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by Wilson are now in flower, C. Veitchiaim and C. Willmottiae. If 
the plants of this genus could be depended upon to flower every year 
they would deserve a place in all gardens where early spring flowers 
are desired, but in ordinary seasons they flower too early or the flower- 
buds are destroyed, and they cannot be recommended for general cul- 
tivation here. In the middle Atlantic states, wherever Jasminum nu- 
diflorum succeeds they would probably give good results, and in Cali- 
fornia they may be expected to flourish and to become midwinter and 
early spring-flowering shrubs of first-rate value. Lovers of rare and 
little known plants will do well to see them in the Arboretum this 
spring for it may be many years before they flower so freely again. 
Andromeda floribunda. There are so few broad-leaved evergreen 
trees or shrubs which are really hardy in this climate that it may be 
useful to call attention again to this Andromeda which is a native 
of the high slopes of the southern Appalachian Mountains and per- 
fectly hardy in New England. It is a low, broad, round-topped bush 
with small, dark green lustrous leaves and short erect compound clus- 
ters of small white heath-like flowers which are now open. The flower- 
buds, which are fully grown in the autumn, are also white, and are 
conspicuous through the winter, adding to the value of this plant for 
the winter and spring garden. 
Two eastern American shrubs now in flower show the value of some 
native plants for American gardens in which they are too seldom 
found. These flowering shrubs are the Leatherwood {Dirca palustris) 
and the aromatic Spicebush (^Benzoin aestivate). They are now covered 
with small yellow flowers, and those of the Spicebush will be followed 
in the early autumn by lustrous, scarlet fruits. Masses of these two 
plants can be seen on the right-hand side of the Bussey Hill Road 
opposite the upper side of the Laurel Collection. 
Automobiles are not admitted to the Arboretum, but visitors who 
desire carriages to meet them at the Forest Hills entrance can obtain 
them by telephoning to P. J. Brady, Jamaica 670, or to Malone & 
Keane, Jamaica 344. 
The subscription to these Bulletins is $1.00 per year, payable in 
advance. 
An illustrated guide to the Arboretum containing a map showing the 
position of the different groups of plants has recently been published. It 
will be found useful to persons unfamiliar with the Arboretum. Copies 
of this guide can be obtained at the Administration Building in the 
Arboretum, from the Secretary of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, from The Houghton, 
Mifflin Company, 4 Park Street, Boston, and at the office of the Harvard 
Alumni Bulletin, 50 State Street, Boston. Price, 30 cents. 
