26 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



when i)ossible for the collection of seeds or young plants. It is 

 not always possible for the nurseryman to be on hand when 

 seeds mature. The nurserymen, however, are in a position 

 to plant such seeds or plants and to multiply them b\- cuttings, 

 divisions, etc. 



It is not hkely that the nurseryman will till their grounds 

 wiili luuulreds of varieties of miscellaneous plants which have 

 no real value in landscape or garden work and for which 

 there is little call. lUit if these more desirable plants become 

 established and their value known, their multiplication will 

 do much to perpetuate the forms. It is suggested, also, that 

 the good |)oints of every species should be compiled and 

 preserved for reference in the further development of Ameri- 

 can Horticulture. 



Some of the forms worth hunting for are hawthorn 

 trees without thorns, hawthorn trees with especially bright 

 colored bark in winter — light bronze, copper or silver, a verv 

 dark pink or red wild crab or hawthorn, a dwarf form of wild 

 cral) with horizontal branches close to the ground, red cedars 

 with single stem, upright growth and dark green foliage, 

 liard}- natives roses of dwarf yet vigorous type that do not 

 pnnluce suckers and therefore suitable to bud perpetual and 

 hybrid tea roses on, hawthorn stock for budding pear aiul 

 (|uince, nati\e plants that will be suitable for dwarf 

 o]- medium sized hedge plants, dwarf nati\e shrubs of good 

 foliage and e.xtra floril'erous, and lK'r1)aceous perennials that 

 are desiral)le for our perennial borders especially those that 

 bloom in midsummer wiieii (lowers are scarce. 



The writer as a nurserxnian ]ia> bad some difficult}' in 

 finding reliable sources of seed supply, not to speak of getting 

 seed from \igorous tvpes. It seems (|uite impossible to get 

 seeds of Dutchman's pipe \ ine, moon \ine, Magnolia acuuiiu- 

 ata. northern clinil)ing honeysuckle to say nothing of the seeds 

 of valuable herbaceous perennials. I would like to get seeds 

 from specimen trees of Acer nibnuii from Wisconsin, INIassa- 



