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contains many small seeds imbedded in sweet juicy insipid pulp of 
which the Japanese appear fond, as the fruit of A. lobata is found in 
September in great quantities in the markets of the towns of northern 
Japan. 
Vaccinium Carlesii, although discovered in Korea only a few years 
ago, is fast becoming a popular garden plant in the United States 
where it is admired for its compact clusters of fragrant white flowers 
which open from rose-colored buds, closed buds and open flowers oc- 
curring together in the same cluster. The value of this handsome little 
shrub is increased by the autumn color of the leaves which are now 
dark bronze purple. Little has been known of this plant in its native 
country but Mr. Wilson, who has passed the last two summers in 
Korea, writes of it, “This is a maritime species fond of cliffs and rocky 
soil; it grows in localities rather remote one from the other and is no- 
where common." 
Witch Hazels (Hamamelis). The different species of this genus add 
to the interest of the Arboretum in the autumn and winter by the 
colors of their leaves and the opening of their flowers. The first spe- 
cies to change its color is Hamamelis japonica, one of the winter- 
flowering species. The leaves of the other Witch Hazels turn bright 
clear yellow in the autumn, but the autumn color of the leaves of the 
Japanese species is scarlet and orange. During a week early in Octo- 
ber the leaves were brilliant but they have now fallen. The pale clear 
yellow autumn leaves of the eastern American species {H. virginiana) 
have nearly all fallen from the branches which are now covered with 
pale yellow flowers. The leaves of the other American species {H, 
vernalis) are still green on some individuals and on others are begin- 
ning to turn yellow. Toward the end of December or early in January 
this shrub, which grows naturally along small streams in southern 
Missouri, will be covered with flowers. The dull blue-green leaves of 
the Chinese Hamamelis mollis are still as green as they were in mid- 
summer but later they will turn to a beautiful shade of pale yellow. 
The flowers of this remarkable plant open usually late in January or 
early in February and are larger and more conspicuous than those of 
the American or Japanese species. No winter garden can be complete 
without these winter-flowering shrubs. 
Enkianthus. The autumn colors of the leaves of the four Japanese 
species of this genus of the Heath Family which are established in the 
Arboretum have been remarkably brilliant during October and it is un- 
fortunate that these handsome plants are not more generally found in 
gardens in those parts of the United States where the presence of lime 
does not make the cultivation of plants of the Heath family impossible. 
All the species have bell-shaped flowers arranged in gracefully droop- 
ing clusters, but their greatest beauty is in the color of their autumn 
leaves. This is scarlet, crimson or deep wine color on the different 
species. The deep crimson or scarlet colors which the leaves of E. 
perulatus or japonicus assume make this the showiest of the species 
at this season and one of the most popular plants in Japan where it is 
usually cut into dense round balls. In the Arboretum this shrub has 
