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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



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texture render it quite conspicuous. It also has a very delicate fragrance. In Asters 

 two types, Queen of the Earliest and Queen of the Market, are deserving of special 

 mention. Both of these are very early and desirable. Another point to which we would 

 draw attention is the desirability of growing the single dahlias from seed and treating 

 them as annuals. They are exceptionally easy of propagation and very vigorous 

 growers, and if sown early in April, will be covered with flowers about the middle of 

 July of brilliant colouring and rich texture, their long stems rendering them invalu- 

 able for cutting. 



Annuals sown outside. — As many people do not care to go to the trouble of making 

 a hot-bed, a test was made during the past season to ascertain what varieties of annuals 

 could be successfully grown by sowing them in the open. The result is given below, 

 and shows clearly that a very pretty garden may be had without the necessity of a 

 hot-bed. The seed was sown on April 25, in well prepared beds, in rows varying from 

 twelve to twenty-four inches apart, according to the expected growth of the variety, 

 and thinned out to six inches apart in the row as soon as the seedlings could be 

 handled. Care should be exercised in regard to the distance apart of the rows, in 

 order to avoid overcrowding when the maximum growth has been obtained. 



Name of Variety, 



Remarks. 



Asters Truffauts Pseony Perfection 



n Queen of the Earliest . 



,, ,i Market 



H Imbricated Pompon 



H .Single Large Flowering 



H Pyramidal Bouquet 



.1 Perfection 



H Lilliput 



ii Dwarf Multicolor 



Amarantus Superbus 



Ageratum Mexicanum 



Abronia umbellata 



Brachycome iberidifolia 



Calendula officinalis 



Cosmos Hybrida 



Celosia pyramidalis nana 



Chrysanthemum Coronaviun 



n frutescens 



H carinatum Burridgeanum 



Codetia nana 



■ Helichrysum bracteatum 



Nigella damascena 



Pansy (Beddingr mixture) 



Portulaca Double Large Flowering. . . 



Phlox drummondii grandirlora 



Salpiglossis variabilis 



Gaillardia picta . . . ........ 



ii ii Lorenziana 



Nicotiana affinis 



Flowered well ; made good show. 

 n for long season. 



H ti 



.i well ; made good show. 



Ornamental leaved ; made fine plants. 

 Flowered well. 



n 



n early and well and made fine show. 



i. early and exceptionally well. 



Did not flower. 

 Flowered well. 



ii earl j' and well. 



ii well. 



ii early and well. 



M exceptionally well and made fine show. 



ii somewhat late. 



ii exceptionally well and made very fine show. 



■i well. 



i. exceptionally well and made very fine show. 



well. 



SWEET PEAS. 



A collection of named varieties were sown the past spring with excellent results. 

 A.11 flowered well. The following varieties were considered the most striking : — 



Othello.- — A very large flower, deep crimson in colour. 



Prince Edward of York. — Carmine scarlet, with crimson wings. 



Aurora. — Striped rosy orange on white ; a most attractive variety. 



