784 EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 FLOWERS. 



The permanent situation destined for floriculture has not yet been chosen. Three 

 hundred and twenty varieties of annual flowers were sown on May 28 in a border 350 

 feet in length by 4 feet in width. Sixteen varieties of asters and seventy-two varieties 

 of sweet peas gave a profusion of bloom. The cosmos, the everlasting, the salpiglossis 

 and the snapdragons were remarkable as were the mauve lavatera and the clarkia. 

 The French marigold and the leptosiphon make very pretty borders. 



ORNAJMENTAL TREES. 



A row of ornamental trees was planted for six hundred feet, on the public road 

 along the front of the farm. These trees comprised 50 European mountain ash and 50 

 Norway maple, planted alternately 15 feet apart, the object being in time, to remove 

 the kind which proves the less useful ; the i>ermanent trees will then be 30 feet apart. 

 The soil here is a heavy clay but well drained. 



EXHIBITIONS. 



The horticultural products, including flowers, were exhibited at the large district 

 exhibitions at Montmagny and Ste. Anne de la Pocaticre, and attracted much 

 attention on account of the number of varieties exhibited and by the quality of the 

 products. 



Ste. Anne de la Pocatfkre. 



