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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 19U 



Flower Garden. — Test of Varieties. 

 Sown in open garden from May 20 to May 21. 



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1 

 2 

 3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



2; 



>r 



28 

 29 



Variety . 



Helichrysum 



Portulaca 



Gaillardia 



Mignonette 



Clarkia 



Phlox Drutnmondi 



Godetia 



Salpiglossis 



Scabiosa 



Brachycome 



Coreopsis 



Stocks 



Abronia umbellata 



California Poppy 



Japan Poppy Double Mixed. 



Shirley Poppy 



White Swan Poppy 



Double Annual Poppy 



Ageraturn 



Sem pie's Branching Aster. . 



Sweet Peas, 6 varieties 



Candytuft, Empress White . 



Dianthus or Pinks 



Single Poppy 



Primula ... 



Delphinium 



Centaurea or Dusty Miller. . 



Nasturtium, tall , 



ti dwarf 



When in 

 Bloom. 



July 

 August 



August 8 

 19 

 24 

 15 



3 

 20 



9 



14 

 27 



1 



30 

 12 

 31 

 18 



6 

 25 

 13 

 18 

 27 



7 

 26 

 19 



8 

 11 

 24 

 30 



9 



1 



1 



July 

 June 

 July 

 June 

 July 



August 

 July 

 June 

 July 



June 

 August 



Remarks 



Double, very good. 



Mixed colours, large and fine. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Lirge and very gjod. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Very good. 



ti 

 Large. 

 Good. 



ti 

 Very good. 

 Good. 



ii 

 Very good. 

 Good. 



Very good, colour pink. 

 Many colours, very good. 

 Large and good. 

 Good . 

 Very good. 

 Very large and pink. 

 Very good. 

 Good. 

 Very good. 



All in bloom until the frost, September 23. 



Sown in hotbed, April 20 to 25; planted in open, May IS to 22. 



Antirrhinum 



Asters, 4 varieties 



1 Brachycome 



Stocks 



Balsam 



j Zinnia, dwarf, scarlet 



j Pansies, 8 varieties . . . . . . 



j Verbena, Mammoth White 



| Phlox mixed 



1 Lavatera, Rosea Spier. dens. 

 ' Chrysanthemum, Eclipse . 

 jCelosia 



Marigold, dwarf , 



! Alvssum 



July 



29 



29 



25 



20 



19 



12 



5 



10 



22 



30 



5 



August 1 



July 1 



June 6 



June 

 July 



ii 



ii 

 June 

 July 



Good, many colours. 



Good . 



Very brilliant. 



These could not be better. 



Very good. 



Good. 



The finest ever produced 



Could not be better. 



Very good. 



Good. 



ii 

 Very good. 



hero. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS UNDER TEST. 



2 Acer tataricum Ginnala (Ginnalian maple), doing well. 



2. Acer saccharinum (dasycarpum), (Silver maple), doing well. 



4 Acer Negundo (Box elder or Manitoba maple), doing well. 



