REPORT OF MR. AXGVS MACKAY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PAEONIES. 



493 



Of the 33 varieties received from the Central Experimental Farm, and planted in 

 May. 1000, 17 died during- the summer of that year or the winter of 1900-01. 



The following varieties came through the winter in good condition and formed 

 a very attractive bed during the season. Some of the white varieties were very fine. 



Paeonia sinensis, Thorbecki. 



ii M Souvenir de l"Exp. Universelle. 



ii ii Mons. de Villeneuve. 



ii H Albiflora Thorbecki. 



ii ii Officinalis Mutabilis. 



ii ii Professor Morren. 



ii H Festiva Maxima. 



ii ii De Candolle. 



Paeonia sinensis, Mutabilis. 



ii ii rubicunda albo marg. 



ii M rubra plenissima. 



n H Festiva. 



n H Duchess d'Orleans. 



ii ii Ambroise Verschaffelt. 



■ i n Prosper d'Aremberg. 



ii H L'Eclatante. 



HERBACEOUS SPIREAS. 



Twelve varieties were planted in the spring of 1900, but not a single plant lived 

 through the winter. 



OTHER PEREXXIALS. 



A fair proportion of the large list of sundry Perennials received last year from the 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, came through the winter in good condition and bloomed 

 this year. Following is a list of the varieties living at the end of this season : — 



Achillea millefolium rubrum. 



ii Sibirica Blush. 



i. n White. 



•I Ptarmica fl. pi. 



Acorus spurius. 



Asarum Canadense. 



Ajuga reptans atropurpurea. 



H Genevensis. 

 Aster Novise Angliae roseus. 



H ii Newry seedling. 



n ii Top Sawyer. 



n ii W. Bowman. 



•i ii White Queen. 



Asclepias tuberosa. 

 Awtemisia steHarianum. 

 Boltonia latisquama. 



n asteroides. 

 Chelone barbata. 

 Clematis recta. 

 Coreopsis delphinifolia. 

 Centaurea montana alba. 



■■ macrocephala. 

 Campanula Rainerii. 

 Doronicum Clusii. 

 Erigeron macranthus. 

 Funkia lancifolia. 



ii Sieboldiana. 

 Geranium maculatum. 

 Helenium grandiflorum. 

 Heuchera sanguiiifa. 



Hemerocallis Dumortieri. 



ii fulva. 



ii Kwanso fl. pi. 



ii variegata fl. pi. 



n Midendorfii. 



ii disticha fl. pi. 



H graminifolia. 



Helianthus Maximiliana. 

 ii giganteus. 



■I autumn ale. 



Lupinus polyphyllus. 

 Lilium superbum. 

 Lysimachia nummularifolia. 



ii punctata. 



M clethroides. 



Poterium officinale. 

 Pyrethrum uliginosum. 

 Phalaris arundinacea fol. var. 

 Physostegia Virginica alba. 

 Rudbeckia laciniata. 

 Sempervivum Boulicianum. 

 Symphitum asperrimum. 

 Sidalcea Candida. 

 Solidago giganti a. 



ii rigida. 

 Thermopsis fabacea. 



H Caroliniana. 



Veronica spicata. 

 i Virginica. 

 ii elegans carr.ea. 



TREES AXD SHRUBS. 



The trees and shrubs on the Farm have never been in a more healthy and vigorous 

 condition than during the past season. There being no spring winds or frosts to in- 

 jure even the most tender varieties ; all made a rapid and strong growth from the 

 start. Every tree and bush on the Farm was in full leaf on May 24. 



The growth during the season was remarkable in all species and varieties. Maple 

 trees and hedges, willow hedges and elm trees made from 4 to 6 feet, and all new wood 

 was well ripened before winter set in. 



