DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DAHLIAS. 



A collection of dahlias, including a number from each group, were grown and the 

 following fifteen selected as being satisfactory in every way : — 



Paeony flowered Geisha. 



Glory of Baarn. 



Queen Wilhelmina. 

 Cactus Countess Lonsdale. 



Mrs. E. Mawley. 



Starfish. 



Kriemhilde. 

 Decorative Mrs. Roosevelt. 



Jack Rose. 

 Single Yellow Century. 



Scarlet Century. 



White Century. 

 Pompon Crimson Queen. 



Little May. 



Snowclad. 



SUMMER-FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Forty-five varieties of summer-flowering chrysanthemums were grown, 

 lowing list gives the best dozen: — 



Crimson Marie Masse — ^Crimson bronze. 

 Dundee P. — Deep crimson. 



Glory of Sevenoaks — Bright golden yellow, large flowers, free bloomer. 

 Golden Glow — Clear yellow, very large blooms. 



Jacquenette P. — Rosy-carmine, large sprays of medium size flowers. 

 Lady Duvol P. — Deep rosy pink, good size and form 

 Lillie — Pearl pink, nice habit. 

 Nydia P. — Pure white, a beautiful flower. 

 Ontario P. — Pink with silvery white shadings. 

 Tonkin — Reddish orange, large flowers. 

 Varieties marked " P " are Pompon 



The fol- 



PEEENNIALS. 



The herbaceous perennials grew well and produced a profusion of bloom from 

 spring till frost. One hundred and nineteen varieties were added in the fall. A de- 

 tailed list is given below : — 



Achillea Ptarmica Jlore pleno. 



Aconitum Wilsonii. 



Anemone japonica, 8 varieties. 



Aquilegia, 4 varieties. 



Aster, 7 varieties. 



Boltonia, 3 varieties. 



Campanula, 4 varieties. 



Clematis Hendcrsonii. 



Clematis recta. 



Coreopsis grandiflorn. 



Delphinium, in variety. 



Dicentra sjjectahilis. 



Dictamnus, 3 varieties. 



Doronicum, 2 varieties. 



Epimedium, 5 varieties. 



E uphorMa. 



Gjipsophila paniciilata flore pleno. 



Helenium, 5 varieties. 



Helianthus, 2 varieties. 



HemerocalUs, 9 varieties. 



Hcsperis matvonalis. 



Hibiscus Moscheutos, 6 varieties. 



Lupinus. 



Mertcnsia pulmonarioides. 



Monarda didyvia. 



Oenothera Youngii. 



Papaver orientale, 4 varieties. 



Pli:'lycodon grandiflortnn. 



Polemonium, 2 varieties. 



Pyrethr.nn, 2 varieties. 



Spiraea. 6 varieties. 



Statice latifoHa. 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium atropurpureum. 



TrolUus caucasicns Excelsior. 



Valeriana ■ officitialis. 



Veronica spicata. 



IRIS, 



Twenty varieties of Iris were grown and every plant bloomed. 

 Iris Kaernvfo-i were planted out in groups of ten in the fall. 



Fifty plants of 

 Fredericton, 



