DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



641 



SESSIONAL PAPER No- 16 



FLOWERS. 



VARIETY TESTS. 



Over six hundred varieties of perennials, annuals, and bulbs were soAvn or planted 

 in 1913. There was bloom from the middle of April, when the crocuses came our, until 

 the hard frosts of November, when sweet peas were still exhibiting their fine colours. 



The following list gives details about annuals : — 



in 



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. a 

 o > 



Name. 



Botanical. 



Common. 



Everlasting flower. 

 Mask flower 



Sweet alyssum 



Winged everlasting 



Snapdragon 



Balsam 



Swan River daisy. . . . 



Cockscomb 



Sweet sultan 



Japanese chrysanthe- 

 mum 



Clarkia 



Tickseed 



China Aster 



Cosmos 



Acrocliniu7n 



Alonsoa 



Alyssum marilimum 



compactum 



Ammobium alatum 



Antirrhinum 



Balsamina im.patiens. . . 

 Brachycome iberidifolia . . . 



Celosia 



Centaur ea moschata 



Chrysanthemum indicum . 



Clarkia elegans 



Coreopsis 



Callistephus hortensis.. . . 



Cosmos 



Delphinium consolida 

 candelabra 



Dianthus chinensis 



" superbus 



Dimorphotheca aurantiaca 



Eschscholtzia californica 



Gaillardia 



Godetia compacta 



Gomphrena 



" globosa 



Helichrysum 



Iheris umbellata 



Lathy rus odoratus 



Linaria Maroccana 



Lobelia Erinus 



Lupinus 



Malope grandiflora 



Mathiola annua grandi- 

 flora 



Mirabilis Jalapa 



Nemesia grandiflora .... 



Nigella 



Papaier glaucum 



" Rhoeas 



" somniferum 



Petunia hybrida. 



Phlox Drurnmondii 



Portulaca grandiflora 



Reseda odorata Mignonette 



Rhodanthe maculata Rhodanthe 



Salpiglossis variabilis 

 grandiflora Painted tube tongue 



Salvia Sage 



Scabiosa atropurpurea 

 grandiflora 



Tagetes erecta 



" patula 



Tropaeolum majus . . . 

 " minus. . . 



Verbena 



Viola tricolor 



Zinnia elegans 



Stock-flowed larkspur 



China pink 



French pink 



Cape mangold 



California poppy 



Blanket flower. 



Godetia 



Bachelor's button 



Globe amaranth. 



Everlasting flower 



Candytuft 



Sweet peas 



Toad flax 



Lobelia 



Lupine 



Malope 



Sown. 



Under 

 Glass. 



Apr. 4. . 

 Mar. 25, 



Apr. 

 Mar. 



11. 



24. 

 28. 



Mar. 20. 



Mar. 2o. 

 " 25. 

 Apr. 11. 

 Mar. 28 . 

 May 21. 



Mar. 20. 

 " 29. 



Out- 

 side. 



May 21, 



May 21 

 May 21, 



Trans- 

 planted 



May 



May 7. . 



" 7.. 



Apr. 14. 



May 5, 



May 5. 



May 21 



Mar. 25 

 Mar 



May 21 



" 5., 



Apr. 



25 

 25. 

 19. 



Mar. 20. 



May 5 



May 5. . 



" 5.. 



May 21. 



Ten-week stock. 

 Marvel of Peru.. 



Nemesia 



Love-in-a-mist. . 



Tulip poppy 



Shirly poppy . . . 

 Opium poppy. . . 



Petunia 



Phlox 



Portulaca. 



Pincushion flower 



.\frican marigold. . . . 



French marigold 



Climbing nasturtium 

 Dwarf nasturtium. . . 



Verbena 



Pansy 



Youth-and-Old-Age. . 



Mar. 29. 

 Apr 11. 

 Mar. 25. 



Mar. 



20. 

 25. 

 20. 



Mc 



,28. 

 26. 



•Vpr. 5, 



May 5. 

 " 5.. 



May 21 . 

 " 6.. 



May 5. 

 " 21 

 " 21. 



Planted 



June 21. 

 " 20 



June 21. 

 " 7.. 

 " 12.. 



June 12. 



June 25. 



June 25, 

 " 9.. 

 " 25.. 



May 21 

 Did not 

 Mav 20 



May 5 



May 5 

 " 5.. 

 " 5.. 

 " 5.. 



May 21 , 

 " 5.. 



' 22 

 ' 22 



Mar. 20. 

 ' 20. 



Apr. 8. 



May 15. 

 • 5.. 

 ' 21.. 



June 4. 

 " 4. 



June 25 . 



In Bloom. 



From 



July 4.. 

 Aug. 1 . . 



July 14., 

 " 5.. 



" 12.. 

 " 4.. 

 " 20.. 

 " 21.. 

 Aug. 7.. 



To 



Sept. 15 



" 14.. 



" 30 



" 30 



" 15 



" 14 



" 30 



" 30 



" 30 



Did not bloom. 

 July 21. 1 Sept. 14 



1. 



" 12..! 



Aug. 11 j 



1 



" 10,. 

 July 21. 



" 21.. 



" 24.. 



" 4.. 



rVug. 1 . . 



germ in ate 

 June 25. 



June 9. 



June 24. 

 ' 25.. 

 ' 25.. 



Aug. 

 July 



May 5, 

 " 7. 

 " 5. 



Did not 



Apr. 27. 

 May 5. 



" 20,. 

 " 21.. 

 " 25. 



May 13. 

 ' 5.. 

 ' 15.. 



June 7. 

 ' 7. 

 • 7. 



germin 



June 16. 

 ' 20.. 



July 

 June 



o. 

 12. 

 12. 

 16. 

 16. 



4. 



4. 

 25. 



15. 

 9.. 

 9.. 



14 



June 23. 

 July 12 

 A.ug. 15, 



July 14 

 July 4, 



" 1,, 

 Aug. 20. 

 July 21 



" 21 



" 27^; 



June 18. 



" 26.. 



" 23.. 

 July 14. 

 ate. 



July 14. 

 Aug. 1.. 



" 10.. 

 July 14. 



" 4.. 



" 14.. 



" 7.. 



" 12.. 

 June 26. 

 July 12. 



14 

 23 

 30 



30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 2 

 23 

 23 



Sept. 



30 



30 



Sept. 



30 

 30 

 30 



30 



30 



30 



14 



14 



2 



2 



2 



15 



15 



14 



30 



Sept. 



15 

 15 



15 

 14 

 14 

 15 

 14 

 30 



Sept. 30 



Cap Rouge. 



