Meadow and Bussey Hill Roads, and there are three larger plants on 
Hickory Path near the Centre Street wall. 
A handsome plant in flower, the value of Fothergilla major of the Ap- 
palachian Mountains is increased by the autumn color of the leaves which 
are now light orange and red. Plants may be seen to advantage on 
Azalea Path and in the Shrub Collection. 
The handsomest, perhaps, of the Barberries which have been success- 
fully cultivated in the Arboretum is the Japanese Berberis Regeliana. 
This plant was introduced into the United States many years ago by the 
Parsons Nursery at Flushing, Long Island, and was distributed under the 
name of “Hakodate.” It is a medium-sized shrub with large pale yellow 
flowers in long clusters, and large thick leaves which turn in the autumn 
to brilliant shades of orange and red, and handsome showy fruits. The 
leaves are now falling rapidly but the fruit will remain on the branches 
for several weeks longer. Large plants of this Barberry can be seen in 
the Barberry Group on Hickory Path. In this Group and in the Shrub 
Collection are plants of the Japanese Berberis Sieboldii , with dull deep 
red leaves, and two Chinese species just beginning to take on their 
autumn colors, Berberis diaphana and B. dictyophylla. The former is a 
compact, low, round-topped shrub with large solitary flowers and fruits, 
and leaves which in the late autumn are hardly surpassed in the bright- 
ness of their scarlet tints. Berberis dictyophylla is a taller shrub with 
erect branches and just now the red on the upper surface of the small 
spiny leaves contrasts finely with the silvery color of their lower surface. 
These three Asiatic species, which are still rare in gardens, deserve 
more general cultivation. 
The autumn colors of the leaves of the Yellowroot, ( Xanthorrhiza 
apiifolia), a pale canary yellow and green, add to the value of this useful 
little plant which has been largely used as an undershrub along several 
of the drives in the Arboretum. It is admirably suited for this purpose 
as it rarely grows more than a couple of feet high and spreads rapidly 
into dense masses which take entire possession of the ground. The small 
purple flowers which appear before the leaves and the fruits do not make 
much show, but the color of the foliage is good throughout the season. 
Among the large number of Cotoneasters which have recently come to 
the Arboretum from western China Cotoneaster Dielsiana has become 
well established and promises to be a valuable decorative plant in this 
climate. It is a shrub with arching stems and branches which just now 
are covered with bright red fruits and small leaves which have turned 
deep bright reddish purple. A plant of this interesting shrub can be 
seen on Hickory Path in front of the Centre Street wall. 
The slender leafless branches of Callicarpa japonica are now covered 
with the small violet-colored fruits of this hardy shrub which is a desira- 
ble addition to northern gardens, although the fruits are smaller and 
less showy than those of the American species, the so-called French Mul- 
berry of the southern states which is not hardy here, and of several of 
the Asiatic species which are not yet established in the Arboretum. A 
group of these plants will be found on the left-hand side of Azalea Path 
close to its entrance from the Bussey Hill Road. 
The Arboretum wiU be grateful for any publicity 
given these Bulletins. 
