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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1907 



Under such a system, the actual amount 

 of work to be accoinpHshed in a given 

 season would be reduced to a mini- 

 mum; but where the work is carried 

 out at irregular and often long intervals, 

 the trees not only suffer severely, but 

 the amount of work to be accompHshed 

 may become costly. 



There is a fine opportunity for pub- 

 lic sentiment to express itself forcibly 

 with respect to this very important 

 question; and in cases where the auth- 

 orities are lukewarm or actually in- 

 different, it should be taken up and 

 vigorously dealt with by a special as- 

 sociation formed for that purpose. 

 The work of such an association — and 

 there are many towns where they are 

 now in successful operation — should 

 be governed by a broad poHcy which 

 should comprise the encouragement of 

 liberal planting; the selection of those 

 types of trees which are best suited 

 to the cUmate and to the locality, as 

 also to the street to be treated; careful 

 supervision of and directions for prun- 

 ing; and lastly, the most careful pro- 

 tection against one and all of the many 

 enemies which prey upon them. 



The Amateur's GreenKouse 



Hydrangeas should be showing color. 

 When nearing their finish, they should 

 have plenty of water at the roots. Keep 

 pinching and rubbing out the early 

 growths of azaleas. Lilacs, Azalea mol- 

 lis, flowering cherries and other decidu- 

 ous shrubs should be allowed' to' flbwer 

 in a comparatively cool house. ^. 



Pot gloxinias, that were started some 

 weeks ago, in light, fairly rich compost, 

 before they get crowded. Unless the 

 tubers are above ordinary size, five or 

 six inch pots will be sufficiently large. 

 Keep on the dry side until well rooted. 

 Keep them in the fight, but not in direct 

 sunshine. Do not forget about keeping 

 the water off the leaves. 



Cyclamen sown last fall should be 

 ready for pots. Do not plant deeper 

 than up to the middle of the little bulbs. 

 Thickly-sown seedlings, such as lobeKas, 

 petunias and so on, should be trans- 

 planted into other boxes before they be- 

 come too spindly. Cannas and dahfias 

 may be started. If you have not sown 

 seeds of mignonette, candytuft and 

 stocks, sow now. Keep geraniums clean 

 of dry and dead leaves, and pinch back 

 the lanky growth. 



My plan of planting roses is in long open 

 hedges, cultivating deeply the ground 

 to a width of four feet and setting the 

 plants in the centre four feet apart. 

 In the spaces can be grown tuUps or 

 other spring bulbs and asters or showy 

 annuals. Enrich the ground in the fall 

 with cow manure and in the spring with 

 bone meal. — A. K. Goodman, Cayuga, 

 Ont. 



THe Leopard Plant 



S. Armstrong, Jermyn, Ont. 



The leopard plant, Farfugium grande, 

 shown in the illustration, is about 10 

 years old and gets no particular care. 

 In summer, it is placed on a south 

 verandah, 



In autumn it is re-potted to one of 

 larger size, the space between the roots 

 and the pot being filled with rich garden 

 soil. The plant is then taken inside 

 and placed in a south bay window, 

 where it remains until spring. The 

 house is heated by a wood furnace. A 

 favorable temperature and an abund- 

 ance of water constitute about all the 

 attention that the plant gets. 



proper cleaning and storing of all tools 

 when not in use. For gardens of con- 

 siderable dimensions, a tool-house should 

 be provided with arrangements for con- 

 venient and safe storing. Brackets and 

 hooks against walls for sieves, ropes, 

 scythes, rakes, spades, and so on; 

 shelves, drawers or cupboards for small 

 tools, and boxes for labels, twine and 

 pegs, should be furnished in everj^ order- 

 ly tool-house. Make a point always to 

 return every article to its proper place 

 when not in use. 



Wet days may be turned to account 

 by oiling, sharpening and repairing tools 

 that require it. Even in small gardens 

 a place for the storing of tools ought to 



A Leopard Plant Grown Successfully in Ontario 



THe Care of Garden Tools 



Many and varied are the kinds of 

 tools used in the work of gardening about 

 the home. Most of them are familiar 

 to the amateur gardener. More import- 

 ant than a mere enuineration of them is 

 the difference between a good and a bad 

 implement. One of the most common- 

 ly used garden tools is the spade. With 

 one of the modern improved kinds, a 

 person can do, with the same exertion, 

 10 per cent, more work than he could 

 with the heavy, easily-clogged kinds 

 formerly in use. It is also the case that, 

 with well-adapted tools of a superior 

 description, the work also is better done. 



The care of tools and implements is a 

 matter that is frequently neglected by 

 gardeners. Economy not only in out- 

 lay, but in labor, is secured by the 



be found. With good, clean tools, more 

 and better work is accomplished than is 

 possible when they are rusty, or blunt, 

 or rickety. 



La^wn and Garden Jots 



Fertilizers rich in nitrogen and poor 

 in potash give the most grass and the 

 least clover; they are, therefore, ex- 

 cellent for tennis courts, greens and 

 similar situations. 



On a lawn sour and mossy, with fail- 

 ing herbage, use lime and potash (there 

 is no better potastic fertilizer than un- 

 leached wood ashes). This will bring 

 in a liberal growth of clover, which can 

 afterwards be largely supplanted with 

 grasses, by withholding the mineral 

 fertiUzers and using one or two hun- 

 dred weight per acre of nitrate soda. 



