. Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. suckle () and Halls variety of it are certain to attract atten- December 9, 1891.! Garden and Forest. 58i tion, but it comes under the head of evergreen rather thanlate deciduous shrubs. Nearly all the Privets are admirable for the late persistingquality of their foliage, the only exceptions in the Arboretumcollection being Ligustrum Ibota, which is leafless, and theclosely related plant called L. Amurense, which only retainstufts of foliage on the ends of the more vigorous shoots. The true Forsythia Viridiss
. Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. suckle () and Halls variety of it are certain to attract atten- December 9, 1891.! Garden and Forest. 58i tion, but it comes under the head of evergreen rather thanlate deciduous shrubs. Nearly all the Privets are admirable for the late persistingquality of their foliage, the only exceptions in the Arboretumcollection being Ligustrum Ibota, which is leafless, and theclosely related plant called L. Amurense, which only retainstufts of foliage on the ends of the more vigorous shoots. The true Forsythia Viridissima is often conspicuous byholding its leaves late. Elceagnus a?igustifolia and E. umbel-lata and the Hippophaes retain a large quantity of fresh-look-ing leaves of no particular interest or ornamental value. Finally, the fine leafy condition of Smilax glauca seems toshow that it is at this season superior to the common Green-brier (S. rotundifolia) and to S. Pseudo-China, which have veryfew leaves left among their tangle of prickly stems. Arnold Arboretum. /• G. Fig 91.—Hypericum Buckleyi. New or Little-known Plants. Hypericum Buckleyi. THIS pretty and delicate Hypericum, of which afigure appears on this page, is one of the rarest ofthe North American species, it being known only ona few of the higher mountains of the Carolinas and Geor-gia, where it was first noticed many years ago by the bot-anist whose name it bears. It is a wide-branched plantwith slender stems from eight to twelve inches long andcovered with loose reddish bark. The leaves are oblong-obovate, from a half to two and a half inches long,rounded at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base,bright green on the upper surface and pale on the flowers, which are solitary and terminal, are borne onlong slender bracteate pedicels; they are an inch across,with obovate sepals, bright yellow striated strap-shapedpetals more or less rounded or acuminate at the apex,united styles and three-celled ovari
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