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VIBURNUM plicatum. 
Crimped Gueldres Rose. 
PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
a ord. CAPRIFOLIACE=. | (CaPRrForLs, Vegetable Kingdom, 
p. 766. 
VIBURNUM.— Supra t. 43. hujus voluminis. 
V. plicatum ; foliis e basi rotundata ovatis vel ovato-suborbicularibus cuspi- 
datis argutě serratis densč venoso-costatis et plicatis superne glabris 
subtus tomentosis, floribus radiantibus, in planta culta omnibus steri- 
libus dilatatis et in cymam globosam congestis. 
V. plicatum, Thunberg in Linn. Trans. ii. p. 322. Siebold and Zuccarini, Fl. 
Japonica, i. p. 81. f. 38. 
This, which is another of the plants procured for the 
Horticultural Society, is described in their Journal “as a 
handsome deciduous bush, bearing some resemblance to the 
N. American Viburnum dentatum. The leaves are broad, 
coarsely serrate, somewhat plaited, dark green, narrowed 
to the base, and furnished with an abrupt point (cuspidate). 
The flowers are white, in round heads, of the size and with 
the appearance of the ** double" Gueldres Rose. 
* Mr. Fortune says that this plant is a native of the 
northern parts of the Chinese Empire, and was found cul. 
tivated in the gardens of the rich, by whom it was much 
admired. When full grown it forms a bush eight or ten 
feet high. It is a most profuse bloomer, forming numerous 
heads of snow-ball flowers, like the common Gueldres Rose. 
It will, doubtless, prove perfectly hardy in England; and, on 
account of its neat habit, will probably become a great 
favourite in our gardens." 
This does not entirely agree with the account given by 
Siebold and Zuccarini, who speak of it thus :—* This Vibur- 
num is one of the most beautiful plants that are cultivated in 
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