REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GARDENS. 



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Mudbeckia grandi flora. 

 Coreopsis deJphinioides, 

 Achillea Ptarmica^ 

 Ghilopsis Icevis, 

 Aster inultiflorus, 



*' Drummondii, 



" versicolor, 



" sagittifolius, 



" macrophyllus, 



"'• umbellatus, 



" prenanthoides, 



" cestivus, 



*' loBvigatus, 



' ' simplex, 



" spectabilis, 



'^ Sibiricus 



*' turbinellus, 



" Shortii, 



' ' amethystinus, 



Aster Novi-Belgii, var. 



" effus^is, 



' ' puniceics, 



" Tartaricus, 



" Tradescanti, 



' ' Herveyi, 



" oblong if olius, 



" Lindleyanus, 



Solidago lanceolata, 

 " arguta, 

 " rugosa, 

 " squarrosa, 

 ' ' Canadensis, 



"• ulmifoUa, 

 '' sempervirens, 

 " Shortii, 

 " serotina, 

 " Riddellii, 

 " latifolia. 



The Helianthuses, Silphiums, Rudbeckias, and Boltonias, being 

 chiefly tall growuig plants, are placed in the background, and the 

 others, according to their height, in the front. This bed has been 

 the admiration of all who have seen it, and the coining season will 

 probably see more of this kind of bedding." 



The fruiting shrubs at the Arboretum are among the choicest 

 things to be found there. In a stroll through the grounds in the 

 fall it was delightful to see them so bright and cheerful ; we wish 

 that we could speak with trumpet sound so that all could hear our 

 praises of them, and if we had persuasiveness and influence suffi- 

 cient we should induce every one who plants shrubs to give these 

 varieties a place with others. They show and look best as 

 single specimens, but a skilful landscape-gardener could undoubt- 

 edly succeed in making effective groups. 



The following list of the most conspicuous kinds will be a guide 

 in making selections. One star indicates those whose fruit drops 

 when frosty weather comes on or a little later ; on those marked 

 with two stars the fruit hangs nearly all the season ; and those 

 not marked hold their fruit all through the season : 



** Celastrus scandens and ** C. articulata are valuable climbers. 



