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lilac, brought by Prof. Budd from Russia, and the variety Chas. XII 
are both doing well. The Japanese tree lilac, Syringa Japonica, 
seems to be hardy. 
ELH AGNUS.—The silver berry of the farWestis not doing very well 
with us. Perhaps our bluff-side station is too dry forit. The Rus- 
sian olive, Eleagnus hortensis songorica, is one of our most prom- 
ising shrubs. Landscape architects need not hesitate to plant it 
wherever a small sized silvery-foliaged tree is desirable. 
PRUNUS.—Prunus padus of Europe resembles the choke-cherry 
but is not so upright in its growth. It blooms freely and is now 
loaded with fruit. The Russian plums, Long Red and Long Blue 
and the Bessarabian cherry arelooking well but have not yet fruited. 
Prunus pumila, the sand cherry, bloomed freely, but the May frosts 
destroyed the fruit. The Ostheim and Suda Hardy cherries are 
quite promising. The little Morellos have nearly a'l succumbed to 
the drought. 
SAMBUCUS.—The native red-berried elder,Sambucus racemosa,is an 
ornamental shrub of merit and does well here. The golden-leaved 
form of the European sambucus nigra is now in bloom here and is 
quite attractive. Although not quite hardy, it starts vigorously 
every year and possesses some merit. The cut-leaved variety seems 
to be more tender. 
GYMNOCLADUS.—The locust does not seem to bea success here, but 
its near relative, the Kentucky coffee tree, continues to do well. Itis 
a very attractive tree. 
CONIFERS.—The dry and cold winter took away our single large 
Norway spruce and seriously disabled our black spruce. The white 
spruce still survive, but they bear the marks of battle. The Colorado 
blue spruce were severely browned but have all started vigorously 
again. The balsam fir trees lost their leaders and are seriously 
crippled. A large, well established, native juniper died outright, 
but it stood near a row of cottonwoods. The Scotch pine is healthy 
and vigorous.’ Our Pinus ponderosa is not old enough to report on 
but looks well. The Mugho pine (P. Montana) continues to do well- 
ROSES.—The old fashioned Scotch and blush roses do well with us 
without winter protection. The yellow Scotch rose is very satisfac- 
tory, too. Most of the moss roses do well witli some winter protec- 
tion. One of the most satisfactory roses we have is Seven Sisters. It 
is classed as a climber, but we have no trouble in taking it down and 
covering it winters. Rosa rugosa is very hardy, and Rosa Wicher- 
iana promises well. 
LA CRESCENT EXPERIMENT STATION. 
J. S. HARRIS, SUPT. 
Our report at this time is necessarily very brief. As is well 
known, the drouth of 1894 was so intense that trees of all kinds 
made a much lighter growth than usual, and many varieties failed 
to develop their fruit buds, and the late autumn rains, although not - 
sufficient to insure the perfect safety of the trees, caused a starting 
of the buds anda late flow of sap. Raspberries and blackberries 
were affected in the same manner, while strawberries suffered still 
