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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TREES BROUGHT FROM FRANCE— Concluded. 



TREES, ETC., SENT FROM OTTAWA. 



Some further material for planting was also taken from Ottawa. This included 

 1,000 cuttings of Salix longifolia, a willow with creeping roots, which grOws luxuri- 

 antly on the banks of the Saskatchewan river at the Experimental Farm at Brandon. 

 This willow promises to be a good soil binder. As supplementary to the supply of 

 fruits, there were also the following: — 



101 Currant bushes, red, white and black, in 23 varieties. 



28 Gooseberries, in 5 varieties. 



39 Raspberries, in 3 varieties. 

 254 Strawberries, in 12 varieties. 



23 Dwarf June berry. 



19 Sand Cherry. 



13 Beach plums. 



75 Pyrus baccata. 



48 Pyrus prunifolia, 



Also 6 Eleagnus argentea (Wolf willow), a small collection of rhubarb roots, a number 

 of varieties of perennial flowering plants, and an assortment of seeds of trees, shrubs 

 and plants of the hardiest sorts. 

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