P^VRK AND CEMETERY. 
over temperate and tropical regions. Those in north- 
ern cultivation are chiefly from Mediterranean coun- 
tries, North America and Japan. The common C. oc- 
cidentalis is a useful elm leaved medium sized or small 
tree for prairie planting. C. Davidiana, a Chinese spe- 
cies, does very well south. Along the Mexican border, 
too, there are three or four small trees and shrubs of 
the genus. 
Aphananthe has two species, A. aspera, from Eastern 
Asia, is in cultivation; the other is a native of the 
Philippines and tropical Australia. 
James Macpherson. 
BEAUTIFUL BERRIES OF AUTUMN. 
At this time of the year, the close of October, with 
the trees and shrubs fast dropping their leaves, it is 
to the berry-bearing and fruit-bearing trees, shrubs 
and vines that we look to for the chief display taking 
the place of flowers. 
At the present time this class is well represented, 
there being fully fifty subjects, each one well worthy 
of being planted for its beauty at this season of the 
year. Among trees, I would give all these a place : 
Aralia spinosa, Cornus florida, Dimorphanthus 
Mandshuricus, Diospyros Virginica, Gynocladus 
Canadensis, Lindera Benzoin, Madura aurantiaca. 
Magnolia tripetala. Philodendron amurense, Photinia 
villosa, Pyrus Americana and P. aucuparia, Pyrus tor- 
ingo and Pyrus baccata, Salisburia adiantifolia. Soph- 
ora Japonica and Zanthoxylon piperitum. 
Shrubs are well represented, as this list will prove : 
Berberis vulgaris, B. sinensis, and B. Thunbergii, 
Callicarpa purpurea, Conus Mas, Cotonesaster Sim- 
monsii, Crataegus of- several species, but particularly 
coccinea, cordata and oxycantha,Eheagnus umbellata, 
Euonymus Americanus, E. atropurpurens and E. 
Europaeus, Ilex decidua and I. (Prinos) verticillata, 
Ligustrum vulgare and L. Japonicum, Limonia tri- 
foliata, Pyrus arbutifolia, Rhamnus Caroliniana, Rosa 
rugosa, R. Carolina, R. lucida and others, Symphori- 
carpus vulgaris and S. racemosus and Viburnum den- 
tatum, V. Wrightii and others. 
Among evergreens, I would not wish to omit the 
Crataegus Pyracantha, Euonymus Sieboldi, Ilex aqui- 
folium, Mahonia Japonica, Prinos glabra and the sev- 
eral kinds of Taxus, nor the following vines: Celas- 
trus scandens, C. punctatus, Menispermum Canadense 
and Vitis heterophylla variegata. 
Every one of these has fruit of an interesting char- 
acter, which is well displayed at this season of the 
year, even if it be but the bean-like pods of the Gymno- 
cladus and the large, ball-like “oranges” of the Mac- 
lura. 
But it is to those bearing scarlet or highly colored 
berries that we look for the most brilliant display, and 
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if asked to name a number of these, it would be as 
follows : 
The several Cornus, Lindera Benzoin, Magnolia, 
Rhotinia, Pyrus, all kinds ; Berberis, in variety, Coto- 
neaster, Crategus, all kinds ; Euonymus, all sorts ; 
Ilex, Rosa, in variety ; Symphoricarpus, Taxus, all va- 
rieties, and Celastrus. 
The various hawthorns are particularly beautiful at 
this time. Passing through one of our public parks 
yesterday I saw two very fine English hawthorns, both 
full of berries, and making a bright display. Children, 
yes, and grown folks too, had discovered the 'berries 
were good eating, and what could be reached were 
pretty well cleaned from the tree. Not far away was a 
bush, twenty feet high, of the C. coccinea. The fruit 
of this, almost as large as small crab apples, was lying 
under it, what had not been carried away, for it too, 
is quite palatable. It ripens and falls the first of all in 
these parts. The C. cordata bears exceedingly hand- 
some clusters of bright scarlet berries, and it is one 
of the last to ripen, even at this time not being in 
perfection of color. 
It will be noticed that mention is made of the Ilex 
aquifolium, the English holly. This is quite hardy here, 
and as you have many readers in the same latitude 
that we are and farther south, it was named, though 
probably it could not be relied on much farther north 
of this. Two weeks ago, in Laurel Hill Cemetery, I 
passed one at least fifteen feet high, and it was full 
of berries, something not to be said of every tree, as 
the holly does not bear berries on every bush. 
For beautiful berries, outside of the scarlet color, 
it would never do to omit calling attention to the Calli- 
carpa purpurea, Rhamnus Caroliniana, Vitis hetero- 
phylla and Limonia trifoliata, though the latter is an 
“orange” and not what is in mind as a berry. Calli- 
carpa just now, from “stem to stern” of its slender 
branches, is full of clusters of purplish blue berries, 
of great beauty. The branches, cut off and placed in 
vases, are highly ornamental. Rhamnus Caroliniana 
has large, black berries now, but a short time ago these 
berries were red, having passed to it from green. Then, 
too, its lustrous green leaves are attractive, The Lim- 
onia is the “hardy orange.” This title fits it here, but 
it may be a misnomer farther north. It is most orna- 
mental at the present date, hanging full of small or- 
anges. Its hardiness here is unquestioned. 
Vitis heterophylla variegata is the Japanese varie- 
gated grape, and it would be a very difficult task in- 
deed for anyone to undertake to name as pretty a vine, 
hardy or tender. It is not alone its lovely foliage, 
with markings of green, white and rose which attracts ; 
its fruit too, adds a large share towards the whole dis- 
play. The berries turn from green to black and from 
black to blue, while the stems which hold them are of 
a pink color, the whole presenting a combination of 
charming colors. Joseph Meehan. 
