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sight. Its leaves resemble those of Caragana fruticosa. It shows 

 its bright green leaves early in the spring and is then very attrac- 

 tive. 



By far the best of the bush honeysuckles is the one received 

 from Prof. Budd some twelve years ago as Lonicera splendens. 

 It is now known as Lonicera Tartarica speciosa. With us it has 

 become a shrub about ten feet high, producing in May and in early 

 June an immense profusion of deep pink flowers. The flowers 

 measure rather more than an inch in diameter. This shrub is so 

 readily and cheaply raised from cuttings that it ought to become 

 common. Several other varieties of Lonicera Tartarica are also 

 in cultivation at the station, besides Lonicera Morrowi and Lonicera 

 Ruprechtiana. They are all well adapted to prairie planting. 



The Russian Oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia), more commonly 

 known as Russian Olive, has been growing at the station for about 

 twelve years and has reached a height of about fifteen feet. Its 

 silvery foliage becomes more beautiful year by year. It was unin- 

 jured by the winter. Russian Mulberry and Catalpa Speciosa suf- 

 fered to some extent ; but the Russian Mulberry is fruiting plenti- 

 fully, and the Catalpa bids fair to bloom. 



It was a hard winter on cherries. Ostheim and Suda Hardy 

 root-killed, and Wragg and Bessarabian froze back to the ground. 

 It is hardly best to encourage cherry planting on our western 

 prairies. , 



Roses, even when carefully covered with earth, all suflfered more 

 or less; but Madam Plantier was uninjured. Rosa Rugosa, unpro- 

 tected, came through all right and is now in full bloom. 



Raspberries at this station were covered with earth and will 

 produce a good crop. 



Plums and apples are setting well, and we look for a fair crop 

 of fruit. The old hardy sorts seem to be uninjured. 



The following new material has been planted at the station this 

 spring: Carolina poplar, Tartarian maple, Ludwig Spaeth lilac, 

 Solanum dulcamara, Aristolochia sipho, Monarda didyma, Paeonia 

 festiva maxima, Paeonia rubra, Paeonia modeste, Paeonia rosea, 

 Paeonia Pottsii, Paeonia grandiflora, Paeonia delicatissima, Pyre- 

 thrum roseum. Madam George Bruant rose, Crimson Rambler rose, 

 Marshall P. Wilder rose. Polygonum multiflorum, Chrysanthemum 

 latifolium. Coreopsis lanceolata, Dicentra spectabilis alba, Dictamnns 

 fraxinella, Pentstemon Torreyi, Silene Virginica, Calycanthus flori- 

 dus, Lonicera Xylosteum, Pyrus arbutifolia. Anemone "whirlwind," 

 Asclepias tuberosa, "Shasta daisy," Coreopsis grandiflora, Dicentra 

 eximea, Silver King iris, Pyrethrum uliginosum, Rudbeckia speciosa. 



