THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



Vol. XXII 



1899 



No.ti»: 



YARMOUTH GARDENS. 



IFTEEN hours on the old 

 Atlantic brings us from Bos- 

 ton into Yarmouth harbor, 

 the most southern part of 

 Nova Scotia. Beautiful 



scenery and cool summers 

 make this a favorite resort 

 from the heat of New York and Boston, 

 and thousands take advantage of this 

 feature. The summer fogs are also very 

 constant, making the climate to resemble 

 closely that of Eng- 

 land. This condi- 

 tion of things explains 

 why it is that straw- 

 berry growing has 

 lately been found so 

 remunerative, so that 

 thousands of crates 

 are sent in their sea- 

 son to the Boston 

 market. Roses grow 

 here in the greatest 

 perfection, and in- 

 deed the gardens are 

 a' perfect wealth of 

 bloom, never drying Fig. 



and baking as they do with us in 

 July and August. In some gardens 

 we saw beautiful specimens of Lilium 

 rubrum in the middle of October, and 

 any quantity of dahlias, gladioli, tube- 

 roses and begonias, still in the height of 

 their beauty. In Mr. Caie's garden we 

 saw also sweet peas 6 feet high on a 

 summer house, full of bloom at this 

 date, no uncommon thing. One re- 

 markable feature of Yarmouth is her 



169(i.— Hawthokn Hedge, 60 years planted. 

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