inventory: 



45705 to 45711. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re- 

 ceived January 2, 1918; 



45705. CoTOXEASTEE FRANCHETi Bols. Malaceoe. 



A very ornamental shrub from Yunnan Province, China, remarkable 

 for its graceful form, persistent foliage, and brilliant red fruits. The 

 ovate leaves, about 1^ inches long, green above and silvery hairy beneath, 

 persist almost throughout the winter. The drooping branches, clothed 

 when young with white hairs which become brown with age, are abun- 

 dantly covered with orange-red oblong fruits, half an inch in length, 

 making the plant extremely beautiful for massing effects or as a bush. 

 The white flowers are in corymbs of 5 or 10. The plant is easily culti- 

 vated, will flourish in any soil, and requires only an airy exposure for 

 abundant fruitfulness. It can be multiplied easily by seeds or cuttings, 

 (Adapted from Revue Horticole, vol. 79, p. 256.) 



45706. CoToxEASTER HOKizoNTALis PEEPUsiLLA C. Schueid. Malaceae. 

 This ornamental plant, a native of China, is one of the most charming 



and distinct of all hai-dy shrubs ; it has a marked flat-distichous mode of 

 growth. In open ground, it grows about 3 feet high, pi*oducing flat, table- 

 like branches densely clothed with tiny, orbicular, deep lustrous-green 

 deciduous leaves. The young wood is covered with a thick brown wool. 

 The small, abundant flowers are pink-white, and although the plant is 

 very pretty when in bloom, it attracts more notice when in fruit ; the 

 berries are small, very plentiful, and scarlet when ripe. This shrub 

 is very pretty, growing on ledges of a rockery or at the foot of a wall 

 where it will grow 6 or 7 feet high flat against the wall. It can be in- 

 creiised by both cuttings and seeds. (Adapted from the Gardener a' 

 Chronicle, vol. 32, ser. 3, p. 91.) 



45707. CoTONEASTER zABELi C. Schneid. Malaceae. 



An ornamental bushy shrub up to 7 feet in height, with corymbs of 

 pink or pinkish flowers which are followed by clusters of red fruits. 

 This is the common cotoneaster of the thickets in western Hupeh. The 



1 All introductions consist of seeds unless otherwise noted. 



It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vesetables, cereals, and other 

 plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when intro- 

 duced by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction and, further, tliat the print- 

 ing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this 

 country. As the different varieties are studied, their identity fully established, their en- 

 trance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in Ameri- 

 can literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appi-aring in thi3 

 inventory will undoubtedly be changed in many cases by the specialists Interested in the 

 various groups of plants, to bring the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 American codes of nomenclature. 



