THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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so that he can tell his friends the cor- 

 rect names. This year I have several 

 new specimens, including hypericum, 

 geum, galega and others. They are 

 all hardy, and promise to be desirable 



ditions." 



The accompanying illustrations are 

 ■om photographs taken in Mr. Utley's 

 lack yard. No. 1 was taken in the 

 spring before growth had begun. No. 

 2 shows the same view during the sum- 

 mer. As far back as the tree had been 

 sodded. In the spring the space be- 

 hind the tree was seeded down to grass 

 consisting of equal parts white clover, 

 Kentucky blue grass and red top, and 

 in two months a perfect mat had 

 formed. A narrow path along the 

 board fence on the right is hidden by 

 sunflowers. At the back nasturtiums 

 are supported by wire netting. At 

 the front on the left a brilliant effect 

 was presented by sweet peas on the 

 wire netting, cannas, salvias and ger- 

 aniums next, and a row of ageratum 

 and one of sweet alyssum along the 

 front. Here and there on the lawn 

 behind the tree, dahlias were planted. 

 Holes one foot square and 18 inches 

 deep were made and filled with a mix- 

 ture composed of equal parts of sandy 

 soil, rich loam and well-rotted manure. 

 One of the dahlias, Madame Vander 

 Dael, produced bloom 83^2 inches in 

 diameter. In the foreground is a 



No. 3 — One of Mr. Utley's Fine Clumps 



caladium in pot. No. 3 shows the 

 clump that appears in the left hand 

 corner of No. 2. The sweet peas have 

 not attained full growth, and do not 



cover the netting. The tall clump in 

 the extreme right hand corner is rud- 

 beckia, golden glow; Mr. Utley is stand- 

 ing on the steps. 



Preserving' tKe Beaiaty of tKe Lawn 



THE members of the Toronto;Horti- 

 cultural Society who attended the 

 monthly meeting in St. George's 

 Hall on May 8 to hear Mr. Wm. Hunt's 

 address, received many valuable hints. 

 The only regrettable feature of the 

 meeting was that more did not turn 

 out. President Frankland was in the 

 chair. Before the address resolutions 

 were passed deploring the mutilation of 

 trees by telephone and telegraph com- 

 panies. A ladies' committee, compris- 

 ing ladies who are horticulturists, will 

 be formed to aid in the work of the 

 society. 



Mr. Hunt complimented the executive 

 and members on the resolutions passed 

 and the steps taken to bring before the 

 proper authorities the matter of the 

 indiscriminate butchering and mutila- 

 tion of shade trees in cities and towns 

 by the employees of the telegraph and 

 telephone companies. He hoped that 

 every horticultural society in the prov- 

 ince would assist in this matter. The 

 spirit of civic improvement and the 

 beautifying of public grounds and 

 streets, as well as of home surroundings, 

 had taken a great hold on our people, 

 and it was oftentimes very discouraging 

 that the scenic and landscape beauties 

 of our streets .should be marred and 

 destroyed as they sometimes are from 



the causes mentioned. Often the civic 

 authorities were, to a great .extent, 

 powerless in the matter. 



In dealing with the subject of his 

 address, "Among the Plants and Flow- 

 ers in Spring-time," Mr. Hunt proved 

 himself at home, and gave much useful 

 and seasonable information. 



As a remedy for the prevention of 

 trespassing and cutting across corner- 

 lot lawns, the speaker suggested a 

 rockery built diagonally from the inter- 

 secting points of the sidewalks to a 

 point far enough from the sidewalk to 

 prevent trespassing. A single plain 

 wire could be stretched along over the 

 top of the centre of the rockery, the 

 two forming a most effective barrier 

 to the too common and destructive 

 practice of cutting corners by pedes- 

 trians. The rockery could be planted 

 with ferns or creeping plants, such as 

 vincas, nasturtiums, etc., and a few 

 tulips and other bulbs could be planted 

 in the fall to help brighten up the 

 rockery in spring-time. Where the rock- 

 ery had been tried as a barrier to tres- 

 passers it had proved most effective, 

 as well as adding to the attractiveness 

 of its surroundings. 



Another point in the spring care of 

 lawns was the difficulty in getting a 

 lawn roller. The roller is an indis- 



pensable article in making and keeping 

 a good lawn. The speaker recommend- 

 ed a flat pounder about eight or ten 

 inches square, made of two-inch plank- 

 ing with a long handle, as a substitute. 

 This pounder for a small lawn would be 

 found as effective as a roller if properly 

 used. The old-fashioned lawn mower 

 with roller attachments was of great 

 service. For a small lawn a mower 

 with roller attachment, especially where 

 it was difficult to obtain an ordinary 

 lawn roller, was recommended. 



A lawn rake and a long-handled weed- 

 spud were also indispensable articles in 

 the care of. a lawn. A good weed-spud 

 could easily be made by attaching an 

 ordinary broom handle to an old socket- 

 handle carpenter's chisel. A lawn rake 

 was useful in many ways, where an 

 ordinary garden rake would not answer. 

 It was useful for dragging over the lawn 

 in the spring to remove creeping weeds, 

 moss, etc., as well as to drag up the 

 roots of noxious weeds, such as dande- 

 Hons and plantains, when the roots had 

 been loosened with the weed-spud. 

 These implements saved backaches and 

 made this usually troublesome feature 

 of lawn-keeping a pleasure rather than 

 a laborious task, as is the case when 

 these weeds have to be removed with 

 an ordinarv knife. The lawn rake was 



