DIVISION' OF EORTICULTIRE 



975 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Roses. — Test of Varieties. Planted 1914. 



Name. 



Height 



v/hen 



planted. 



Alfred Colomb 



The Bride 



Mrs. John Laing 



Clio 



Souvenir de Pierfe Notting 

 Mrs. R. G. S. Crawford.... 



General Jacqueminot , 



Her Majesty 



I 



Caroline Testout 



Dean Hole 



Frau Karl Druschki 



Gabriel Luizet 



Viscountess Folkstone 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 



Ulrich Brunner 



Le Progres 



Prince Camille de Rohan.*. 



Inches. 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



6 

 G 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Season's 



growth 



1915. 



Condi- 

 tion. 



Inches. 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 85 

 39 

 38 

 48 

 30 



24 

 18 

 32 

 72 

 12 

 24 

 52 

 14 

 60 



Good 



Good.... 

 Good.... 

 Good. . . 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Mildews 

 badly. 



Good . . . 



Medium 

 Good . . . 

 Good . . 

 Good . . . 

 Good . . 

 Good . . 

 Good . . 



Began 



to 

 bloom. 



May 26 



May 3 



May 14 



May 26 



April 28 



May 18 



May 14 



May 18 



May 28 



May 28 



May 10 



May 18 



May 26 



May 26 



June 2 



May 18 



May 3 



Full 

 Bloom. 



Bloom 

 over. 



Dec. 31 



Nov. 2 

 Nov. 30 

 Oct. 21 

 Nov. 2 

 Nov. 30 

 Nov. 30 



June 18 

 Oct. 21 

 Aug. 9 

 Nov. 2 

 June 28 

 Oct. 21 

 Oct. 21 

 Nov. 13 

 Dec. 31 

 Dec. 31 



SEED PRODUCTION. 



Considerable interest has been shown throughout the district on the subject of 

 growing vegetable, flower, and field seeds. To obtain information for Vancouver island 

 relative to the quantity and quality of the various seeds, many plants of various sorts 

 were permitted to seed. The seeds were harvested and prepared for next season's use. 

 The following is a list of the plants from which high quality seed was successfully saved 

 and indicates the possible scope of the industry for Vancouver island: — 



ANNUALS. 



AcrocUnium roseum. 

 Aster Blushing Beauty. 



Exhibition Wonder. 

 " Enchantress. 

 King White. 

 " Giant Comet. 

 " Primrose Queen. 

 " Rose Pink. 



Ray, Delicate pink. 

 Ray, Large purple 

 Arctotis grandis. 

 Eartonia aurea. 

 Browallia elata. 

 Celosia pyramidalis. 

 Cockscomb, dwarf. 

 Centaurea Cyanus. 

 Coreopsis atrosanguinea. 

 " cardaminaefolia. 



" red and yellow selected. 



Candytuft, White Rocket. 

 Calendula officinalis flore pleno Lemon 



Queen. 

 Calendula officinalis flore pletw Oiange 



King. 

 Dianthus superbissimus. 

 Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hybrids. 

 Gypsophila elegans. 



Godetia, double light pink. 



Kochia trichophylla. 



•Lavutera rosea splendens. 



Mignonette, buff. 



Nasturtium, Tom Thumb, selected selfs. 



Nicotiana affinis hybrids. 



Nemesia, large flowered. 



Pentstemon Bridgesii. 



Poppy, Carnation flowered. 



Scliizanthus, large flowered. 



Salpiglossis, large flowered. 



Scabious, large flowered. 



Sweet Sultan, large purple. 



Sweet Pea Illuminator. 



" Maud Holmes. 



" " Wedgewood. 



" " Nubian. 



" Elfrida Pearson. 



" Flora Norton Spencer. 



" " Ethel Roosevelt. 



" " America Spencer. 

 " Scarlet Emperor. 



" " Lilian. 



" King White. 

 Tagetes signata pumila. 

 Zinnia elegans mixed. 



SiDXEY. 



