England to Texas. As an ornamental plant it is chiefly valuable for 
its small shining leaves which nearly completely hide the small black 
fruits which remain on the branches during the winter. A large mass 
of this Holly can be seen on the Bussey Hill Road opposite the Laurels 
at the northern base of Hemlock Hill. Only one other Holly with 
evergreen leaves has proved hardy in the Arboretum. This is the Jap- 
anese Hex crenata, which is a taller growing and narrower plant than 
Hex glabra , with darker green leaves and larger black fruits. There 
are several of these Hollies on the lower side of Azalea Path. 
Several shrubs are more beautiful now than at any other season of 
the year, especially those with showy fruits which retain their leaves 
late into the autumn with little or no change of color. Among such 
plants not one perhaps is more beautiful than the common European 
Privet ( Ligustrum vulgare) which has been cultivated for centuries 
and has become naturalized in the eastern United States. This plant 
bears at the ends of the branches large clusters of shining black 
berries which now make a tine contrast with the dark green leaves. 
The European Privets are in the Shrub Collection where they are 
planted with a number of Asiatic deciduous-leaved species, to all of 
which they are superior as decorative plants at this season of the year. 
There are few more beautiful shrubs in the Arboretum at this time 
than the variety (var. podocarpa) of the eastern Asiatic Lonicera 
Maackii which was discovered by Wilson in western China, for its 
leaves are still green and perfectly fresh, and its branches are cov- 
ered with bright red fruits. This is a large, vigorous, fast-growing, 
and perfectly hardy shrub with wide-spreading branches and requires a 
good deal of space in which to show its real beauty. From the north- 
ern Lonicera Maackii , a native of the Amoor region, the leaves have 
mostly fallen, but the erect growing branches are covered with scarlet 
fruits. The flowers of the northern plant are pure white and larger 
than those of any other Bush Honeysuckle. 
Photinia is a genus of the Rose Family related to the Apples, with a 
few species of small Asiatic trees. Two of these plants, Photinia vil- 
losa and its variety laevis, thrive in the Arboretum and may now be 
seen in the Shrub Collection covered with their small red fruits. 
These little trees succeed perfectly in this climate; their small white 
flowers are freely produced in spring in many-flowered clusters, and 
their fruit remains a long time on the branches, especially that of the 
variety, from which it sometimes does not entirely disappear until the 
end of winter. This plant has been largely planted in the Boston 
parks, and several good specimens can be seen along the borders of the 
Francis Parkman Road. 
The trees and shrubs of Japan usually retain their leaves later 
than the related American species, and as the leaves of many Japanese 
plants take on brilliant colors in the autumn they are valuable for pro- 
longing the beauty of the autumn garden. It is interesting to find that 
this late changing of color i common also among many of the plants 
of western China. This is particularly noticeable in the new species 
of Cotoneaster discovered by Wilson. The leaves of nearly all these 
plants are still perfectly green, and probably by the middle of Novem- 
ber they will be bright scarlet, or in some species scarlet and orange. 
These plants have late ripening, red or black fruits which greatly add 
to their beauty, and among them are certainly some of the most val- 
