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mation than now exists is needed. It occurs in closely Arboretum. Here it makes a small shrubby tree now six 



related forms in Japan * and in Manchuria. t or ei g ht feet hi g h - lt is usually hardy, although in* the 



Alnus maritima was introduced into cultivation by Mr. winter of 1885 the plants in the Arboretum were killed 



Fig. 47. — Alnus maritima. — See page 26 



Thomas Meehan, who, in 1878, sent it to the Arnold down to the ground. As a garden-plant this Alder has 



considerable beauty, especially in the autumn when it is 

 covered with its large, bright, golden-colored catkins of 



* Alnus maritima, var. Japonica, Regel ; De Candolle, " Prod.," xvi., ii., i 

 Betula Alnus, Thunberg, " Fl. Tap.," 76. 



^-^Ssle^d^ male flowers which hang from the ends of the slender 



A. Japonica 

 Bet.," 85, t. 15, f. 22-27. 



t Alnus maritima, var. arguta, Regel, 1. c 



branches. 



c. s. s. 



