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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Less known are the Hoptree, or Waferash, with big leathery 

 leaves and curious bunches of seed, the False Indigo with its 

 racemes of blue flowers and finely cut foliage, to be found along 

 our lake shores, and the Button Bush, with its cream white flower 

 buttons and its healthy, shiny leaves. 



A shrub fairly hardy here, but not native any closer to us 

 than Pennsylvania, is the White Fringe. It is so handsome that 



High bush cranberry in blossom. 



I will include it here, and thereby maybe boost its dissemination^ 

 Its foliage is broad and heavy, the whole plant closely resembling 

 the Himalayan Lilac. Its flowers resemble wisps of finely cut 

 pure white paper, and, also, its shiny dark blue fruit is very deco- 

 rative. 



Wherever there is room for any undergrowth in the woods, 

 or in a neglected pasture, we find the Hazelnut, probably only 

 conspicuous in its fall coat. The same is true of the Witchhazel, 

 except that the latter is more interesting on account of its 

 flowers appearing late in the fall and hanging on long after the 

 leaves have dropped off, and its seed not ripening until the next 

 season. 



