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gating all the wood we can get of it and hope that our nursery- 

 men will soon have sufficient stock so that it can be put on the 

 market at a reasonable figure. 



We are also trying to get some crosses between the Beta and 

 some of the Labrusca sorts. Our chief difficulty has been in get- 

 ting the pollen of the Labrusca at the time when the Beta is in 

 flower. The latter flowers early, before any other kind except the 

 native sorts, tO' which it is closely related. The only pollen that 

 we have been able to use for these crosses this year has been that 

 of the Janesville, which was in flower on our own place at the 

 time the most of the Beta were in flower, and the pollen of a few 



Weigelia Rosea. 



Rogers' Hybrids, from Lake City, where we were able to obtain 

 it, as the season is so much earlier there than here. 



Among the ornamental plants that are in their glory just now 

 on our grounds, and one which appears to be of especial merit, is 

 the Golden Syringa, which I regard as the best golden foliage 

 plant we have when everything is considered. Its bright golden 

 color appears early in the spring and continues throughout the 

 season. It also produces a good show of bloom, which is fragrant 

 and nearly as large as that of the common syringa. 



Our Colorado blue spruces, that are now about twelve years old, 

 are very beautiful. We made a special point of raising seedlings 

 of these, and now they are of good size, and we find a large per- 



