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CA NAD I AN HORTICULTURIST. 



plate of this tree appeared in Vol. VI. 

 of our journal, when Mr. Beadle spoke 

 of it as follows: — "Having regard to 

 the neat compact form of the tree, the 

 contrast of light and shade on its sur- 

 face, the corymbs of white blossoms in 

 early summer, and clusters of red ber- 

 ries in the autumn, we think we do not 

 err in regarding it one of the finest of 

 our lawn trees." 



The grouping of trees and shrubs for 

 effect, and to show them to best advan- 

 tage is a subject in itself and cannot be 

 touched upon in this article. We will 

 simply add a list of some of the best 

 hardy ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 leaving greater details for some future 

 occasion. 



Trees: — Cut-leaved Weeping Birch ; 

 Catalpa Speciosa ; White, Red, and 

 Scarlet Oak ; American White Elm ; 

 Weirs Cut-leaved, Norway, Sugar, Sil- 

 ver, and Purple Maple ; Flower- 

 ing Thorns ; Austrian, Swiss Stone, 

 Scotch, and Austrian Pines ; Norway 

 and White Spruce ; the Red Cedar ; 

 Nordmann's Silver Fir ; and others. 



Shrubs in order of flowering :^ 

 Golden Bell ; Japan Quince ; Spi- 

 raea Prunifolia ; Lilacs ; Silver Bell ; 

 Spiraea Van Houtti : Syringa ; Dwarf 



Snow Ball ; Deutzias; Altheas, single 

 and double; Large flowered Hydrangea; 

 Purple Fringes ; Prunus Pissardi ; Pur- 

 ple-leaved Berberry and others. Some 

 such list as this would give a constant 

 succession of bloom, or display of foli- 

 age throughout the summer. 



Our colored plate of this issue is a 

 faithful representation of one of the 

 most beautiful of flowering shrubs, and 

 which should by all means be added to 

 the above list. It is Prunus Triloba, 

 the Double Flowering Plum. Its re- 

 lative, the Dwarf Double Flowering 

 Almond, though sometimes yielding a 

 beautiful display of flowers, has on the 

 whole proved itself too tender and un- 

 reliable to be recommended in Canada- 

 But this species is hardy, and at the 

 same time far more desirable. It is a 

 native of China, and though we are not 

 very partial to the Chinese in general, 

 we can heartily welcome this foreigner. 

 Last May it flowered for the first time 

 on our grounds ; and charmed us with 

 its beauty ; its large double flowers, of 

 a delicate pink color, were closely set 

 upon the tender branches as shown in 

 the picture, and were so large they 

 might be compared to small roses, many 

 of them measuring an inch in diameter. 



PLAN OF GREENHOUSE COSTING LESS THAN $io. 



p. COCKBURN, 0RAVKNHUR8T, ONT. 



THEfoUowing is the plan of a hot-bed 

 and greenhouse combined, which I 

 have used as an auxiliary for several 

 yearswiih great satisfaction. The size is 

 eight by twelve feet inside measure 

 and has capacity enough to grow all the 

 seeds and plants required on most 



grounds, with plenty of room for pro- 

 pagating any growing flowers and bed- 

 ding out stock, and spare vines and 

 shrubs. 



Geraniums, fuchsias, and all plants 

 that have grown scraggy during the 

 winter, if cut down and repotted re- 



