740 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 OENAMENTAL PLANTS. 



Trees and Shrubs. — ]\[aiiy species and varieties of ornamental trees, shrubs, and 

 herbaceous plants are under test. Caraganas, lilacs, bush honeysuckles, and spiraeas 

 are among the shrubs which bloom well. The varieties of the common lilac began 

 to bloom on June 7, in 1913. Syringa villosa on June 20 and the Japanese lilac on 

 June 30. Following is a statement of the condition of those tested with a few other 

 notes in regard to them : — 



Two Acer iataricum Ginnala are doing well. 2 Acer saccharinum (dasycarpum) ; 

 strong growth. 4 Ater Negundo, very good; these four are fully 11 feet high. 2 Acer 

 tataricum doing well. 2 Acer pictum doing very well. 2 Picea Excelsa Remoniii, 

 very good. 2 Amelanchier vulgaris, very good; in bloom June 10, 1913. 1 Betula alha 

 laciniata doing fine. 2 Berheris Thuniergii doing very well; in bloom June 12,' 1913. 

 2 Berheris sinensis doing well; in bloom June 12. 1 Clematis montana doing very well. 

 2 Caragana arhorescens; these two are doing very well; in bloom June 9, 1913. 2 

 Caragana grandiflora doing well, are quite large; in bloom June 7, 1913. 2 Caragana 

 frutescens doing very finely; in bloom June 9. 1 Caragana pygmaea doing only fairly 

 well, growth is slow; in bloom June 11, 1913. 2 Cotoneaster tomentosa; these are doing 

 very well indeed; in bloom June 19, 1913. 1 Crataeagus Arnoldiana doing well. 2 

 Celtis occidentalis doing well. 2 Crataeagus Carrieri doing very well. 1 Ceanothus 

 americanus doing finely. 1 Lonicera alpina, very good. 2 Lonicera Mundeniensis doing 

 very well; in bloom June 4, 1913. 1 Lonicera Fenzlei doing very nicely; in bloom June 

 10. 2 Lonicera tatarica virginalis alha; these are very good. 1 Diervilla lutea doing 

 well. 2 Euonymus linearis doing finely; in blooin June 16, 1913. 6 Euonymus 

 europaeus ovatus doing well; in bloom June 9; Hydranagea paniculata grandiflora 

 doing very well. 1 Ligustrum am-urenses; very fine. 2 Fraxinus pennsylvanica 

 lanceolata (green ash), just fairly well. 1 Populus angustifolia, medium only. Lycium 

 europaeum have all died. 1 PhiladelpJius Lemoinei, Mont Blanc, doing very well. 1 

 Pseudotsuga Douglasii, Douglas fir; very fine. Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine); very 

 good. 1 Spirce Billardii; very good; in bloom June 13, 1913; 1 Picea pungens (Blue 

 spruce) doing very poorly. 2 Pinus Strohus (White pine) ; just medium. 2 Quercus 

 rubra (Eed oak) doing well. 2 Quercus palustris doing very well; in bloom June 16. 

 Rhamnus Frangula have all died ; I took the last one out this spring. 2 Bihes aureum 

 (yellow-flowering currant) ; were killed down by the winter frost, but are sprouting again 

 from the roots. 2 Betinospora pisifera; has done finely. 18 Spircea sorhifolia; all 

 of these are doing very well; all in bloom July 2, 1913. Eleagnus angustifolia 

 (Russian olive) ; these have all died, they could not stand our winter. G Betula alha 

 (White birch); only medium; these were killed back considerably by the winter frost 

 but are doing fairly well now. 1 Syringa amurensis has done finely. 2 Syringa 

 japonica (tree lilac) ; these two are quite large trees now ; the winter does not hurt 

 them whatever; they were in bloom June 30, 1913. 1 Syringa vulgaris, Madame 

 Casimir Perier (lilac), doing very well; in bloom June 18, 1913. 1 Syringa vulgaris, 

 Chas. Joly (lilac) doing very well; in bloom June 14, 1913. 1 Syringa vulgaris, 

 Charles X (lilac); this one. is very fine and large, has done very well; was in bloom 

 June 10, 1913. 1 Syringa vulgaris, Michel Buchner (lilac); doing well; in bloom 

 June 15, 1913. 2 Syringa vulgaris, Emile Lemoine (lilac), doing quite finely; in bloom 

 June 7, 1913. 1 Syringa vulgaris, Jacques Calot (lilac), doing finely; in bloom June 

 18, 1913. 2 Syringa vulgaris, Mme. Abel Chatenay (lilac) ; these two are very good 

 and have done well; were in bloom June 14, 1913. 1 Syringa vulgaris, Congo (lilac); 

 has done very well; in bloom June 10, 1913. 1 lilac with no label; this one is doing 

 very well and was in bloom June 10. 6 Syringa villosa, these six have done very 

 well and are now quite large; all were in bloom June 20, 1913. 1 Spira:a arguta; this 

 one" is only medium, was killed back but is coming on now and is looking fine; will not 



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