REPORT OF MR, ANGUS MACKA7 389 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mrs. Dugdale, in bloom, July 14; shaded pink, very pretty. 

 Mrs. Wilmott, in bloom, July 14; large blooms. 

 The best of the blooms were over by September 10. 



The following varieties of flowers were sown in the open on April 20 as borders to 

 flower bed^ : — 



Variety. 



Mignonette . . 

 Whitliivia . . . 



Scabiosa 



Phlox . .... 

 Escbscholtzia 

 Nemophila . . 

 Candytuft . . . 



Bloom. 



Remarks. 



Too large variety for border. 



Poor. 



Fair, rather tall. 



Very good border. 



Good, but rather large. 



Good, but over too soon. 



Very good border. 



Sown in hot" house April 1 ; set out June 2 : — 



Antirrhinum, Tom Thumb, in bloom from July 12, to September 26; very fine 

 border. 



Ageratum dwarf, in bloom from July 24, to September 26; fine border. 



Perennials. 



All the old beds of perennial flowers made luxuriant growth the past season, and 

 below are given some of the more noticeable ones, with time of flowering: — 



Achillea, in bloom from July 1. 



Clematis, in bloom from July 3, to August 10. 



Centaurea macrophylla, in bloom from July 8. 



Cactus, ground, in bloom from July 8, to August 4. 



Columbine, in bloom from June 6 to August 1. 



Campanula macrantha, in bloom from July 6 to September 1. 



Delphinium, in bloom from July 15 to August 20. 



Everlasting Pea, in bloom from July 8 to July 30. 



Hollyhock, in bloom from August Y to September 11. 



Helianthus autumnalis, in bloom from July 24. 



Irises, in bloom from May 20 to July 8. 



Lupins, in bloom from June 30 to August 20. 



Lilium elegans (orange), in bloom from July 5 to October 10. 

 " Tiger lily, in bloom from July 11 to July 30. 

 " white varieties, in bloom from July 23 to October 10. 



Lychnis, in bloom from July 1 to August 30. 



Mint, in bloom from July 15. 



Paeonia tenuifolia, in bloom from May 23 to June 7. 



Paeonies, other varieties, in bloom from June 25 to July 23. 



Spiraea filipendula, in bloom from July 12. 

 " ulmaria, in bloom from July 8. 



Sweet William, in bloom from July 4 to September 15. 



Tulips, in bloom from May 10 to June 14. 



Veronica salurgoides, in bloom from July 18 to September 1. 



Special mention must be made of the Paeonies, which bore an abundance of 

 magnificent blooms. Tulips, Irises, Cannas and Dahlias, were all extra fine. A large 



