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quite orna- 

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ige, six feet 

 Moscow. 



■th, to the 

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e fruit is 

 ery slight 

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 able, and 

 etersburg 



onilifera 

 I France, 

 nkments 

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 of land. 



As we enter Germany we find it a most popular tree in their 

 streets and city gardens. 



According to Loudon it was introduced into Europe in 1601 

 or 1635, and the tree planted at the latter date in the Jardin des 

 Plantes at Paris is still living. A still larger tree, however, is 

 that in the public gardens at Warsaw. This locust has run into 

 endless varieties. The great favorite in Central Europe is a top 

 grafted, rounded variety, which rather, I think, must be the um- 

 hraculifera or globe acacia. Not quite hardy at Warsaw though 

 grown there. Not likely to prove hardy here. 



In Europe this tree does not peem affected by borers, nor does 

 it have the same seedy look when old that it does here. Its wood 

 is most durable and valuable at any age ; its growth when young 

 is rampant ; it suckers very badly. At Abbottsford we have had 

 no borers, and hence it promises to be the best fence-post and 

 fence-rail tree we have. •,,.■,.,•(, ■: , .. , 



... ROGERSIA. ' ■' 



This I did not see, but Mr. Maximowitch speaks of it as a 

 pretty shrub, which does well at St. Petersburg. The flower is 

 small, but plentiful. 



ROSA— Rose. .; ' - 



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• I wish to draw special attention to the J^osa rugosa, and 

 especially its double form, ^ore pleno, as a shrub perfectly hardy at 

 St. Petersburg and Moscow. In this respect it is pointed out to 

 us as a shrub of unlimited hardiness. It has a pretty double 

 flower, and is a decided acquisition. It is a native of Japan. The 

 R. villosa pomifera is so named because it bears a fruit 2 inches in 

 diameter, and which is good for preserves. It is fairly hardy at 

 Riga. It should be planted where likely to be covered with snow. 

 R. ruhrifolia is a red foliaged shrub. The flower is not special, 

 but I am glad to know that this plant, which I had admired at 

 Busy Institute, is hardy in the North. 



