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China, a seedling of Berberis stenophylla which is a hybrid 
between B. darwinii and B. empetrif olia . This plant illus- 
trates the fact that even if the immediate result of a hybrid- 
ization is not what is wanted the seedlings of such a plant may 
be. The evergreen Lonicera pileata seen in Veitch's nurseries 
at Comby Wood, Surrey, England, is a good plant for rockeries 
and at the ends of beds of shrubbery. It is of cespitose habit 
like the Cctoneaster horizontalis . In the Arboretum of Mr. 
Maurice L. de Vilmorin, Les Barres, Nogent sur Vernisson, is 
found the new Berberis dictyophylla , which has white, glaucous 
branches and leaves. Clematis sp. 4927 has very nice rose- 
colored flowers. Clematis sp . 4732 has white flowers and 
finely pinnate leaves; both plants are new and valuable from 
a horticultural point of view. Photinia variabilis (No. 4345) 
is an attractive shrub from Western China; it bears dark green, 
glossy foliage and has small, red berries. It may serve as a 
good stock for loquats, being so closely related to them. 
A new Prunus , No. 6613, from Western China, is remarkable for 
its exceedingly fast and healthy growth and it may serve also 
as a stock for plums and cherries in the U.S. Mr. Vilmorin 
has a few young plants of this available in case we can make 
use of them. His collection ' of roses is perhaps the richest 
in the world. Fosa Kamshatica looks like R. rugosa, and as it 
is even hardier than that species, it can be used in breeding 
experiments. Two or three varieties of Rosa sericea from 
Western China may also be used to create new strains of hardy 
roses. In Mr. G. Allard's Arboretum near Angers I noted among 
other things Crataegus tenacetif olia , which has a flavor all 
of its own and could well be cultivated for its fruits which 
could be made into xoreserves. He also has a large plant of 
the very rare Hedera aurantiaca from the Himalayas bearing 
golden berries . 
RECENT VISITORS. 
CELON. Dr. J. C. Willis, Director Peradeniya Botanical 
Garden, Kandy, Ceylon. On his way around the world gave 
an address in the Office of the Chief of the Bureau, giving 
an account of the development of the remarkable rubber in- 
dustry of Ceylon and the success which has attended the 
