Lespedezas should be assembled with our delicatelj' formed 

 shrubs and should ahvavs be iu the foreground. They are par- 

 ticularly suitable for hiding the ugly bases of certain shrubs, and 

 for foundation planting to screen obtrusive and gross trunks of 

 house vines. 



The specimens of Cotoneasters fasc^atecl me ! I wonder why 

 they handicapped these remarkable and valuable shrubs with 

 such a commonplace name as Cotoneaster? Of course there is a 

 reason. It is not interesting nor can it reconcile one to such ugly 

 nomenclature. 



Here are Adpressa divaricata Congesta and Huprehensis 

 also the Easemiflora variety Microcarpa-Salicifolia and Salici- 

 folia Bloccosa, each species individually distinct from the other 

 althougli the}^ are all small of leaf, some leaflets being less than 

 half an inch, others a full inch long a quarter inch wide. But they 

 are all beautifully formed and of such substance that they re- 

 semble and recall the green enameled four-leaf clover and mytle- 

 leaf brooches we wore, and treasured when we were Ittle girls. 

 Don't you remember them? 



The Corueaster Horizontalis is not exactly a novelty, but I 

 feel it will alwaj's be novel because of its richly foliaged, spraying 

 horizontal branches. As a gTound cover or border to a collection 

 of the taller varieties, such as the Salicifolia Floceosa or Divari- 

 cata, or as a bank-shrub where there are very special, featured 

 groups of columnar, pyramidal, great half-globe and carafe 

 formed trees, Cotoneaster Horizontalis with is spreading, fan-like 

 habit of growth, makes an ideal foreground finish. It is abso- 

 lutely hardy and some of the specimens I saw in the Arnold 

 Arboretum were from nine to twelve feet deep and very wide. 

 So, you see, with all their fine beauty they are tremendously 

 practical and useful. Many of the species of Cotoneasters in the 

 Arboretum I had already seen together with others in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Havemeyer at his estate on Long Island. 



You will be pleased to knd"w'that these rare, these interesting, 

 these unusual, these valuable shrubs are not only for the enjoy- 

 ment of the visitors to the Arnold Arboretum, and to Botanical 



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