442 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



attacked by anthracnose and by a bramble rust. The Lucretia is 

 a native of West Virginia. 



11. Bai'tel has found great favor with some growers in the 

 west, from Wisconsin to Nebraslia. It has not succeeded well 

 in the east so far. The variety known as Mammoth appears to be 

 identical with Bartel. It is native to southern Illinois. 



12. Manatee is said to be valuable for the south. It is a form 

 of Rubus trivialis, and was found in Florida. Other types of this 

 southern species are no doubt destined to be very useful. 



VI. THE GOUMI. EL^AGNUS LONGIPES* 



Much has been said,t during the past five years, about the 

 goumi, all of which is deserved. It is a graceful and handsome 

 bush of five or six feet high, bearing a profusion of silvery-white 

 leaves and most abundant crops of cinnabar-red and gold-flecked 

 berries. Whether considered for ornament or for fruit, it is one 

 of the best of the many excellent shrubs which have come to us 

 from Japan. Its silken-gray foliage is of a kind which is always 

 desirable in shrubberies, and of which we have little in our native 

 flora. The bush is as hardy as an apple tree. It stood the past 

 winter in western New York without a blemish. It is enormously 

 productive of fruit, and the berries are a delight to look upon, 

 even if one does not desire to eat them. At first, these berries are 

 very astringent, but when they are fully ripe and soft, they have a 

 juicy piquancy which I enjoy. I have not tried them for culinary 

 purposes, but it is said that they may be used for sauces and pies 

 and in the many ways in which cranberries are so delicious. The 

 fruits begin to ripen the first days of July in western New York, 

 and they continue upon the bush for three weeks, much to the 

 delight of birds. 



* Pronounced loii-gi-pees. The name means " long-footed," that is, long- 

 stemmed, and refers to the fruit stems. 



t For illnstrated accounts of it, see Garden and Forest, i. 499 (1889); American 

 Garden, xi. 565 (1890); Van Doinan, Kept. Dept. A<j;ric., 1890, 423, colored plate 

 (under the name of Elwagiius pungena) ; Orchard (uid Garden, xiv. 157 {lSd2) ; 

 Gardening, i. 275, 277 (1893). 



