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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Photinia serrulata so common in the 
gardens of Georgia and northern Florida 
does not do so well in my garden as I 
desire. It would perhaps do well in mois- 
ter locations. 
Rhaphiolepis Indica from Hong Kong 
is a dense large growing shrub with glos¬ 
sy ovate leaves and clusters of fine white 
blossoms, covering the entire plant early 
in March. The young leaves are bright 
red. R. ovata is of low flat growth. 
Stereospermum sinicum and Strcmvaesia 
glanca are both Chinese evergreens of ex¬ 
ceptional beauty. 
Buddleia variabilis superba adds a new 
type of beauty to our gardens, when it 
has fully developed its numerous flower- 
shoots. The flowers are bluish violet, 
fragrant and appear here in Florida late 
in April. Nandina domestica, the Sacred 
Bamboo of Japan, is also a very interest¬ 
ing and beautiful plant. We must not 
omit from our list the Sago Palm, Cycas 
revoluta, which grows equally well on 
high and low land and is perfectly hardy 
.all over the State. 
The Windmill Palms, Tr achy carpits ex- 
celsa and T. Fortunei are rarely found in 
our gardens, though very distinct and 
handsome. There is a large fine speci¬ 
men of the first named species in Mr. W. 
J. Ellsworth’s garden at Jessamine, Fla. 
The two species of Bamboo Palms, 
Raphis dabelliformis and R. humilis, 
grow best in half shade among ferns and 
caladiums and such like plants. Both 
form eventually large clumps of many 
stems, the first one growing 6 to 8 feet 
high, while R. humilis never grows taller 
than about 3 to 4 feet. 
It would lead too far to go into detail 
in describing the many fine coniferous 
plants of Japan. I have only found the 
following adapted to our soil and climate. 
Podocarpus Japonica and P. Nagei, both 
requiring shade, and Cunninghamia Sin¬ 
ensis. 
Of the evergreen climbers the follow¬ 
ing may be mentioned : Kadsura Japonica, 
Stauntonia hexaphylla, St. macrophylla 
and Trachelodspermum jasminoides, all 
exquisite woody climbers. The two Hon¬ 
eysuckles, Lonicera Japonica and L. 
Halliana, are too well known to need to 
be recommended. 
I have now in my garden a large num¬ 
ber of tender evergreen trees and shrubs 
from Yunnan, southwestern China, which 
were collected recently by Mr. E. W. Wil¬ 
son for the Arnold Arboretum and which 
were sent to me by Prof. C. S. Sargent 
of Harvard University for experimental 
purposes. None of these novelties are 
yet named. This will be done as soon as 
they have flowered. 
W. J. Ellsworth. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
When we scan the pages of previous is¬ 
sues of the reports of this society in or¬ 
der to avoid what has gone before, it 
seems rather difficult to find anything to 
say that may be regarded as of sufficient 
value to justify taking the time of the so¬ 
ciety to say it. However, in a more or 
less general experience of upwards of 20 
