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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Those marked * failed t>o start, but the balance made strong plants and flowered 

 well, and for an unusual length of time. The varieties specially noted were : — 

 Grand Duke Alexis Stella 



Gilt Edge Matchless 



American Flag Prince of Orange 



Queen of Primroses 

 All were lifted before frost and stored in root cellar in boxes of sand. 



DISTRIBUTION OF GRAIN, POTATOES, ETC. 



The usual distribution was made of potatoes, maple seed, rhubarb seed, flower seeds 

 and grain. The following quantities w-ere sent out to applicants : — 



Grain of all kinds in 3-pound bags 401 



Seedling trees and shrubs, packages 485 



Potatoes in 3-pound bags 237 



Maple seed in ^-pound bags 216 



Rhubarb seed, packages 107 



Flower seed, packages 206 



Brome grass seed, 1 -pound packages 74 



£ox Elder or Manitoba Maple Seeds. 



The following reports have been received from parties to whom Manitoba Maple 

 Seeds were sent in 1-pound packages during the spring of 1901 : — 



No. of applicants supplied 471 



No. of reports received 91 



Successes. Failures. 



Seeds sown on summer fallow 50 7 



II spring ploughing 11 1 



M fall ploughing ... 6 1 



•I breaking 12 1 



II garden (dug with spade) 2 



Maximum number of trees grown from one packet, 2,500. 



Reports of Distributions of Collections oj Trees, Spring 1901. 



Only thirteen per cent of parties supplied with trees reported on them. Eighty- 

 eight per cent of these reported having received the packages in good condition. 



Number of applicants supplied 423 



n reports received 32 



II report success 27 



II II partial success 3 



II II failure , 2 



SAMPLES FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES. 



Several cases of samples were sent to the exhibitions at Cork, Ireland, and Wolver- 

 hampton, England, where they were exhibited along with samples from the other experi- 

 mental farms. 



A small exhibit was also sent with the North-west Pi-ess Association car, which 

 travelled through the Western States. 



Fourteen cases of samples have been prepared for the Japanese Exhibition to be 

 held in Osaka next year. 



The usual exhibits were made at the Brandon Agricultural and Horticultural Shows, 

 and a small display was made at the Western Horticultural Exhibition at Winnipeg. 



