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over a large area. A native of the southeastern states, where it is 
found from South Carolina to Florida and Alabama, this Horsechestnut 
is hardy in New England, and in cultivation at the north grows into 
a larger and finer plant than in its native wilds. The small white 
flowers are produced in long, narrow, erect spikes which stand up above 
the plant and make them conspicuous during the last weeks of July. 
There is a mass of these plants at the northern base of the wooded 
hill on the right-hand side of the Meadow Road and in the rear of the 
Horsechestnut Group. 
Clematis tangutica. Attention is called again this year to this hand- 
some yellow-flowered Clematis which is growing on the trellis at the 
eastern side of the Shrub Collection. The flowers continue to open 
during several weeks, and there can now be seen on the plant opening 
flower-buds and fully grown clusters of fruit conspicuous from the 
long, silvery-white “tails.” 
Amorpha canescens. This member of the Pea Family, the Lead 
Plant of the early settlers on the western plains, will soon open its 
small violet-colored flowers which are crowded on clustered terminal 
spikes and are set off by the hoary down which thickly covers the 
leaves and branches. This handsome and conspicuous plant grows three 
or four feet tall and is a native of the Mississippi valley where it is 
found on low hills and prairies from Indiana and Minnesota to Texas. 
Rosa Wichuraiana. The pure white flowers of this Japanese Rose can 
now be seen on a plant in the Shrub Collection with its long stems flat 
on the ground. Growni in this way it is perfectly hardy, although in 
eastern Massachusetts when an attempt is made to train it over a 
trellis or on a building it suffers from cold. There is no better plant 
for clothing banks, which, when the flowers open, look as if they had 
been covered with snow. This Rose is one of the parents of some of 
the most beautiful Rambler Roses which, very successful further south 
and in Europe, are not very hardy in this latitude. 
Rosa setigera. This, the Prairie Rose, is the last of all the Roses in 
the collection to flower, and no Rose is more beautiful than this inhab- 
itant of the western states where it grows from Michigan to Texas. 
It is a free-flowering and perfectly hardy plant with tall arching stems, 
ample bright-colored foliage and broad clusters of pink flowers. It can 
be trained over an arbor or against a building, but looks best when 
allowed to grow naturally without any training whatever. There is a 
mass of this Rose on the right-hand side of the Forest Hills Road 
in front of the Cherries, and it is in the Shrub Collection. 
Brilliant fruits. From this time until April of next year the Arbor- 
etum will be interesting for the fruits which are to be seen here. 
Nothing so surprises and delights European visitors who come to the 
Arboretum in summer and autumn as the profusion of showy fruits 
which are produced here by many trees and shrubs. The Bush Hon- 
eysuckles are perhaps now the handsomest plants in the Arboretum 
with ripe fruit. They produce fruit in great quantities and it remains 
in good condition for several weeks, and as the different species ripen 
their fruit from July until the beginning of October the second period 
