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to the ground were later as full of flowers and fruits as they were in 
ordinary seasons. 
The following plants believed to be dead in the spring are still alive, 
although it is doubtful if they can be permanantly successful in this 
climate: Stachyurus chinensis, Staphylea holocarpa, Poliothyrsis sinen- 
sis, and Fortunearia sinensis. The Staphylea, which Wilson believed 
to be one of the handsomest of the small trees which he saw in China, 
has never done well in the Arboretum, and although there is still life 
in some of the small plants it is doubtful if it ever flowers here. Vibur- 
num ovatifolium, which was reported in May to have been killed, has 
grown again from the roots, and all the Chinese Viburnums with decidu- 
ous leaves are now in good condition. The two evergreen species which 
live here, V. rhytidophyllum and V. buddleifolium, lost their leaves 
from the cold but are now covered with a new growth and look as well 
as they usually look here at this season of the year. They are better 
suited, however, for a milder climate than that of New England. Loni- 
cera Henryi, a Chinese species with twining stems and evergreen foli- 
age, was killed to the ground but is growing again. This beautiful plant 
flowered for several years in the Arboretum and was believed to be per- 
fectly hardy and an important addition to the small number of broad- 
leaved evergreens which can be successfully grown in the northern 
states. 
Broad-leaved Evergreens. The colors which the leaves of a few of 
these assume in the autumn add greatly to the beauty of these plants 
in November. The most conspicuous change of leaf color on any of 
these plants is on the Rocky Mountain Mahonia (or Berberis) repens. 
From light bluish green the leaves turn to pale violet color in the au- 
tumn. This is one of the handsomest and hardiest evergreen plants 
which can be used here to cover the ground under larger plants; it 
grows only a few inches high, spreads rapidly by underground stems, 
and the bright yellow flowers are large and conspicuous. It is unfor- 
tunate that eastern nurserymen have not yet learned the value of this 
plant. The small dark green leaves of the Box Huckleberry {Gaylus- 
sacia brachycera) become in the autumn deeply tinged with red when 
the plant is fully exposed to the sun, and the leaves of Pachystima 
Canbyi are more or less tinged with violet. These are two of the 
rarest plants in the United States, being known now only in two locali- 
ties, the first in Pennsylvania and the other in West Virginia where the 
Pachystima has not been seen, however, for nearly fifty years. The 
leaves of Leucothoe Catesbaei often turn deep bronze color in the 
autumn. This plant which has always been considered hardy in east- 
ern Massachusetts, suffered seriously during the winter. Most of the 
plants lost the ends of their branches and their leaves, and many 
were killed outright in a particularly favorable position for this shrub 
where it had been established for nearly twenty years. The Rhodo- 
edndrons are in good condition and generally well furnished with fiow- 
er-buds, and the Laurels {Kalmia latifolia) have not before in the 
Arboretum given such promise of abundant bloom. 
