Rhus 
coftinus 
Rhus 
typhina 
4. ARBORETUM NOTES. 
TERE BINARAGE AS: 
(Anacardiacez ),—Loudon. 
RHUS COTINUS. 
Loudon, v. 2, 549. 
A very ornamental shrub, as Loudon justly 
says; but he has omitted to mention one of its 
beauties, namely, the autumnal colouring of its 
leaves; in September and October they assume 
very rich and finely varied tints of yellow, bright 
red, and dark red. 
A plant raised from seed, which Henry* brought 
from Bulgaria, and now growing in the arboretum 
here, is a slight variety of Rhus cotinus, with 
leaves more glaucous and less rounded at the 
tip, indeed almost pointed. The plant however 
is still young, and it remains to be seen how 
far this character may be permanent. Henry says 
the shrub is very common in Bulgaria, along the 
skirts of the Balkan mountains. 
The Italian name of scotino, for this plant (see 
Loudon), is more likely to be a corruption of 
cotinus, than to be derived from the Greek skotios. 
RHUS TYPHINA. 
Loudon, v. 2, 550. 
This well deserves all that Loudon says of its 
beauty, especially in Autumn, when the scarlet 
glow of its leaves, especially if backed by ever- 
greens, or by other shrubs that remain green after 
* His brother, Colonel Bunbury. 
