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(crimson and white), Joost van Vondell ; 

 (red and yellow), Keizer Kroon ; (violet and 

 Vin csomev : irhave, fe daddb or thedm 

 red), Proserpina; (cardinal), Coleur de Car- 

 dinal; (blush), Marianne; (carmine and 

 white), Le Matelas ; (red and orange), Par- 

 ma; (scarlet). Brilliant. 



Late Single Tulips: — (Carmine and yel- 

 low), Macrospila; (yellow), Bouton d'Or; 

 (scarlet and blue), Gesneriana; (yellow and 

 red), Yellow Crown; (scarlet), Elegans ; 

 (rose and white), Rosalind. 



Early Double : — G. Solis, Rex Rubrorum, 

 Yellow Rose, Purple Crown. 



Late Double: — Red Crown, Salamander. 



BEST LILIES IN ORDEH OF BLOOMING. 



Umbellatum, Croceum, Citrinum, Tenui- 

 folium, Excelsum, Browni, Candidum, Su- 

 perbum, Longiflorum, Auratum, Tigrinum, 

 Speciosum. 



We might extend these lists indefinitely, 

 but these are perhaps the ones of greatest 

 general interest. 



PLANNING AND PLANTING. 



IN improving one's grounds the first 

 thing to do is to prepare a definite 

 plan. This should be drawn to a 

 scale, and should show just where the paths 

 are to be and the location of each group of 

 flowering shrubs, trees, hardy perennials or 

 bulbous plants. For a small yard house, 

 where economy is necessary, one may do this 

 for himself, but where an undertaking of 

 any extent is proposed a landscape gardener 

 should be consulted before setting to work. 



SOME NECESSARY CONDITIONS 



Mr. Wm. Hunt, of the O. A. C, Guelph, 

 in addressing the Grimsby Horticultural So- 

 ciety recently, emphasized three important 

 conditions necessary to a site desirable as a 

 home, viz. : drainage, windbreaks, and a 

 plentiful supply of pure water. Any one 

 who has been unfortunate enough to place 

 his house where it is surrounded with mud, 

 and where the cellar fills with water m 

 spring, will fully appreciate the importance 

 of what he said. 



THE LAWN. 



The easiest method of securing a good 

 lawn at the least expense in Mr. Hunt's 

 opinion, was by seeding, using half a pound 

 of seed to the square rod, and sowing m 

 early spring. Preliminary to this the edges 

 of the roadways and paths should first be 



laid with well cut sod, the borders planted 

 with hardy perennials, and the trees and 

 shrubs set as desired. The importance of a 

 first-class lawn can hardly be estimated, and 

 a poor one is a constant eyesore ; indeed, 't 

 might be compared to a beautiful picture 

 painted upon an ugly background. 



ORNAMENTATION. 



Vines, climbers, rockeries and rustic work 

 are all useful in completing a lawn picture, 

 while summer houses and rockeries may be 

 employed with excellent eflfect. In Great 

 Britain so much importance is attached to 

 such adjuncts that men sometimes make the 

 building of rockeries a profession and find 

 themselves kept well employed. 



On a small lot a straight walk to the front 

 door is often best, but where possible a curve 

 will add beauty as one advances, and in- 

 creases interest. 



OVERPL ANTING. 



The nursery or orchard style of planting 

 a front lawn should be carefully avoided, 

 and instead the shrubs should for the most 

 part be disposed along the sides in a mixed 

 border. Here may be planted hardy peren- 

 nials, with a few such shrubs as hydran- 

 gea paniculata, Forsythia, Spirea, or Deut- 

 zia, making the border five or six feet In 

 width. 



