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Evonymus semipersistens. There is a large specimen of this little 
known Chinese plant in the collection. Fruit of this Evonymus has no 
ornamental value for it is small and hidden by the foliage, and its 
value is found in the persistence of the leaves which remain perfectly 
green and do not fall until December. This is one of the handsomest 
of the shrubs in the Arboretum which retain their foliage, without 
change of color until the beginning of winter. Such plants are valu- 
able in the autumn garden to contrast with plants of brilliant autumn 
coloring. Another valuable plant for this purpose is 
Magnolia glauca, the Sweet Bay of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast 
regions from Massachusetts to Texas. This Magnolia is still covered 
with its bright green shining leaves which are silvery white on the 
lower surface and these will not become discolored or fall for at least 
another month. Attention has often been called in these Bulletins to 
the value of this tree in New England gardens. Few deciduous-leaved 
trees have more beautiful and more persistent foliage; the cup-shaped 
creamy white flowers continue to open during at least two months of 
early summer and fill the air with their abundant fragrance, and the 
fruit, like that of all the Magnolias, is interesting and handsome when 
the bright red seeds hang from it on slender threads. 
Ligustrum vulgare. This is the European Privet and another plant 
which retains its dark green leaves well into the winter. During the 
last twenty or thirty years much attention has been paid by botanists 
and gardeners to the Privets of eastern Asia where many species have 
been discovered. None of these, however, are as valuable in this 
climate as the European species, which is perhaps the handsomest 
here of all black-fruited shrubs. The bright shining fruit is borne in 
compact clusters which are on the ends of the branches and stand up 
well above the dark green lustrous leaves; they remain on the plants 
during the early winter months and after the leaves have fallen. Dur- 
ing the first half of the nineteenth century this Privet was a common 
garden plant in the northern United States where it was much used 
in hedges; and it is now sparingly naturalized in the northern and 
middle states. There are several forms of this Privet in cultivation, 
including one with yellow fruit (var. chlorocarpum) which can now be 
seen covered with fruit in the Shrub Collection. The variety foliolo- 
sum is also growing here; this has rather narrower leaves and larger 
fruits than the common form and at this season of the year is one of 
the handsomest plants in the Arboretum. 
Myrica carolinensis. This is the common Wax Myrtle of the north- 
ern United States and one of the plants which holds its dark green 
shining leaves very late in the autumn without change of color. Now 
the plants are covered with their small gray fruits, unlike in color 
those of any other plant hardy in this climate. Naturally the Wax 
Myrtle grows on sterile sandy soil and, spreading into wide masses, makes 
attractive thousands of acres of barren fields during several months of 
the year. The Wax Myrtle takes kindly to cultivation; in good soil it 
grows rapidly and forms a tall round-headed shrub, and it can be used 
with advantage to cover soil so poor that few plants can be kept alive 
