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arches thus formed are full of 

 the finest show of bloom, and 

 form a beautiful picture. 

 These are of course renewed 

 every two or three years. 



EVEN PEACHES SUC- 

 ( EED AT WOODSTOCK 



SOME years ago, 

 when the late 

 Prof. J. E. Wells 

 was Principal of 

 Woodstock Col- 

 lege, we sent him 

 a few peach trees 

 to plant in his 

 garden, wonder- 

 ing at the same 



burg. This latter 

 is most delicious in 

 flavor and worth all 

 the trouble of grow 

 ing, for our ordinary varie- 

 ties are very inferior to it. 

 No wonder Mr. Parker car- 

 ries of so many prizes at the 

 Fairs for choice grapes. 



ARCHING HIS ROSES 



MR. PARKER'S plan of 

 arching the flowering 

 branches of his outdoor roses 

 is commendable. He plants 

 them 4 or 5 feet apart, a long 

 upright growth of young wood, which he time if it were possible to grow so tender a 

 then bends over from each plant to form an fruit at this the highest point in Ontario, 

 arch, tying the over-lap with string. The Imagine our surprise on this visit to find not 



Fig. 24=55. 



A City Garden " scene, which forms the centre of the above group, is taken from the 

 gardens of T. H. Parker, Vansittart Avenue. 



