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Viburnum Carlesii, var. syringiflora. — In the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle for December 6th, 1919, p. 285, Mr. E. H. Wilson 

 points out that the plant described under this name in the Kew 

 Bull. 1919, p. 239, is the same as Viburnum bitchiuense, Makino. 

 This species had not hitherto been represented in the Kew Her- 

 barium, and its publication was unfortunately overlooked. It 



had been grown in 



English gardens 



for several years as V. 



Carlesii, and was assumed to be, like the true form of that species, 

 a Corean plant. According to Mr. Wilson, we now know that 

 it is a native of the mountains of the province of Bitchiu in 

 Western Japan, where it was discovered some time prior to 1902 

 and named by Makino. This botanist, however, in 1909 changed 

 his mind and identified it with V. Carlesii, Hemsl., thereby 

 causing some confusion and disappointment. Mr. Wilson states 

 that a Japanese Nursery Company, relying on Mr. 

 conclusions, obtained the Japanese plants, propagated and 

 exported them as F. Carlesii, and it was only when complaints of 

 their inferior quality began to reach them that suspicion was 

 aroused and the mistake discovered. j, h. 



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