A Well-Kepi Walk Bordered by an Effective Planting of Annuals, Perennials and fruits 



Guldens of Sir Henry M. I'ellatt, Toronto— Mr. T. McVittic. gardener. 



A [Beautiful Garden in Toronto 



THE illustration on this page is a 

 view of the east walk in Sir Henry 

 M. Pellatt's flower garden, Toron- 

 to. As will be seen, the border on the 

 left has for a background a hedge of 

 Hydrangea paniculata. Next to this is a 

 row each of gooseberry and black cur- 

 rant bushes. A space in front of these 

 is planted with a collection of annuals 

 and hardy perennials, which we endeav- 

 ored to arrange so as to have a contin- 

 uous bloom all summer. 



Amongst the perennials in this border 

 is one that deserves special mention, — 

 Geum coccineum. This species grows 

 about two feet in height ; its spikes of 

 bright scarlet flowers are very showy and 

 fine for cutting, continuing in bloom 

 from July until October. 



The border on the right has for a 

 background double hollyhocks and sun- 

 flowers, the front being filled in with an- 

 nuals, such as ten-week stock, asters, 

 verbena, Phlox Drummondii, and so 

 forth, and bordered with dwarf daisy 

 snowball. 



In all the borders are planted several 

 varieties of ricinus, the large glossy fol- 

 iage of different colors giving the whole 

 a tropical appearance. We intend filling 

 all the borders with hardy perennials, as 

 we believe that they are more satisfac- 

 tory for the garden because of their per- 



T. McVittic, Toronto 



manent character, and the naturalness cf 

 their beauty. The value of the majority 

 of hardy perennials as cut flowers for the 

 house is immense. There is no arrange- 



ment of flowers more graceful, varied or 

 capable of giving better effect and none 

 so easily adapted to almost every kind of 

 garden. 



The Private Gardener. 



W. J. Wilshirc, Montreal 



EVERYTHING that tends to promote 

 good will between gardener, em- 

 ployer and all concerned, helps in 

 no small measure to make the gardener's 

 work successful. It cannot be too 

 strongly pointed out to the gar- 

 dener, especially the young man 

 taking hold of his first responsible 

 position, that ,he has the making of the 

 place largely in his own hands, and that 

 upon his individual efforts, more than 

 anything else, success or failure depends. 

 Let him, therefore, bend all his energies 

 towards making the place a success, in 

 every sense of the word. Let him re- 

 member that while he is a servant, he is 

 a responsible one, and in no sense to be 

 classed with the laborer, or even the or- 

 dinary mechanic, and that his work will 

 be judged by results, not by the number 

 of hours he works in the greenhouse. 

 He should not forget that he is hired as 



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a gardener and that all work in that con- 

 nection should be his first consideration. 

 It is a great mistake to try to run every 

 department in the establishment: A tem- 

 porary advantage may be gained by run- 

 ning around, doing work with which he 

 has, strictly speaking, no concern, but if 

 it is done at the neglect of his legitimate 

 occupation, depend upon it, it will not 

 pay in the long run. The gardener 

 should always remember that the owners 

 of the place hav^ some rights, and that 

 their opinions are occasionally entitled to 

 respect. He should study their tastes, 

 and cater to them as far as he finds it_ 

 practicable, however absurd they may 

 sometimes appear to be. It is astonish- 

 ing how some people appreciate little 

 things, such as the growing of a few 

 common or simple flowers, to which they 

 are particularly partial. 

 Every gardener should, if possible. 



