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bushes (Amelanchier) completes the native representatives of 
this genus. 
Upon the completion of the first section of the greenhouses 
next year, I think it would be desirable for the Garden to secure 
as much more of the Wilson collection as possible. A great 
many plants were left this year owing to inadequate accommoda- 
tion for such material at the Garden. Next autumn, before the 
plants are too large and expensive for profitable removal, would, 
I think, be a good time to get as much more as we can secure. 
The number of broad-leaved evergreens, azaleas, rhododen- 
drons, Pieris, and conifers that we might get at that time would 
be very great. 
During a two days’ visit at Rochester, I visited all the parks 
in the city, under the guidance of Park Superintendent C. 
Laney and his assistant, Mr. John Dunbar. This beautiful sys- 
tem of parks, 1600 acres in extent, is probably the richest botani- 
cally of any municipal park system in the country. 
Through the courtesy of Messrs. Laney and Dunbar, I was 
able to get about 130 species of shrubs and trees new to our col- 
lections. This was arranged as an exchange between the 
Board of Park Commissioners of Rochester and the Garden, and 
our obligation to that board is very great. The collection is a 
very representative one botanically, including 13 willows, which 
we particularly desired for the planting of the artificial brook. 
Among the barberries, 7 species were received, in addition 
to the 35 mentioned above, making our collection of these plants 
a very excellent one. Six rare species of Cotoneaster, a genus of 
usually low-growing, half-evergreen relatives of the apple, were 
also secured. These make attractive autumn features, with their 
small, usually scarlet, apple-like fruits. 
Mr. Dunbar, who has for many years been a student of the 
genus Crataegus, has many thousands of them growing in the 
nurseries at Rochester. Twelve representative species from 
among this group were selected, none of which are native close 
to New York, thus supplementing the local Crataegus from the 
Arnold Arboretum mentioned above. 
All the plants except the willows, mentioned above, have 
been put into the nursery. Subsequently they will serve as the 
