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fartlier south and not quite liardy here. Beautiful in foliage and especially 

 beautiful in flower. Would be very satisfactory for park and lawn planting 

 excej)t for its tenderness to the climate. 



Clematis i/rata (jrandidentata, Hijialayax Clematis. One specimen of this 

 species has been growing on the campus for nearly thirty years and is great- 

 ly admired. It is of moderate growth, good foliage, and bears abundant white 

 flowers somewhat resembling the ordinary virgins-bower. Considered here as 

 one of the best of all clematises. This species has been propagated here by 

 hardwood cutting and layers. It does not reproduce easily. 



Clematis heracleaefulia davidiaua, Fraguaxt Tube Clejiatis. This sj^ecies 

 was rather generally recommended by nurserymen a few years ago, and is 

 indeed attractive, something between a shrub and a climber in habit, perhaps 

 best suited to large efi^ects in rock gardens. It has not proved hardy on the 

 campus — in fact, is extinct iiere. 



Clethra alnifolia, Su.mmersweet. This native small shrub is best adapted to 

 plantings in moist situations though it will thrive less luxuriantly in dryer 

 locations. It is suitable for wild plantings. Its most striking feature is the 

 production of abundant flowers in late summer, at a time when few other 

 shrubs are in bloom. The flowers are pleasantly fragrant and are excejlent 

 nectar flowers for the apiary. 



Clethra tomentosa, Woolly Clethra. This southern species is perfectly 

 hardy and grows readily on the college grounds, though not a very tidy or 

 attractive shrub. It is suitable for wild plantings, especially in moist local- 

 ities. Its flowering habit is like that of C. alnifolia. 



Comptoiiia aspleuifolin. Sweetferx. This hardy, native, well-known shrub 

 has Ijeen grown to some extent on the campus. It transplants with great dif- 

 ficulty; otiierwise it would be very satisfactory for certain situations in park 

 use, especially for dry, hot, sterile soil. 



Coruuy alba sihirica. Coral Dogwood. A hardy, strong-growing, U})right 

 dogwood with red branches. \'ery satisfactory for borders and wild garden 

 effects. 



Cunius alteniifoUa. Pagoda Dogwood. A large, strong, upriglit-growing na- 

 tive species suitable for woodland planting and woodland borders. 



Conius amomum, Silky Dogwood. One of the most common native dog- 

 woods, growing in moist situations, frequently accomjjanying stolonifera. Its 

 bright lilue fruits and dark red stems give it added values in autunm and 

 winter. 



Cornus fiorida, Flowerixg Dogwood. Geograj^hically the northern range of 

 this species runs a little beyond Amherst. Even in this locality the species 

 begins to show tiie stress of nonadaptation to the cold winters. Nevertheless 

 it usually flowers in the spring and is always welcome. It is too good a spe- 

 cies to be overlooked in any extensive planting. 



Conius fforida pendula. W'kki'isc. Dogwood. A weeping variety of ordi- 

 nary flowering dogwood; curious but of no particular value. 



Gornus florida rubra, Redflowerixg Dogwood. Considerable variations In 

 the color of flowers occur in this species in nature, varieties with more or less 

 pink or reddish blossoms being not especially uncommon. The variety prop- 

 agated by the nurserymen under this name is genuine and practically satis- 



