254 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BIRCH. 



The white birch and the cut-leaved birch of Europe are doing- 

 welL The American canoe birch has failed for lack of moisture. 



CORNEL. 



The red-twig-ged dog-wood, Cornus sang-uinea of the nurserymen, 

 is doing- quite well, but does not seem to be so desirable as the 

 native species, Cornus sericea. Cornus mas must be voted a failure 

 on dry land. 



BUFFALO BERRIES AND WILD OLIVES. 



The buffalo berry, Sheperdia argentea, promises to be one of the 

 finest shrubs on our grounds, but right beside it, the closely related 

 Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia, is doing equally well. The 

 silver berry, Eleagnus argenta, is doing well, too. These shrubs 

 ought to be generally planted. 



COFFEE TREE. 



The Kentucky coffee tree is keeping up its former record for 

 beauty and hardiness. I think it oug-ht to be generally grown in 

 this latitude. 



ELDERBERRIES. 



There is nothing new to report in regard to these shrubs. The 

 cut-leaved elder is quite tender, and so is the golden elder. Every 

 farmer ought to raise the black-berried elder and enjoy its valuable 

 fruit. The red-berried elder, Sambucas raceinosa, is an ornamental 

 shrub of great value. It deserves a prominent place in all large 

 grounds. 



CHERRIES. 



Our native choke-cherry is an upright shrub of great value for 

 ornamental purposes. The Euroi:)ean choke-cherry, Prunus padus, 

 has more of a weeping habit, and is equally hardy and desirable. 

 The Russian cherry, Bessarabian, is a beautiful tree, but has not j^et 

 borne fruit. Ostheim, from Storrs and Harrison, and Suda, from 

 Stark Brothers, both seem to be hardy but have not yet fruited. The 

 sand cherrj^ is making a vigorous growth and is a line ornamental 

 shrub. 



VIBURNUM. 



Our cominon snowball is doing well, but jirobably not quite so 

 well as Prof. Budd's Russian varietJ^ Our native viburnum lentago 

 ought not to be overlooked by planters. It is one of the finest shrubs 

 than can be planted on the prairies. It has lived here for ages and 

 is well acclimated. No one need be ashamed of it because it is 

 American. 



SPIRAEA. 



The old-fashioned nine-bark has been rechristened by botanists 

 as ph3'SOcari)us opulifolius, but for gardening i:)urposes it may be 

 still called a spiraea. It is a robust growing, valuable shrub, very 

 beautiful when in bloom and interesting in fruit. Spiraea Van 

 lloutii has done extremely well this season and I should call it the 



