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Viburnum diMatwm* (.Cjtpr Ifoliaceae), 45974. Prom 
/ ianic Garden. J A hardy , handsome, free-flowering 
' shrub, up to 10 feet In height, found in China and 
Japan. The broadly ovate, abruptly short-pointed, 
coarsely serrate leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are pu- 
bescent on both sides. The pure white flowers in 
cymes 3 to 6 inches across, are followed by clusters 
of Scarlet fruits which remain on the branches well 
into the winter. (Adapted from Barley, Standard Cy- 
clopedia of Horticulture, vol. 6, p. 3461.) 
BelleVlhg M that the following letter will prove 
of interest; '^'bur 1 Collaborators , inasmuch as it deals 
almbst ; exbiu^iyely with plants with which we are ex- 
periment irigbr 4 that we are trying to secure for ex- 
perimentation, we are quoting it entire. 
"Since returning from Algeria I have been so busy 
that I have hot had time to write you about a number 
of plants which Dr. Trabut brought to my attention 
and which may be of interest to thi^ country. 
"krgania. I am sending you a small quantity of 
seeds collected from an Arganla tree growing in a gar- 
den i<n the School of Medicine in Algiers. 
' "B$r$eem. By 20 years' selection from the Muscawy 
race, Dr. Trabut has obtained a strain which is 
perfectly hard^ at Algiers. He finds that the best 
results are obtained by sowing in October, this early 
sowing giving superior cold resistance. At the Jardin 
d'Essai, at Algiers, we saw a lawn of drilled. alfalfa 
which It is customary to seed between the rows of Ber- 
seem in October, thus obtaining a fresh green cover- 
ing' throughout the year. It might be interesting to 
try this method of seeding Berseem for forage purposes 
In the warmer part of the Southwest. 
"Pirns eanarieri8i8. Dr. Trabut considers this the 
•finest of all pines for planting under rather dry 
conditions . A dry, steep hillside above the Jardin 
d'Essai, at Algiers, where the soil is very shallow 
and must contain extremely limited moisture during 
iAie greater part of the year, has a fine stand of 
these pines . The tree is a very handsome one, often 
branched , with long pendant needles and large cones. 
"Buxu8 balearidaXVIe saw this handsome shrub or small 
tree growing at Algiers . It is said to be native in 
the Mountains of Morocco as well as in the Balearic 
the Superintendent, Bo- 
Notes from Correspondents. 
