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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEOKGE V., A. 1914 



Malakoff, Black Mexican, 



Fordkook Early, Stowell's Evergreen, 



Golden Bantam, Country Gentleman, 



Early Evergreen, Henderson's Metropolitan. 



CELERY. 



The celery was planted in flats in the hotbeds on the 4th April, and after being 

 pricked out was allowed to harden off in cold frames, until the 30th May, when it 

 was planted out in the open. 



Trenches were dug about fourteen inches deep and six feet apart. In the bottom 

 of each trench three to four inches of manure was put, and then covered with loose 

 earth to the thickness of two inches, and into this we set the plants, one hundred in 

 each row. 



Notwithstanding the wet season there was a very good percentage of edible 

 beads in the fall. 



The following is the percentage of the different varieties: — 



Per Cent. 



Paris Golden Yellow \ . '95 



Giant Pascal 70 



Kose Ribbed Paris 70 



French Success 60 



Nolls Magnificent 75 



Evans Triumph 90 



FLOWERS. 



Both annuals and perennials gave very prolific bloom in 1912-. The following are 

 the annuals which do well with us: — 



Asters, 



Abronia, 



Ageratum, 



Brachycome, 



Balsam, 



Candytuft, 



Clarkia, 



Celosia, 



Coreopsis, 



Dianthus, 



Gaillardia, 

 Larkspur. 

 Mignonette, 

 Nemesia, 

 Nicotiana, 



Papaver, 

 Petunia, 

 Phlox, 

 Portulaca 



Poppy, 



Stocks, 



Nasturtiums. 



Zinnia, 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



No additions have been made to the arboretum during the year. The trees and 

 shrubs are a source of great interest to the visitors to the Farm. There has been 

 satisfactory growth and no serious ravages from insects or other pests. The shrubs 

 have, as usual, produced a wealth of bJoom. Those worthy of special mention are: 

 Tartarian honeysuckle, Caragana frutesceus, common lilac, Japanese lilac, Josika's 

 lilac and Spirasa Van Houttei. 



