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rose. C. punctata is one of the largest and most widely and generally 
distributed of the species of the eastern states where it is often a tree 
thirty feet tall with wide-spreading branches which form a flat or 
round-topped head of great beauty. This species, which has been 
known for more than a century and is often cultivated, is peculiar in 
the fact that some individuals have flowers with rose-colored anthers 
and others have flowers with yellow anthers, and that the plants with 
the rose-colored anthers produce red fruit while those with yellow an- 
thers produce yellow fruit. 
Crataegus cordata. Near the group of C. punctata on the Bussey 
Hill Overlook are two large plants of C. cordata or the Washington 
Thorn, as it is sometimes called. This is a narrow tree sometimes 
thirty feet tall with erect branches and small nearly triangular lustrous 
leaves which are now beginning to turn bright scarlet. The small 
globose fruits are also turning scarlet and will remain on the branches 
until spring with little loss of beauty. This is the latest of all the 
species of Crataegus in the Arboretum to flower. The only drawback 
to this handsome little tree is found in the brittleness of the branches 
which are often broken by high winds. A century ago it appears to 
have been frequently used in the middle states as a hedge plant. 
An autumn-flowering Lilac. Lilac flowers in October are not com- 
mon, but Syringa microphyllaf which flowered the middle of June, be- 
gan to bloom again six weeks ago and is still covered with flowers. 
It is a native of north central China and is a hardy, free-growing shrub 
with small leaves and small, pale rose-colored, fragrant flowers in 
small narrow clusters. It is far from being one of the handsomest of 
the Lilacs, but if it keeps up the habit of flowering for a second time 
in autumn it will be at least interesting even if other Lilacs are more 
beautiful. 
Stuartia pseudocamellia. This small Japanese tree is of interest at 
this time on account of the dark bronze-purple color of its autumn 
leaves which is unlike that of any other plant in the Arboretum. It 
should be grown, too, for its pure white cup-shaped flowers which re- 
semble those of a single-flowered Camellia. This Stuartia is a narrow 
tree with slender erect branches and pale gray, smooth bark which 
separates in large thin plates. It grows slowly but is perfectly hardy. 
Two specimens can be seen on the upper side of Azalea Path. 
Enkianthus perulatus, or japonicus as it is perhaps better known, 
is unusually handsome this year, equalling and even surpassing the 
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymhosum) in the brilliant scarlet 
of its autumn leaves. Unlike Enkianthus campanulata it is shrubby 
in habit and forms a dense broad bush. The white bell-shaped flow- 
ers are attractive, but in the Arboretum the plants have not pro- 
duced seeds, and this Enkianthus is therefore rare in American gar- 
dens. It is found, however, in all Japanese gardens where it is grown 
for its autumn colors and where it is usually cut into dense balls. The 
best collection of Enkianthus is on the lower side of Azalea Path, where 
several species are flourishing. 
