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. EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



SWEET TEAS.— Continued. 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Name. 



Stirling Stent 



Vermilion Brilliant . 



Orchid 



Captivation Spencer 



Helen Lewis 



King Edward 



Ethel Roosevelt. . . . 

 Lady Evelyn Eyre.. 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



April 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



" 12. 



Date of 

 Blooming. 



July 13.. 



" 6.. 



" 13.. 



" 26.. 



" 18.. 



" 20.. 



" 17.. 



" 13.. 



Colour. 



Number 

 of blooms 

 per truss. 



Salmon pink . . . 



Vermilion 



Purple 



Purple 



Salmon 



Red 



White & purple 

 Pale pink 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3-4 

 3 



Merit. 



Sunscalds. 



Sunscalds. 



Good. 



Good. 



Sunscalds. 



Good. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Of the sixty-five varieties of sweet peas, ten sunscalded to such a degree as to make 

 them useless in an exposed bright position. They would be useful in north exposures. 

 Twenty-nine of the varieties gave bloom that we could class as very good while twenty- 

 three varieties graded good. The peas were grown on brush supports, in open field and 

 without water. All varieties seeded freely and produced seeds of high quality. 



ARBORETUM. 



The arboretum established in 1913 has made very satisfactory growth during the 

 past season. The system of tillage has been one of horse cultivation and hand hoeing. 

 The Kimball cultivator was used successfully throughout the season. 



The following trees and shrubs were secured from various sources and added 

 to the arboretum during the spring of 1915. The great majority of these plants 

 established themselves and made satisfactory growth. A number of the following 

 shrubs bloomed twice during the season: — 



Andromeda paniculata. 



" axillaris. 



Ardisia crispa. 



" japonica. 

 Aucuba juponica viridis. 



" japonica. 

 Aesculus Hippocastanuni. 

 Acer mucrophyllum. 



" saccharinum. (dasycarTpuin'). 

 " reticulatuni. 

 " trifidum. 

 Amelanchier cretica. 

 Abies ApoUinis. 



hrachyphylla. 

 " concolor. 

 " grandis. 

 " nohilis glauca. 

 " Nordyiianniaiia. 

 Baccharis patagonica. 

 Betula occidentalis. 

 Budcllcia variabilis. 

 " intermedia. 

 " Lindleyana. 

 " variabilis magnffica. 

 " " Vcitchiana. 



" " superba. 

 " Davidii. 



Cercis Siliquastrum rubrum. 

 Carpinus orienialis. 

 Chloroithus brachystachys. 

 Cepha'otaxus Fortunei. 

 " drupacca. 



" pedunculata. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



argentea. 



AUumi. 



albo spica. 



aurea nova. 



elegantissima. 



filiformis elegans. 



gracilis. 



globosa filiformis. 



Hollandii. 



Fraseri. 



lutescens. 



lycopodioides. 



minima glauca. 



■inoniimetitalis. 



plumostis nidifera 



na7ia. 

 pyramidalis alba. 

 Rose7ithaH. 

 schongaricnsis. 

 stricta coerulea. 



" viridis. 



Cedrus atlantica. 

 " Libani. 

 " Deodara. 

 Caryopteris mastachantJnts. 

 Catalpa syringaefolia. 



" spcciosu. 

 Cleyera ja4)onica. 

 Cercidiphylhim japonicwn. 

 Corylopsis spicata. 

 Camellia Sasanqtia Fuknzutsumi. 

 " " Onigoroino. 



" ' " Aznma-7tishiki. 



SiD.XEY. 



