670 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Narcissi. 

 Trumpet Section— Colour. Fuller Description. 



Madame de Graaf Whi.te fenantn pure white, trumpet nearly white. 



Empress Bicolor " - " " " rich yellow. 



Victoria " Perianth creamy white, trumpet rich yellow. 



Golden Spur Yellow The earliest variety for forcing. 



Princeps " Trumpet a deeper yellow. 



Emperor " Perianth yellow with trumpet a deeper yellow. 



Other Types — 



Posticus ornatus White White perianth margined with scarlet. 



Glory *' White perianth eye margined with scarlet, 



larger flowers. 



Barri conspicuous Bicolor Yellow perianth, ^ort cup edged with orange 



and scarlet. 



Seagull " White perianth, yellow cup. 



Sir Watkin " Perianth primrose, large yellow cup. 



Chinese Sacred Lily " AVhite with yellow cup. 



Paper White Polyanthus ....White Pure white. 



Double Van Sion Yellow Double golden yellow. 



Freesias. 



Refracta alba t Pure white. 



Hybrids Pink and lavender shades. 



Some Good Hyacinths. 



La Grandesse Snow white. 



Madame A'^an der Hoop AVhite, late flowering. 



Yellow Hammer Golden yellow. 



King of Yellows Golden, yellow. 



Charles Dickens Pink. 



Gigantea Blush pink. 



Enchantress ■ Clear light blue. 



Grand Lilas Porcelain blue.. 



King of Blues Dark blue. 



Lord Balfour. Pinkish mauve. 



General Pelissier Carmine red. / 



THE CANNA. 



A large number of Cannas have been grown for a number of years at Ottawa. 

 They have been used for bedding purposes and grown also in the test plots in order to 

 obtain information as to their relative merits. 



The Canna is a sub-tropical plant of easy culture which can be used effectively as 

 a bedding plant, as a foliage plant in the border, or as both a foliage and a flowering 

 plant in the greenhouse or conservatory. During recent years it has gained in favour 

 and in popularity and has undergone as a flowering plant many improvements. 



The most recent introductions are the Orchid-flowered Cannas. Prior to their 

 introduction the Gladioli-flowered or "Crozy Dwarf " were considered vast improve- 

 ments on the older species and varieties. Hybridizing and selecting has been carried 

 on both in Europe and on this continent, and to-day the Canna is a commercial flower 

 of considerable importance. 



The Canna can be raised from seed which should be started early in the year, in 

 order to give bedding plants for the same season. It is generally propagated, how- 

 ever, by divisio-n of the stored roots. Canna roots should be dug in the autumn as 

 soon as the tops are killed by frost. After drying for a few days they should be stored 

 in a frost-proof cellar, which must not be damp, nor too cool, otherwise they are apt 

 to rot. On the other hand if the cellar is too dry they should be covered with some 

 coarse material or placed in dry sand. 



About the last week in March or early in April the old roots should be divided and 

 potted in good soil. Careful watering should be practised until the shoots are several 

 inches long. If the spring is warm growth is then inclined to be very rapid and it may 

 he necessary to keep the plants in a cool place in the greenhouse to check growth. 



Ottawa. 



