The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
AN AUTU MN
 ARBORETU M On the Last Lap of the Long Cycle of the Floral
 Season. A REPTIlIAN FLOWER Fruits Are More Conspicuous Than Blossoms This Time of the
 Year.
REPTILIAN FLOWER

Autumn Rreets us in the Arhoretum with a bright face and an appearance of vgor and health very pleasant to look upon few touches of high col or are to be observed, but in general the fresh greens of summer still pre- wall with but little modification. l noted red maple in tho north meadow bord- CTS, indeed, whose foliage had turned to aconsld erable extent, making 1t conspicuous mark. lt was, however, far In advance Of its fellows close by, who as yet gave little if any indication of | change. \ stray limb on one of the iquidamhers near the ponds also has turned to a brilliant flame, while the tree and It's companion are otherwise l quite Rresn. The Towering dogwood. aS usual begins early to show warm 1 color in it's leaves, some of the bar l berries, too, especially the Japanese l tThurherg's), are beginning to change, says tho Boston Transcript These, I however and other instances are ex- ceptonal
 1 That picturesque plant, AralIa spin l osa, more familiarity known as Her cules club, Is now about to bloom, ! few noreta being already open and be- l seGed by hungry eyes upon the immense compound pancles. some of which are ] from two to three feet long and eigh-  l teen to twenty inches or more through 1 Tho aralas arc 2 small class of plants with a r9nge varying from tropical and l suh-tropical species to one which Is na- l tive to even polar regions Arala pola- ris being found. 1t Is said in that far southern region. the Lord Auckland Ts- lands, or some 50 degrees south latl- tude, spInosa. however is native tn tho soil of tho United States. grow Ing naturally in the Pennsylvania TO- zion and southWard to the Gulf nf Mexico II seems quite at home in New England however and Is a faml- liar sight to most of us in ornamental plantations, It's chief fault lying In it's rather hare and awkward winter an pearance
 Tho cornels about Inc panels seem to 1 stow more and more interesting and attractive as their frlut develops One with very pretty clusters of rohln's- egg hlne berries has become thus con sp'cnously noticeable since VIC last re- ferred to them Cornus amonim hv name This is large spreading shrub with bright, pointed foliage and num- erous clusters of fruit of thls not very common shade of blue These three dogwoods C., candidissIma C. clrcinats and C amomuUl, together with the hlgh-bush cranherries (Viburnum opu- lus and V, sargeltD, are vcrv conspic. nous and attractive objects throughout the Arboretum shruhberes now and l show tholr value for decorative purpos. es at this late period of tho season with good effect Vihurnum dllatatrm. which is less frequently seen, Is an. other fine shrub, It's foliage heavy and dark, s now edged with crimson ar purple Co sone extent. and It's fruit. which stands up we'll of brilliant scarlet color, making it striking and agreeable object. The little snowher ry, Symphorlcarpus racemosus. also among the pond shrubberies, has brought it's ivorY-lIke berries to ner. lection There arc several varieties of this pretty old-tme shrub, some of the newer ones showing considerable
 Improvement In the amount and the character of their fruit. The borders of the ponds thnmSelyes show ahout the same characteristicr of floral dec oration as when last referred to here except that the spires of the lythrum that digniAed and delightful plant whose color and grace has been onioy- ed there through SO many weeks have now turned to brown and that but q few flowers are to be seen now upon the lovely roscmallow
 The changes in the "Order" are very nearly completed Tho wide border cleared of superfuous plants and sowr to grass. Another sea son will Wltnes, vast improvement in this feature of the Arboretum over its past condition The growth of vines upon the trellise! through the past summer indeed ha, been surprisingly good, those of tho grape, ampelopsis, clematls, actinida
 lonlcera. etc, presenting even now ar excellent appearance. Many novelties are in preparation for introduction her, such for example as several new spe