DIVL^ION OF nORTICULTZ'RE 987 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Sweet Peas — 



Mrs. Cuthbertson July 28. 



Mrs. Hugh Dickson " 17. 



Irish Belle, or Dream " 23. 



King Edward " 26. 



Dainty Spencer " 24. 



Sweet Pea, New Burpee Blend of Re-selected Spencer " 20. 



Cupid Sweet Pea : •• ic. 



The following varieties of perennials were in bloom during the past season. Below 

 are the names of eacli and the dates when in bloom : — 



Variety. In bloom. 



Delpliiniuui {Larkspur) — 



Seedling Blue June 7. 



Large White -. " 20. 



Hybridum " 29. 



Gaillardia — 



Crimson and Gold •• 28. 



Dwarf July 2. 



Dark Red Centre " 8. 



Hesperis matronalis June 2. 



AchilleaPtarraicafl.pl July 12.' 



Balsams, mixed •• 30. 



Sunflowers August 6. 



Kenilworth Ivy juiy 8. 



Kochia or Summer Cypress made a line showing again this summer. 



In the flower garden was put some rustic work which was covered on the two sides 

 with a wild cucumber vine, on one end with Japanese hop and on the front end with 

 Scarlet Kunner bean. It was very pretty indeed. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS AND TREES UNDER TEST, ENDING JUNE 12, 1915. 



Notes. 



2 Acer tataricum Ginnala (Ginnalian 



maple) Doing moderately well. 



2 Acer saccharinum {dasycarpxim) 



(Silver maple) Fairly only. 



4 Acer Negundo (Box Elder or Man- 

 itoba maple) One tree 11 ft. 10 in. high, 1 ft. 3 in. girth. One 



tree 12 ft. 2 in. high, 1 ft. 9 in. girth. Doing 

 finely. 



2 Acer pictum Quite good. 



2 Picea excelsa Remontli Doing well. 



2 Ainelanchier vulgaris Fine. 



1 Betula alba laciniata (Cut-leaved 



birch) Good. 



4 Berberis Thunhergli In bloom May 28, very fine. 



1 Clematis montana 



2 Caragana arhorescetis (Siberian pea 



tree) In bloom May 20. A large number of these, all 



doing fine. 



2 Caragana grandiflora In bloom May 22, very fine. 



2 Caragana frutescens In bloom June 1, good. 



2 Caragana pygmaea In bloom June 2, good. 



2 Cotoneaster tomentosa In bloom June 1, good. 



2 Crataegus Arnoldiana Doing finely. 



2 Celtis occidentalis Doing finely. 



1 Euonymus linearis In bloom May 26, doing well. 



4 Crataegus Carrieri Good. 



2 Ceanothus aniericanus Very fine. 



2 Lonicena alpina In bloom May 20, good. 



3 Lonicera Mundeniensis Fine. 



2 Lonicera Fenzlei In bloom June 2, good. 



2 Lonicera tatarica virginalis In bloom June 4, fine. 



2 Lonicera Sullivantii In bloom June 4, fine. 



2 Delphinium, Larkspur seedling, blue. In bloom June 7, fine. 



1 Diervilla lutea ^ Good. 



Fort Vermilion. 



