305 



RHUBARB. 



Ehubarb of any variety does well. The rankest grown is Stott's Mammoth, 

 This with Paragon, Victoria, Myatts, Linnaeus and Carleton Club are the five sorts 

 growing on the farm. Stott's Mammoth did best. Myatts Linnaeus and Victoria 

 did next best, and are about equal. 



SPINACH. 



Eound Summer and Savoy Leaved were sown 16th April and 9th May. The 

 early sown were destroyed by wind, but both sorts sown 9th May did well and were 

 first in use 15th June. 



SQUASH. 



Boston Marrow-White. Bush scalloped and short green Bergin were sown 

 2nd June; grew fairly well, but did not mature ; frost on 12th September destroyed 

 them. 



TURNIPS. 



Five varieties of turnips were sown in garden. Imported Purple Top Swede, 

 Marquis of Lome, Six Weeks, Greystone and Breadstone. Six Weeks was the earliest 

 to mature or come in use, but the Imported Purple Top is by far the best quality for 

 cooking, though correctly speaking, not a garden turnip. 



TOMATOES. 



Dwarf Champion, Early Ruby, General Grant, Conqueror and Strawberry were 

 sown in hot-bed 30th March, transplanted in hot-bed 30th April, and into garden 

 3rd June. Fruit formed on Early Ruby on 3rd July, and ripened 27th August. 

 Fruit formed oq the other sorts from the 5th to 15th July, but none ripened. 



FLOWERS. 



A circular flower garden, 100 feet in diameter, was planted in the fall of 1890 

 with a variety of flowering bulbs, and last spring 34 varieties of other flowers were 

 planted or sown. Many of these made fine bloom during the season, but were cut 

 down by frost 12th September. Pansies and Verbenas revived somewhat after the. 

 frost. 



The following are the bulbs set out: — Those that flowered: Double Early 

 Tulips, Single Early Tulips, Parrot Tulips, Lilium Umbellatum, Scilla Amoeiia; Iris 

 Hispanica of the following varieties: Belle Ardine, Rigobettu, Ogyges, Tantalus, 

 L'Aimable, La Perle, Sappho, La. Sicilum, Iris Wm. George; Lilium Incomparable, 

 Lilium Multiflorum, Lilium Grandiflorum, Lilium Tbunbergianum, Lilium Atrosan- 

 guineum, Lilium Thunbergibnum Aureum, Colchium Autumnale. 



Those that did not flower: Bulbocodium Vernum, Double Jjate Tulips, Lilium 

 Candidum, Narcissus Incomparabile, Narcissus Poeticus, Narcissus Phoenix, Nar- 

 cissus Stella, Narcissus Polyanthus, Iris Hispanica, Lagaite, Single Hyacinth, 

 Mixed Crocus. 



Those that died were : Double Hyacinth, Polyanthus Narcissus Gloriosa 

 Superba, Galanthus Elwesu. 



The following were sown or planted in the spring. Those are extra good and 

 are suitable for the North-West: Pansy, Godetia, Carnation, Mignonette, Petunia, 

 Dianthus Imperialls, Dianthus Heddewigi, Phlox Drummondii, Grandiflora, large 

 flowering fringed, Grandiflora, single fliowering fringed, Superbissima, Chrysan- 

 themum, Gladiolus, Sweet Peas, Poppies, Dwarf Alyssum, Verbenas, Sweet William, 

 Abronia, Candytuft, Stocks, Pyrethrum, Nemophila, Flowering Flax, Pinks and 

 Asters. 



The following were only fair : Scabiosa White and Royal Purple, Salpiglossis 

 Nigella. Globe Amaranths did not do well. 

 7p— 20 



