This, though found chiefly in our swamps, is equally at home upon the lawn, and is a gem among deciduous flowering shrubs. Its long racemes of pure white flowers seem to have a charm about them which the most careless lover of nature cannot help but admire. A plant of it in the grounds here, planted against a background of evergreens, is about 12 feet high and 25 feet in circumference, and at the time of writing is indeed an object of admiration. I would advise anyone contemplating planting shrubs to include this in their list; and they will have better success by buying from some reliable nurseryman than by digging from the swamps. It is said that when grafted upon the common ash it attains larger proportions. South Virginia, May 6th, 1886.