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to thrive on poison and baths of insectide. 
round of the garden each morning, knocking them into 
basins filled with kerosene oil, is a very good remedy. Black 
spot and mildew, rose diseases, can be checked by Bor- 
deaux mixture, sprayed on the plants in April. This pre- 
vents black spot, especially, while mildew may be kept 
from spreading by dusting both the affected plant and 
those about it with Flower of Sulphor. 
At the present day there is no rose more popular than 
They are hardy, good bloomers, and 
the Hybrid Tea. 
Aue entrance to a gar- 
den should be like 
the framing of a picture, 
making an attractive pre- 
lude to the garden itself. 
The lack of this carefully 
arranged entrance does 
much to detract from the 
effect of the picture of the 
garden itself. A gateway, 
or a simple arch, . over 
which rambler roses climb, 
is much more attractive 
than a broad straight path 
with no entrance feature. 
A successful treatment 
of this problem should give 
glimpses of the floral beau- 
ties within and tempt us to 
enter the portals and find 
out for ourselves what lies 
there. Even the simplest 
lay-out of flower beds can 
but be enhanced if it is ap- 
proached through a gate- 
way. ‘he harmonious set- 
ting leads us into flower- 
land, through a_ pleasing 
vista. This fact should 
teach us to look carefully 
after this feature of the 
garden. 
It need not be expensive, 
but a simple trellis work, 
over which clamber wis- 
teria vines or Virginia 
creepers. A wire netting 
may be used by putting it 
up with strong supports, 
that it may withold the 
weight of the clambering 
vines. Such a simple arti- 
cle as an ordinary gas pipe 
is suitable for a purpose 
such as this, as it can be 
bent easily and at the same 
tire is sure of retaining its 
shape. 
‘he arch theme can be 
resolved into an artistic 
summer house with a rustic 
gate at either end and seats 
on either side, But what- 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
A careful 
northern states. 
are always good. 
the Wichuriana. 
Garden Entrances 
By MARY HARROD NORTHEND 
I W. B. THOMAS’ FORMAL GARDEN AT PRIDES. 
2 ENTRANCE SPAULDING ROSE GARDEN, BEVERLY FARMS. 
3 GENERAL VIEW D, lL, PICKMAN’S GARDEN, BEVERLY. 
well adapted to withstand the variable climate of our 
The most beautiful varieties are the 
Kaiserin Agusta Victoria, Dean Hole, the greatly ad- 
mired Killarney, while the American Beauty and the La 
France roses are always advisable. 
the Gen Jacqueminot, Captain Christy, and Paul Neyron 
For hardier kinds, 
Climbing roses offer a large assortment from which 
to choose, but the amateur makes no mistake in selecting 
ever it is, it is greatly help- 
ed by the addition of flow- 
ering vines. Should the 
garden be enclosed by a 
hedge, it is then that the 
little wicket gate, with its 
arch overhead, is in place. 
There is privacy combined 
with. simplicity in such an 
entrance. 
If the garden is enclosed 
with walls of brick or 
stone, ornamental gate 
posts to which gates may 
be hung, add materially to 
the beauty of the enclosure. 
‘The posts may be of brick, 
of cobble stones, granite 
blocks, or stucco, but what- 
ever the material it adds 
much to their attractive- 
ness if the top is left hol- 
low, so that it may be filled 
with earth and _ planted 
with bright flowers and 
trailing vines. 
There is one thing which 
should be taken into con- 
sideration, that is, the size 
and the style of the house 
and the grounds. ‘To a 
formal garden the entrance 
may be a stately flight of 
stone steps with broad 
low treads, flanked .on 
either side by dignified 
evergreens, trimmed into 
formal shapes. If one has 
never thought of it, one 
will realize that there is 
something fascinating to 
the garden lover in gaining 
glimpses of the beauties 
which are just ahead and 
not wholly revealed. Much 
is gained in a formal gar- 
den by this distinction. It 
does not matter much as to 
whether it is a sunken gar- 
den, one located upon ter- 
race heights, or where it is 
—the only requirement is 
inequality of surface. 
