REPORT OF MR. A. MAG KAY. 



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8. That Manitoba maple or Box Elder grows the quickest of all native trees and 

 for windbreaks or plantations gives the most satisfaction. 



9. That it is a waste of time, money and trees, to plant without good prepa ration 

 before and frequent cultivation after. 



DISTRIBUTION 



of Grain samples, Forest-trees, Fruit-bushes, Tree-seeds, Potatoes, Flower-seeds, Vege- 

 table seeds, &c. 



Last spring, during March, April and May, the following distribution was made : — 



Distribution of 



Grain — 



Wheat, three pound bags . 



Barley " " . 



Oats " " . 



Eye " " . 



Pease " " . 

 Awnless Brome Grass 



Forest trees — 



Maple 



Elm 



Ash 



Willow 



Poplar 



Cottonwood .... 

 Caragana ......... 



Lilac 



Syringa 



Evergreen Shrubs . 



Small fruits — 



Raspberries, Turner. 



Philadelphia 



Caroline 



Reeder 



Cuthbert 



Currants — 



Red Dutch... 

 Fay's Frolific . 

 White Grape . 

 Raby Castle . . 

 Black Naples 

 Lee's Prolific. 

 Mixed 



Gooseberries (mixed) 



Strawberries 



Asparagus roots 



Rhubarb roots 



Tree seeds — Maple — Bags 



Potatoes — Various sorts — Bags 



Vegetable and Flower seeds — Collections . 

 Artemisia Abrotanum — Cuttings 



Number. 



176 

 154 

 296 

 18 

 73 

 101 



10,800 



175 



1,125 



445 



325 



850 



735 



46 



15 



60 



1,816 



1,298 



372 



301 



24 



1,518 



1,028 



1,056 



828 



1,736 



648 



617 



992 

 442 

 ,572 

 173 

 532 

 286 

 276 

 ,085 



Total 

 Number. 



818 



14,576 



3,811 



7,431 



992 

 442 



1,572 

 173 

 532 

 286 

 276 



6,085 



Swmmary. 



Grain 



Forest trees, including Artemisia cuttings .... 



Small fruits 



Strawberries 



Vegetable roots 



Tree seeds 



Potatoes 



Vegetable and Flower seeds — Collections in bags . 



Bags. 



SIS 



532 

 286 

 276 



1,912 



Roots, 

 Trees or 

 Cuttings. 



20,66i 



12,234 



442 



1,745 



35,082 



