78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40139 to 40201— Continued. 



to the branches have a curious and interesting appearance. In- 

 creased by seeds." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^52, under Cydonia cathayensis.) 

 40161. Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindley. Dwarf quince. 

 "A low, spreading, deciduous thorny shrub, usually under 3 feet 

 in height, considerably more in width; branchlets very downy when 

 young. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, obovate or oval to almost orbic- 

 ular, toothed, tapering at the base to a short stalk, quite smooth; 

 stipules large on the young growing shoots, ovate or broadly heart 

 shaped, one-fourth to three-fourths inch wide. Flowers in almost 

 stalkless clusters from the joints of the year-old wood, very 

 abundant, orange-red, scarlet or blood red, 1J inches across. Fruit 

 apple shaped, 1£ inches in diameter, yellow, stained with red on the 

 sunny side, fragrant. Native of Japan ; introduced about 1869 by 

 Messrs. Maule, of Bristol. This is one of the most charming of red- 

 flowered dwarf shrubs, flowering from April to June, and when at 

 its best, literally wreathing its branches with blossom. It bears 

 fruits freely, and they are pleasantly colored and scented in early 

 winter ; though harsh and acid when raw, they make an excellent 

 conserve. Besides its dwarfer habit, it differs from its near ally, 

 C. japonica [C. lagenaria], in having more obovate or rounded leaves, 

 minutely warted twigs, and more coarsely toothed leaves. (W. J. 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^53, 

 under Cydonia maulei.) 

 40162 to 40175. Cotoneaster spp. Malacere. Cotoneaster. 



40162. Cotoneaster affinis bacillaris (Wall.) Schneider. 



"A deciduous shrub, 15 or more feet high, said to be found also 

 as a small tree, of very graceful habit. Branches arching and often 

 pendulous toward the end, the whole forming a wide-spreading mass 

 more in diameter than in height ; twigs smooth, or slightly downy. 

 Leaves 1 to 3 inches long, one-third to half as wide, of variable 

 shape, usually oval, ovate, or slightly obovate, pointed, smooth or 

 becoming so ; stalk one-fourth to one-half inch long. Flowers white, 

 one-third inch across, borne numerously in cymose clusters, 1 to 2 

 inches across, at the end of short axillary 7 branches. Fruit roundish, 

 one-fourth inch or less in diameter, purplish brown or nearly black. 

 Native of the Himalayas up to 10,000 feet. This is one of the most 

 useful of cotoneasters, and one of the most graceful. It has been 

 largely planted on the margins of the island of the lake at Kew, 

 where the branches overhang the water and have the elegance of 

 a willow, with the added attractions of abundant flowers and fruits. 

 As a flowering shrub, this is one of the prettiest in the genus, but its 

 fruits have not the bright color that gives to many cotoneasters 

 their greatest charm. The wood is strong and elastic, and is valued 

 in its native regions for making walking sticks and spear shafts. 

 The species is variable in the shape and amount of down on the 

 leaves, and no clear line can be drawn between it and C. affinis, 

 which has woolly leaves. (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in 

 the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 1(06.) 



40163. Cotoneaster dammeri Schneider. 



"A prostrate, evergreen shrub, with slender creeping stems keep- 

 ing close to the ground ; young wood downy. Leaves obovate or 



