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olina Mountains to altitudes of from two thousand to two thousand five 
hundred feet. It grows usually in swamps. The beautiful species in- 
troduced by Wilson from central China with persistent leaves, I. ilici- 
folia, is not hardy here. 
Ceanothus pallidus plenus is the only one of the hybrid Ceanothus 
tried in the Arboretum which has proved hardy. It has been growing 
here since 1889 and is an attractive shrub of dwarf compact habit 
which every year late in June covers itself with clusters of pale pink 
double flowers. It is believed to be a hybrid of C. ovatus and C. Del- 
ilianus which is a hybrid of C. americanus and C. coeruleus, a Mexi- 
can species often called azureus. Hybrid Ceanothus are popular plants 
in Europe, especially in France and Germany, but are not often seen 
in this country although south of New England many of them would 
probably flourish. Ceanothus is an American genus with three species in 
the eastern United States; it is represented by a few species in the Rocky 
Mountain region and is most abundant in California where several 
beautiful plants of this genus occur, and in Mexico. The two species 
of the northeastern states, C. americanus and C. ovatus with its vari- 
ety pubescens, and the Colorado C. Fendleri, are the only species which 
are hardy in the Arboretum. The northeastern species are attractive 
small shrubs with white flowers and are good plants to naturalize on 
the borders of woods and by the side of roads. Ceanothus Gloire de 
Versailles, a form of C. coeruleus with bright blue flowers is one of 
the popular garden plants in temperate Europe and might well be 
grown in the gardens of the middle states. 
Two Japanese Hollies with deciduous leaves and red fruit, Ilex ser- 
rata and I. geniculata, are in flower on Hickory Path near Centre Street. 
The berries of the former are smaller than those of our native Black 
Alder, I. verticellata, but they are of a brighter color and remain on 
the branches although changed in color by severe cold until the leaves 
of the following year are fully grown, and in the autumn the leafless 
branches covered with fruit are sold in great quantities in the streets 
of Tokyo and other Japanese cities. Ilex geniculata is a delightful 
little plant with small bright scarlet fruit gracefully hanging on long 
slender stems. Little known, it is a plant for any garden. 
The ripening of fruits has already begun and the varied and beau- 
tiful fruit of many trees and shrubs will make the Arboretum an in- 
teresting place to visit for several months, and one of the best places 
in America to supply birds with food. Although not yet ripe, the 
bright red “keys” of the Tartarian Maple are now the showiest fruits 
in the Arboretum. They are the chief ornament of this hardy little tree 
of southeastern Europe and western Asia {Acer tataricum), many years 
ago much more often seen in American gardens than it is now. The 
fruit on several Bush Honeysuckles is ripe or nearly ripe. A few of the 
most conspicuous of these plants now are those of the hybrids of the 
Tartarian Honeysuckle {Lonicera tatarica), called L. bella, L. muendeni- 
ensis, and L. notha. There are varieties, too, of L. tatarica with red 
and with yellow fruit which are attractive at this season of the year 
and the bright yellow flowers of Lonicera Ruprechtiana var. canthocarpa 
