practice 

 to disbud the upper end of the shoot, or 

 even to shorten the leader considerably 

 about the middle of September. This 

 throws the strength of the plant into the 

 buds left, and ensures that the upper 

 ones, especially those nearest to the be- 

 heading line, shall break vigorously the 

 next year. 



When the old leaves on a growing 

 plant begin to wither or lose their nat- 

 ural color, cut them off. — E. Lane, Gait, 

 Ont. 



