DIVISION OF EORTICVLTL'RE 



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SESSIONAL PAI^ER No. 16 



That hoiae-growu seed compares favourably with commercial seed is well shown 

 by the following table giving yields of peas for rows -of 30 feet: — 



This is an increase of 32 per cent, probably due to the fact that the home-grov/u 

 seed was acclimated as in this ease there v/as no selection and both kinds of seed pro- 

 duced strong plants. It must be remarked that the above commercial seed came from 

 probably the five best known seedsmen of England and the United States. 



Of the flower seed grown at Cap Rouge, it can truthfully be said that about 75 

 per cent of the varieties produced bloom which could compare favourably with that 

 of plants from commercial seed, and in nearly every case, the home-grown seed ger- 

 minated more quickly and produced stronger plants than the commercial seed. 



ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



Hundreds of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees are on trial and greatly add 

 to the natural beauty of the Station grounds. Amongst the varieties which are recom- 

 mended to farmers are the following: — 



Annuals. — Antirrhinums (intermediate), saters, candytuft, coreopsis, phlox, poppy 

 (Shirley). 



Perennials. — Aquilegias, Arahis alhida, campanula, delphiniums', hollyhocks, 

 lupines, poppy (oriental) ; 



Shrubs. — Hydrangea paniculata, Spiraea Yan Houttei; 



Hedges. — Rhamniis Frangula, Thuya occidentalis; 



Roses. — Rosa rugosa; 



Bulbs. — Narcissi, tulips. 



The annuals were a little better than the average, though the blooms were some- 

 what small on account of the drought of midsummer; the perennials were mostly 

 superior to what they previously were and were not very adversely affected by the dry 

 weather; the growth of the shrubs and trees was very satisfactory; the hedges did well 

 and were cut back for the first time since their plantation in 1911; the roses bloomed 

 profusely a"nd some of them until very late, the drought having less effect on them than 

 on other flowering bushes; the bulbs were better than in 1914 and about an average of 

 what they were for five years; the lawns, which were brown during the dry and warm 

 weather of midsummer, soon recovered and were luxuriantly green when precipitation 



became normal in the autumn. 



Cap Rouge. 



