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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
known My name. I will be with him in Irouhle; I will 
(leliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy 
him, and show him My salvation.” More than satisfied 
with lenglli of days he now sees the salvation of the Lord, 
(lod’s promises are kept. 
No fulsome })raise of Mr. Harrison is neeessary in this 
eommunity, where he lived and labored half a eentury. 
Nor would it he aeeeptahle to him. For with all his at¬ 
tainments he was exeeedingly modest. I onee reeeived 
a eommission from a well known Philadelphia i)aper to 
w rite a sketch of his life, hut he was so insistent upon 
his limitations, and afraid I would overdraw it that I 
thought I could not do him justice, and I declined to 
w rite the article. 
This much can he said of him, however, without ex¬ 
aggeration, and better epitaph was never wultten: All 
his long and eventful life he wmrked earnestly, vigor¬ 
ously, and fearlessly, to make men and women better, to 
make the world safe for righteousness, and to bring the 
Kingdom of God nearer to men. 
“You may journey to the sunset and from sunset to the 
sea, hut you’ll find not in the forest so staunch, so firm 
a tree.” 
OKNAMENTAL THFES AND SHRUBS OF MERIT 
FOR NEW ENGLAND 
Head by Mr. Wm. H. Judd of the Arnold Arboretum at the 
Eighth Annual Convention of the New England 
Nurserymen’s Association held in Boston, 
Janaurg 28 and 29, iOlO 
Continued from last month 
Oxydendron arboreum is an old plant, hut still seldom 
seen hut should he on account of its flowering in fall. It 
grows into quite a small tree and hears erect clusters of 
andromeda-like flowers, and later the prominent seed- 
clusters among the scarlet foliage make it a conspicuous 
shrub. It is easily raised from seed and should he given 
a sheltered situation. 
Sophora Japonica is a fall flow^ering tree of a wide 
spreading hahit and is usually covered w ith dense clus- 
hu'S of creamy-white pea shajied flowers in August. 
Generally a few" years old before it begins to flower, it is 
nevertheless a rapid, grower during its early years. ' 
Koetreuteria paniculata is seldom seen although 
another old plant. This is a small tree and flowers about 
the end of July with large erect clusters of conspicuous 
yellow flowers standing above the dark compound 
foliage. The flowers are followed by large bladder like 
fruit. 
Catlicarpa Japonica attracts the attention of all who see 
it ill the late fall after the foliage falls olf and the clus¬ 
ters of violet colored fruit are cxj)osed to view. 
Ajuong (wergreens it is too early to say anything defin¬ 
ite about the mwv Chinese Spruces, hut Abies Holoidiylla 
promises to he one of our best new" Firs. It grows rap¬ 
idly and never suffers from cold; and is a native of Korea. 
A large numher of seedlings are now" grow ing from seed 
collected by Mr. Wilson in Korea a year ago, hut tliere are 
one or lw"o plants in Massachusetts twelve years of age. 
The so-called Picea Albertiana is proving very popular 
and is a good plant for the rockery or a dw arf collection, 
hut I believe as it gets older it w ill become hare and un¬ 
sightly at the base. 
Considerable interest has been taken with the Asiatic 
cherries the last few" years. One of the best and most 
hardy being Prunus serridala sacchaliensis. It 
grow s into quite a| large tree and has pink and rose col¬ 
ored flowers. Rears fruit freely, which is small and al¬ 
most black. Seed w"ill germinate in the spring after be¬ 
ing sown the previous fall, and is suggested as a good 
hardy stock for most of the tree like cherries. 
Prunus subhirtilla with light rose colored flow"ers is a 
spreading flat-topped small tree very freely flowered and 
should he reproduced from cuttings, or grafts as the 
seedlings as a rule take the upright form of growth. 
Prunus pendula is a form of subhirtilla, deep rose colored 
in flower and is an excellent plant for a front lawn. 
The Forsgthias are some of the most beautiful plants 
ever introduced from China, and some of the hybrids sur¬ 
pass the types for abundance of flower and especially 
Forsythia intermedia spectabilis, (Forsythia Fortunia 
viridissima). 
Viburnum Carlesii is the most fragrant of all the Vi¬ 
burnums and the flow"ers are pink in bud, changing 
to white, open in succession for several weeks. It does 
not grow very large and is ideal for rockery. 
Malus halliana var. Parkmanni is another good flower¬ 
ing apple to include in any list. 
The tree grows in an upright spreading fashion, leaving 
the centre open, and the leaves as they unfold are of a 
deep orange color. The semi-double flow"ers are rose 
colored and hang down on long pendulous stems. 
A densely branched low growing shrub is Lonicera Sy- 
ringantha Wolfii with long drooping branches and clus¬ 
ters! of fragrant violet colored flowers (Middle of May.) 
How" many nurserymen carry that beautiful old Sy- 
ringa Rothomageyisis (chinensis) or Rouen Lilac as it is 
called? It is one of the handsomest, hardiest, and most 
vigorous of all the lilacs. It hears enormous clusters of 
small flowers of the ordinary lilac color. (It is a hybrid 
between Persica and vulgaris.) 
A late flow"ering Lilac know"n as Syringa Wolfii (from 
middle to end of June) is very handsome hearing dark 
bluish purple flowers very profusely. It is a native of 
Mongolia and has been in the Arboretum since 1906. The 
llow ers are not fragrant hut the color is very attractive. 
The American Azaleas are going to he grow"n in quan¬ 
tity in the future. There are ten species know"n to the U. 
S. and we have nine growing at the Arboretum. They 
cover a period from early May till the end of July from 
Vaseyi to Viscosum. 
Azalea Vaseyi that flowers in early May grows into 
quite a tall shrub w ith slender stems and the small com¬ 
pact clusters of pink flow"ers appear before the leaves. In 
its native haunts, it grows fifteen feet high. 
Uhododendron canescens follow"s it very closely and 
hears beautiful rose pink flow ers. In groups nothing sur¬ 
passes B. Calendulaceum, the most showy of all the 
American species. The flowers vary in color from bright 
yellow to orange and shades of red. It seeds profusely 
and is a ready means of propagation. 
Those who visit Europe in the spring never fail to ad- 
