274 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Ligustrum Amurense, Amur privet. 



Pyrus baccata cerasiformis, Cherry-leaved pyrus. 



" sanguinea, Red berried crab. 



" macrocarpa, Large fruited berried crab. 



" genuina, True berried crab. 



" prunifolia, Plum-leaved crab. 



Diervilla (Weigelia) lonerii, Dark red weigelia. 



" " Candida, White flowered weigelia. 



" " hybrida Hendersoni, Henderson's weigelia. 



Exohorda grandiflora, Large flowered exchorda. 

 Cornus mas elegantissiina, Elegant dog wood. 



Thirty-five varieties of lilacs were also received and planted in nursery rows. It is 

 proposed to plant these in a large clump, so that the different sorts of this desirable 

 shrub may be more readily examined and compared. These varieties are given in the 

 following list : — 



Ambroise veschaffelt, Souv. de la Spathe, 



Flora plena, Rubra Insignis, 



Common white, Emodi, 



Dr. Lindley, Coerula superba, 



Virginal, Beranger, 



Persian white, Pyramidalis, 



Common purple, Villosa, 



B ;rtha Damman, Laciniata, Persian, 



Violacea, Prof. Stockhart, 



Lavanensis, Princess Marie, 



Mathieu De Dombasle, Nigricans, 



Rouge de Marley, Gloire de Croncels, 



Japonica, Madame Moser, 



Sangeana, Renoncule, 



Languis, Gloire de Lorraine, 



President Massart, Ville de Troyes, 



Persian small flowering, Hyacinthaflora. 



Orchard. 



The orchard which has been planted, contains now 81 varieties of apples, 8 of 

 crab apples, 20 of pears, 29 of cherries, and 25 of plums. The soil is a clay loam, under- 

 drained, the apple trees have been planted 36 feet apart, each way, and the pears, plums 

 and cherry trees 18 feet apart each way. A part of the trees were set out in 1889-90, 

 and the remainder since then. 



The Yellow Transparent, Anis and Sultan are very early and fine varieties of apples 

 ripening by the 1st of September. The White Astrachan, Red Astrachan, Tetofsky and 

 Borovinka, next in earliness, have fruited fairly well. The Longfield and Haas were the 

 most prolific sorts. Maidens Blush and Scotts Winter have also done well, the latter 

 seems to be a very fine variety of winter apple, most of the other varieties planted 

 have not yet fruited. The planting of a second apple orchard was begun in 1892, on a 

 piece of unbroken land in the woods surrounded by a shelter belt of spruce trees. It is 

 expected that this will be completed next year. 



