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time the rhododendrons and azaleas were in bloom, and she 

 did not allow her disappointment in America to shadow her 

 joy in the panorama of beanty that revealed itself from the 

 car window. 



As an illustration of American manners, Mrs. Trollope 

 tells of the superior delicacy of a man at whose house she was 

 spending a few weeks. Whenever she would try to give him 

 some true conception of the English people he would not 

 contradict, but would put his feet on the mantelpiece and 

 whistle the 8tar Spangled Banner. This he took to be the 

 most refined way of showing his disgust for all things Eng- 

 lish. It must be remembered that this was not very long 

 after the war of 1812. 



Many of the shrubs that you have right here in Mon- 

 treat are among the most prized in the gardens of two 

 continents. Rhododendrons, kalmias, azaleas, syringas (as 

 we call them, in reality PhiladeJphus — the botanical name of 

 the lilac is Syringa), spireas, sweet shrub, viburnums — all of 

 these are very attractive and have been used in gardens for 

 many years. The sweet shrub all of you know. Red haws 

 are also commonly planted for decorative purposes. This 

 beautiful, purplish-red flower that I have here is the flower- 

 ing raspberry. I have not at hand a specimen of the elder- 

 berry, but it is a really fine shrub when properly used. Sev- 

 eral years ago I visited the greatest nursery in the world, 

 near London, England. The superintendent took me all 

 over it, and at one point drew me aside to show me a par- 

 ticular treasure. ''This is the plant we are most proud of 

 this summer," he said as he pointed out a large American 

 elderberry plant covered with its delicate white flowers. A 

 shrub is not without honor save in its own country. 



The dwarf locust with its conspicuous pink flowers is 

 very pretty. We have some of them in the arboretum at 

 the University. 



The grapes being vines are not technically shrubs, but we 

 must not pass them by for that reason. I have here two 

 species. N"ow these two species are the parents of the great 



