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for a couple of months. Another species, /. Gerardi- 

 ana from the Himalayas, has rose-colored flowers but 

 it is a less valuable plant for northern gardens. A 

 fourth and new introduction from central China is 

 /. amblyantha. This is an erect, little-branching shrub 

 from five to six feet tall with erect racemes of pink 

 or rose-red colored flowers. It is a pleasing plant and 

 remarkable inasmuch as the racemes continue to 

 elongate and produce blossoms from late June until 

 the frosts appear. 



Of Lespedeza the hardiest are L. bicolor, L. for- 

 mosa, and L. crytobotrya, all three twiggy, floriferous 

 shrubs. 



A very charming subject much too infrequently 

 met with in gardens is Callicarpa japonica. This 

 plant has opposite leaves and from the axil of each 

 and every one arise short-stalked flattened clusters 

 of pinkish flowers. These are quickly followed by 

 masses of small, round, rose-purple fruits which last 

 until the frosts come and which, as the generic name 

 indicates, are very beautiful. 



A comparatively new and highly desirable plant is 

 Elsholtzia Stauntonii, introduced in 1905, into the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum by Mr. J. G. Jack from near the Great 

 Wall of China north of Peking. This is almost a 

 herbaceous plant and may be treated as such. It 



