144 PHLOMIS PHOTINIA 



2 to 5 ins. long, ij to if ins. wide, ovate-lanceolate; covered with 

 branched hairs, sparsely above, thickly beneath; stalks J to i in. long. 

 Flowers stalkless, bright yellow, crowded at the leaf-bases in two dense 

 clusters which together form a x circular tier 2 ins. across. Corolla i J ins. 

 long, two-lipped, the upper lip hood-shaped ; calyx green, funnel-shaped, 

 hairy, with five projecting narrow teeth at the top. 



Native of S J . Europe; cultivated in England since the sixteenth 

 century. It is only half hardy near London, and succumbs in severe 

 winters. The flowers develop in autumn, and are very bright and 

 interesting, forming curious, short, crowded clusters. The foliage is 

 like that of a giant sage, but is weakly scented. The plant is seen at 

 its best in the south-western counties and Ireland. Easily propagated by 

 cuttings. The Jerusalem sage should have some sunny sheltered spot, 

 such as a house corner facing south, or a dryish, sunny bank. 



PHOTINIA. ROSACES. 



A genus of North Asiatic shrubs and small trees allied to Pyrus and 

 Cratsegus. The leaves are simple and often somewhat leathery in texture. 

 Flowers in corymbose clusters, white ; petals and calyx-lobes five ; stamens 

 twenty. Fruit red, haw-shaped. Whilst P. villosa is deciduous and 

 quite hardy, P. serrulata is evergreen and rather tender. They both 

 like a warm, loamy soil, not too heavy and close. Propagation is best 

 effected by seeds, but failing them cuttings of half to nearly ripened young 

 wood should be tried in gentle heat. The practice of grafting them on 

 hawthorn can only be condemned. P. serrulata has its foliage most 

 richly coloured in spring, P. villosa in autumn. 



P. DAVIDSON!^, Rehder and Wilson. 



An evergreen tree, 20 to 45 ft. high, the young shoots reddish. Leaves 

 leathery, oblanceolate to narrowly oval, tapered towards both ends, usually 

 more gradually towards the base ; 2 to 6 ins. long, f to if ins. wide, finely 

 toothed ; dark glossy green above, pale beneath, soon quite smooth ; stalk % to 

 in. long. Flowers numerous, in terminal corymbs 3 or 4 ins. across ; each 

 flower scarcely in. wide, white. Petals roundish, spreading ; calyx funnel- 

 shaped, with broadly triangular lobes, downy like the flower-stalks. Fruit 

 roundish, orange-red, smooth, about $ in. long, the calyx-lobes persisting and 

 incurved. 



Native of W. Hupeh, China ; discovered in 1900 by Wilson, who describes 

 this as one of the handsomest evergreen trees in Central China,, where it is 

 frequently planted round shrines and tombs. It is most closely allied to 

 P. serrulata, but is well distinguished by its shorter-stalked leaves and 

 downy inflorescence ; the fruit and flowers are also smaller in P. serrulata. It 

 appears to be hardy. 



P. SERRULATA, Lindley. 



An evergreen shrub, or a tree ultimately 30 to 40 ft. high in favoured 

 situations ; branchlets stout, smooth. Leaves oblong, very firm and leathery, 

 reddish when young, 4 to 8 ins. long and from ij to 3^ ins. wide, rounded 



