940 EXPERIMEXTAl FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 MISCELLANEOUS PLANTATIONS. 



Eollp Plantation. — An experimental holly orchard was set during 1914, the 



object being to determine the relative values of grafted stock and seedling stock, also 



to obtain data on costs of production, results from various cultural methods and 



systems of pruning. 



No. of No. bearing Weight of 

 Name. Planted. Stock. Trees. Fruit. Crop. 



Ilex Aquifolium 1914 Grafted. 53 51 8 lb. 



1914 Seedlings. 47 11 Nil. 



Lavender Plantation. — One-year seedling plants of Lavendida vera were set in 



1913, and made 3 inches of growth that season and flowered between June ll and 

 August 18. During 1914 these plants made a growth of 4 inches and flowered from 

 July 2 to October 21, producing 72 bunches. During 1915 the plants became more 

 dense and made a growth of 8 inches, bloomed from June 12 to December, and pro- 

 duced 420 bunches of bloom. Number of plants 102, number of stalks of bloom per 

 bunch 25 to 30, twenty bunches per pound. 



Medicinal Plants. — A plantation of Rhamnus Piirshiuna — Cascara, was set in 



1914, of two and three-year-old seedling trees collected in forest. Season's growth: 

 1914, 12 inches; 1915, 70 inches. 



Tree and shrub types are all healthy and making splendid growth under culti- 

 vation. 



Pomegranates. — The following varieties of pomegranates were secured from the 

 California nursery and set. 



Name. Season's Growth. 



Mme. Legrelle 6 inches medium. 



Double White 16 " strong. 



Double Scarlet 5 " medium. 



The following varieties of persimmons, were secured from the United States 

 Bureau of Plant Industry: — 



Persimmon (Diospyros). — Early Grolden, Hicks, Ida, Ruby, Glen wood, Kawakami, 

 Marion, Delmas, Josephine, Silky Fine. 



The following varieties of Persimmons suffered from frost injury: Ida, Ruby, 

 Silky Fine and Hicks. 



Economic plants. — A plantation made up of the following economic plants wa8 

 set: Broussonetia papyrifera, Broussonetia Kajinohi, Camellia theifera (Japanese 

 tea), Camellia theifera variegata, Cinnamomum Campliora, Eriohotrya japonica Tan- 

 alca, Eriohotrya japonica (Loquat.), Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus umhellata, Elaeag- 

 nus longipes, Edgeworthia papyrifera, Rhus vernicifera, Rhus succedana. 



All the above varieties grew well during the season. The Elaeagnus pungens 

 fruited. 



The following suffered from frost injury during the cold period of January when 

 subjected to 20 degrees of frost: Camellia theifera. Camellia theifera variegata, Cin- 

 namomum Camphora, Broussonetia papyifera and Broussonetia Kajinoki. 



Sidney. 



