48 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Many coniferous trees have produced abnormal forms, that is, 

 individuals with abnormally erect or pendent branches, or with 

 short branches which grow so slowly that they form little round- 

 topped bushes often not more than two feet high. All such plants 

 are interesting, some of them are beautiful. They have always 

 been favorites with nurserymen, and an unusually large collection 

 is cultivated in the Arboretum. A form of the White Pine, with 

 erect growing branches is called Pinus strobus fastigiaia. The tree 

 from which the plants in the Arboretum were propagated was 

 found in the woods of Massachusetts many years ago by Jackson 

 Dawson. This pine is considered the handsomest of the conifers 

 with erect-growing branches which can be grow^n in the northern 

 states. 



In the Arboretum are weeping forms of the common Red Cedar, 

 Juniperus virginiana, with pendulous branches. Of the numerous 

 seedling forms of the Red Cedar this is one of the most distinct. 

 It is also one of the handsomest of the hardy conifers with pendu- 

 lous branches. 



The so-called Weeping Hemlock, Tsiiga canadensis pendula, is 

 often called the Sargent Hemlock in honor of the late Henry 

 Winthrop Sargent of Fishkill Landing (now Beacon)' New York, 

 who in his time had one of the largest collections of conifers in 

 America. 



The beauty of the Arboretum does not pass with the passing of 

 Summer. On the contrary, the Fall display of fruits, berries, and 

 brilliant foliage is almost as fine as that made by the flowers in the 

 Spring. Evonymiis Bungeanus is a native of northern China, and is 

 a small tree with slightly pendulous branches. When Fall comes, 

 its narrow leaves turn a clear bright yellow. The greatest beauty 

 of this plant, though, lies in its fruit, which is pink and very abun- 

 dant. The fruit is held for several weeks after the leaves fall, and 

 makes a glorious display along the Meadow Road, worth twenty 

 minutes of any man's time to visit. Nowhere else in all the world 

 can so many different plants with brilliant Autumn foUage and 

 handsome Fall fruits be found in one collection. Likewise there is 

 no other garden in all the world where these plants can be so easily 

 and conveniently studied. 



Every garden maker by rights should plant with the idea of 

 keeping his garden gay with color practically the year round. As 



