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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



Variety. 



I Date and Manner of 

 Sowing. 



Ast.t-r — 



Pieony riowered Globe 



Pyramidal Flowered German 



Globe Flowered German 



Quilled German 



Betteridge's Prize 



Imbricated Pompon 



Truffaut's Pseony Flowered Perfection . . . 

 Antirrhinum Majus 



Majus Nanum. •■•••_ 



Brachycome Iberidifolia 



C^ntaurea Imperialis 



Chysanthemum — 



Coronarium Albo, fl. pi 



Fairy Queen 



Carinatum Hybridum Fimbriatum, fi. pi. 



Atrococcineum 



Gaillardia Picta 



Picta Lorenziana 



Helichrysum Monstrosum 



Lobelia, Crystal Palace Compacta 



Petunias — 



Hybrida Grandiflora Fimbriata 



II Nana Compacta 



fl.pl. 



II G randiflora Superbis.sima 



Pansies (five types) 



Phlox— 



Drummondi Grandiflora 



It II Nana Compacta. . 



Rhodanthe Astrosanguinevnn 



Salpiglossis — 



Variabilis Nana 



II Grandiflora 



II Superliissiuia 



Stocks— 



Dwarf German 



Large Flowered Ten Weeks 



II II Pyramidal 



Dwarf Bouquet 



Tagetes Patula Nana 



Verbena Hybrida 



Hybrida Auriculse Flora 



Zinnia Elegans 



Elegans Pumila 



Calliopsis (Mixed varieties) 



Mignonette u 



Portulaca u 



Sweet Pease h 



Hotbeds, April 2. . 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2 . 

 2.. 

 2-. . 



2.. 



2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 2.. 

 .1 Mars 29. 



April 



Outside. 



2.. 

 2.. 

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2.. 



2.. 

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2.. 

 2.. 

 2., 



5.. 

 5. . 

 5.. 

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 5.. 

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5 

 May 10. 

 1. 



II 20. 

 April 20. 



Flowering Period. 



July 25 1 o frost. 



„ 25 



I, 25 



„ 25 u 



M 25 



„ 25 



• ,. 25 



II 8 II 



II O II 



June 10 11 

 I, 25 II 



July 1 It 

 I, 1 

 II 1 II 



II 1 



II 5 II 

 II 5 II 

 I, 10 

 June 25 h 



July 12 



II 12 



It \2i II 



I, 12 

 June 20 to snow. 



II 20 to frost. 

 ,1 20 

 Did not transplant welU 



June 20 to frost. 

 II 20 I, 

 II 20 I, 



July 1 „ » 



,. 1 



I. 1 



ti 1 II 

 June 10 II 

 July 1 II 



II 1 



M 1 It 



II 1 

 June 20 



I, 20 I, 

 July 30 



II 1 It 



The work of transplanting commenced on April 11, and was completed on April 

 30. Some seed of Zinnias and Verbenas saved from plants grown on the farm the 

 previous year, was sown for comparison with imported seed. The germination in 

 both cases was in favour of the home-grown seed, while the resulting flowers showed 

 no deterioration from their originals. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



This useful class of plants continues to attract the attention of visitors, and 

 numerous applications for plants and seeds are received at the farm, showing that 

 the farmers of Manitoba are fast recognizing the value of these permanent flowers as 

 a means of home adornment easily within their reach. In last year's report, a list of 

 some of the best varieties which have been fully tested here was given, to which the 

 following may be added : — 



