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tea, Tsuga Pattoniana (Engelm.) Tsuga heterophyl- 
la (Sarg.), Pinus flexilis and Taxus brevifolia. Among 
others, Vaccinium membranosum, Vaccinitim ovalifo- 
lium, Menziesia glabella. Rhododendron albiflornm, 
Sambucns pubens, Sambucus melanocarpa, Sorbns 
sitchensis, and Fatsia horrida were noticed in the un- 
dergrowth. 
The next stop was Vancouver, where a visit was paid 
to Stanley Park, noteworthy for its remnants of the vir- 
gin forests, represented by venerable giants of Thuya 
gigantea, Picea sitchensis, Pseudotsuga, and of decid- 
uous trees, Alnus oregona, Malus rivularis, Prunus 
mollis, Fraxinus oregona, Populus tremuloides, Cor- 
nus Nuttalli, Crataegus Douglasii, Acer macrophyllum, 
Acer circinatum, and of special interest the beautiful 
climber, Gaultheria Sliallon. 
On Mt. Ranier in Washington, Arbutus Menziesi, 
was seen for the first time, and of conifers the majestic 
Abies grandis, and at an elevation of three thousand 
feet, Chamaecyparis Nutkaensis and Thuya gigantea. 
Higher up Abies amabilis, A. subalpina, etc. The 
above-named cypresses and Taxus brevifolia, the last 
named as a shrnb. Of deciduous trees we encountered 
Populus balsamifera, P. tremuloides and Alnus ore- 
gona, more as undergrowth. Malus rivularis, also Nut- 
talia cerasiformis, several Ribes and vaccinium varie- 
ties, Pachystima Myrsinites, Gaultheria Shallon and 
G. ovalifolia ; in open and dry situations lower down 
the mountain sides, were Holodiseus discolor ( Spiraea 
ariaefolia) and Sambucus glauca. Mahonia nervosa 
covers the forest floor in large patches as an evergreen 
carpet. Toward the snow line willows, Vaccinium oval- 
ifolium. Spiraea Douglasii and Spiraea rosea and on 
the snow line glacier willows, Cassiope Mertensiana, 
Cassiope stelleriana and Sorbus dumosa. 
In the Siskiyou Mountains, in southern Oregon, the 
vegetation told us of the close proximity of California. 
Pinus Lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus Jeffreyi 
and Libocedrus decurrens, mixed with Quercus lobata, 
Quercus Kelloggi and Arbutus Menziesi form open 
forests. Such evergreen oaks as Quercus densiflora, 
Quercus chrysolepis and Quercus vaccinifolia and the 
evergreen Umbellularia Californica, are found spar- 
ingly. Shrubs like Aretostaphylos varieties mixed with 
several kinds of Ceanothus form the undergrowth over 
large areas. In the valleys Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana 
flourish and on higher elevations Abies concolor, Abies 
nobilis, Psuedotsuga and Libocedrus, form the greater 
part of the forest. 
The real object of our visit to the Siskiyou Moun- 
tains was the rare Picea Breweriana. Picea Breweriana 
was discovered about twenty years ago and is found in 
three places on top of the mountain chain. Here it forms 
open stands, mixed with Abies nobilis, Abies concolor 
and Libocedrus. The ground is very rocky and dry 
and furnishes a poor undergrowth ; cpiite the opposite 
is found in damp situations where a very luxuriant 
vegetation exists. Here grows the shrubby and rare 
Quercus Sadleriana, also Lonicera conjugialis, Acer 
glabrum, Aretostaphylos nevadensis, Nuttallia, Cerco- 
carpus, Rubus Nutkanus, Mahonia aquifolium. Whip- 
plea modesta, Sorbus sitchensis, Sambucus pubens, 
Sambucus glauca, Prunus emarginata, and several va- 
rieties of roses, Symphoricarpus, Salix, Ceanothus, Cor- 
nus and Ribes, and lower down Prunus demissa, 
Prunus subcordata, and many others. 
Mr. Rehder concludes with a short visit to the Yel- 
lowstone Park where he found the vegetation monoto- 
ous and of little interest compared to what he had seen 
on the Coast Ranges. Mention is made of Pinus 
Murrayana that forms the greater part of the forest, 
also Picea Engelmanni, Abies subalpina, Pinus flexilis 
and Juniperus scopulorum. His interesting notes are 
appended with a description of a majority of the 
Conifers he found on this trip. 
Jens Jensen. 
ACER POLYMORPHUM. JAPANESE MAPLE. 
By Joseph Meehan. 
Among the many beautiful trees and shrubs in Fair- 
mont Park, Philadelphia, none are more admired than 
some of the lovely Japanese Maples, one of which, the 
common polymorphum, the illustration represents. 
There are a great many varieties of this, the typical 
form, some of them of blood red foliage, others, purple 
leaved, and still others, of different colors, and some 
with finely dissected leaves. 
The one photographed, A. polymorphum, is regarded 
chiefly for its very pretty leaves, the character of which 
the illustration shows, and. for its pretty habit of growth. 
This specimen stands in a windy, exposed place, yet has 
formed a pleasing specimen, but had it been in a less 
exposed one it would have been bushier than at present. 
Its outline is its own, no pruning of it having been 
attempted. 
Although the polymorphum is rarely planted as a 
shrub with colored foliage, a mistake is made by those 
who overlook it in this respect. Its first leaves of 
spring are lightly tinted with red, and its entire sum- 
mer garb is of a coppery green. In the last days of 
autumn it is unsurpassed as a handsome foliage shrnb. 
When the functions of the leaves are fully performed 
and the time of falling is not far off they change to a 
brilliant red, or red and yellow, such as is sometimes 
seen in a rich representative of the sugar maple in 
late autumn. For this reason alone, its rare display 
of autumn foliage, this maple should be planted, as it al- 
ready is by those familiar with its merits. 
Some of the varieties of this maple having handsome 
foliage, such as the well known blood-leaved, dislike 
hot, dry weather. They endure it, but show their ap- 
