REVIEWS. 



Trees and Shrubs Tested in Manitoba and the North-West Terri- 

 tories; Win. Saunders, LL.D., Director Dominion Experi- 

 mental Farms. 



In this bulletin are given the results of sixteen years of experi- 

 ence in the testing of trees and shrubs at the Experimental Farms 

 at Brandon, Man., and at Indian Head, in the North-west ier- 

 ritories The love of trees and shrubs is almost universal, and 

 nowhere is it m.ore strongly felt than on the North-west plains 

 where these are scarce. Until within the past few years, large 

 sums of money have been spent annually by settlers m the pur- 

 chase of trees and shrubs from the east, many of which, being too 

 tender to endure the cHmate, have perished the first winter, ihe 

 tests carried out bv the Experimental Farms have made such 

 useless expenditure unnecessary. The results are also of use to 

 Eastern Canada, as trees and shrubs which have been found 

 hardy at Brandon and Indian Head may be safely planted m al- 

 most all other parts of the Dominion. 



Of the maples, the sugar, red and Norway maples have been 

 unsuccessful The silver maple will grow in Manitoba, but the 

 maple par excellence for the west is the Box Elder or Manitoba 

 Maple {Acer Negundo) . It grows readily and quicklv from seed 

 and has been planted extensively. The European \\ hite Birch 

 is hardy, but the cut-leaved variety less so. The Sweet and 

 Yellow Birches give fairly satisfactory results, and the Paper 

 Birch is native and hardy. The hickory, chestnut catalpa, 

 hackberry, beech, butternut, black walnut, and locust have been 

 failures. 



The Green Ash is the only one of that genus which is i^erfect- 

 Iv hardv Among the hardv poplars are the native species and 

 the Russian poplar. The Mossy-Cup Oak and the American 

 Elm are native and grow without dithculty. Most of the coni- 

 ferous trees tested have proved satisfactory. Notaole excep- 

 tions are Bull Pine, White Pine, Hemlock and Douglas Inr. 



Of the shrubs and climbing vines successful species are Vibur- 

 num Lilac, Snowberrv, Spirea, Elder, Buckthorn, Matrimony 

 Vine' Honeysuckle, Hawthorn, Clematis, Bittersweet and others. 

 Nothing will add more to the beauty of the surroundings of a 

 home than a few such flowering shrubs. 



The Experimental Farms have done a very useful work in 

 this line of experiment, and the results have been brought to- 

 gether in a convenient form for reference. 



