height. Nearly all the forms of the Virginia Creeper can now be seen 
on the trellis at the eastern side of the Shrub Collection and near the 
entrance from the Forest Hills Gate. 
One of the handsomest shrubs in early autumn is the Japanese Evon- 
ymus alatus, for the leaves of this plant turn a delicate rose color un- 
like those of any other plant in the Arboretum. This Evonymus, with 
abundant room, spreads into a compact round-headed shrub from four to 
six feet tall and ten or twelve feet in diameter. The fruit is small and 
less conspicuous than that of many species of Evonymus. The broad 
or sometimes narrow corky wings of the branches make it conspicuous 
in winter. There is a good specimen in the Evonymus Group on the 
Meadow Road, and a large isolated specimen in the grass border of 
the Bussey Hill Road above the Lilac Group. 
The earliest of the Opulus Group of Viburnums to change the color 
of its leaves is the eastern Asiatic Viburnum Sargentii, and on some 
individuals of this species the leaves are already dark red. Of the 
three species of this group this is the handsomest in flower, for the 
sterile flowers which surround the clusters of perfect flowers are larger 
than those of the eastern American or of the European species, but 
the fruit is small, dull in color and of little value. 
Another plant from northeastern Asia, Acer ginnala, is beautiful in 
the autumn when the brilliant scarlet of the fading leaves of this small 
tree is hardly surpassed by that of any American tree or shrub. 
Among Maples Acer ginnala is interesting on account of the fragrance 
of the flowers, fragrant Maple flowers being unusual. It is a native 
of eastern Siberia, and has proved very hardy in the northern states, 
and in Quebec and Ontario. 
Bright scarlet now are the leaves of Rosa nitida. This little Rose, 
which grows naturally on the margins of swamps from Newfoundland 
to New England, is perhaps the most beautiful of our native Roses 
and very distinct in the bright red prickles which thickly cover the 
stems and branches; it is too rarely cultivated. 
A few of the fruits which ripen in early autumn are already conspicu- 
ous. There is perhaps no shrub more beautiful in the Arboretum at this 
time than one of the American Cornels, Cornus rugosa, or, as it is some- 
times called, C. circinata. This is a tall, broad, round-headed shrub 
with greenish branches and round-oval, dark green leaves. The flow- 
ers are not more showy than those of other Cornels, but the clusters 
of light blue fruits on red stalks which now cover the plants make them 
objects of much interest and beauty. There are several plants of this 
species in the Cornel Group at the junction of the Meadow and Bussey 
Hill Roads, and there are large masses of it among the Hickories on 
the Valley Road. The finest individual plants, however, are on the 
slope where the Celtis collection is planted, on the right-hand side of 
the path which follows the north side of the Bussey Hill Road. The 
red Osier Cornel or Dogwood, Cornus racemosa , often called C. stolon - 
ifera or C. candidissima , is also beautiful at this season, for the leaves 
are beginning to turn dark red and the plants are covered with abund- 
ant clusters of white fruits on bright red stalks. There is a large 
mass of this plant in the Cornel Group and it has been largely planted 
in the mixed plantations along the drives. Spreading rapidly into large 
dense clusters, with good foliage, abundant flowers and beautiful fruits, 
few shrubs are more desirable for park or roadside plantations. 
