414 CORYLOPSIS. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. COTONEASTER. 



tufted, and spreading, the thin, wiry stems ' 

 each carry two pairs of leaves on pedicels 

 an inch long, and a terminal leaflet, all ' 

 deeply notched. The blossoms are yellow, 

 each about an inch long. It flowers pro- 

 fusely from May to October. China. 



CORYLOPSIS. A small group of 

 hardy shrubs, allied to the Witch 

 Hazel from China, Japan, and N. 

 India. They are thin and dwarf, 

 have ribbed leaves resembling the 

 Hazel, and bear flowers in drooping 

 racemes. As these are early spring- 

 flowering shrubs, they should be 

 planted in spots sheltered from cold 

 winds. 



C. MULTIFLORA resembles somewhat 

 closely the C. Veitchiana ; the racemes 

 are rather longer. There are, however, 

 certain botanical differences connected 

 with the arrangement and hairiness of the 

 leaves which separate the two species. 



C. PAUCIFLORA, another Japanese 

 species, is .a very beautiful shrub when 

 well grown, for its long, slender branches 

 are clothed with rather thin, heart-shaped 

 leaves. The upper surface of the leaves 

 is green, the under side glaucous, but 

 there is usually, when young, a well-defined 

 margin of red or brown. The fragrant 

 flowers, which have primrose-coloured 

 petals and red anthers, come in April. 



C. SPICATA, the commonest kind, is a 

 native of Japan, and was introduced about 

 1864. Mature bushes are 3 feet or so high 

 and rather more through. During March 

 and early April the primrose-coloured 

 flowers appear in drooping catkins each 

 2 to 3 inches in length. In the absence of 

 frost they are showy for a period of several 

 weeks, whilst their fragrance is very notice- 

 able. 



C. VEITCHIANA is one of six species 

 which occur in E. and C. China. It forms 

 a shrub 5 to 6 feet high, with long and 

 rather slender branches. When young 

 the leaves are margined with red and 

 brown. Ten to fifteen primrose-coloured 

 flowers are borne together in dense 

 racemes. 



C. WILSONI. This is distinguished from 

 other kinds from C. China by having one 

 or more leaves developed on the flower- 

 ing branches at the time the leaves 

 expand, whereas in most cases no leaves 

 are developed until after the flowers have 

 faded. The flowers have the usual prim- 

 rose colour and fragrance. 



CORYLUS (Hazel-nut}. A small 

 group of European and Asiatic trees, 

 represented in our country by the 

 Hazel, C. avellana, which is precious 

 in its nut-bearing forms for our gar- 

 dens. There are varieties, including 

 a weeping one, pendula, and cut-leaved 

 and nettle-leaved forms. Other species 



worth growing are C. americana, 

 heterophylla, mandshurica, and maxima, 

 with its very fine variety atropurpurea, 

 and other forms, among them the 

 varieties of cobs and filbert nuts grown 

 for their fruits. It is a very pleasant 

 way to plant a group of the best 

 fruiting Hazel in the pleasure ground, 

 or to form what is called a Hazel walk. 



COSMOS. Mexican plants allied to 

 the Dahlia. C. bipinnatus is a hand- 

 some annual, 3 feet to 5 feet high, 

 having finely-divided, feathery foliage, 

 and large Dahlia-like bright red-purple 

 blossoms, with yellow centres. It is 

 best raised a tender annual by sowing 

 the seeds in February or March in a 

 heated frame, and transplanting in 

 May in good, rich soil with a warm 

 exposure. It flowers from August to 

 October, is good for grouping with 

 bold and graceful annuals. There arc 

 now varieties rose, white, purple, and 

 orange. C. atropurpurea, called the 

 " Black Dahlia," is a handsome plant 

 with nearly black flowers, thriving in 

 ordinary soil. 



COTONEASTER (Rockspray). 

 Trailing, or erect, shrubs of the 

 highest garden value, with a great 

 variety of habit little things to 

 crawl over walls or rock gardens, and 

 also medium and most graceful shrubs 

 like horizontalis, and brilliant fruiting 

 trees like the Indian C. frigida, coming 

 in among the ornamental trees. The 

 cultivation is usually very simple, the 

 plants thriving in any soil, and easy 

 to increase by seed or division of the 

 dwarf creeping kind. Hardy and 

 close in growth, they are among the 

 best shrubs for exposed situations. As 

 fence plants they have been advertised, 

 but I found them of no use in that way. 



C. ADPRESSA. A new, and as yet rare, 

 kind, forming a low, dense, spreading 

 shrub. It is related to C. buxifolia, with 

 flowers resembling those of C. horizontalis 

 i.e., white, with the extremities of the 

 petals rose. The fruit is a brilliant red, 

 and ripens in August. It is likely to be 

 a valuable shrub for the rock garden. 

 China. 



C. ANGUSTIFOLIA.- A new kind, 3 to 5 

 feet high, with spreading spiny stems, 

 loaded with brilliant red berries, persistent 

 throughout the winter. If this plant 

 proves hardy in our winters, it will be of 

 great value in gardens. 



C. BULLATA. A shrub reaching 3 to 4 

 feet in height, with a somewhat drooping 

 habit, bearing berries of a dark blood-red 

 colour. A distinct, new, and deciduous 

 species, with blistered leaves (bulle) ; the 



