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a low, moist, or even marshy soil, but it will grow 

 successfully in dry soil also. I have seen it growing 

 luxuriantly in very wet localities, even in water " 

 (Day.) 



Cotoneaster frigida (Malaceae), 47664. From Dar jeeling, 

 India. A collection of seeds presented by Mr. G. H. 

 Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "Of the stronger- 

 growing Cotoneasters this is perhaps the best, for it 

 grows into a very large bush, or sometimes a small 

 tree, and rarely fails to fruit freely, the branches 

 from late September onwards being laden with large 

 clusters of bright red fruits. Moreover, it is more 

 attractive when in flower than many of the Cotoneasters, 

 the flowers being creamy white and produced in large 

 cymes. Although a deciduous species, the leaves are 

 often retained until well into winter, and after a mild 

 autumn it not infrequently happens that many leaves 

 are left until January. The fruit also remains until 

 well into the New Year if not troubled by birds. 

 It is a Himalayan plant, and succeeds in a light and 

 sunny position in good loamy soil." (The Garden, 

 Nov. 18, 1916.) 



Cotoneaster rotundifolia (Malaceae), 47665. From 

 Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented by 

 Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. One 

 desirable feature of this Cotoneaster used as an orna- 

 mental plant is that the berries are less attractive 

 to birds than those of any of the other kinds. This Is 

 a very important point, as some members of the genus are 

 very quickly robbed of their beauty after the berries 

 color. C. rotundifolia is one of the Himalayan species, 

 several of which run into each other by almost imper- 

 ceptible gradations, so that, as might be expected, a 

 certain amount of confusion attends their nomenclature . 

 The true C. rotundifolia is a beautiful shrub, usually 

 forming a rather spreading bush 4 or 5 feet in height, 

 clothed with small, dark green, roundish leaves, many 

 of which are retained throughout the winter, unless 

 the weather is particularly severe. The berries, which 

 are about the size of peas, are very freely borne, and, 

 being of a deep scarlet hue when ripe, the bush makes 

 a goodly show, and, as above stated, the birds leave 

 Lt alone until the last. (Adapted from Journal of 

 Horticulture and Home Farmer, Dec. 18, 1913.) 



