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In flower it is not particularly attractive, but 

 the bright vermilion seed vessels hanging in 

 buncnes from the arching branches are very 

 beautiful and attractive. 



Can you explain why the male plants of 

 Muttalia cerasiformis should lose their leaves 

 very much earlier than the female ones ? 



Sept. 24. 1917. E. H. W.alfole. 



Vitis Inconstans vcir. Lowi. 



This is an elegant and beautiful variety of the 

 Vine, better known in gardens as Amj)elopsis 

 Veitchii. It is of slenderer growth than the type, 

 ■\Wth smaller and more divided leaves. It forms 

 a delightful wall plant and colours quite as well 

 as the parent. Like the type, it is self-supporting, 

 and is useful for covering unsightly walls and 

 fronts of houses. 



Funkia lancifolia tardiflora. 



Again this prett^^ plant has demonstrated its 

 usefulness for late autumn flowering. In the 

 early days of October, mid rain and tempest, it 

 bravely pushed up its spikes of lilac coloured 

 floweis, which, though not brilliant, at once 

 attract attention. It is useful for the rock 

 garden at this season and is quite suitable, 

 being not more than a foot high when in flower. 

 Ordinary garden soil is all it wants, and it is 

 effective in the front of the herbaceous border. 



Lonicera pileata. 



Until the present season this Chinese Honey- 

 suckle has appeared to be a shrub of average 

 merit. The absence of late spring frosts this 



year to damage 'he flowers has shown it to be 

 a mqst interesting and attractive bush in fruit. 

 The twigs are at present clothed ^\\\.\\ fruits the 

 size of Currants, which, if lying on a table, might 

 easily be mistaken for amethyst beads. With 

 the sun shining on the bushes the beauty of the 

 glistening, transparent friiits can better be 

 imagined than described. 



In habit L. pileata is a low-spreading ever- 

 green bush, or partially evergreen in severe 

 winters. Among the small, dark-green leaves 

 the yellowish-white flowers are noticeable during 

 the month ot May. It is, perhaps, seen to the 

 best advantage groM'ing against a wall or fence 

 (-f moderate height. 



Mr. Augustine Henry collected specimens in 

 China, but for its introduction to our gardens 

 we are indebted to ^Ir. E. H. Wilson, he ha\ing 

 sent home seeds to Messrs. James Veitch in 

 1900. A. 0, 



A Neat Privet. 



LiGUSTRUM Prattii, introduced from China 

 sovne years ago, promises to be a useful shrub 

 in gardens. Of neat habit and nearly evergreen, 

 it is pleasing in appearance at all times. In open 

 positions during severe weather it sheds some of 

 its leaves, but is never wholly bare. The leaves 

 are small, probably not more than half an inch 

 long and a little less in width, densely borne on 

 the branches, giving the shrub a compact, well- 

 fumished appearance. The flowers are interest- 

 ing, being, as usual in the genus, white borne in 

 numerous short panicles. It has the look of 

 making a useful liedge plant, and, no doubt, 

 nurserymen are holding stock plants against the 

 time when it \\\\\ be asked for after the war. 

 It is a shrub which ought to be popular in time. 



Fruit-room at Aldenh.\m. 



