S68 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART I]. 
Genus XIV. 
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PHOTYNIA Lindi. Tue Puorinia. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Di-Pentagynia. 
Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 631. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 602. 
Synonyme. Cratz*gus sp. L. 
Derivation. From phdteinos, shining ; in allusion to the lucid surface of the leaves. 
Description, §c. Evergreen trees, with undivided, coriaceous, serrated, or 
entire, leaves. Flowers, in most, in terminal corymbose panicles; and small 
fruit, at least which has appeared small, as far as it has been seen in an unripe 
state. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 631.) The garden treatment of this genus is ex- 
actly the same as that of Cratz'gus, except that the species are somewhat 
more tender. They are eminently ornamental. 
2 1.P.serruua‘ra Lindl, The serrulated-leaved Photinia. 
Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p.103.; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 631. ; and Don’s Mill, 2. 
Bt «aN Cratz*gus glabra Thunb. Fl. Jap.,205., Bot. Mag., Lodd. Bot. Cab., Colla Hort. Riput. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2105.; Bot. Cab., t.248.; Colla Hort. Ripul., t.36.; and the plate of the 
species in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, acute, serrulated. Pedicels longer than the 
calyx. Buds large, red. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.631.) A native of Japan and 
China; introduced in 1804, and forming a very handsome, evergreen, low 
tree. It is commonly grafted or budded on thorn stocks; and it also does 
well upon quince stocks. In the neighbourhood of London, it flowers 
between the middle of April and the middle of May; but it has not yet 
produced fruit in England. The largest and oldest plants are at White 
Knights, where it was planted in 1804; and, in 1835, formed a large bush, 
or tree, nearly 15ft. high. In Essex, at Highlands, 8 years planted, it is 
12 ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 6 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 
In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 30 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. In 
Devonshire, at Killerton, 8 years planted, it is 10 ft. high; at Luscombe, 8 
years planted, and 16 ft. high, with a head 14 ft. in diameter. In Hampshire, 
at Leigh Park, 7 years planted, it is 11 ft. high. In Scotland, in Argyll- 
shire, at Toward Castle, 6 years planted, it is 7 ft. high. In Ireland, in 
Cork, at Castle Freke, it is 8ft high. The largest plants, as standards, 
in the neighbourhood of London, are at Syon, where, in 8 years, it 
has attained the height of from 12ft. to 15 ft., flowering occasionally. 
In the Botanic Garden at Kew, and in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, there are trees against walls which flower freely every year. In 
the neighbourhood of Paris, Photinia serrulata is found quite hardy, and it 
retains the greater part of its leaves during winter. In 1829, there were 
numerous trees of it at Coomb-la-Ville. In Britain, in situations too cold 
for planting this tree as a standard, it well deserves a place against a wall, 
for its large, deep green, shining leaves, which, when they appear in spring, 
are of a dark brownish red; while those of the preceding year, when they 
drop off, which is for the most part in May, are of an intensely deep red, 
or scarlet. Fit associates for it against a wall are, P. arbutifolia, Cratze‘gus 
glatica, C. mexicana, Raphidlepis {ndica, and Eriobétrya japénica. Price of 
plants, in the London nurseries, 1s. 6d. each; at Paris, 1 franc; at Boll- 
wyller, 2 francs ; and at New York, ?. 
2 2. P. arputiro Lia Lindl. The Arbutus-/eaved Photinia. 
Identification. Lind). in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.631.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 602. 
Synonyme, Crate*gus arbutifodlia Azt. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 232. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg. t.491.; and our jig. 619, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with the disk oblong-lanceolate, acute, distantly 
serrated, six times longer than the petiole, which is red. The panicle, in 
this species, is not corymbose. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 631.) A native of Cali- 
