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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



OENAMENTAL GARDENING. . 



SWEET PEAS. 



Sixty-one varieties of sweet peas were sown in the open May 10. The first bloom 

 was recorded July 12 and from that date until the end of the season there v>as a 

 splendid profusion and variety of bloom. 



Although the results obtained were fairly satisfactory yet it is hoped that the 

 coming year this work will be a greater success. 



PERENNIALS. 



The following is a list of the perennials that wintered well in the nursery rows, 

 and 7jroduced an abundance of bloom throughout the season. Seed was saved from 

 many of them which gave a high germination test. 



Achillaea Ptariiiica. 

 Bellis perennis. 

 Delj)hinium Hybrids, 

 chinense. 

 Dianthus tcn-hatus. 



" qjluviarius. 



Gypsophila panicnlata. 

 Gaillardia. 

 Hesperis. 

 hinum perenne. 

 Lychnis chalcedonica. 



" Hauycana. 

 Lupinus. 



Myosotis aJpcstris. 

 Pansy, (collections). 

 Physostegia virginica. 

 Pyrethrum hybridn m. 

 Pentstemon barbatus. 

 Poppy, Iceland, new hybrids. 



" " mixed. 



" Orientale, Trilby, Psyche, and 

 Mammoth. 

 Rudbeckia fidrjida. 



" purpurea. 



Veronica spicata. 



In addition to the foregoing list of perennials a new nursery was started. The 

 seed was sown during July and the plants pricked out into the nursery rows during 

 the first week in September. The plants became well established before the winter 

 set in and it is hoped that a larger number of varieties will winter successfully. 



BCLBS. 



Considerable attention was attracted by the show of bloom presented by the 

 tulips. However, only a few varieties proved suitable for conditions here. This 

 may not hold for every year, but may have been due to the exposed location of the 

 beds. 



The following varieties proved very satisfactory : Pottebakker White, Joost van 

 Vondel, La. Eeine, Late Single Picotee, Cottage Maid, and Chrysolora. 



The Darwin tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths, owing to winter injury, did not 

 amount to anything. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The nursery stock planted out the spring of 1914 consisting of deciduous trees, 

 conifers and shrubs did very well. However, there were a few varieties that did not 

 do very well, they had either been injured by drying out previous to planting or were 

 too tender to stand the severe winter. 



Some of the varieties that killed back during the winter sent up new growth 

 again, but whether this wood ^^all stand the winter is yet to be determined. 



HEDGES. 



So that a good idea could be got of the value of certain shrubs for hedge pur- 

 poj^es. fifteen hedges were planted out in the spring of 1915. These hedges are to be 

 kept clipped to demonstrate their value for ornament and for more practical purposes. 



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