species is a much smaller plant with small fruits and therefore of less 
ornamental value. 
The so-called French Mulberry, Callicarpa americana, with its axil- 
lary clusters of violet-colored fruits, is one of the handsome autumn 
shrubs of southern woodlands. Unfortunately it is not hardy here, and 
the only really satisfactory species of this genus which has yet been 
grown in the Arboretum is the Japanese Callicarpa japonica. This is 
a smaller plant than the American species but the fruit, although 
smaller, is of the same color and is now conspicuous on the branches 
from which the leaves have mostly disappeared. There are a number 
of plants of this small shrub on the left hand side of Azalea Path near 
its entrance from the Bussey Hill Road. 
The silvery white tails of the fruit of a Japanese Clematis (C. apii- 
folia), now make a brilliant show on the right hand side of the Jamaica 
Plain entrance where this vine has rambled over a number of large 
shrubs; there is a plant, too, on the trellis at the east side of the Shrub 
Collection. It is one of the small flowered species, the white flowers ap- 
pearing after those of the native C. virginiana and before those of the 
Japanese C. paniculata. It is hardy, fast- growing and blooms freely 
every year, and as a decorative plant its value is increased by the late 
persistence of the fruit, which now forms one of the handsome objects 
in the Arboretum. 
The branches of many other trees and shrubs in the Arboretum are 
still covered with showy fruits and many of them have great decorative 
value in addition to their value as garden plants. The branches of the 
common Barberry, Berberis vulgaris , with its drooping clusters of red 
fruits are very ornamental in the house, as are those of its allies, B. 
canadensis, B. amurensis, and B. Regeliana. Berberis canadensis, 
which is a native of the southern Appalachian Mountains and southern 
Missouri, is a smaller plant than the European Barberry with smaller 
leaves and fruit and is still rare in cultivation. It retains its leaves 
later in the season than most of the Barberries of this group. 
Showy fruits still cover the branches of several Hawthorns ( Cratae- 
gus ), especially those of C. nitida, one of the most ornamental species 
of the entire genus, and of C. aprica, a southern species which is per- 
fectly hardy here. The best Hawthorn, however, for winter decora- 
tion is Crataegus cordata, the so-called Washington Thorn, a slender 
tree of the southern states which is still covered with its leaves now 
turning orange and scarlet and making a handsome contrast with the 
small bright red fruits which remain on the branches until spring with- 
out change of color. 
Among the Cornels or Dogwoods the latest to hold its fruits is Cor - 
nus racemosa , sometimes called C. paniculata and C. candidissima, a 
common and widely distributed native shrub. The leaves have now 
fallen but the bushes are completely covered with clusters of dull white 
berries borne on bright red stalks. This Dogwood has been largely 
used in the Arboretum shrubberies where it is now one of the most 
conspicuous and interesting objects. 
The Arboretum will be grateful for any publicity 
given these Bulletins. 
