REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 105 



StbblUINAL KAPtK IMO. ID 



Sender. Donation. 



Brill, Fr. Hempstead, N.Y., U.S Cabbage Seed, Volga, New Flat and others. 



lirown, John, West Lochaber, N.b ^ucatoes Seeming, 2$ varieties. 



Buchanan Murseries, St. Charles, i-e.:i i\orway Poplars. 



Criddle, N. Treesbank, Man ±5ulb9 Lilium andinuni. 



Crow, Prof. J. W., Guelph, Ont Scions Wood ho use Seedling Apple. 



uode, L. A., Paris, trance Willow cuttings, Maple seed. 



nu'juc, Azarias, Richelieu, Que Potatoes grown by sender ior 33 years, look 



J like Peacublow. 



Uunlop, J., Union Hall, Ont ." Scions Dudley, Seedling of Duchess, Early 



! Green Seedling Apples. 



Ewing & Co., Montreal Seed Duplessis Large Red Wethersfield and 



Duplessis Danvei'a Onions. 



Flower City Plant Co., Rochester, N.Y., U.S. . Walkers' Excelsior Plant Food. 



Fowler, L". U., Bedeque, Que Potatoes which took first prize, P.E.I, fair 



Frier, Mrs. M. D., FrankLin Centre, Que.. ..Potato seedling. 



roller, Mr., Aylmer, Que Apple scions. 



Hainge, H. F., Bangor, Sask Potatoes, Up-to-date. 



Hall, Rev. Geo., Quorn, Australia Seed, Glory Pea. 



Hewitt, Mrs. Annie G., Toronto Seeds from New South Wales. 



Hitchcock, G. R., Massawippi, Que Strawberry plants. 



Hodges, Mrs. Flora E., Skidegate, B.C Potatoes. 



Keyes, P. G., Ottawa, Out .Scions Apple, Oakland County, Seek-no-fur- 



' ther. 



Leonard, E. K., Paradise, N.S Scions Rtd Seedling Apple. 



Laidlaw, Thos., Rothbury, Sask Potatoes, Scotland's Pride. 



Lilley, Miss Mary, Dollar, Ont Potatoes, Seedling Early Thorburn. 



Limlaw, David E., Nutt's Corners, Que Seed Illinois Purple Tomato. 



Lindsay, Jas., Oxford Mills, Ont Potatoes. 



Mackinnon, W.A., Birmingham, Eng Seed Choux Moellier Cabbage. 



Marrison, R. A., Cataraqui, Ont Scions Kingston Sugar Plum. 



Morse & Co., San Francisco, U.S Red Wethersfield and Yellow Globa Danvers 



Onions. 



Murphy, Jas. E., Augustine Cove, P.E.I Potato, Mclntyre. 



McKay", John, Creemore, Ont Scions Eureka Seedling Apple. 



Mcintosh, H. A., Dundela, Ont Scions apple thought to be a cross between 



Mcintosh and Salome. 



Newman, C. P., Lachine Locks, Que 25 Plants King Raspberry. 



O'Brien, H. T., Noel, N.S Potatoes, Prince Albert. 



Ogilvie. Win., North Georgetown, Que Cuttings Sweetwater Grape. 



Peart, Edwin, Nelson, Ont Scions Homestead Apple. 



Pieters, A. J., Hollister, Cal., U.S Seed Wethersfield, Yellow Globe Danvers 



Onions. 



Oueviemont, Geo. W., Torranc<\ Ont Potato Seeding. 



Strubler, Phil.. Napierville, 111 Three Seedling Currant bushes. 



Stephens, N. J., Bracebridge. Ont Burpee's Rvtra Early Potatoes. 



Tavlor, F. S., White's Cove* N.B Scions Seedling Apple. 



Tavlor. Wm A., Dept. Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D.C.. U.S Scions P-cVskin (^6555). Marti^ (4F55^ AHe=. 



Todd! W. H., Ingersoll, Ont Potato Seedling, Seed of Todd's selected Let- 

 tuce. 



Weightman & Son. Awahuri, New Zealand. 

 nor F. W. God«al, Cowley, Alta Roof of seedless Rhubarb. 



Wilson, A. E., Clarence, Ont Native pinms. 2 jars of preserved. Scions of 



Nativ« Plums. 



Wooton, F. H., Wellman's Corners, Ont Scions Crown Apple. 



ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN. 



The Arboretum and Botanic Garden of the Central Experimental Farm, of which 

 the writer has had charge since 1895 and of which he has been curator since 1898, was 

 transferred on January 1, 1911, to Air. H. T. Giissow, Dominion Botanist. It seems, 

 therefore, a fitting time to review the history of this part of the Central Experimental 

 Farm and the work which has been done in connection with it. 



When the Dominion Experimental Farms were organized in 18S6, sixty-five acres 

 were selected for the Arboretum and Botanic Garden on the east side of the Farm. 

 The site chosen was a good one, as most of the land is high and a fine view is obtained 

 of the city of Ottawa on the north and east, while to the south there is a pleasing view 

 across country with glimpses of the Eideau River in the distance. The Arboretum is 



