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they are thin and of different shades of green, and of different sizes. 
On some of the species with thick and lustrous leaves the foliage does 
not fall until the beginning or middle of winter; that of the larger- 
leaved species falls late in the autumn, on some species assuming in 
the fall brilliant shades of orange and scarlet. On some species the 
flowers are bright red, and white on others, and the lustrous fruit 
which varies greatly in size is black on some of these plants and red 
on others. As flowering plants the most beautiful in the Arboretum 
are C. hupehensis, C. racemifiora, var. soongarica, and C. multiflora, 
var. calocarpa. These three plants have flowers comparatively large 
for the genus, about half of an inch in diameter, and bright red shin- 
ing fruits. The first is a broad, tall and shapely shrub with bright 
green leaves which will be covered in a few days with flowers which 
make the plant as conspicuous as any Spiraea. These are followed by 
small, scarlet fruits which are a good deal hidden by the leaves. C. 
racemijlora, var. soongarica, is also a large and vigorous shrub; the 
flowers are a little larger than those of C. hupehensis, the leaves are 
dull blue-green in color, and the fruit is larger and more showy than 
that of the last species. C. multifiora, var. calocarpa, is flowering 
for the first time in the Arboretum'^ It is a shrub with slender, grace- 
fully arching stems and blue-green leaves. The arching of the stems 
makes the flowers, which are borne in erect clusters on short lateral 
branches, conspicuous and there is now in the Arboretum no shrub in 
flower more graceful in habit or more charming in the arrangement of 
its flowers. The fruit of this species, judging by specimens collected 
in China, is abundantly produced: it is scarlet and about a quarter of 
an inch in diameter. Of the large-growing species with thick lustrous 
leaves attention is called to C. divaricata with red fruit and C. nitens 
with black fruit. These species have small, globose red flowers which 
are now open and are large, fast-growing, hardy shrubs valuable 
through the summer and autumn on account of their beautiful foliage. 
None of the species are perhaps so attractive in the autumn as C. 
foveolata; this is one of the most vigorous of all the species with 
larger leaves which late in the season turn brilliant orange and scarlet. 
The flowers of this plant are red and the fruit is black. The best of 
the dwarf species in this climate is C. horizontalis. This is now the 
most generally known of the Chinese Cotoneasters, as it was first 
raised in France forty years ago and has been growing in the Arbor- 
etum for more than a quarter of a century. When growing naturally 
it is a plant not more than two feet high, with wide-spreading 
branches; it has small, dark green, shining leaves, minute red flowers 
and small bright red fruit. Here the leaves fall in early winter, but 
in regions of milder climate they remain on the branches until a new 
crop appears in the spring. This is an excellent plant for a large 
rock garden, and in Europe it is often trained to cover low walls, for 
which purpose it is well suited, although the branches do not natur- 
ally attach themselves to stone or brick. C. horizontalis, var. perpu- 
ailla is a dwarf form with rather smaller leaves and is equally useful 
