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53. The Juniper. Juw'perus communis. 



I brought a specimen of this plant from Cape Elizabeth 

 about 1865, and planted it in what seemed a favourable 

 spot. It grew and has continued to live up to last year ; 

 but its growth is so slow that in twenty-five years it was a 

 low bush, with a total diameter of only about three feet. I 

 feared to attempt to transplant it, and had hoped to pre- 

 serve it by placing guards around it, but in my temporary 

 absence it was buried under a pile of stones and destroyed. 



54. The Ginkgo Tree. Ginkgo biloba. 



I was naturally desirous to have this tree on the grounds, 

 as an example of a taxine tree with broad leaves, as tbe 

 sole representative of its genus, and as a modern example 

 of a type which in Cretaceous and Tertiary times was repre- 

 sented by several species in Canada. A specimen which I 

 obtained many years ago from a nursery in the United 

 States still stands, but it is too large to be transplanted 

 with safety, and I fear is so near to a contemplated road 

 embankment that it may be destroyed. A few smaller 

 examples, presented by Mr. Cribb, have been transplanted 

 to the new botanical garden. 



Miscellaneous Shrubs. 



It would be tedious to refer to a variety of other orna- 

 mental shrubs cultivated or experimented on. Among 

 those successfully introduced are the golden currant, the 

 flowering raspberry, the Western white flowering rasp- 

 berry from Lake Superior (Rubus nutkanus), the silver-leaf 

 (Elceagnus argented), 1 the lilacs, of which we had at one 

 time five or six varieties, the species of Philadelphus or 

 " Syringa," the burning bush (Euonymus), the fringe- tree 

 (Ohionanthus), various species of Spircea, etc. Many of 

 these, as well as Canadian herbaceous plants, have been 

 transferred to the new botanical garden. 



1 This species, usually considered a Western plant, is also found locally in 

 Eastern Canada, as, for instance, on the banks of Metis River, and it grows 

 very vigorously and would easily run wild at Montreal. 



