REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAT 345 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Calendula. Petunias. 



Coreopsis. Scabiosa. 



Dianthus. Salpiglossis. 



Celosia. Sweet Alyssnm. 



Eschscholtzia. Sweet Peas, 25 varieties. 



Gaillardia. Zinnia. 



PERENNIALS. 



Tlie old beds of Perennials, including Pansies, Larkspur, Sweet "William, Columbine, 

 Lychnis and Everlasting Pea, came through the winter in good condition and flowered 

 well during the season. 



BULBS. 



Gladioli — 3 varieties. Set out June 4. In flower August 1 to Sept. 10. Very 

 fine. 



Dahlia. — Set out June 4. In flower July 16. Flowers large and fine but about 

 two weeks later than usual. 



Tulips. — In bloom May 15. Very fine showing. Flowers large and regular. 



Cannas. — In bloom Jidy 20. Later than usual, but the flowers were very fine. 



Jris. — Planted in 1900. Maintained a good succession of bloom from June 5 to 

 July 25. 



PEONIES. 



Planted in 1900. Magnificent flowers. 



OTHER PERENNIALS. 



Planted 1900. The majority of a large list, including Achillea, Aster, Clematis 

 Centaurea, Funkia, Geranium, Hemerocallis, Helianthus, Lysimachia, Rudbeckia, 

 Thermopsis and Veronica, came through the winter in good condition and flowered 

 freely. The plot was an attractive one during the whole season. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The trees and shrubs on the farm made satisfactory progress during the season. 

 The winter of 1901-2 was very favourable, and nearly all the specimens living in the 

 fall of 1901 were found to be in good condition this spring. 



Growth started somewhat later than usual, but the large amount of moisture in the 

 early part of the season more than made up for the loss of time. 



A large number of the shrubs fruited this season, and as the seed was carefully 

 collected, it is hoped that a good variety of home-grown seedlings will soon be available 

 for distribution. The crop of maple seed on the farm was again practically destroyed 

 by the fungus which ruined the crop last year, but the trees in the Qu'Appelle valley, 

 north of Indian Head, were free from disease, and a quantity of seed sufiicient for the 

 distribution of 1903 has been secured from there. 



The Evergreen trees made good pi-ogress during the season, the growth of AVhite 

 Spruce, Rocky Mountain Spruce, Scotch Pine and Mountain Pine being particularly 

 noticeable. 



ARBORETUM. 



Forty-five species and varieties of trees and shrubs were added to the Arboretum 

 last spring. The specimens had been grown one year in nursery rows in a sheltered 

 position on the farm, and the weather being favourable at the time of transplanting, the 

 moving caused very little set-back. 



