DITISIOX OF HORTICULTURE 



865 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



ANNUAL. 



Asters. — The asters for this experiment were transplanted at the same time as 

 those in the open and were mulched with light manure to a depth of 2 inches. A 

 wooden frame with cheesecloth top was erected over them. 



There was very little withering or yellowing evident on any of the asters this year 

 (1915) but those under the shade frame were entirely free from it. 



Among the best varieties of asters are to be mentioned: Sutton Victoria Mixed, 

 Sutton Primrose Queen, Sutton Giant French Mixed, Ray Asters, Sutton Giant White. 

 They began to bloom about the middle of August and continued until cut off by frost. 



Upwards of two hundred varieties of flowers were tried in the border which bounds 

 the lawn, the more important of which are tabulated as follows : — 



Kind. 



Where 



SOWTl. 



Date 

 sown. 



Time of 



trans- 

 planting . 



Flowering period. 



Barlonia aurea 



Calendula 



Candytuft 



Carnation 



Cornflower 



Chrysanthemum, annual.... 



Clarkia 



Coreopsis 



Cosmea 



Daisy, Sutton double mixed 



Dianthus 



Eschscholtzia 



Gaillardia 



Godetia 



Kochia (Summer Cypress).. 



Larkspur 



Lobelia 



Marigold 



Mignonette 



Nasturtium 



A'cmesia siTumosa Suttoni . . . 



Nicotiana 



Pansy 



Petunia 



Phlox Drummondii 



Portulaca 



Shirley Poppy.. 



Double Carnation Poppy. . . 



Salpiglossis 



Stock 



Sweet Sultan 



Verbera.. 



Open 



Open 



Open 



Hotbed... 



Open 



Hotbed... 



Open 



Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 



Open 



Hotbed... 



Open 



Hotbed... 



Open 



Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 



Open 



Open 



Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 



Open 



Open 



Hotbed... 

 Hotbed... 



Open 



Hotbed... 



May 



May 



May 



April 



May 



April 



May 



April 



April 



April 



April 



May 



April 



May 



April 



May 



April 



April 



May 



May 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



May 



May 



April 



April 



May 



April 



6.. 

 6.. 

 6.. 

 4.. 

 16.. 

 3. 

 6.. 

 3. 

 3.. 

 5.. 



5: 



5. 



8.. 



5.. 



3.. 



5.. 



4.. 



3.. 



5 



6 



3.. 



5. 



5.. 



5. 



3. 



5 



6. 



6. 



3.. 



3.. 



6 



3. 



June 8. 



June 10 



June 10. 



June 10. 



June 11. 



June 11. 



June 10. 

 June 8 . 



June 8. 

 June 10. 



June 11. 



June 9. 



June 7 , 



June 9 . 



June 9 . 



June 12. 



June 9 . 

 June 9 . 



June 9. 



July 

 July 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 July 

 June 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 July 

 July 

 June 

 Aug. 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 



7— Sept. 10. 

 18— Sept. 10. 

 20— Sept. 10. 

 28— Sept. 10. 

 20— Aug. 2.5. 

 15— Sept. 9 

 12— Sept. 12, 

 13— Sept. 10. 

 7— Aug. 30. 

 17— Sept. 10. 

 2— Sept. 5. 

 17— Aug. 23. 

 10— Sept. 10. 

 28— Aug. 25. 

 8— Aug. 30. 

 8— Sept. 10. 

 15— Sept. 10. 

 4— Sept. 10. 

 15— Aug. 28. 

 10— Sept. 10. 

 15— Sept. 10. 

 12— Aug. 30. 

 10— Sept. 10. 

 12— Sept. 10. 

 2— Sept. 10. 

 20— Sept. 10. 

 20— Aug. 30. 

 28— Aug. 30. 

 20— Sept. 10. 

 4— Sept. 10. 

 24— Sept. 10. 

 7— Sept. 10. 



We have collections of sweet peas which were obtained from Sydenham, and 

 Burpee. These were sown on May 6, began to bloom early in August, and continued 

 until the first hard frost on September 10. 



Home grown jiower seeds. — The seed has been saved from the following list of 

 flowering annuals from 1914, and proved quite as satisfactory as that obtained from 

 the ?eed houses : Fourteen varieties of antirrhinum, chrysanthemum, cosmea, schinzan- 

 thu.^. verbena, three varieties of coreopsis, four varieties of stock. 



TitZips.— Every year there is received from Holland a shipment of several thousand 

 tulip bulbs, most of which are planted in the border immediately, which is usually 



ROSTHERN. 



