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IRISH GAKDEM M. 



Correspondence. 



Sik. I was tnucli interested in reading the 

 accounl of Cotoneasters in the last number oi 

 [rish Gardening. I entirely agree with what 

 the writer says as to their beauty and usefulness, 

 and there is one advantage that he does no1 

 mention thai they are without exception quite 

 hardy. 



Although vour list would appear prettj ex- 

 haustive, I find thai I have no less than 18 species 

 or distincl varieties growing al Aldenham which 

 you <l<» not mention. Therefore to complete the 

 catalogue of these interesting plants you may 

 think it worth while to publish my list, namely : 



< '. acutifolia var- villosula. 



C. horizontalis var. perpusilla. 



C. Zabeli (with dullish red fruits, for which I 

 recently obtained an award of meril from Hi'' 

 Royal Horticultural Sociel y). 



c. Dielsiana. 



( '. I >ielsiana var- elegans. 



('. divaricata (with very brighl red fruits 

 a graceful habit, lor which I recently gaini 

 Ku>t Class Certiificate). 



( ' salicifolia var- floccosa. 



('. hupehensis. 



('. Dam'meri var- radicans. 



( '. moupinensis. 



We <>\vr all t In' alniv e to one of 

 expeditions of .Mr. Wilson to China. 



I also have : — 



( '. aiuiiiin.ii a var- pendula. 

 ( '. rupesl ris. 



and 

 ■d a 



it her of i he 



C. tomentosa. 



C. species from Turkestan. 



('. pyrenaica. 



<\ racemiflora. 



('. racemiflora var- orbicularis. 



('. racemiflora var- Meyerii. 



I should add witli regard to the species which 

 you describe and justly praise under the name 

 of ('. humifusa, that though it has only been such 

 a short time in the country that some collectors 

 are still unacquainted with it. yet its name lias 

 already been changed, and it is now known al 

 Kcw as ( '. I lammerii. 



One of the features of the system of nomenclature 

 adopted at Kcw is thai never mind how widelj 

 spread and well known and appropriate the name 



of a plant may lie. no one can depend on its 

 being retained, and at any moment it may be 

 discovered that some obscure person gave an 

 unknown name to the plant a fortnighl before 

 it received the one universalis recognised, where- 

 upon a change in nomenclature takes place to the 

 general confusion, and it is obvious that this 

 process may he repeated. 



Vl< AKY GlBBS. 



Aldenham I louse. Klst ree. 



I While thanking our corresponded for his 

 notes on Cotoneasters, I would like to point out 

 thai ('. Dielsiana. mentioned in his list, is only 

 another new name lor ('. applanata, which was 

 described last month. Also C pyrenaica, which 

 is sent out by some French nurserymen as a new 

 species, is nothing more or less than our old 

 friend •'. congesta, sometimes known as ('. micro- 

 phylla glacialis. Ed. ! 



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