DIVISIOX OF FORAGE PLANTS 889 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



In order to obtain such material at the least expense, arrangements have been 

 made with the Botanic Garden, Lund, Sweden, to secure, through exchange, a repre- 

 Hentative and complete collection of grasses and sedges from Sweden, Norway, Finland. 

 and Denmark.. In accordance with this arrangement, a collection of duplicate plants, 

 ji umbering about one thousand sheets and representing over three hundred Canadian 

 species have been sent for exchange, and the receipt duly acknowledged. 



BROOM CORN. 



Three varieties of Broom corn were u-ed for experiments endeavouring to prove 

 the influence of early and of late sowing on the yield and the quality of the brush. 

 The results of this experiment indicate that early seeding is distinctly preferable to 

 late, and that even a week's difference in seeding will affect the yields considerably. 

 As far as our experience goes. Broom corn should be sown about the same time as 

 Indian corn. 



Ottawa. 



