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An ornamental race of plants, most of which are adapted to 

 cold climates. 



S. NIGRA. — We find this as a small or even medium-sized tree 

 in the milder parts of Europe. It has been grown at St. Peters- 

 burg, but is tender there. The S. nigra incisa which we saw at 

 Prague and similar climates is a very dark, yet feathery cut-leaved 

 shrub of great beauty. I think this is the Nigra laciniata of the 

 nurseries at Riga, which is fairly hardy there. 



S. RACEMOSA. — The red berried Elder is the favorite shrub in 

 Russia ; more widely planted than any other, except the Cara- 

 gana ; more common than the Mountain Ash, or any other tree 

 bearing ornamental fruit. In the North it bears its clusters of bright 

 red berries in profusion, and decorates the roadsides and gardens, 

 where it is planted. The S. racemosa seratifolia is a beautiful 

 cut-leaved variety of it ; fairly hardy at Riga, nearly hardy at St. 

 Petersburg, There is also a variety Plumosa much like it, and 

 about as hardy at Riga. ., ., . ., ., ., , ,, ,,,, 



SORBUS— Mountain Ash. 



As we journeyed from Proskau to Riga, during the first week in 

 August, the Mountain Ash everywhere were full of clusters of 

 bright red berries. This eastern form is not as straight and 

 smooth a grower as the ordinary forms from Western Europe, yet 

 this seems to fruit more heavily, but here is the point, it colors its 

 fruit a month earlier. 



-■-^t ■;, '. TAMARIX— Tamarisk. 

 ■ !;'■ ; This is a beautiful feathery shrub, unlike any other. I was 

 always making enquiries to see if we could not find a really hardy 

 species. The T. tetandra is a native of the Altai Mountains, yet 

 needs shelter at St. Petersburg, Dahurica is very light in color, 

 and very feathery. Mr. Goegginger, at Riga, finds it a little hardier 

 than Gallica or tetandra. Gallica seems to differ much in hardi- 

 ness. In the Botanic Garden at Moscow it is said to be seldom 



