REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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Botanical Name. 



33 Spiraea opulif olia aurea 



34 Spiraea opulifolia 



35 Populus tremuloides 



36|Prunus pennsylvanica 



37[Corylus americana 



38 Amelanchier alnifolia 



89,RosaSayi... 



40|Spiraea salicifolia 



41 Symphoricarpus occidentalis 



42 Elaeagnus argentea 



43,Comus stolomfera 



44;Syriiiga vulgaris 



45iBetula lenta 



46 

 47 

 48 

 49 

 60 

 51 

 52 



Betula lutea 



Abies balsamea 



Viburnum lantana 



Ptelea trifoliata 



Betula nigra.. 



Hippophae rhamnoides. 

 Betula alba 



53 Bitula pumila. 



Common Name. 



Yellow Ninebark. . 



Ninebark 



Native Aspen 



Pin Cherry 



Hazel Nut 



Saskatoon 



Native Rose 



Nati veMeado wS\\ eet 



Snowberry 



Wolf Willow 



Dog Wood 



Common Lilac 



Sweet Birch 



Yellow Birch 



Balsam Spruce .... 

 Wayfaring tree . . . 



Hop tree 



Black Birch 



Sea Buckthorn .... 



White Birch 



Dwarf Birch 



When 

 Planted. 



1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895 



1 



1-1899 



J 



Remarks. 



A beautiful hedge, rather tenden. 



II II very hardy. 



Very promising. 



Too thin. 



Not a first class hedge. 



Suckers badly. 



A most symetrical hedge. 



II II 



A promising hedge. 



It II 



A compact and ornamental hedg»_ 



These are not advanced enough to report 

 upon ; No. 48 is dead. 



NATIVE SPRUCE. 



About the middle of May a trip was made to the swamp at Sewell, Manitoba, in 

 order to procure specimens of our Native White Spruce (Picea alba). About 150 

 trees were lifted which were planted in one of the shelter blocks in order to become 

 established, and despite the very adverse season very few succumbed. As many com- 

 plaints are received in reference to the non-success of planters of this valuable tree> 

 it may perhaps be well here to give a short description of the method of lifting and 

 planting followed out at this farm. In the first place only small isolated trees siiould 

 be selected and as much of the natural soil taken with them as possible. These shoiild 

 be immediately transferred to the wagon box (preferably a tight one), and covered so 

 as to preclude the possibility of the drying out of the roots. The latter precaution is 

 probably the most important of all, and we are of opinion that to the neglect of this 

 may be attributed the great proportion of failures. The sap of the spruce being very 

 resinous, should it once become dry very little hope may be entertained of success,, 

 and it is advisable to throw a few pails of water over the load at every stopping place 

 on the return journey. After planting, a thorough watering is given, which is followed, 

 by constant cultivation, and if these simple instructions are adhered to success would 

 follow the efforts to grow this much to be desired tree. 



ARBOEETUM. 



Planting in the arboretum was continued during the past season, both in the 

 extension made on the east side last summer as well as on the hillside to the north. 

 The latter portion is devoted principally to Maple, Poplar and other rapid growing 

 trees, the hardiness of which has been fully demonstrated here, in order to clothe- 

 the bare hillside as quickly as possible. Following is a list of the new varieties added 

 duiing 1900 :— 



