296 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



2 Syringa INficliael Buchner. Good growth, wintered well. 



2 " Emile Lemoine. Good growth, wintered well. 



2 " Jacques Calot. Good growth, wintered well. 



2 " La Tour d'Auvergne. Good growth, wintered well. 



1 " alba grandiflora. Good growth, wintered well. 



2 " Congo. Good growth, wintered well. 



2 " Souvenir de Ludwig Spath. Good growth, wintered well. 

 2 " !Mdlle Fernande Viger. Good growth, wintered well. 



1 Spirea Anthony Waterer. Fair growth, killed to near ground. 



2 Eulalia Japonica. Dead. 



2 " " variegata. Dead. 



2 " " Gracillima. Dead. 



2 " " Zebrina. Dead. 



10 Black Hill Spruce. Nine dead, 1 alive. 

 2 Pyrus floribunda. One dead, 1 good growth, wintered well. 

 2 Catalpa speciosa. Fair growth, dead. 



2 Golden-leaved Poplar. One killed to near ground, 1 killed back one-half. 



The following were received from Ottawa and placed in the nursery this spring : — 



3 Caragana Tragacanthoides. 



2 Euonymus Europaeus ovata. 

 2 Phellodendron amurense. 

 2 Pyrus maulei Sargenti. 



4 Philadelphus multiflorus plenus. 



2 Caragana pygmaea. 

 4 Japanese Walnut. 



3 Cadet Seedling Plums. 



2 Spirea Menziesi. 

 50 Syringa Emodi. 



3 Lonicera Regeliana. 



4 Abies Remonti. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



In dealing with the flower garden, the value of the hardy i)erennial flowers and 

 herbaceous plants with reference to their adaptability to this climate, forces itself for- 

 ward more and more as we look upon the results of their growth which repeat them- 

 selves each year. Their culture requiring, as it does, a minimum of expense, both for 

 seed and labour, should commend them to larger use in the flower gardens of Manitoba. 

 It was a source of great pleasure to see the beautiful and lavish display of bloom and 

 foliage made by the Paeony, in whose favour as a plant pre-eminently adapted to this 

 country, too much cannot be reiterated. Then, again, the Iris is much to be desired 

 for its divergence of colouring and earliness of bloom. Amongst other perennials 

 equally desirable, may be mentioned, Delphinium (Larkspur), Lychnis, Baby's Breath, 

 Columbine, Monk's Hood, Canterbury Bells, and Phlox. A consignment of the latter 

 was received from Ottawa last spring and made a splendid showing of bloom this 

 summer. 



In the annual garden, the usual method of propagating the seed in boxes in the 

 propagating house and transplanting to the open was adopted. Nevertheless, there 

 are many varieties raised in heat in the early part of the spring which can be grown 

 and flowered in the most satisfactory manner without any artificial aid. From 

 sowings made in the ojjen ground dviring the latter part of May and early in June, 

 the flowering will be somewhat later than with plants brought forward under glass, 

 but, as they receive no check from the very commencement, they will not be greatly 

 behind their nursed relations. 



