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Convolvulus Minor. — Sown May 22nd. Made a very showy bed. Eloomed all 

 season. 



Portulacca. — Sown May 22nd. Good show till first frost. 



Carnation. — Sown in hot bed and transplanted. Flowered well and plants are in 

 good shape for winter. 



Perennials. 



Sweet William. — Stood winter well and made good show. 



Larkspur. — Did well. Flowered all season. 



Columbine. — Made good show and'is quite hardy. 



Tulips. — Did well. In bloom early in June. 



Feony. — Hardy. Had some fine flowers this season. 



Roses. — Only one plant (M. P. Wilder) lived through the winter, but it had 

 some fine roses on during summer. 



English Hollyhock. — Sowed seed in hot bed and transplanted into sheltered 

 places. Plants in good shape for next season. 



Hyacinthus Candicans. — Planted two bulbs in garden which made flower spikes 

 three feet high. 



Yellow Flax. — Stood winter well and made good show this season. 



Lupins. — Sowed in hot bed and transplanted in garden. Plants look strong 

 and health}'. 



Lilium Thunbergianum. — Stood winter well and had some very fine flowers on 

 this season. 



Fruit Trees. 



Apple Trees. — Seven varieties of apple trees were planted in spring of 1892. 

 Last spring every tree was dead. The varieties were Hare Pipka, Blushed Calville, 

 Bodi, Eed Easpberry, Little Hat, Sugar Sweet, and Saccharine, and as they were 

 planted in a sheltered spot, hopes were entertained that better success might follow 

 with them than with preceding trials, but the result was even worse, as not a live 

 root was left. 



The lonely Red Siberian Crab that has weathered four winters, and last year had 

 a few blossoms on, succumbed this spring, and is now numbered with many others 

 of its kind gone before. 



Three varieties of Russian Dwarf apple trees, planted in 1889, made a good 

 growth the past season. In previous years these trees were cut back repeatedly, 

 but escaped last winter and are promising. 



Last spring 27 varieties of apple trees were planted, consisting of 188 trees. 

 Part of these were set out in a grove of young Manitoba maple trees or box elder, 

 where ample shelter will be afforded them. Every tree is living at this date. 



Several trees also of Transcendant crab were planted last spring. 



Plums. — Four sorts were planted, consisting of Orleans Blue, Montmorency, 

 Imperial Blue and 100 seedlings of the wild plum. All are alive and have made 

 good growth. 



In 1890 one variety of plum was received from Prof. Budd, Iowa. This variety 

 Early Red has been cut back each winter excepting the past one, when the three 

 trees have made a good growth and look promising. 



Cherries. — In the spring of 1889, three trees of Blackhill Cherry were received 

 from Prof. Budd, of Ames, Iowa. These have repeatedly been cut back until the 

 past season, when, I have pleasure in reporting they bore fruit. This variety is I 

 believe a native of the Western States but produces a large fruit ; much larger 

 than our native cherry, and the flavour being fairly good, it will be an acquisition 

 to our list. 



In spring of 1892, three varieties Lutovka, Yladimir and Bessarabian were 

 planted. All were dead this spring. 



Three varieties. Old French and Montmorency Cherries and a dwarf variety 

 " Prunus Pumila " were planted the past spring. 



