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*Ilex Icevigata, and */. verticillata are species of a beautiful 

 genus, with deciduous foliage and bright red fruit. */. glabra has 

 evergreen foliage and black fruit. 



Berberis Sieboldii, **B. Tliunbergii, B. Armirensis, and *B. vul- 

 garis belong to a very interesting genus of shrubs ; their leaves are 

 rich and beautiful ; the flowers, which are orange or yellow, are 

 very showy, and are succeeded by bright colored fruit in the fall 

 and winter. B. Sieboldii is the gem of the hardy species. 



*Mhammis Frangula is a fine, robust, hardy shrub, in fruit 

 and flower all the season : 



*Euoriymtis JEuropceus — varieties alba and Corsica — E. alata, 

 and E. Hamilioniaiius, belong to a very interesting genus ; the 

 open capsules are very beautiful when other shrubs are losing 

 their beauty. 



Rosa rngosa, **li. multiflora^ R. repens, R. corylifolia. **R. 

 tomentosa, and others. 



Ribes alpina and R. saxatile are beautiful earlj'-spring flowering 

 shrubs. 



*Cornus alba, C. sericea, C. stolonifera, C. paniculata, C. altern- 

 ifolia and C. circinata are all verj^ valuable shrubs and should be 

 extensively grown. 



Viburnum dentatum, V. nwlle, ** V. Optilus, and V. cassinoides are 

 all elegant species, somewhat early flowering and quite ornamental. 

 Lojiicera Morroicii, L. Ruprechtiana, L. Xylosteum, and L. 

 chrysantha, of the bush honeysuckles; *L.Jlava, *L. Sullivanfii, 

 L. hirsuta, and L. Caprifolium of the climbing ones are also 

 species of a genus of ver}' ornamental shrubs. 



** Symphoricarpus vulgaris and **S. racemosus are very hand- 

 some dwarf shrubs producing a quantity of fruit in the autumn. 

 Symplocos paniculatus has beautiful blue berries. 

 *Lycium Chinense is a very pretty climbing shrub. 

 Eleagnus longipes and E. umbellatus are very ornamental shrubs. 

 **Pyrus arbutifolia, variety erythrocarpa. 



This list comprises the most conspicuously fruiting shrubs at the 

 Arboretum, but there are others; for a full and reliable descrip- 

 tion of those named see several articles in " Garden and Forest," 

 Vol. 2, 1889. 



Of late much attention has been bestowed upon the cultivation 

 of Water Lilies: Mr. E. D. Sturtevant of Bordentown, N. J., has 

 for many years made a specialty of them and at several of our 



