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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



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the smoothing-harrow. The seed was sown in the hot beds on April 11, tha young 

 plants pricked out into a cold frame on May 22, and planted in the field on June 11, 

 at a distance of 3 x 3^ feet apart. The surface soil was kept cultivated until there 

 was danger of breaking the leaves on the plants. The plants were cut on September 7, 

 being fully matured at that time. They were hung in the tobacco house until dry, 

 and then stripped and the leaves put in hands preparatory to fermenting them. 



TOBACCO-TE.ST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



White Burley 



Improved White Burley 



Zimmers' Spanish 



Pryor Blue 



Small Havana 



Little Oronoka 



Number 



of 

 Plants. 



511 

 470 

 483 

 385 

 495 

 474 



Weight 



of 



1st Grade. 



Lbs. 

 «7| 



59 



33^ 



45 



49i 



43 



Weight 



of 



2nd Grade. 



Lbs. 

 513 



C9| 



59^ 



64 



65 



62 



Weight 



of 



3rd Grade. 



Lbs. 

 39i 



20 



334 



28i 



15 



15^ 



Total Yield 



per Acre. 

 AU Grades. 



Lbs. 

 1,2SG 



1,313 



1,086 



1,482 



1,085 



1,055 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Ripe. 



ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN. 



The Arboretum and Botanic Garden continues to increase in usefulness and 

 improve in appearance every year. The collection of trees, shrubs and herbaceous per- 

 ennials is now very large and in many genera few additional species and varieties can 

 be procured. The list of trees and shrubs being tested here, which was published last 

 year, has given much satisfaction and there are many req;uests for it. It was reported 

 in that list that up to the time of its publication 3,071 species and varieties of trees 

 and shrubs had been tested, of which 1,465 were hardy, 330 half hardy, 229 tender, 

 307 winter-killed and 740 had not been tested long enough to admit of an opinion 

 being given as to their hardiness. Since the list was published, still further additions 

 have been made. The collection of perennials has also been much increased during 

 the past few years, and it is hoped that in the near future a list will be published of 

 them also. 



This year was a favourable one for the trees, shrubs and plants. Though the 

 tenderer things were injured by winter, as usual, it was not exceptionally severe, and 

 the summer being moist nearly everything made good growth. While the grounds 

 were kept in fairly good order during the season, more help is necessary to keep evei-y- 

 thing in good condition. 



In tho limited space which may be devoted to tKe Arboretum and Botanic Garden 

 in the annual report, it is not possible to describe many of the plants which are being 

 grown thei-e, but each year the obiect has been to present descriptive lists of the very 

 best things. In the report for 1897 a list was published of one hundred of the best 

 omamGntal trees and shrubs, and also one hundred of the best herbaceous perennials. 

 In 1898 a pupplamentary list of good perennials was given, and in 1899 a descriptive 

 list of twenty-five of the best low-growing flowering shrubs and an additional list of 

 good perennials. This year it was thought that a list of the beet climbing plants 

 would prove acceptable. 



