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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



the latter part of November and early in December, and experiments in fermentation 

 have been planned. 



Name of Variety. 



Long Leaf Gooch 



Little Oronoka 



Havana 



Connecticut Seed Leaf . . 

 Improved White Burley, 



Kentuckj' Burley 



Lacks 



Number 



of 

 Plants. 



265 

 32« 

 41G 

 .388 

 250 

 585 

 280 



Weight 



of 



1st Grade. 



Lbs. Oz. 



53 

 44 

 19 

 75 

 .34 

 109 

 55 .. 



Weight 



of 



2nd Grade. 



Lbs. Oz. 



2 



8 

 24 



2 

 52 



4 



Weight 



of 



3rd Grade. 



Lbs. Oz. 



12 

 11 

 19 

 37 



7 

 42 

 10 



Total Yield 



per Acre 

 all Grades. 



Lbs. Oz. 



1017 

 725 

 4.5S 



1478 

 713 



1439 



1022 



9 

 6 

 12 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 5 



Condition 



when cut, 



Sept. 15. 



Near ripe. 

 Ripe. 



Near ripe. 



Ripe. 



ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN. 



The winter of 1901-5 was a favourable one for trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, 

 as there were no very low temperatures and there was a good covering of snow, hence 

 tliere was no special injury to plants this year, although there was the usual killing 

 back of the half hardy and tender species. The summer season was a favourable one 

 for growth and most of the specimens did well this year. There were 263 species and 

 varieties of trees and shrubs planted in the spring of 1905, and when the records were 

 completed in the autumn it was found that there was a total of 3,229 species and 

 varieties of trees and shrubs living in the Arboretum represented by 5,010 specimens. 

 Among the interesting things planted this year may be mentioned a fine collection of 

 Crataegus donated by the Arnold Arboretum. 



The herbaceous borders looked well this year, and additions were made to the col- 

 lection there, making a total of 2,041 species and varieties of herbaceous perennials 

 living in the autumn of 1905. There are, without doubt, some synonyms among the 

 trees and shrubs, as well as the perennials, not yet identified, but the nvimber of these 

 is not large. 



Eollowing is a record of the information which has been published in previous 

 reports regarding plants in the Arboretum and Botanic garden : — • 



In 1899 a catalogue of the trees and shrubs in the Arboretum which had been 

 tested up to that time was published conjointly by Dr. Wm. Saunders and the writer. 

 In this catalogue the scientific names of tlie trees and shrubs are arranged alpha- 

 betically, and when a species or variety has a common name this is also given. The 

 countries are named of which the trees and shrubs are native, also the year in which 

 they are planted. Notes on the hardiness of the specimens were published in this 

 bulletin. 



In the annual report of the writer for 1897 a descriptive list was published of 

 what was considered ' the best one hundred hardy ornamental trees and shrubs,' and 

 ' the best one hundred herbaceous perennials.' This list has proven very useful to 

 many persons. In the writer's report for 1898 a short ' Additional list of Herbaceous 

 Perennials' is given. In the report for 1899 another short descriptive 'List of Additional 

 Good Perennials,' and a descriptive list of ' The Best Low Growing Flowering Shrubs.' 

 The report for 1900 contains ' Descriptive Lists of the Best Woody and Annual 

 Climbers,' and that for 1901 'A Descriptive List of the Different Species and Best 

 Varieties of Lilacs.' In 1902 was published ' A List of Best Spring Flowering Peren- 

 nials/ in 1903 a list of ' Deciduous Trees, Shrubs and Climbers with Attractive Fol- 

 iag'e, B:irk and Fruit,' in 1904 * A List of the Genera in the Arboretum with the Num- 

 ber of Species of each Genus.* 



