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OiK! of the (*oio[)arativ(‘ly n'cent introduelioiis of Ar- 
hondum, it is only he^dmiiiig to apix'ar in American and 
hiiropean gardens. Neai' it in tin; Shrub CollecMion Vit(‘X 
Jnrisd from northern Cdiina is in (lower. Althou^di this 
plant is a native ot a cold region the sl(Mns ai’c often 
killed I)ack to the p^roimd Ihm'(* in severe winters, l)ut as 
new stems grow several fcx'l (all during the season, and 
as the llowers are i)roduc('d on tlu' new growth, this kill¬ 
ing hack improves ratluu' than injurc's the flo\\(‘i‘ing of 
this shrub which at this time of the year is attractive 
w ith its finely divided l(‘av(‘s and slender erect clust(‘rs of 
small rose-colored flowers. Tho flowers of the true 
Heathers (Culluna) hav(' already passed hut flowers may 
still he seen on the (lornish Heath. Erica vagans, and tlu; 
1 rumpet Creepers from the central and southern states 
Path, licai- Centre* Stre'et, indigofera ambfgatilha, which 
has h('<'n in llo\\(*i‘ for lu'aily three; months, still con¬ 
tinues to pi’oduce* its sh'iidci’ ei'ect spike's eef reese'-ceeleereel 
fle)\\ ers. 1 his is eene* e)f \\ ilson’s elisce)ve*rie‘s in weste'rn 
China anel eene of the meest heautifid e)f the small hardy 
shrubs of re(*ent introeluction. 
The name* Ulmas cani/fc.slris has been sel(;cteel ley re;- 
ce'ut w riters een Kui'eepean ti'ees lor the Elm of the he'elge* 
rows eel seeuthe'rn Englanel. which was largely planteel a 
century agee in eastern .Massachusetts chiefly, nee eleeuht, 
through the; age'iicy eef a Majeer Paelelock who estahlisheel 
a nursery eel this tre;e in Milteen. The; large; English l*]lms 
wdiich once* lleeurisheel een Heesteui Ceenimeen wa*re of this 
species, anel large; specimens can still he se*en in several 
of the Beesteen suburbs. The eerigin of this Elm is un- 
J partial view of a 2 gr. Budded Stock of Apple trees, consisting of 100,000 trees grown bg 
The Westminster Xursery, Westminster, Md. 
aj-e still pi-oducing flow ers een the trellis at the eastern 
siele e)f the Shrub Collectieen. 
On the upper side of Hemleeck Path, near Centre Street, 
small plants of Gordonia Altarnaha are now in hle)om anel 
eluring several we^eks will continue to open their white 
cup-shapeel fle)wers w hich resemble the)se e)f a single- 
lle)wereel (kunellia. This tree is a native e)f southern 
Ce'eergia where it was elisceevercd late in the eighteenth 
centuiy. Although often hunteel for, it has ne)t been seen 
greewing w ild for meere than a hundred years, anel has 
eenly been preserved by the cultivated descenelants e)f the 
plants intreeduced by its e*arly eliscewerers. This Ceer- 
eleenia fleeurishes in the neighhorhoe)d e)f Philaelelj)hia hut 
it is ne)t very barely in the* Arheei’etum. anel it is sni jeris- 
ing that it was uninjureel by the se'veiity e)f last w inter 
which destre)yed so many harelier plants. On Hickory 
known. It does not proeluce seeds {)ropagating itself by 
suckers, anel is known to grow spontaneously only in 
seeme of the counties in southern Englanel, and in a few' 
parks near Maelriel. in which it is now" knowui to have 
been intreeeluceel from Englanel many years ago. It is a 
noble tree, able te) aelapt itself to various climatic condi¬ 
tions. and well suiteel te) theese of Ne'w Englanel; ineleeel 
no other exotic tree, with the excej)tie)n of the European 
white Willow, has been here so long e)r gre)wn te; such a 
large size. .\ne)ther English Elm, Vlmus vegeta, usually 
called the Himtingte)n Elm. a supposeel natural hyhriel 
hetweem twe) Eure)|)ean species. I'tinus nitens and U. 
glalwa, the se)-e*allcel Sceetch Elm. greews te) a larger size 
than i'lnws campestris and is perhaps the fastest gre)w- 
ing e)f all Elm trees. An Elni e)f this kind in the deer park 
of Magdalen College at Oxford, sup[)osed to have been 
