DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



935 



SESSIONAL PAPER Nb. 16 



FLOWERS. 

 List of Best Annuals. 



Variety. 



Alyssum, Little Dorrit, white 



" Little Gem, white 



Lcptosiphon hybrids, mixed 



Brachycome iberidifolia, blue 



Mignonette, sweet scented 



Eschscholtzia, Califoinian mixed 



( 'alendula officinalis 



Linum grandiflorum 



Acroclinium grandiflorum 



Ccntranthus macrosiphon 



G'odctia — Bridesmaid, Duchess of Albany, Apple 



Blossom, Double Rose 



Sweet Sultan, mixed 



Jacobaea, mixed 



A maranihus tricolor 



June 



Gypsophila elegans 



Balsam, mixed colours 



Browallia elata 



Chrysanthemum, Northern Star 



Eudbeckia, Golden Sunset 



Nigella, Miss Jekyll 



C'larkia elegans 



Fo] py, Shirley 



Cornflower, mixed 



Larkspur — in varieties — Blue, Rosy, Scarlet and White. 

 Coreopsis, mixed July 



Began 

 to bloom. 



June 26. 



" 22. 



" 19. 



July 16. 



June 16. 



" 14. 



" 22. 



" 23. 



" 18. 



" 27. 



28.. 



July 



Aug. 

 June 



Lupine.?, mixed.. . 

 Marigold, French. 



Zinnia, mixed. . . 

 Ageratum, blue. 



Dianthus..._ 



Petunia, mixed.. 

 Lobelia, blue.. . . 



15. 

 27. 

 24. 

 10. 

 11. 

 7. 

 29. 

 15. 

 18. 



1. 



June 24. 

 July 7.. 



June 11. 

 July 16. 



July 18. 

 June 14. 



Bloom over, 



Aug. 27. 

 Oct. 30. 

 Sept. 29. 

 Oct. 6. 



" 6. 



" 16. 

 Sept. 22. 



" 27. 

 Oct. 3. 

 Sept. 30. 



30. 



Sept. 16. 



Oct. 3. 



Sept. 27. 



Oct. 13. 



Nov, 3. 



Oct. 10. 



Aug. 15. 



July 30. 



Sept. 30. 



Aug. 30. 



Sept. 6. 

 Oct. 3.. 



Oct. 4. 



Sept. 10. 

 " 11. 



Height. 



Inches. 



10 

 18 

 6 

 18 

 12 

 30 

 24 

 18 

 36 

 30 



30 



18 



12 



24 



30 



42 



24 



24 



5 ft. 



4Ht. 



30 



30 



2Ht. 



3 ft. 

 18 in. 



2 ft. 

 4 in. 



Remarks. 



Good. 



Very good. 

 it 



ti 



Good. 

 (( 



Fair. 

 Good. 

 Very good. 



All very good. 

 Very good. 



Foliage 



fine. 

 Very good 



veiy 



Good. 



Very good . 

 it 



Good. 

 '\^ery good . 

 Very good. 



a 



All very good. 



Very good for 



cutting. 

 ti 



^'ery good for 



cutting. 

 Very good. 

 Verygoodblue 

 Did extra well 

 Very good. 

 Good for edg- 

 ing. 



All the above annuals did very well in spite of the dry weather and can be recom- 

 mended to be grown as such for cutting and show purposes and for display in the 

 garden. 



Nasturtiums. — ^Both tall and dwarf varieties are exceedingly good. Phlox Drum- 

 mondii did very well and bloomed until frost came in late December. 



OENAMENTAL TEEES AND SHEUBS. 



All the flowering shrubs and evergreens did very well this year. The former 

 bloomeii well and early and both made good growth, as did also the ornamental hedges. 

 The Ehododendrons, after flowering profusely, made good growth and budded well 

 for the following season, some varieties even blooming again in December. It is 

 to be regretted that owing to the very severe weather snow and wind storms being 

 exceptionally bad in the months of January and February of 1916 almost all of the 

 Ehododendrons and Standard Hollies suffered most severely. The mildness of the 



16 — 63 Agassiz. 



