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CRAT^GUS COCCINEA. - ' DOEICHOS JAPONICUS fPUERARIA). 
has been made the present season. 
The flowers are pea-shaped, rosy 
crimson in color, and come on the 
young shoots from September to Oc- 
tober. As will be seen in the pic- 
ture, they are not unlike Wistaria ra- 
cemes, but there is this difference, 
the Dolichos flower spikes are up- 
right, while those of Wistaria droop. 
The flowers of the Dolichos are nice- 
ly scented as well. 
FRUIT OF CRAT^tGUS COCCINEA. 
Lycium Chinense is the matrimony 
vine, called also Washington’s Bow- 
er. It is interesting in this that at 
the 'same time it will have both flowers 
and ripe fruit on it. The flowers are 
light pink, the berries red. It is a 
good vine for a low wall, or even to 
grow as a spreading bush, as our 
landscape gardeners know. 
Vitis heterophylla is another vine 
which also has at the one time va- 
rious stages of its flowers and fruit. 
The last stage of its berries is that 
of a beautiful violet blue, when it is 
indeed a lovely sight. In addition to 
its attractions in the way described 
it has variegated foliage, and its leaf 
stalks and flower stalks are of a rose 
colored tint. It’s a good vine for a 
large vase as well as for other uses. 
Crataegus coccinea is our native 
White Thorn. Roth when in flower 
and fruit it is a lovely sight. It flow- 
ers in May. Our illustration shows a 
fine specimen in flower. In this 
month, October, when the ripe fruit 
is on the tree it is a brilliant specta- 
cle. The berries are as large as big 
marbles, in clusters, -as the illustra- 
tion shows, looking at a distance like 
clusters of bright red flowers. It is 
one of the first thorns to flower in 
Spring and one of the first to ripen 
its fruit in Autumn. 
Gordonia is a rare small tree, rare- 
ly seen except in the vicinity of 
Philadelphia, where it is quite hardy. 
It flowers from late August until 
frost, the flowers being white, like a 
large white camellia, including the 
cluster of yellow stamens in the cen- 
ter. 
Celastrus scandens is our witch 
staff vine, so called, a good hardy 
climber, and which at this season, Oc- 
tober, is well clothed with its clus- 
ters of light orange seed pods. Lat- 
er, in November, these pods open, 
displaying their scarlet seed within. 
Joseph Meehan. 
FLOWERS OP DOIJCIIOS .I.tPONirus 
