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five or six feet tall and broad which every year about the middle of 
June covers itself with large clusters of pure white flowers. There are 
several smaller and more compact forms of this hybrid in the collec¬ 
tion and they are all good garden plants. Another Chinese Deutzia, 
D. hypoglauca , is a handsomer plant than D. parviflora and, judging 
by its behavior in the Arboretum during the last three years, it is 
equally hardy. Another Chinese species, D. grandijlora, is the first of 
the genus to bloom here. It is a dwarf plant with large flowers in 
from one- to three-flowered clusters. Although known to botanists 
since 1832 it has only recently found its way into gardens through the 
agency of the Arboretum. Several Chinese species which have been 
injured in previous winters have been covered with flowers this sum¬ 
mer and, if they could be depended on to flower as well every year, 
would be important additions to New England gardens. Among these 
Chinese species which have flowered here abundantly for the first time 
are D. globosa, D. Wilsonii, D. discolor, D. discolor major and D. longi- 
folia. The last in one of its forms has been covered with large loose 
clusters of pale pink flowers and proves to be the handsomest of the 
new Chinese species, although D. globosa with its erect stems thickly 
covered toward the ends with clusters of pure white flowers has been 
almost as attractive. 
Rhododendron (Azalea) arborescens. As the flowers of the yellow- 
flowered Appalachian Azalea ( R . calendulaceum) begin to fade the 
first of those of Azalea arborescens open. This is a handsome plant, 
and the beauty of the pure white fragrant flowers is increased by the 
bright red color of the long filaments and style. This is also an Ap¬ 
palachian plant, and sometimes at an elevation of about 5,000 feet 
covers with dense thickets only a few feet high and sometimes an acre 
in extent the treeless summits of Blue Ridge Mountains, and in their 
sheltered valleys sometimes grows into great arborescent bushes twenty 
feet tall and so justifies its name. 
A good combination. Two native plants, Cornus racemosa and Rosa 
virginiana, or, as it is often called, R. lucida, are in flower and the 
pure pink flowers of the Rose harmonize so well with the creamy white 
flowers of the Cornel that these two plants can well be used together 
in natural planting. Rosa virginiana is confined to the northeastern 
seaboard region of the continent, and in its best form is a tall shrub 
with lustrous leaves and pure pink flowers which now perfume the 
borders of the roads in some parts of the Arboretum. A beautiful 
floral display is also made when this Rose grows with the native Elder 
(Sambucus canadensis ), as it does sometimes in the rear of Massachu¬ 
setts sea cliffs. 
Lonicera Giraldii. The attention of persons interested in climbing 
plants is called to this handsome Chinese Honeysuckle which is now 
flowering on the trellis in the Shrub Collection. It is remarkable in 
its narrow, long-pointed, dark green leaves, dark wine-colored, pubes¬ 
cent flowers with protruding pure white filaments and style. The flow¬ 
ers are produced in many-flowered clusters terminal on short leafy, 
axillary branchlets. 
