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in addition to its bright red berries ; Ilex vcrticillaia, and its Japanese 

 relative, Ilex scrrata, both with red fruit; Symphoricarpos vulgaris, the 

 coral-berry, festooned with thousands of dark red berries which persist 

 until nearly spring time; and last but not least the Japanese barberry, 

 Berbcris Thunbergii, which, if one were restricted to a single shrub, was 

 perhaps best of all — possessing attractive features at all seasons of the 

 year, yellow with its flowers in the early part of the season, clothed in an 

 attractive green during the summer, decorative during the fall with its 

 charming garb of color, and then its chief charm reserved for the winter 

 months, when all is cold and gray, its bright red berries, born in great 

 profusion and retaining their color and plumpness until late in the spring, 

 adding a glow of warmth to the bleakness around. 



The speaker then exhibited specimens of about two dozen 

 decorative shrubs which he had gathered that morning in the 

 grounds of the New York Botanical Garden, these impressing 

 upon those present the beauties of many winter shrubs. 



At the close of the lecture Mr. Wood entertained those present 

 with an account of some of his own experiences with decorative 

 shrubs for winter, and with descriptions of some of the inter- 

 esting gardens he had visited in various parts of this country. 

 He remarked especially upon the beauty of coloring of the 

 foliage of Mahoiiia, and advocated growing it in large masses to 

 get the best results. He also commended highly the Japanese 

 barberry, prizing particularly its bright color which holds undi- 

 minished until late in the spring. 



The meeting adjourned at five o'clock. 



George V. Na.sii, 



Secretary. 

 February 9, 19 10 



The regular meeting of die society took place at the American 

 Museum of Natural History on Wednesday, February 9, 1910, 

 at 4:20 P.M. The minutes of tlie meeting of January 12, 1910, 

 were read and approved. 



Owing to the proceedings attendant u])on the unveiling of the 

 statue of Mr. Jesup, there was a very small attendance at the 

 meeting. It was therefore decided to postpone the address of 

 Mr. Wood until a later date. The suggestion was made that 

 Mr. Wood give this address, '.'The Ideals of Horticulture," 

 during the joint meeting of the Horticultural Society and the 



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