(c) The Hackberry is common to the timber lands of southern Minnesota, an 
has been found as far north as Rainy Lake. It is an ornamental tree of | 
greatest merit. It is doing exceedingly well on dry prairies at Montevideo. 
is succeeding at Montevideo on a dry bluff side. The young leaves in June: 
of a rich brown color and very beautiful. : 
(e) Salix alba vittelina is valuable for the winter effect of its bright red tw’ 
Seenin sunshine against a dark background it lights up the winter landscap 
with a flame of fire. 
(f) The Lilacis a grand shrub in Minnesota. Thevariety Charles X appea: 
to be better than the typical Syringa vulgaris. 
(gz) The Sheepberry is a native shrub found throughout the state. Itis beau 
fulin bloom, in foliage andin fruit. It is not too much to say that nothing bet 
from the lawn planter’s point of view has yet been introduced into the state. — 
does bestina Sd moist location. 
adapted to a positition in front of the shrub border. Itisa trailing pisneee 
should be tied up to a stake. / 
(i) This is a common native Honeysuckle of great beauty. It responds ell u 
good cultivation and if kept tied up toa stake becomes one of the most strik 
objects in the shrub border. It is beautiful in flower, has fine foliage and i 
autumn is covered with scarlet berries. : 
(7) Sullivant’s Honeysuckle is also known as Lonicera flora. It is a fin 
climber. The flowers are inconspicuous, but it produces showy red fruit. 
(kK) The Red-Berried Elderisa native shrub of great vigor, adapted to general _ 
planting. 4. 
(1) The European MountainAsh has failed as a tree at Montevideo from sun-scald. 
Treated as a shrub and allowed to sprout freely from the roots it has been very 
successful. . 
(m) The Bessarabian Cherry may be expected to produce valuable fe whe 
it attains some age. p 
(2) The Sand Cherry possesses much merit where a low growing bEeen is re- : 
quired. Its leaves color beautifully in the autunin. “a 
(o) The Buffalo Berry and the Russian Olive are excellent shrubs with silvery | b, 
foliage. If used in ornamental plantations, they should have a back ground of | 
dark: foliaged trees or shrubs. They both make excellent windbreaks on the | ¥ 
prairie. De: 
(p) The Pea Shrubs are extremely hardy, thriving in themost exposed iscael J: 
tions. a 
(r) Native Shrubs. a ; 
(s) This Tamarix from Russia is very fine and very valuable. One would think 
it to be a tender exotic, but it endures the Minnesota winters without protection. 
(t) Better known under the name of Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 
The recent changes in botanical nomenclature have resulted in 
producing some confusion in our lists. We have endeavored to fol. 
low in the list the nomenclature of “Britton and Brown’s Flora,” the ~ 
latest authority on the subject. This is the standard of our state — 
university, and is in accordance with the practice of the forestry | 
division of the Department of Agriculture. We have derived much — 
assistance from Sudworth’s “ Nomenclature of the Arborescent Flom 
of the United States,” lately issued by the Department. The nomen 
clature of garden varieties of trees and shrubs is still in a chaotic © 
condition, each nurseryman, with a few honorable exceptions, — 
claiming the privilege of naming his stock to suit his own taste an d 
fancy. 
The attention of propagators is particularly invited to the native 
shrubs mentioned in the foregoing list. Itis through the cutive 
tion and improvement of these that the greatest advances are to be 
made inthe future. The patient cultivator will soon be rewarded 
