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Notes. 



Pyrus Aucuparia Moravica. 



Among the many varieties of the Mountain 

 Ash or liowan Tree cultivated in our gardens, 

 the Moravian Mountain Ash, a native of North 

 Austria, is one of the most attractive. Its im- 

 portant differences are an upright habit, and 

 larger fruits. In some respects the larger fruits 

 are a disadvantage, the fleshy fruits when ripe 

 at the end of Sej)tenjber Ijcing a gi'eat attrac- 



little evergreen busii up to two feet in height, 

 possibly slightly more with age, and as much 

 or more in diameter. The leaves are dark, 

 glossy green above and white beneath. The 

 dowers ai'e yellow, followed by small oval, 

 plum-purple fruits. An attractive bush for the 

 front of the shrubbery border, its greatest value 

 is in the rock garden, where its low evergreen 

 habit and slow gr()\\ing character will be much 

 valued. 



13. candidula is a native of China, and was 

 fii'st introduced by the French Missionary, 

 Abbe Farges. We receive it from the late M. 



Daitodil Qrioicx of Spain 



Naturalisi'd in grass. 



tion for blackbii'ds and tlu'ushes. Against this 

 is its value as a conserve, wdiile in Central 

 Europe it is said to be eaten by the inhabi- 

 tants. Being a geographical variety, seedlings 

 should come true if taken from an isolated tree, 

 l)ut in a collection of varieties, such as that at 

 Kew, cross-pollination may be expected. In 

 such cases grafting would be desirable, using 

 the species 1*. Aucuparia as the stock. 



A. O. 



Berberis candidula. 



Tins is one nf the most distinct of the newer 

 Chinese Barberries and quite unlike any of the 

 popular favourites in our gardens. It is a dense' 



Maurice de Vilmorin as B. Wallichiana, var. 

 pallida, and it has also been called var. hypo- 

 leuca, but is sufficiently distinct to warrant 

 specific rank. A. 0. 



Rose Mrs. W, H. Cutbush. 



This is one of the most useful and attractive 

 of the Dwarf Polyantha Eoses. The semi- 

 double rosy -pink blossoms are freely produced 

 in large clusters from June to early winter. 

 Even now, in mid-October, a bed in the Broad 

 Walk at Kew, containing upward of a hundred 

 plants, is a wealth of flowers, suggesting the 

 month of July. Though generally grown as 



