It is interesting to watch the growth and development of new and rare plants, and every year I add some of these to my collection.

In an article published July 1882, I mentioned two hardy shrubs that were valuable. They have endured another winter and are both attractive - each with its own individual beauty, which is in striking contrast. Dimorphanthus is grand, and though its enormous multifid leaves die wholly in winter, in spring they start into growth with such rapidity that in June they stand revealed a yard in length, and nearly as broad. Hypericum is exceedingly graceful and when it is weighted with its golden blossoms, which continue for several months, it is beautiful. I have added to these other hardy shrubs, from distant places, as I cannot find them nearer home: Abelia rupestris, a dwarf compact shrub, bearing pure white flowers in long racemes, during summer and fall. Andromeda arborea, Sorrel Tree, described as a rare American small tree, known in Europe as the Lily of the Valley tree, from the resemblance of its bloom to that lovely flower.