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SPARTA - - - WIS. 
tion to flower. It blooms, however, so early that unless 
an exceptionally favorable place can be secured for it tin- 
flowers are too often ruined by frost. 
Two American shrubs which have been used largely 
in the Arboretum for ground cover are now in 1 low er and 
may be seen along the borders of several of the drives. 
They are the Fragrant Sumach Uifius canadensis or 
arumatica) and the Yellow Boot (Zanlhorhiza a/.Ufolia). 
The former is rather a straggling plant w ith slender 
stems sometimes three or lour feet high, although in one 
of ils forms Ibis plant grows much more compactly. The 
flowers are bright yellow in small axillary clusters w Inch 
appear before the tliree-lobed leaves. This has been 
found a useful plant in the Arboretum, although as a 
ground cover it has not proved as successful as I In 1 Yel- 
ilow Boot. This does not grow so tail, and spreading 
rapidly by underground shoots soon thickly covers the 
ground with its erect stems. The small purple flowers 
are produced on terminal erect or spreading racemes and 
open before or with the unfolding of the pinnate leaves, 
which become clear bright yellow in the autumn. w , 
the whole this is the most satisfactory shrub, for covering 
•the ground among trees and larger shrubs, which has 
been tried in the Arboretum. 
The careful examination of the opening buds and un¬ 
folding leaves of trees and shrubs can give much pleasure 
and greatly help to an accurate knowledge of these 
plants. Nearly every species differs in tin' color of I lie 
very young leaves and in the nature and amount of the 
hairs which protect them in the bud. At this time the 
young leaves of the Horse-chestnuts or Buckeyes, of the 
Shadbushes, of several Maples, and especially of the 
Moosewood (Acer pennsylvanicum), of the Viburnums, 
and of many other plants in the Arboretum, are, if care¬ 
fully examined, objects of great beauty; and in the young 
leaves are often found important characteristics for dis¬ 
tinguishing species. All the American Oaks, for ex¬ 
ample, differ in their very young leaves, and some of 
them, like the Black and Scarlet Oaks, which are often 
diflicult to recognize by their fully grown leaves, are 
easily distinguished by their very young leaves. All I In; 
American Oaks which are hardy in New England can he 
seen in the valley between the upper end of the Bussey 
Hill Road and the Valley Road and in a few days their 
young leaves will he in condition to study. 
The flow r ers of the Chinese Magnolias, Forsythias, 
Asiatic Cherries, and early Plum-trees and the expanding 
buds of a large number of trees and shrubs make this a 
good time for an early spring visit to the Arboretum. 
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Dept. 2B, 15 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 
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