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The Forsythias in various parts of the grounds are oo 
fine this spring, aaa those in the fruticetum, where some 
specimens of F. intermedia measure about eighteen feet across. 
These plants are ei with their clothing of yellow. Besides 
F. intermedia, of which there are several specimens in the frutice- 
tum, three others are to be found there: F. suspensa, with its 
long drooping branches, the individual flowers on long stalks — 
a particularly effective plant to train up a post at = corner of a 
porch Fortunei, of a lighter color than F. media, and 
with the flowers more scattered; and F. vira ee in habit 
much more compact than the others, with deep yellow flowers 
which are curiously reflexed, giving the plant an appearance 
quite different. For ee and abundance of flowers F. 
intermedia is the best. This is a hybrid between F. viridissima 
and one of the forms of F. con. 
The crocuses are gone, and the daffodils and bes are coming 
to take their place. There are so many forms of both of these 
that we will have them with us for several on way to the end 
f May. 
In the arboretum the weeping cherries are in full bloom, as are 
the Japanese rose-bud cherries, Prunus subhirtella. The Japane 
cherries have their buds well along, and a warm spell, after ae 
abundance of rain, will bring them into bloom with a rush. 
Their dainty blossoms are borne in great profusion, and the 
collection of Japanese cherry trees, in the vicinity of Eonertvatory 
ange 2, is one of the features at this time of the year. N. 
Reantiae for March—tThe total precipitation for the month 
as 4.97 inches. Maximum temperatures ss each week were 
as ie 68° on the oth, 55° on the 14th, 66° on the 21st, and 
78° on the 25th. The minimum temperatures were 14° on the 
7th, 27° on the 12th, 27° on the 18th, and 25° on the 29th. In 
the thirty hours between 10:00 P.M. of the 7th and 4:00 A.M. 
of the oth, there was a rise in temperature of 54°. 
