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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



tion and interest. I know of no phase of 

 gardening that is more deUghtful, invigor- 

 ating and care-destroying than that- whicH 

 relates to hardy flowers. 



A carefully selected assortment gives a 

 profusion of flowers all the year, from the 

 very earliest spring days, when some will 

 open their adventurous blossoms almost 

 from out of the snow, to the time when some 

 will defy the lighter frosts of autumn. 



A ROSE GARDEN. 



A rose garden, which may be made a sec- 

 tion of a general flower garden, is much 

 more pleasing than where the roses are 

 simply scattered here and there. They are 

 not fitted for promiscuous planting, and al- 

 ways respond better to definite treatment. 



If a fine lawn offers opportunities for de- 

 tailed development, equally so does the 

 flower garden. There may be bowers, turf 

 walks and rustic seats, trellises, vine covered 

 archways and what not. Utility need not 

 be dismissed entirely, for some of the hand- 

 somest flower gardens are merely generous 

 borders to vegetable patches. Or where 

 the owner is concerned in marketing, cut 

 flowers offer opportunities for quite a neat 

 recompense for labor and expenditures. 



Would not this idea also add to the var- 

 ious proffered solutions of the farm ques- 

 tion. How shall we keep the boys on the 

 farm? 



Having determined to beautify our home 

 grounds, to have fine lawns well planted, a 

 flower garden and handsome shade and or- 

 namental trees, what is the best course to 

 pursue in securing them. 



PLANTING PLAN NEEDED. 



Right here let me say that unless the ideas 

 are well thought out and right plans laid, it 

 would be most unsatisfactory to do anything 

 unusual. To plant ground for ornamental 

 effect and permanency requires just as much 

 and more care and intelligent judgment as 



to plan out a large fruit orchard or piece of 

 farm land. A gppd knowledge, of plants 

 and their cha:racters must be had. The ef- 

 fect they will produce in position both at the 

 start and in the future must be recognized. 



The smallest place should have a plan 

 made of it, put roughly on paper, or kept 

 well in the head if not intricate — the former 

 method is much the most satisfactory. 

 Make this plan complete as possible. Allow 

 for every little embellishment, though the 

 minor details may be subject to change when 

 the work is taken up. 



The economy of a plan is in its perfection. 

 Mistakes are not so likely to occur, and 

 everything is located in harmony. Above 

 all, such a plan can be carried out one part 

 at a time without danger of having some- 

 thing interfere with some idea that might 

 otherwise have presented itself at a future 

 time. The lawn could be started the first 

 year, and a few trees planted as desired 

 about the house and at the driveway en- 

 trance, with perhaps sufficient properly 

 grouped in intermediate positions to relieve 

 any bareness that might exist. The next 

 season shrubbery borders and groups might 

 be planted with additional trees on the lawn 

 for ornamental purposes. The flower gar- 

 den need not follow till later. Meanwhile, 

 the pleasure accompanying development 

 would be going on with always some little 

 thing to look forward to. 



EXPERT ADVICE. 



If you have the time to study all these 

 things out properly it will be a source of 

 satisfaction and pleasure, and you have but 

 to show the completed scheme to some one 

 competent to criticise it. If you have not 

 that time, it will be to your profit to spend a 

 few dollars on expert advice. 



Plant trees and shrubs that have perma- 

 nent value and not too ordinary. Avoid the 

 cheap, quick-growing trees, which are in- 

 variably less satisfactory in the end and are 



