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Ornamental Shrubs and Hardy 

 Perennial Plants. 



BY WM. G. SCOTT. 



March 20th, 1896. 



The subject that I have selected for this paper covers a 

 very wide field, but in the limited time allowed we will con- 

 fine ourselves to a few of the hardy varieties and such as are 

 of easy culture, and requiring- the least possible care, with 

 the object of encouraging- this much neglected branch of 

 horticulture. 



There will be more difficulty in growing with success the 

 same varieties of shrubs and plants that grow to the east and 

 south of us, and it is important that we fix upon a list that is 

 recommended by those who have had experience here, so that 

 there may be no waste of time, money or labor by the inex- 

 perienced, in trying such as are not adapted to the climate. 



There is, perhaps, no city in the Dominion where plant- 

 ing has'been more neglected than in our own. The absence 

 of trees on our streets and avenues, clumps of shrubbery on 

 the margins of our lawns, ancf borders of hardy herbaceous 

 plants is commented upon by visitors from abroad. True, 

 our gardens are a blaze of glory while the annuals are in 

 bloom from the middle of July until they are nipped by the 

 early frosts, but outside of this there is nothing to attract 

 attention except a few well kept lawns, which are too often 

 disfigured with rockeries, the presence of which is a veritable 

 eyesore upon what would otherwise be pleasant looking 

 places. 



Large and small gardens can be made very attractive 

 from spring until late in August with a proper selection of 

 shrubs and plants such as I shall now proceed to enumerate, 



