April 7, 1897.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



A fruiting branch, natural size. 3. A flower, enlarged. 4. Vertical section of a pistil, the corolla displayed, enlarged. 

 5. Cross-section of fruit, enlarged. 6. A stone, enlarged. 



racemosa the red-fruited Elder of the high Cascade Moun- 

 tains of Oregon and Washington, and has described it 

 under the name of Sambucus liosperma,* distinguishing it 

 by its smooth nutlets, those of the red-fruited Elder of the 

 eastern states and of the coast of Washington and Oregon 

 and of S. melanocarpa being transversely rugose. C.S.S. 



* Proc. Bwl. Soc, Washington, xi., 40(1897). 



Cultural Department. 



Chrysanthemums. 

 AUR Chrysanthemums intended for specimen plants are 

 ^-^ now in four-inch pots. We are later than usual this 

 season, as we intend to finish our plants in ten-inch pots. With 

 lessened pot-room the growing season is shortened. When 

 we have used twelve-inch pots we have made the final shift 



