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mental is a good one to use or not, but it is such things as are 

 used along the line of landscape gardening. 



Shrubbery and evergreens at L. R. Moyer's p. ace. 



The best of these shrubs are the lilacs, of which we have a 

 variety. The best is the Japanese tree lilac (Syringa Japonica) 

 of which we think a great deal. It blooms three weeks after 

 the common lilac is gone. We have another that has no com- 

 mon name, the Syringa Villosa, which is also hardy and blooms 

 three weeks after the common lilac is gone. Then w'e have the 

 Syringa Josikaea, which also blooms later. Some of the Syringa 

 vulgaris are very good ones. For instance, the Charles XII is 

 an excellent lilac, and there are some other varieties I do not 

 know anything about. We think a great deal of the bush 

 honeysuckle (Lonicera Tartarica). One I received from Prof. 

 Budd, the Lonicera speciosa, I do not think is named right. 

 There are two or three varieties of bush honeysuckle, with the 

 termination Ruprechtiana and Morrowa. Our experience with 

 the Philadelphus differs from that of Prof. Hansen. He finds 

 them to be tender, and we find them to be hardy and one of our 

 most excellent shrubs. We have four or five species, and the 

 nomenclature is mixed, and it would be hard to give their names. 

 We think a great deal of the Caragana which we received from 

 Iowa. We think a great deal of the snowball and of its orig- 

 inal type, the high bush cranberry (Viburnum opulus), one of 

 the best shrubs w^e have. I do not think of anything more I can 

 add to this report. 



I might speak of the Rosa rugosa. one of the best shrubs we 

 have. 



Mr. Nils Anderson : Will the Rosa rugosa grow without 

 covering? 



Judge INIoyer: Oh, yes, it will. 



