878 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Flowers Started in the Hotbed. 



Kinds. 



Flowers Started in the Hotbed. 



Acroclinium 



Amaranthus tricolor 



Afltirrhinum, (Snapdragon) (11 variet- 

 ies) 



Arctotis grandis 



Aster, (29 vai'ieties) 



Browallia elata, blue 



Carnation, pink 



Clarkia elegans 



Cosmea, (Cosmos) 



Dimorphotheca aurantiaca 



Godetia 



Helichrysum 



Marigold 



Nemesia, (6 varieties) 



Nicotiana, (Hybrid) 



Pansy, (6 varietie.s) 



Petunia 



Phlox Drummondii, (7 varieties).. . . 

 Schizanthus, large-flowered, Hybrids. 



Stock, (7 varieties) 



Swan River Daisy 



Zinnia 



Flowers Started in the Open. 



Alyssum 



Bartonia aurca 



Candytuft 



Cornflower 



Castor-Oil Plant 



Centranthua macrosiphon 



Jacobaea 



Leptosiphon hybridus 



Linum grandifiorum rubruTn, . 



Lupinua 



Mignonette 



Nasturtium, (9 varieties).... 



Portulaca, double 



Poppy, annual 



Viscaria cardinalis 



Height 



Inches 



13 



11 



8 to 20 

 23 

 4 to 21 



13 

 19 

 26 

 31 

 12 



12 to 20 

 27 

 19 to 23 



8 to 12 

 30 



G 

 15 



9 

 20 



14 to 

 12 



13 to 



Flowering 

 Season. 



July 14 to frost. 



Aug. 



July 



to li 



to 14 



to 38 

 to 20 



Aug. 



29, " 



14, " 

 10, " 



10, Sept. 4. . 

 10, to frost. . 

 12, Sept. 15. 

 12, to frost. 

 12, " 

 24, " 

 24] " 

 12, " 

 12, Sept. 15.. 

 20, to frost.. 

 12, to ey. Se 



15, " 



15, to frost. . 

 19, Sept.lO. 

 10, to frost. . 



11, 



2, to frost. . 

 (Aug. 23) 



Remarks. 



July 17, to frost. 



28, to frost. 



29, to frost. 

 Aug. 1, to frost.. 



8, to frost... 



31, to frost. 

 July 4, Sept. 5... 



29, Sept. 11. 

 Aug. 2, to frost.., 



2 



4, to frost.. 



7 



7, to frest.. 

 July 19, to frost. 



Everlasting flower. 

 Foliage plant. 



Tall growing varieties satisfactory. 



Ostrich plume, and Victoria tj'pes 



best. 



Flowers insignificant. 

 Too late for this district. 

 Very satisfactory. 

 Splendid for background. 

 Many coloured, daisylike flowers. 

 Very satisfactory. 

 Everlasting flower. 

 Add a touch of colour to back ground. 

 Splendid, especially in moist soils. 

 Sweet scented, 

 pt. 



Good for cut flowers. 

 Very satisfactory. 



Beautiful, blue, free-flowering plant. 

 Very susceptible to frost. 



Splendid border plant. 



Flowers yellow, numerous. 



Can secure both white and carmine. 



Vigorous growing. 



Splendid foliage plant. 



Beautiful border plant. 

 Scarlet flax. 



An old favourite. 

 Tail variety best. 

 Spreading habit. 



Very satisfactory. 



Scott. 



