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were devoted, I stated that sixty-five acres had been set aside for 

 an arboretum and botanic garden devoted to the testing of trees, 

 shrubs, and phxnts from all parts of the world. Work was begun 

 in this branch six years ago, and already nearly two thousand 

 species and varieties of trees and shrubs, and about one thousand 

 of herbaceous perennials, have been brought together from all the 

 northern sections of the globe and are being tested as to their 

 suitability for the climate of Ottawa. Canada was for a long 

 time the only important British colony without a botanic garden. 

 This stigma has now been removed, and it is hoped that this 

 institution at the farm will soon reach that stage of advancement 

 which will make it a credit to the country. 



Permit me to direct your attention for a short time to a few of 

 the individual specimens on this part of the grounds : 



The European Larch, Larix Europea, is a very handsome tree, 

 valuable for its timber. It is a rapid grower and has a most 

 _graceful drooping habit. 



The Golden Arbor Vitae is a beautiful form of the common 

 Arbor Vitas, Thuya occidentalism in which the foliage assumes a 

 golden yellow hue. This is a brilliant object for a lawn and 

 makes a beautiful hedge. 



The Pyramidal Arbor Vitse is another interesting form of the 

 same species, quite pillar-like in its growth. 



The Austrian Pine, Plnus Austriaca, is a stately evergreen, of 

 fine form and habit, very hardy, and a fairly vigorous grower. A 

 tree in the Arboretum which when planted six years ago was 

 eighteen inches high now stands about seven feet. 



The Norway or Red Pine, Plnus reslnosa, has also a stately 

 habit, but is of softer outline than the Austrian Pine and makes 

 a, handsome tree. 



The Mountain Pine, Plnus Montana, is a very desirable object 

 for a lawn. Its low-growing, bushy habit, with branches close to 

 the ground, makes it well adapted for localities where space is 

 limited. 



The Tartarian or Bush Honeysuckle is a free-flowering shrub 

 and one of the earliest to bloom in the spring, and when covered 

 with its pink or white flowers, or later with its bright-colored 

 berries, is very pretty. 



Van Houtte's Spirtea, Splneu Van Houttei, is a lovely shrub, 

 which, during the latter part of May and early in June, is 



