DITlslOy OF HORTICULTURE 



707 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CROSS-BRKD APPLES (Irrigated). — Test of varieties. 



Variety. 



Date of 



first 

 pifking. 



Totnl 

 yield. 



Tony Sept. 11 . . 



Magnus Aug. 29. . 



Jewel •. Sept. 3 . . 



Robin I " 3 . . 



Lb. 



87 

 52 

 46 

 40 



OENAMENTAL GARDENING. 



The number of fiowo-rs, including bushes, herbaceous perennials, and annuals that 

 there is on our prairies is large, considering the short season and capricious climate. 

 The first to bloom in the spring are the tulips and similar hardy species. These bulbs 

 are set out in the fall, and quite heavily mulched with manure. Our bulbs made a 

 particularly fine showing this year. Following these icame a number of herbaceous 

 perennials; th^ irises and paeonies did particvdarly well. 



Among the annuals, the sweet peas, as usual, were perhaps the most satisfactory. 

 The pansies, pinks, stocks, petunias, verbenas, phlox Drummondii, and a number of 

 others made a brave showing. Most of these, however, were started in hotbeds and 

 bedded out in early June. 



Among the flowers, the roses attracted perhaps more favourable comment than 

 anything else, on account of their being- less common. These were pruned back in the 

 previous fall to about a foot to fourteen inches from the ground, and were then covered 

 with earth. Among the varieties that bloomed were the following: Margaret Dickson, 

 John Hopper, Paul Neyron, Mrs. J. Laing, Fravi Karl Druschki, Magna Cliarta, Mrs. 

 R. G. Sharman Crawford, Persian Yellow, Caroline Testout, Captain Hayward, and 

 Sir Thomas Lipton. 



Some of the shrubs that bloomed freely are the following: Lonicera tatarica 

 grandiflora, L. Fenzlei, L. flava, Spircea arguta, 8. sorhifolia, S. japonica, S. Van 

 Houttei, Syringa villosa. Some of the other lilacs that did very well are: Charles X, 

 Madam Abel Chatenay, and Alha grandiflora. We also had a number of blooms on 

 the following shrubs: Rihes aureum, Lycium eitropaenm. Clematis integrifolia, Cytisus 

 hirsutus, Caragana grandiflora, C. frxitescens, C. ahorescens, Euonymus linearis, 

 Philadelphus coronarius, Rosa rugosa/ R. lutea, R. spinosissima. 



TREES FOR WINDBREAKS. 



The question of getting a windbreak started around the buildings and garden 

 is one that is of interest to most farmers, and of still greater interest to their wives. 

 The trees that have been used most extensively at the Station and the ones that seem 

 to be the most satisfactory are the native cottonwood and the sharp-leaved, laurel- 

 leaved, and golden willow. The last one is perhaps not quite so hardy as the two 

 former, but grows a trifle faster. The caragana does not grow so tall, but is absolutely 

 hardy, and is ornamental. There are also a number of hardy Russian poplars that 

 could be mentioned. 



There are just two essentials to the successful growing of trees under our con- 

 ditions; the land should be deeply ploughed and summer-fallowed the year previous, 

 and after the trees are set out they should be kept cultivated carefully all summer. 

 Trees cannot be successfully grown among grass and weeds. 



Lethbridge. 



