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visited it in mid-September with its aijundance of fruiting 
shrubs, while later fohage effects, promised to be fine., 
A well proportioned pergola runs through the center of 
the garden and is planted with some of the best hardy 
rambler roses, Polygonum Baldshuanicvnn, Akebia lobata, 
Celastrus flagellaris, \'itis Doaniana, \'. cordifolia, \'. 
heterophylla, \'. Thunbergii, all very handsome varieties. 
Lonicera Henry, L. Heckrotti, and Wistaria Venusta, the 
latter a new pure white Chinese species. 
Some of the best and most striking deciduous shrubs 
and low flowering trees in this garden are Prunus Tomen- 
tosa, Rexi, subhirtella, incisa, and triloba simplex: Ex- 
ochardas Wilsoni and Geraldi ; Symplocos crataegoides. 
Magnolias stellata, glauca and spectabilis ; A^irburnums 
theiferum and hupehense, two robust and handsome 
Chinese varieties of Wilson's introduction, Xanthoceras 
sorbifolia ; Potentillas \'eitchii and Dahurica from China, 
and fruticosa splendens. 
The following Chinese shrubs, all raised from seed by 
Yellow Trumpet Narcissus Naturali::cd in the Grass. 
irHliaiii .hiderson. Superintendent of Uayard Thayer Lslule in 
the Field of Scotch Heather. 
Mr. Anderson, were noted in the walled in garden : Lon- 
iceras Kochneana, Korolkowii. Maackii podocarpa, In- 
volucrata serotina, ramosissinia, Schroederiana and 
raciniflora microcarpe. Cotoneastcrs includes some 
striking forms, of which tenuiper, obscura, Dielsiana, 
divaricata, adpressa, bullata and horizontalis per- 
purilla were in handsome fruit. There are some 
splendid new Ilerberis, including circuin-serrata. dic- 
tophylla, Poiretti, Sargenti and verunniculos ; Hydran- 
gea Thunbergi ; Rhus trichocarpa : I'raxinns Paxinana ; 
Indigoferas Kirilowi, decora and amblyantha ; also the 
best new Lemoine hybrids of Philadelphus. 
Special mention must be made of a specimen of 
Lonicera syringantha Wolffi, raised from seed, collected 
by Purdom in China about six years ago. The plant is 
now twenty-eight feet in diameter, four feet high in the 
Narcissi Emperor and Empress Nalur(ili':ed Under the Oaks. 
