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White pine is a failure. Red cedars stand transplanting about 

 as well as an apple tree ; arbor vitae, or white cedar, does fair- 

 ly well on low land. The evergreens most admired by visitors 

 are the Colorado silver spruce and the Black Hills silver cedar; 

 the latter to some extent holds its silvery hue the year around. 



Rubus xanthocarpus, sent me the spring of 1901 by Prof, 

 Hansen, grew nicely but were winter-killed, root and all, except a 

 part of them which I had covered with a board. The roots of 

 these survived the winter and had a few blossoms on the new 

 growth, but there was no other appearance of fruit. The plants 

 have now taken possession of the ground, and we have hopes of 

 seeing what the fruit is like next season. 



Five plants of Lonicera tartarica alba rosea, sent at the same 



Partial View of Dewain Cook' *> Experiment Ground. Winter Scene. 



time, grew vigorously, wintered perfectly and were full of bloom 

 this season. The package also included five plants of Lonicera 

 tartarica splendens. They also grew finely the season set, but 

 the tops were all killed by the, first winter, and the roots were 

 badly injured. They made a feeble growth the past season with 

 no bloom. 



The Russian olive, Oleagnus angustifolia are failing with us. 

 We have been growing them fifteen years. We do not consider 

 them very desirable except for the fragrance of its bloom. 



The tamarix, sent by Prof. Green a few years ago, is 

 admired by everybody. The top is not quite hardy, but that does 

 not seem to be very material as it grows so rapidly from the 

 roots. 



