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planted Elaeagnus argentea, but it is too early to report on it. It is 

 a native of Montana, Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, and will 

 doubtless succeed here. Experiments with Elaeagnus long^ipes are 

 inconclusive, and I would not want to say that it is not hardj* until 

 after further trial. 



Shepberdja. The buffalo berry is so strikingly like the wild 

 olive in its general appearance that the casual observer would be 

 apt to think it to be the same. The trees grow with the same vigor 

 that characterizes the wild olive, and the}' have about the same 

 value for ornamental planting. The trees here have not yet 

 fruited. 



Lonicera. The ordinary forms of climbing honeysuckle offered 

 in the nurserj^men's catalogues are tender here. 1 am glad, how- 

 ever, to report that one received from Prof. Budd under the name 

 Lonicera media seems to be ironclad in hardiness and a rapid 

 grower. The upright honeysuckles, including its varieties, L. ele- 

 gans and L. gracilis, are all hardy, while the variety L. splendens is 

 "splendid." Lonicera Albert! is hardy and interesting, but has not 

 3'et bloomed for me. 



Philadelphus. All the mock oranges are doing well, and may be 

 planted on the prairie anywhere with the assurance of getting a 

 large display of beautiful white flowers. 144 Vor., of Prof. Budd, is 

 one of the best. 



Syringa. All the lilacs that I have tried seem to be of ironclad 

 hardiness, and, really, there is no more beautiful shrub. The new 

 Japanese tree lilac seems to be equallj- as hardy as the older ones. 



Cornus. Our native cornel does well, and seems to be strangely 

 like the Cornus sanguinea of the nurseryman. Cornus mascula has 

 been disappointing so far. 



Samhucus. The connnon wild elder, Sambucus Canadensis, is 

 doing well, but is not so thrifty and vigorous as the red-berried 

 elder, Sambucus racemosa. Golden elder and cut-leaved elder, 

 varieties of the European Sambucus nigra, are quite tender. 



Viburnum. A Russian snowball, from Prof. Budd, is doing finely, 

 and so is the common snowball. Our native Viburnum lentago is 

 one of our finest ornamental shrubs. 



Ribes. The Russian currant, 148 Vor., does not dififer greatly from 

 the old fashioned yellow flowering currant. Both are valuable 

 shrubs. A currant received from Prof. Budd. under the name of 

 Ribes degusna, does not differ greatly from the wild black currant 

 of our forests. 



Prunus. Prunus padus greatly reseinbles our native choke cherry. 

 Prunus maackii is somewhat similar, but starts very early in the 

 spring. Besarabian, Suda and Ostheim cherries seem to be hardy 

 in tree, but have not yet fruited for me. Prunus pumila is very 

 promising. 



Besides several varieties of Prunus Americana, the long red plum 

 (19 Orel) and the long blue plum (20 Orel), as well as the Russian 

 plum, Marmika, look extremely well. The Shensi and Alexander 

 apricots passed through last winter without injury. 



Pyrus. The Russian pears Gakovska (347) and Kurlskaya (392) look 

 very promising. The same may be said of the Russian apples' 



