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for fully six weeks. Gordonia is related to the Camellia, and the pure 
white flowers which vary from three to three and a half inches in 
diameter, although more cup-shaped, resemble single Camellia flowers. 
This small tree was discovered in 1765 near Fort Barrington on the 
Altamaha River; it has entirely disappeared, however, as a wild plant, 
and it has only been preserved by the specimens cultivated chiefly in 
the neighborhood of Philadelphia where it was sent by its discoverers. 
There are well established plants on Hickory Path near Centre Street 
and on Azalea Path, and in these sheltered positions the plants are 
doing well and have not suffered at all in recent severe winters. This 
Gordonia, however, grows more rapidly and to a larger size in the 
middle states and there are many good specimens in Pennsylvania 
gardens. 
Abelia grandiflora on Hickory Path near Centre Street is still well 
covered with flowers. These resemble in shape the flowers of some of 
the Honeysuckles; they are white faintly tinged with rose color, and 
their delicate beauty is set off by the small, dark green and lustrous 
leaves. Abelia grandijlora is a slender shrub with arching stems from 
three to four feet high and is thought to be a hybrid between two 
Chinese species. Until the introduction by the Arboretum of some of 
the species of this genus from western China it was believed to be 
the hardiest of the Abelias. In the Arboretum it suffers in severe 
winters but in sheltered positions it flowers well every year and the 
flowers continue to open during nearly two months. This Abelia has 
become an exceedingly popular plant in the gardens of the southern 
states and is cultivated with more or less success as far north as New 
York. 
The Chinese Buddleias. The flowers are still in good condition on 
the different forms of Buddleia Davidii or, to use its more common 
name, B. variabilis. This plant has one-sided, pointed, many-flowered 
clusters which curve downward from arching stems and are thickly 
covered with small, blue-purple, fragrant flowers. In some of the 
forms of this plant are found perhaps the most beautiful of all sum- 
mer and autumn flowering shrubs, and although only recently brought 
to the United States and Europe by Wilson they are already largely 
planted in this country where they have received the name of Summer 
Lilacs. Here at the north Buddleia Davidii is not perfectly hardy, 
and the stems are killed to the ground by cold, but new stems spring 
up and as the flower-clusters are produced at the ends of branches of 
the year this severe pruning improves the flowers. Few plants in 
their season are better suited to supply cut flowers, and for this pur- 
pose as well as for garden decoration this Buddleia in its various 
forms has proved one of the most useful shrubs of recent discovery. 
The period for flowers in the Arboretum. It has been shown by the 
Arboretum that flowers can be found here in Massachusetts on trees 
and shrubs growing in the open ground during every month of the 
year with the exception of December. There will still be flowers on 
the native Witch Hazel in November and before the end of January 
the flowers will be open on the Witch Hazel of southern Missouri and 
Arkansas, Hamamelis vernalis. These will soon be followed by the 
