below the Benzoin Group. Among the Hickories on the right-hand side 
of the Valley Road there are also large groups of this plant. Cornus san- 
guined is a native of southern Europe and southeastern Asia, and is a 
large shrub with dark red branches, small flat flower clusters and black 
fruit; it has wide-spreading lower branches clinging close to the ground, 
and is well suited to grow as a single specimen or to plant on the mar- 
gins of woods or of a large shrubbery. The habit of this plant can be 
seen in the large specimen in the Cornel group. 
Magnolia glauca , the Sweet Bay of the Atlantic coast swamps, 
planted on the right-hand side of the Jamaica Plain entrance, is begin- 
ning to fill the air with the aromatic fragrance of its creamy white 
flowers. This is a shrub or small tree, with handsome leaves bright 
green and very lustrous above but silvery white below, which remain 
on the branches until the beginning of winter, and small cup-shaped 
flowers; it is the last of the Magnolias to flower, and the flowers open 
during several weeks. Magnolia glauca is perfectly hardy; it is easily 
cultivated and it is one of the most beautiful of the small trees which 
can be successfully grown in this part of the United States. It is as- 
tonishing therefore that it is so little known by the present generation 
and that good plants in quantity cannot be found in any American nur- 
sery. 
Two plants of a rare Apple-tree (Malus florentina or crataegifolia) 
of the northern Apennines are just passing out of flower in the Apple 
Group at the eastern base of Peter’s Hill where they have flowered 
more profusely this year than they have before in the Arboretum. It is 
a small tree with much-lobed leaves like those of the European Haw- 
thorn, small white flowers, and small bright red fruits. Of all the 
Apples planted in the Arboretum it is the last to flower. 
The different forms of the climbing Evonymus radicans are flowering 
very freely this year and can be seen in the Evonymus Group on the 
right-hand side of the Meadow Road. The hardiest, handsomest and 
most desirable of all the forms of this useful plant which have been tried 
in the Arboretum is the broad-leaved variety from northern Japan (var. 
vegetus) which, although it has been cultivated in the Arboretum for the 
last twenty-five years, is still little known and difficult to find in nur- 
series. 
Opposite the Evonymus Group the Smoke-tree ( Cotinus ) of old-fash- 
ioned gardens is in bloom. The flowers are not conspicuous, and it is 
the clusters of the lengthening hairy colored stems of the flowers which 
make the “smoke” and the conspicuous feature of this plant which is a 
native of southern and southeastern Europe, the Himalayas, and western 
China. Near it is a large plant of the American Cotinus which is also 
in flower. The clusters of hairy flower-stems are less conspicuous than 
those of its Old World relative, but the foliage is larger, lighter-colored, 
and in autumn turns brilliantly to orange and scarlet shades. The Amer- 
ican Smoke-tree, although it is a native of northern Alabama and south- 
western Missouri, is perfectly hardy in New England in the most exposed 
positions, and is as much at home in western Europe as it is in New 
England, although usually the trees and shrubs of the southeastern 
United States do not flourish in Great Britain where they miss the 
summer and autumn heat necessary to properly ripen their wood. 
The Arboretum will be grateful for any publicity 
given these Bulletins. 
