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border but not always. Of other Japanese kinds 
H. Thunbergi seems quite hardy, and may be 
trusted further north. H. involucrata, H. petiolaris, 
(often confounded with Schizophragma), and H. 
pubescens are other species from Japan, not forget- 
ting the varieties of H. paniculata, which, if the 
early flowers be cut as soon as mature, will some- 
times flower a second time and continue until frost. 
H. altissima and H. vestita are Himalayan. H. 
arborescens, H. radiata and its varieties and H. 
quercifolia are southern United States species, 
hardy well northwards. 
Kirengeshoma palmata is said to be a yellow 
flowered plant in close affinity with hydrangea. It 
has a very Japanese name, but beyond that I know 
nothing about it. 
Schizophragma is a inonotypic climber from 
Japan, often confounded with the somewhat similar 
native Decumaria. Both climb by rootlets in the 
way of ivy. 
Deutzia is a well-known popular genus of shrubs 
in seven or eight species from the Himalayas, 
China, and Japan. D. crenata has produced double 
varieties. 
Decumara barbara is the “climbing native hy- 
drangea” found growing on trees and other such 
supports from southern Virginia to the Gulf 
States. 
Philadelphus," mock orange,” has 12 species from 
Europe, North America, Japan and the Himalayas. 
The European and some other species are fragrant, 
the native species though quite handsome are scent- 
less, the racemes of some closely resemble orange 
flowers in color, size and shape, but not at all in 
fragrance. The leaves of the European kind are 
sometimes used by French cooks in salads as a sub- 
stitute for cucumber, which they resemble in 
flavor. 
Platycrater arguta is a monotypic shrub from 
China and Japan. 
Jamesia Americana is also a monotypic plant, a 
native of the southern United States. 
Fendlera from Texas, and Carpenteria from 
California are also single species, of which these 
tribes are rather full. 
Escallonias are a genus of handsome evergreens 
in 45 species, all from South America, often 
ascending from 6,000 to 14,000 feet on the Andes. 
About a dozen are hardy in the south of England, 
and one or two are kept in southern nurseries from 
Georgia to the Gulf. They are excellently adapted 
to climates similar to that of Central Cali- 
fornia. 
Valdivea Guyana is a Chilian monotypic ever- 
green herb, pink flowered and hardy in southern 
Europe. 
Itea Virginica is the only plant of this tribe 
(Escalloniae) hardy at the north, and known in 
gardens, but there are three or four other species 
in herbaria from the Himalayas, China. Java and 
Japan. 
The tribe Cunonice contains a number of hand- 
some evergreen genera, all from sub-tropical and 
tropical climates. 
Ribcs is the gooseberry and currant tribe. There 
are some 75 species and a great many varieties 
both natural and of the garden. A few are quite 
handsome such as R. sanguineum for instance. It 
is a little remarkable that varieties of this species 
fruit freely and well on Scotch walls, and but 
rarely on English ones. R. sanguineum extends 
eastwards from California to the Rocky mountains 
I believe, and it should be had from the latter sta- 
tions for Eastern cultivation. The variety Neva- 
dense is a dwarf 2 to 4 feet high, found at eleva- 
tions of 10,000 and 11,000 feet in Nevada, Colo- 
rado and adjacent regions. 
Crassula has 130 species from South Africa and 
Abyssinia, with a solitary species from the East 
Indian mountains. There are a number of hand- 
some plants among them, among the rest a plant 
often seen in green houses under the name of 
rochea ? C. falcata. It and several others of the 
genus are seldom seen in flower, but are well worth 
attention to their needs, which is commonly an in- 
tense dry rest close under a south wall away from 
the possibility of rain. This treatment following a 
good growing season in winter and early spring 
will often cause the above species and C. coccinea 
etc., to flower beautifully in greenhouses, but the 
climates of some parts of California ought to de- 
velope them admirably. 
Sedmn is a genus of 150 species, all natives of 
the Northern Hemisphere. They are called “stone- 
crops” quite appropriately. I have seen bare shel- 
ving rocks on the north shore of the St. Lawrence 
golden with the little S. acre and many others grow 
naturally in similar positions. Not only are the 
flowers of many kinds showy, but the mossy ever- 
green foliage in many shades of bronze, grey and 
green renders them* well adapted for covering 
mounds, rock work, and barren places generally. S. 
ccereleum, S. lydium, S. acre aureum, and several 
others are thus used as carpeting plants, and may be 
sheared if the flowers are not valued. Among 
taller growers S. spectabile and S. Maximowicksii 
are handsome border plants, and will endure the 
dryest summers. One or two leading nurseries 
kept fine collections some years ago, and it is best 
to select them from such places, for the names are 
often much confused. 
Trenton, N. J. 
James MacPherson. 
