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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



son, when other blooms are so scarce, will, 

 we are sure, be long remembered by many 

 of us, and doubtless some amongst us are 

 endeavoring to profit by the instruction 

 given by that gentleman. 



The following trees and plants have been 



distributed to the members during the year : 



Fruit trees, 246; grape vines, 49; straw- 

 berry plants, 3,375 ; black raspberry, 100 ; 

 dewberry, 10; flowers, plants, etc., 5,016; 

 pea trees, 10. 



THE WAY TO THE BACK DOOE 



''T^ HE accompanying illustration shows a 



X commendable way in which the land- 

 scape gardener arranges the path leading 

 from the street to the back door. It is a 

 situation very commonly met with The 

 premises are not large, the front of the 

 house and expanse of lawn is to the right, 

 and this walk was made for the grocer, 

 butcher, and so forth. Where it is given a 

 short turn the shrubbery is thickened so that 

 the back yard is effectually screened. The 

 walk is made a little wider in front than 

 back, causing an impression of greater depth 

 than really exists. It is a success, so radi- 

 cally different from what is usually made 

 shift with in our city residences. The trou- 

 ble is, such a result requires five years' time 

 to bring forth. While people neglect their 

 places entirely for many years, when they 

 do order it properly arranged they want it 

 complete immediately. Such plantings of 

 shrubbery should be embellished with nu- 

 merous clumps of perennials. Those to the 

 right, fronting on the open lawn, can be al- 

 most any you may desire, according to the 

 requirements of color, size, season of bloom 

 and so forth, but those along the edges of 

 the walk must be shade enduring, such as 

 columbine, trilliums, violets, hemerocallis 

 and so forth, — American Florist. 



Fig. 2556. The Way to the Back Door. 



