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February 26, 1910 



metrical, pyramidal bush, 5 to 10 ft. tall. Neither man 

 nor beast could face a hedge made of this species ! 



Cotoneaster rugosa and its variety Henryi are both 

 very ornamental shrubs 6 to 15 ft. tall, free-growing 

 with arching, semi-pendulous branches and flat corymbs 

 of pure white flowers followed in autumn by branches 

 of pure white flowers followed in autumn in bunches 

 late, about 21/0 to 3 inches long, wrinkled, shining green 

 above and covered on the underside with a heavy white 

 felt. 



Closely allied to Cotoneaster is the small genus 

 Stransvaesia of which one species, S. undulata, is of 

 more than passing interest. This plant forms a bush 6 

 to 12 ft. tall with spreading branches and ovate, smooth 

 leaves which in autumn assume very brilliant tints. 

 The flowers are pure white, borne in flat corymbs 4 to 

 6 inches across and are followed by masses of coral-red 

 fruits. With its masses of ornamental flowers and 



Viburnum Uknryi 



fruits and fine autumnal tints S. iiinliihua is a more than 

 ordinarily attractive and useful slirub. 



Among the large family of Chinpse Viburnums are 

 several very fine evergreen species of which V.jvhytido- 

 phyllum and V^ Henryi may be selected as examples. 

 The first-named is a very striking plant in appearance 

 unlike the ordinary conception of a ViburnimT. A na- 

 tive of margins of moist woods V. rhytidophyllum 

 forms a much-branched shrub 5 to ID ft. tall with leaves 

 of great substance, lanceolate-ovate, 6 to 10 inches long 

 and 8 to 3 inches broad, dark green and deeply chan- 

 nelled above with strong prominent veins on the under- 

 side. The stems and undersides of the leaves are dense- 

 ly clothed with a pale, dun-colored indumentum. The 

 flowers are small, creamy-white borne in flat, terminal 



corymbs C to 10 inches across; the fruits at first dark 

 red change to jet black as they ripen and are retained 

 late into the winter. Apart from the beauty of its flow- 

 ers and fruits the noble and strikingly handsome foliage 

 of this plant is sufficient to award it a place in any and 

 eveiy collection of shrubs. 



Viburnum Henryi is a very different plant in general 

 appearance to V. rhytidophyllum but not one whit less 

 desirable ; indeed, in flower and fruit is second to none in 

 the whole family. A native of the upland thickets, 

 above 5000 ft. in Central and Western China V. Hen- 

 ryi is nowhere common. It forms an erect, much- 

 branched bush 6 to 10 ft. high and nearly as much 

 through, with narrowly-ovate, pointed leaves 6 to 8 

 inches long, coriaceous, glabrous and shining. The flow- 

 ers are pure white, fragrant, borne in erect, pyramidal 

 panicles 5 to 8 inches high; the fruits are bright-scarlet 

 changing with age to blackish-crimson. A more highly 

 decorative shrub would be hard to find. 



Another remarkable Viburnum is V. Davidii which 

 tinly grows li/4 to 2 ft. high with broadly-ovate, prom- 

 inently three-nerved leaves, terminal, flat corjrmbs of 

 pure white flowers followed by small, indigo-blue fruits. 

 This distinct species is native of thickets and margins of 

 woods of the Chino-Thibetan border-land but is very 

 rare. 



Daphne retusa is a welcome addition to the small fam- 

 ily to which it belongs and one which thrives under cul- 

 tivation. This new plant is a small, branching shrub, 

 seldom more than a foot high with thick, ovate leaves 

 about an inch long. The flowers, which are freely pro- 

 duced, are pink, very fragrant and similar to the well- 

 known greenhouse plant T>. indica. A native of the up- 

 lands of the Thibetan border, above 10,000 ft. there 

 can be no question of the complete hardiness of D. 

 retusa. 



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Trans-Atlantic Notes 



VARIETIES OF HYACINTHS FOR EARLY FORCING 



When hyacinths are wanted in full bloom at Christ- 

 mastide the Dutch grown bulbs should be avoided, and 

 those gi'own in Soiithern France employed instead, it 

 being seldom that the former mature so thoroughly as 

 to be fit for forcing in the early winter months. Exper- 

 ience proves that the Dutch bulbs when grown for one 

 year in the open in Southern France are much better 

 for early forcing than those grown in Holland. As this 

 is a new method, the number of bulbs at the present 

 time and the varieties are but few and it may be of in- 

 terest to mention some. Moreover not all hyacinths are 



