DITISION OF EORTICULTIRE 



963 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



ANNUAL FLOWERIXG PLANTS — STARTED IN HOT BEDS. — Continued. 



Name or description. 



Commenced 

 to bloom. 



Nemcsia Large Apricot 



" MixecJ 



" Scarlet 



" Orange 



" Rose Pink 



" White 



" Choice Mottled 



Kicotiana affinis, hybrids 



Portulaca, Improved double 



Plilox Drummondii Intermediate mixed 



" Large-flowered Carmine 



Salmon 



" " Scarlet 



" " Deep Crimson.. 



White 



Blue 



Petunia, Single Superb 



Ricinus communis major 



Scabious, Large Mixed 



Salpiglossis, Mixed 



" Large Mixed 



" Choice selected 



Salvia, Summer Fireball 



" Scarlet Queen 



Schizanthus, Veitch Hvbrids 



Selected 



Stock, Ten Week Blue 



Rose 



Purple 



Yellow 



White 



Tagetcs signata ■piimila 



Verbena, Giant Auricula 



" Imp. Pulcherrima 



" Superb Bedding 



Zinnia, Double Fireball 



" Elegans Coccinea 



" Giant Double 



" Elegans Rosea 



" " Atropurpurea 



" Alba : 



July 



Jure 24 



21 



21 



21 



21 



24 



14 



6 



1.3 



6 



6 



June 28 



July 13 



June 26 



•' 26 



" 26 



" 1.5 



July 20 



26 



" 26 



" 13 



6 



" 20 



Sept. 7 



Julv 20 



6 



June 30 



July 6 



20 



6 



4 



June 21 



July 6 



June 24 



Julv 4 



June 21 



14 



26 



24 



9 



14 



Height. 



12 

 17 

 15 

 10 

 15 

 13 

 12 

 48 

 6 

 12 

 8 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 15 

 54 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 36 

 15 

 24 

 14 

 18 

 17 

 13 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 9 

 12 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 22 

 16 

 22 

 12 

 18 



Merit. 



Special. 



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Of the ninety-three different annual flowering plants under test, fifty-three gave 

 excellent results in bloom and foliage. 



SiDNET. 



