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Historical Garden Plants in Ottawa

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By: Jeff Blackadar print friendly version The following plants are mentioned in the Ottawa Horticultural Society Minute Book, 1854-1859. (City Of Ottawa Archives). These are notes and are being checked.

1854
First Annual Show
Bytown Friday 8th of September, 1pm

Winter Cabbage, Summer Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Turnips, Beets, Tomatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Onions, Egg Plants, Squashes, Pumpkins, Mushrooms (garden raised), Vegetable Marrow, Cucumbers, Potatoes, Leeks

Plums, Peaches, Apples, Pears, Nectarines, Grapes, Melons, Water Melons

Greenhouse Plants
Annuals, Cockscombs, Stocks, Hollyhocks, Petunias, Asters, Phlox Perennial, Phlox Annual, Balsams, Verbennas, Dahlias, Perpetual Roses

1855(in addition to what was mentioned above)
Brocoli, French beans, Rhubarb, Spinach, Early Squash, Scotch Kale, Radishes, Green Fleshed Melon, Yellow Fleshed Melon, Gooseberries, White Raspberries, Strawberries, Cherries, Apricots, Nectarines,

Roses, Fuchsias, Camelia, Carnations, Tulips, Cactus, Oleander, Pelargoniums, Azaleas, Rhododendron, Hibiscus, Stocks, Cineria, Verbena, Pinks, Pansy, Ivy, Lynchnis, Wallflower, Primrose, French Marigold, Valerian, Zinnia, Clematis, Convolvulus Major, Ipomoea

White prickly gooseberry, Black gooseberry, Canadian forest grape, white smooth Gooseberry, Black currant.

1856 Dahlias, Asters, Salpiglossis, Begonia, Fuchias, Aloes, Agave, Cactus, Primula Chinensis, Blue Hamburg Grapes, Peaches (under glass), Citrons.

1857 Wax plant, Castor Oil Plant, Salsify

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