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VOL. IL] APRIL, 1879. [No. 4. 



THE WINTER MEETING. 



(Continued from No. 3.) 

 DISCUSSION ON THE BERBERRY. 



Thomas Beall, Lindsay, would prefer the Buckthorn as a hedge 

 plant to the Berberry. The Purple Berberry was a very beautiful shrub. 



No one present had ever seen the white variety mentioned in ]\Ir. 

 Bucke's paper. 



"Which are the best ten native flowering trees and shrubs for 

 ornamental purposes ?" 



Wm. Saunders, London, not being able to be present, sent his 

 paper on this subject to the Secretary, who read it to the meeting. 

 The varieties mentioned in it are the Pyrus Arbutifolia, Chokeberry ; 

 Cornus Stolonifera, Red Osier Dogwood ; Euonymus atropiirpureios, 

 Burning Bush, or Spindle Tree; Hypericum Kalmianum, Kalm's St. 

 John's Wort ; Cephalanthus OGcidentalis, Button Bush ; Ceanothus 

 Americanus, New Jersey Tea; Yaccinium Corymbosuin, Common 

 or Dwarf Blueberry ; Ilex verticillata, Black Alder or Winterberry ; 

 Liriodendron Tulipifera, the Tulip Tree ; and Prunns Serotina, Wild 

 Black Cherry. This valuable paper will also be given to the members 

 in full in the Annual Report of 1879. 



Chas. Arnold, Paris, mentioned the Witch Hazel and Highbush 

 Cranberry. 



W. Roy, Owen Sound, spoke of the Hypericum Kalmianum as a 

 most beautiful hardy shrub. 



President Burnet thought highly of the Sweet Chestnut, American 

 Mountain Ash, and Witch Hazel. 



John Croil, Aultsville, recommended the Black Walnut. 



Doctor Wott, Niagara, admired our native thorns. 



D. W. Beadle, St. Catharines, called attention to a species of native 

 Crab Apple which grew in great abundance near Cayuga, which was 

 very beautiful when in bloom. 



