DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



657 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



In the old perennial beds a succession of bloom was maintained from the bloom of 

 the iris in May, until the frosts of October destroyed the giant daisies, perennial phlox, 

 etc. The following lists of hardy perennials is here appended with time of full bloom- 

 ing : — 



Variety. 



Date of Full 

 Bloom. 



Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica) 



German Iris (Iris germanica) 



Columbine (Aquilegia) 



Day Lily {Hemerocallis) 



Pinks (Dianthus) 



Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) 



Paeony (Paeonia) 



Sweet William (Dianthus barbatns^i 



Horsn Mint [Monarda piinctal-i) 



Perennial Larkspur [Delphinium) 



Campion (Lychnis chalcedonica) 



Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculatn) 



Bellflower (Campanula Raineri) 



Giant Daisy (Chrysanthermim uliginosum) 



June 



June 



June 



June 



June 



June 



June 



June 



July 



July 



July 



Aug. 



Aug. 15 



Sept.l5 



U 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 18 

 18 

 22 

 30 

 12 

 17 

 20 

 1 



FLOWERIXG BULBS. 



The usual supply of flowering bulbs was received in the autumn of 1912. The 

 daffodils, scillas, etc., and a few of the tulips were potted and kept in the basement for 

 use in the house during the winter. The following is a list of a number of these var- 

 ieties, and time of blooming: — 



Brought 

 up from 

 basement. 



Narcissi or Daffodils- 



Bloomed. 



Golden Spur 



Barri Conspicuus . 



Sir Watkin 



Cynosure 



Princeps 



Empress 



Poeticus Ornatus. 



Scilla. — 



Scilla sibirica. 

 Chionodoxa — 



Luciliae. . 

 Gigantea. 



iFeb. 9. 



.Jan. 15.. Feb. 14. 



Feb. 4.. Feb. 18. 



" 6.. " 2.3. 



Mar. 7.. Mar. 17. 



" 7.. " 22. 



Apr. 2. . Apr. 14. 



Mar. 4. 



Feb. 18.. 

 " 24.. 



Mar. 10. 



Feb. 2.3. 

 Mar. 8. 



Brandon. 



