Febtiiaiy, 1915 



THE CANADIAN TIORTIC ULTURIST 



35 



Simple Arrangement of a Hon\e-made Garden 



THIS is the season when the most of 

 us are making our plans for the 

 gardens that are to be next sum- 

 mer. Fortunate are we if we have had 

 the privilege of visiting the gardens of 

 other successful amateur floral enthus- 

 iasts, and thus obtaining pointers and 

 suggestions for our own guidance. 



The garden of Mr. Thos. H. Taylor, 

 of Charlton Ave., West Hamilton, Ont,, 

 is one which has given its owner much 

 pleasure and satisfaction of that charac- 

 ter that always hopes for yet better 



The arrangement of Mr. Taylor's earden. 



things in the future. In the hope that 

 this garden would furnish inspiration for 

 other enthusiasts The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist herewith publishes a description 

 of its main features : 



The garden is thirty-five feet wide 

 by fifty-four feet deep, and has a small 

 extra extension at the side of the kit- 

 chen. It has an area of approximately 

 two thousand square feet, and is laid out 

 as shown in the accompanying diagram. 

 This diagram may not agree with all the 

 photographs, some of which were taken 

 before the rearrangement of the garden, 

 as shown in the diagram. 



A border four feet wide is located 

 along the west and north fences and one 

 three feet viide along the east side. Eigh- 



teen years ago, when the property was 

 purchased, there was not a blade of 

 grass in the yard. 



METHOD OF PLANTING 



The east side of the garden being on 

 the side street, the west and north fences 

 form the background. They are screen- 

 ed by planting close to them lilacs, spir- 

 eas, syringas (mock oranges), and sever- 

 al climbing and vigorous bush roses. In 

 front of these a row of h.p. roses, with 

 a few dwarf growing roses in the fore- 

 ground. In the shaded portions near the 

 house, violets, ferns and columbine are 

 used to fill in other spaces, while in the 

 more open situations, valerian veronica, 

 scarlet flax, white pinks, Scotch pinks, 

 Armeria, (sea pink), Canterbury bells, 

 and sweet william are used. The low 

 growing plants are placed along the edge 

 of the border. 



At the north-west corner, where the 

 west and north fences meet, a heavier 

 screen of foliage obtains by planting a 

 peach, a purple leaved plum and a Jap- 

 anese tree-lilac. Bed F is located before 

 this mass of foliage and is planted to a 

 large extent with perennial phlox in a 

 number of colors, with several moss and 

 h.p. roses in the background, also lemon 

 and Candidum lilies, paeonies and Yucca 

 in the foreground. The border is of Ar- 

 meria or sea pink, which makes the 

 break between the grass and the plants 

 very nicely. 



Bed E is somewhat similarly planted 

 but with less prominence of perennial 

 phlox and the addition of several clumps 

 of delphinium. In a general way, the 

 inner beds are planted with moderately 

 tall plants on the centre line, an occas- 

 ional delphinium being used in the wide 

 portion of these beds. Bed A is border- 



The front view of Mr. Taylor's verandah, uhowins; a bonier of ahruba. 



The rear walk to the ash house, which Is a 

 grapery. 



ed with forget-me-nots ; Bed C, with the 

 Scotch pinks. 



The round bed D has several vigor- 

 ous roses for a centre. Around them are 

 a number of varieties of more moderate 

 growth, with a border of white pinks, 

 alyssum and white candytuft. Any 

 blank spaces in the spring are filled in 

 with snapdragon, mignonette and a cou- 

 ple of double petunias. 



Bed J, being in the shade of the house, 

 is planted almost entirely with ferns, vio- 

 lets, orchids and columbine. A bush 

 rose, a clump of delphinium and a dent- 

 zia, are used against the brick wall. 



The border H has .several bush moss 

 and climbing roses, miniature sunflow- 

 ers, spireas and syringa, along the fence, 

 and an inner planting of a half dozen 

 clumps of iris and perennial phlox, also 

 valerian, lemon lilies, paeonies and mille- 

 foil. 



The circles half way down the diagram 

 comprise a Madame Plantier and John 

 Hopper rose left from previous plans. 



While it has not been possible to fol- 

 low the usual rules as to planting in all 

 cases, owing to changes from original 

 plans and the inadvisability of moving 

 some few plants or shrubs, nevertheless 

 the general effect is most pleasing. 



The rose has been made perhaps the 

 (hief feature of the garden, Mr. Taylor 

 ht'ing very partial to that flower. Many 

 flower loving friends, who call yearly, es- 

 pecially in rose time, express their de- 

 light at the scene. One is amply repaid 

 for any trouble taken, when the beauti- 

 ful buds begin to open. 



All of the plants and shrubs mention- 

 ed have been successfully grown. There 

 have been disappointments some times, a 

 cherished plant would not winter or 

 would die off for some other reason, but 



