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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Summer Savory. 

 Sown April 25 ; up May 15 ; lifted August 1. Very good. 



Tomatoes. 



Name of Variety. 



Early Ruby 



Atlantic Prize , 



Earliest of all 



Everbearing 



Dwarf Champion 



Livingston's Aristocrat 

 Red Cherry 



Seed soivn in boxes 

 in house. 



Early Arctic 



Yellow Plum 



Remarks. 



Produced a good crop of large 



fruit. 

 Very good. Very even in size 



and shape. 

 Large crop. Not well shaped. 

 Large crop of small, not well 



flavoured fruit. 

 Nearly all fruit decayed. 



Extra good, heavy crop of small 

 fruit. 



Very good. Gave a large crop of 



fine fruit. 

 Extra good. Very heavy crop. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



Flowers suffered very much from the dry hot weather, and although a limited 

 supply of water was at hand and applied freely, it was of very little use against the blaz- 

 ing sun and temperature of 95° to 100°. 



Pansies were a poor show until early in the fall, and at this date, November 1, are 

 blooming amid snow and frost better than at anytime before. 



Asters made a fine display and continued in bloom for a considerable length of time. 



Dianthus, Mignonette, Stocks and Verbenas did fairly well, but dry weather was 

 much against them. 



A large number of bulbs were received from the Central Experimental Farm in 

 November, 1893, too late, on account of severe frosts, to plant outside. A few of the 

 following : — Narcissus, Single and Double Hyacinths, Crocus and Scilla Sibirica were 

 potted in November and kept in the house, and gave a fine show of flowers during 

 February and March. The remainder of the bulbs were planted in the garden in the 

 spring, but have not bloomed. 



A list of the bulbs and all perennials and annuals is given below with date as to 

 flowering and suitability to the North-west. 



A fine lot of Bulbs have been received again this year, the majority of which were 

 planted in the garden and the balance potted for house-flowering. 



Annuals. 



Asters. — Eight colours, Victoria ; five colours, Dwarf Bouquet ; four colours, Dwarf 

 Pseony Flowered, were sown in hot-bed on April 3 ; transplanted in hot-bed on May 1, 

 and into open-ground on June 1 3. All grew well and commenced to bloom about 

 August 15, continuing in bloom till first severe frost. A large number were lifted into 



