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Historical Garden Plants in Ottawa
Web By: Jeff Blackadar Back to the web 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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