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in autumn by red, coral-like bei'ries. The Cotoneaster does not form a tree, 

 as is the case with kindred species, but is merely a small shrub with downy 

 branches. Mr. Christy, in his notice of the jslants observed during a tour in 

 North Wales, thus remarks on this plant. Kefcrring to heavy and continued 

 rain which just then prevailed at the village of Llandudno, he says, " I was, 

 however, too anxious to gather Cotoneaster imlgaris to be detained liy the 

 weather ; and accordingly set off, accompanied by a guide who could speak 

 no English, but who, the landlady assured me, knew both the plant and its 

 places of growth. Following a steep narrow road up the hill, above the 

 tillage, we reached some copper-mines, overhung by a range of limestone 

 precipices. On these rocks the Cotoneaster grows abundantly, but owing 

 to being continually browsed on by the sheep it is very dwarfish, and pro- 

 bably from the same cause appears seldom to flower. Sir J. E. Smith 

 mentions July for the Cotoneaster; whereas the few fertile specimens I 

 found at that season bore fruit considerably adA^anced. Mr. Wilson 

 mentions May, which certainly agrees better with the state in which I 

 found the plant." This writer remarks that the rocks were everywhere 

 covered with the common rock rose (Helianthemum vulgare) intermixed Avith 

 a profusion of the rarer hoary dwarf rock rose {Helianthemum canum). 



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