MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 57 



The little trailing honeysuckle from Turkestan, known in this 

 state as Lonicera Albertii, should be called Lonicera spinosa. It 

 is a very small shrub and very hardy ; but its native habitat is lofty 

 Alpine summits, and it does not seem to be entirely at home on the 

 prairies. It needs to have the dead branches cut away every spring. 

 It should be set in front of the shrubbery or in a bed with perennial 

 flowers, where it will not be over-topped by more robust growing 

 species. Its flowers are very fragrant. 



Lonicera Morrowi and Lonicera Ruprechtiana have been plant- 

 ed at the station and seem to be hardy, but they have not yet begun 

 to bloom. 



Our native species, Lonicera dioecia, develops finely in the shrub 

 border, and should not be overlooked by any one searching for beau- 

 tiful things to plant. This species belongs to the climbing section 

 of the genus, but in this climate is rarely more than a bushy shrub. 



Few of the climbing honeysuckles seem to be hardy enough for 

 western Minnesota. Lonicera Sullivantii was received from Prof. 

 Budd under the name Lonicera flava, and is doing very well. It is 

 a fairly good climber, but the flowers are not fragrant. This species 

 is a native in some parts of Minnesota. 



BARBERRIES. 



Berberis Amurensis does not differ greatly from Berberis vul- 

 garis, but is somewhat more robust in habit and better adapted to 

 prairie planting. Berberis Canadensis, as received and planted at 

 this station, proves to be only Berberis vulgaris. Nurserymen 

 should be held to a stricter accountability. 



CHERRIES. 



The sand cherry, Prunus pumila, does not seem to do very well 

 on the dark clay loams of western Minnesota. We have lately 

 planted the western sand cherry, Prunus Besseyi, and hope for bet- 

 ter results. A wild sand cherry on the rocks at Ortonville appears 

 to be this species. 



There is a great deal of variation among the choke cherries of 

 western Minnesota, and it seems likely that some of them will 

 turn out to be the western choke cherry, Prunus demissa. Prof. 

 Sargent is of the opinion that the two species intergrade, and that 

 they may as well all be included in one species. Certain it is that 

 there is vast difference in the quality of the fruit produced. We 

 may reasonably expect that in the future a valuable fruit may be 

 produced from the choke cherry. 



