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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



ANKUALS. 



Notes were taken on the flowers as in all the experimental work, and the following 

 list of varieties with a part of the data secured^ is here appended: — 



Variety. 



Aster (33 varieties) 



Antirrhinum (13 varieties) 



Alonsoa (2 varieties) 



Balsam (mixed) 



Brachycome iberidifolia 



Clarkia elegans 



Celosia cristata {Cockscomb) . 



Candytuft (2 varieties). 

 Coreopsis (6 varieties) . , 



Dimorphotheca (Orange 



daisy) 



Dianthus 



Gaillardia (annual) 



Godetia (2 varieties) .... 

 Kochia (Summer Cypress) 

 Larkspur (Annual) 3 types 



Linaria (2 varieties) 



Lobelia (2 varieties) .... 



Marvel of Peru 



Malope (2 varieties) 



Marigold (2 varieties)... 

 Nemesia (5 varieties) . . . 

 Nigella (Miss JekyU) . . . 

 Nasturtiums (12 varieties) 



Phlox Drummondii (7 var- 

 ieties) 



Pansies (3 varieties) 



Petunia (3 varieties) 



Portulaca 



Salvia 



Sweet Sultan (3 varieties). 



Stocks (10 week)- 12 var- 

 ieties _. . . 



Salpiglossis (6 varieties)... 



Scabiosa (6 varieties) .... 



Sweet Peas (102 varieties) 



Verbena (7 varieties) 



Where 

 sown. 



Hotbed. 



4' 



Outside. . 



Hotbed 



Viola (4 varieties) . 



Outside. 

 Hotbed 



Date 

 sown. 



Date 

 Trans- 

 planted. 



.\pril 12. . June 

 " 11.. I " 



12.. 

 12.. 

 12.. 

 12.. 

 12.. 



12. 

 12. 



" 12. 



.\pril 15. 



" 15. 



" 15. 



April 15. 



" 16. 



" 16. 



" 15. 



" 16. 



" IG. 



" 16. 



" 15. 



" 10. 



May 22. 



April 15. 



" 15. 



" 15. 



" 16. 



" 16. 



" 16. 



" 15. 



" 15. 



" 15 



" 22. 



" 15. 



" 15. 



5. 

 5. 



4. 

 4. 

 4. 

 4. 

 4. 



4.. 

 4.. 



5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 

 5. 



5.. 

 5.. 

 5.. 

 5. . 

 5.. 

 5.. 



5. . 

 5.. 

 5.. 



Height of Plant. 



1-3 in. to 2 ft. 4 in. 

 9 in. to 2 ft. 8 in. 



2 ft. 5 in 



14 in. 



16 in. 



9 in. 



14 in. 

 1 in. 



10 in. to 3 ft.. 



14 in. 



2ft 



5 in. to 13 in 



2 ft. 6 in 



2 ft. 4 in. to 3 ft. 



14 in. to 18 in 



4^ in. and 5 in . . . 



3 ft. 2 in 



2 ft. and 3 ft 



1ft. and 2 ft 



9 in. to 11 in 



15 in 



Flowering Period. 



9 in. to 2 ft 



6 in. to 8 in 



14 in. to 19 in 



8 in 



20 in 



16 in. to 3 ft. 2 in. 



6. 

 6. 



14 in. to 16 in 



3 in. to 3 ft. 3 in. 



2 in. to 10 in.. . . 



18 in. to 4 ft 



12 in. to 18 in 



9 in. to 12 in. 



July 22 to Oct. 7. 



" 16 until frost Sept. 



22). 

 May 5 to Sept. 10. 

 Froze off June 5. 

 June 28 to Sept. 13. 



" 23 to Aug. 16. 

 July 17, Froze Sept. 21. 



Slightly injured by 



frost Sept. 16. 

 June 16 to Sept. 16. 

 " 28 to frost, (Sept. 



21. 



June 23 to Aug. 30. 

 July 17 to frost Sept. 22. 



" 8 to frost (Sept.22) 



" 1 to Aug. 19. 

 Ornamental leaved. 

 July 19; dug up Oct. 7. 

 June 15 to Sept. 22. 

 July 1 to Sept. 22. 



" 28 to frost, Sept. 21. 



" 17 to Sept. 22. 

 June 16 to Sept. 22. 



" 28 to frost (Sept.22) 

 July 26 to Aug. 15. 

 Full bloom Aug. 8. 



Froze Sept. 21. 



June 23; dug up Oct. 7. . 



" 23; dug up Oct. 7. 



" 28 to Sept. 30 

 July 1 to Sept. 21. 



" 28 to Sept. 20. 



" 3 to Sept. 21. 



" 1; dug up Sept. 22 

 "July 2 to frost Sept.22 



July 28 to Sept, 13. 

 " 4 until dug up Oct 

 " 17 until dug up Oct. 

 7. 



June 23, until dug upOct. 



Br.\ndon. 



