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glabrous calyx-lobes rather less than half the length of the 

 narrowly obovate acute white petals. The fruit is not dis- 

 tinguishable from that of Philadelphus coronarius, except 

 in the rather longer calyx-lobes. 



Philadelphus Falconeri is a hardy and graceful shrub 

 and one of the most distinct and beautiful members of a 

 genus distinguished for abundant handsome and fragrant 

 flowers. Our illustration, which is made from a plant in 

 the Arnold Arboretum, is published to draw the attention of 

 gardeners to a valuable hardy shrub which is still little 

 known, with the hope that it may lead to some informa- 

 tion with regard to its origin. C. S S 



Crus-galli, the winter buds, flowers and leaves resembling 

 those of that species, but the fruit is certainly very distinct 

 in form and color and in the consistency of the flesh, and 

 it is, perhaps, a hybrid in which Cratsegus Crus-galli has 

 played an important part, but, whatever its origin or rela- 

 tionship, Cratffigus Carrieri is a beautiful hardy little tree, 

 and one of the most desirable of all plants that bear showy 

 winter fruit. 



Plant Notes. 



OxYDENDRUM ARBOREUM. — The Sorrel-trec, or Sour-wood, 

 presents a pleasing appearance at this season in regions 



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Fig. 67. — I, Fruit of the Papaw, Asimina triloba. 2. Section of fruit. 



Socds. — See 



Crat^gus Carrieri. — This Thorn is now well established 

 in the Arnold Arboretum, where it is covered this year with 

 fruit; this is oblong, about three-quarters of an inch long, 

 bright scarlet and very lustrous, hanging on long stems in 

 open few-fruited clusters. This tree originated in the Jardin 

 des Plantes, in Paris, and is said to have been raised from 

 a seed of Crataegus Mexicana which Carriere had planted 

 when he was at the head of the nursery department of that 

 establishment.* It was first described by hmi in 1883 in 

 the Revue Horiicole, where a beautiful colored plate repre- 

 sents the flowering and fruiting branches. Crataegus Car- 

 rieri has generally been considered a form of Crataegus 



where it assumes tree-form, from the beauty of its deeply 

 furrowed gray bark and its reddish bronze and orange- 

 colored branchlets. ,^In the northern part of New England, 

 however, it is rarely more than a shrub, although in the 

 southern Alleghany region it is a graceful and slender tree 

 fifty or sixty ieet tall. In spring, as they unfold, the 

 shining leaves are a bronzy green ; when fully grown they 

 are large, bright green and lustrous, antl in the autumn 

 the)r turn to colors which rival those of the Dogwood and 

 Tupelo. In fact, in the splendor of its autumn foliage it is 

 not excelled by any American tree. Its flowers, which 

 appear in midsummer, are pure white, bell-shaped, a quar- 



