Introduction
Planting the Seeds
Cultivating the Garden
The Cultivators
Horticultural Societies and Garden Clubs
Experimental Farms and Seed Nurseries
Botanical Gardens
Heritage Seeds and Gardening
Reaping the Harvest
Bibliography
Photos by Beth Powning
Other Gardening Sites
Acknowledgements |
The Cultivators
Experimental Farms and Seed Nurseries
| "What does the future hold for the Farm? Will it continue as a centre for research? Will it fade away, the victim of pollution and development? Will it become something not yet dreamed of?" |
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Smith, Helen; photography by Mary Bramley.
Ottawa's Farm: A History of the Central Experimental Farm.
Burnstown, Ont.: General Store Publishing House, 1996, p. 121. |
| Experimental stations and laboratories across the country in 1958. |
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Experimental Farms of Canada.
Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1958. |
Botanist and artist Faith Fyles worked at the Central Experimental Farm from 1920 to 1931. She was the author and illustrator of Principal Poisonous Plants of Canada, and produced many beautiful and accurate botanical illustrations such as the three examples seen here.
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