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Viburnum dilatatum (Caprifollaceae) , 45974. From 

 Batum, Russia. Presented by the Superintendent, Bo- 

 tanic Garden. A hardy, handsome, free-flowering 

 shrub, up to 10 feet in height, found in China and 

 Japan. The broadly ovate, abruptly short-pointed, 

 coarsely serrate leaves, 2 to $ inches long, are pu- 

 bescent on both sides. The pure white flowers in 

 cymes 3 to 6 inches across, are followed by clusters 

 of scarlet fruits which remain on the branches well 

 into the winter. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cy- 

 clopedia of Horticulture, vol. 6, p. 3461.) 







Notes from Correspondents. 



Believing that the following letter will prove 

 of interest to our collaborators, inasmuch as it deals 

 almost exclusively with plants with which we are ex- 

 perimenting or that we are trying to secure for ex- 

 perimentation, we are quoting it entire. 



"Since returning from Algeria I have been so busy 

 that I have not had time to write you about a number 

 of plants which Dr. Trabut brought to my attention 

 and which may be of interest to this country. 



"Argania. I am sending you a small quantity of 

 seeds collected from an Argania tree growing in a gar- 

 den in the School of Medicine in Algiers. 



" Berseem. By 20 years' selection from the Muscawy 

 race, Dr. Trabut has obtained a strain which is 

 perfectly hardy at Algiers. He finds that the best 

 results are obtained by sowing in October, this early 

 sowing giving superior cold resistance. At the Jardin 

 d'Essai, at Algiers, we saw a lawn of drilled alfalfa 

 which it is customary to seed between the rows of Ber- 

 seem in October, thus obtaining a fresh green cover- 

 ing throughout the year. It might be interesting to 

 try this method of seeding Berseem for forage purposes 

 in the warmer part of the Southwest. 



"Pinus eanariensis. Dr. Trabut considers this the 

 finest of all pines for planting under rather dry 

 conditions. A dry, steep hillside above the Jardin 

 d'Essai, at Algiers, where the soil is very shallow 

 and must contain extremely limited moisture during 

 the greater part of the year, has a fine stand of 

 these pines. The tree is a very handsome one, often 

 branched, with long pendant needles and large cones. 



"Buxus balearica. We saw this handsome shrub or small 

 tree growing at Algiers. It is said to be native in 

 the mountains of Morocco as well as in the Balearic 



