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Masters 



Dippel, Handb. 



Laubholzk. n. 356, fig. 165 (1892).— Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. 

 iv. 1671 (1902).— Schneider, 111. Handb. Laubholzk. n. 127, fig. 80c, 81 

 1-m (1907). 



The name given by Fortune to the Chinese Skimmia introduced by him 

 in 1849 to England seems to have been entirely overlooked. Though 

 he does not give a technical description of his new species, he states that 

 it is the S. japonica as described by Lindley and thus bases his name on 

 a definite description. The change in the name of this species makes 

 necessary the following new combination: 



Skimmia Reevesiana f. rubella, comb. nov. — S. intermedia Carriere in 

 Rev. Hort. 1870, 200; 1874, 311.— Nicholson, 111. Diet. Gard. m. 440 

 (1887).— S. rubella Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1874, 311, tab.; 1880 57, fig. 

 12; 1885, 189, fig. 35. — S. Fortunei f. rubella Voss, Vilmorin's Blumen- 

 gfijt. i. 172 (1894).— Rehder, in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. iv. 1671 (1902), 

 as var. 



This form differs from the. type chiefly in its reddish peduncles, pedicels 

 and flower buds. It was first described by Carriere as S. intermedia and 

 stated to be of unknown origin, but four years later he described and 

 figured it as S. rubella and stated that it was introduced from China about 

 1865 by Eugene Simon. Carriere describes it as intermediate between S. 

 japonica and fragrans which is according to our present nomenclature S. 

 Reevesiana and >S. japonica, but its hybrid origin seems very doubtful. 



Skimmia Reevesiana f. variegata, comb. nov. — S. japonica variegata 

 Anon, in Card. x. 364 (1878).— Mouillefert, Arb. Arbriss. I. 214 (1891). 

 S. japonica argentea variegata Nicholson, 111. Diet. Gard. in. 441 (1887). — 

 S. Fortunei var. argentea Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, v. 553 (1889). 



A form with the leaves bordered white. 



X Skimmia Foremanii Knight in Florist & Pomol. 1881, 70 (as S. Fore- 

 manni) — (S. japonica X Reevesiana). — Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, v. 

 553 (1889).— Bean, Trees and Shrubs Brit. Isles, n. 514 (1914).— S. inter- 

 media Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. iv. 1671 (1902), not Carriere. 

 Schneider, 111. Handb. Laubholzk. n. 127 (1907). 



This form is according to Knight a hybrid between S. japonica and S. 

 oblata (=S. Reevesiana X japonica) raised by Mr. Foreman of Dalkreith. 

 It was first exhibited in Edinburgh at the Spring Meeting of the Royal 

 Caledonian Horticultural Society in 1881, and was awarded a First-class 

 certificate. As Masters points out, the occurrence of two forms of fruit in 

 the same panicle and their color indicates the hybrid origin of the plant. 



X Skimmia Foremanii var. Rogersii comb. nov. — S. Roger sii Masters in 

 Gard. Chron. ser. 3, v. 553 (1889). 



This form was discovered about 1878 by W. H. Rogers of Southampton 

 among seedlings of S. oblata, but shows the influence of &\ tteevcsia?ia 



