rkspur almost thirty years ago. The old plants persisted several
years, and seedlings have grown up from self-sown seed, and the
plantation is now as attractive as ever.

_Chrysanthemum Uliginosum._--The giant daisy has been here for a long
time and needs but little attention. The clumps should be taken up and
divided occasionally. It is one of our best late fall flowers.

_Philadelphus._--Philadelphus pubescens came through the winter without
injury. Philadelphus zeyheri suffered a little. Philadelphus coronarius
came through in fair condition in a rather protected border, but
Philadelphus Lemoinei was frozen back nearly to the ground.

[Illustration: Giant daisy, or chrysanthemum uliginosum.]

_Physocarpus._--Physocarpus opulifolius came through the winter with no
more than its ordinary injury.

_Lonicera._--The old climbing honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) came
through the winter very much damaged, but our native honeysuckle is in
fine condition. The bush honeysuckles are all hardy. The one known as
Lonicera bella alba does not differ very much from the common white form
of the Tartarian honeysuckle.

_Prunus Triloba._--The double flowering plum has always been hardy with
us, and usually has been a splendid bloomer in the latter part of April,
but last winter was so severe that it did not bloom at all this spring.

_Catalpa._--Another strange feature of the winter was that Catalpa
speciosa came through entirely uninjured.

_Viburnum._--Viburnum pekinensis came through in fine condition as well
as its close relative, the high bush cranberry. The common snowball did
not suffer so much from aphis this year as usual. Viburnum lentago,
which grows in the river valleys here naturally, is doing finely.

_Syringa._--Among the bushy lilacs Syringa ligustrina, Syringa
Chinensis, Syringa josikea and Syringa villosa all bloomed fully. The
varieties of the common lilac, known as Ludwig Spaeth, Charles X,
Senator Vollard and the one that Prof. Budd brought from Russia and
called by him Russian lilac, were all very satisfactory. This last
variety has pink flowers and is a very choice variety of Syringa
vulgaria.

_Amelanchier._--The large Juneberry, probably Amelanchier Canadensis,
was a very attractive object in April, when its purple-colored young
leaves contrasted with its white bloom. The dwarf Juneberry, with their
villous young leaves and white flowers, are very attractive in April and
should receive more attent