REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 

 Perennials. 



329 



Variety. 



Columbine (double purple) 



Chrysantha. . . 



Delphinium grandifloruin. 



Dianthus barbatus 



Hemerocallis flava 



Hyacinths, mixed 



Gladiolus, mixed 



Iris, 7 varieties 



Lilium umbellatum. . 

 " auratum. . . . 

 Linum perenne blue 



Narcissus, mixed 



Platyco don grandifiorum 



album.. 



Pansies, mixed |1893 . 



Scilla sibirica Fall, 1893 . . 



Tulips, mixed " 



When 

 planted. 



May 3, 1894 

 " 11, " 

 " 10, " 



Sown 1893.. 



Fall, 1893... 

 " 1893... 



Started i n 

 frame May5, 

 planted out 

 June 11, '94. 



Fall, 1893. 



Fall, 1893. . . 

 May 7, 1894. 



Fall, 1893... 



Date of 

 flowering. 



June 30 to July 10 

 July 23 to Sept. 1 

 July 7 to frost . . 

 June 17 to frost. 

 July 24 to Aug. 30 

 May 25 to June 12 



Aug. 7 to frost . 



June 9 to 29 



June 29 to July 10 

 July 23 to July 26 

 July 25 to Sept. 5 



May 26 to June 10 

 Aug. 5 to Sept. 10 

 Aug. 7 to Sept. 10 



May 1 to frost 



May 1 to May 16. . 

 May 15 to June 18 



Remarks. 



A grand flower. 



A handsome, long, spurred variety. 

 One of the best. 

 One of the most brilliant. 

 Splendid for masses. 

 Flowered freely in spring, must be well 

 protected in winter. 



Did very well, but too dry to make 

 large bulbs ; requires so be taken up 

 in fall. 



One of the best early perennials. 



Very hardy and showy. 



A most brilliant lily. 



Very pretty, but should not be allowed 

 to spread. 



Proved quite hardy here. 



A showy perennial, one of the best, 

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An old favourite, and hardy here. 

 A pretty spring flower, very hardy. 

 Show well here, and are among the first 

 to bloom in spring. 



Roses. 



The roses received in previous years were planted in exposed positions, and we have 

 had very little success with them generally, the Rosa Rugosa family being the only ex- 

 ception, these have proved quite hardy and have flowered freely, the blooms are mostly 

 single, but their foliage and fruit is very attractive. 



The following varieties were added to the stock this year : — 



Perpetual Moss, 

 Henri Martin, 

 Marie Rady, 

 Gem of the Prairie, 

 American Beauty, 

 Madame Bruant, 



Perpetual White, 

 M. Cranston, 

 Dinsmore, 

 M. P. Wilder, 



Seven Sisters. 



These were planted in one of the sheltered plots ; Madame Bruant and American 

 Beauty gave some fine bloom. The plants were all protected on approach of winter by 

 placing frames around the plants and banking well with manure. 



Seed Grain Distribution. 



It is found that farmers here are so hurried at the harvest seasons that very few of 

 them will expend the labour necessary to keep a 3-pound sample of a new variety of 

 grain separate from the varieties already on their farm, for that reason more attention 

 has been given here to the sale of two bushel lots, the amounts harvested from parcels of 

 this size are sufficiently large to thresh with a separator, and are moz'e likely to be kept 

 distinct. 



Only varieties which from several years' test have proven to be superior to those 

 generally grown, are distributed. 



