Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



II. Cotoneaster. (C. frigida.) 



LEAF : 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire, oblong, pointed, brown- 

 woolly beneath. FLOWER : p. white (sepals and spreading 

 petals 5, stamens many, styles 2), clustered, numerous; May; 

 fruit reddish-black, then black ; I5-2O. Himalaya. 



12. Common Quince. (Cydonia vulgaris.) 

 LEAF : 2', simple, alternate, entire, ,al to ovate, cottony be- 

 neath. FLOWER : p. white or pale rosy (petals 5, stamens many, 

 calyx-lobes leafy, styles 2-5), single at ends of stems ; late 

 spring ; often thorny. From the Levant. 



13. Exochorda. (E. grandiflora.) 



LEAF : 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire, oblong or base tapering, 

 smooth. FLOWER: p. white (5 roundish calyx-lobes, petals 5, 

 stamens 15, short style), in lateral clusters ; May. China. 



14. Buckthorn. (Rhamnus frangula.) 



LEAF : 2 f -s', simple, alternate, entire or minutely serrate, el- 

 liptical, pointed ; bark white-dotted. FLOWER : p. white or 

 pinkish, small (petals and stamens 4-5, latter standing on a fleshy 

 disk, I style), clustered ; May, June ; 6-i5. Orient ; thorn- 

 less. 



15. Deutzia. (D. crenata.) 



LEAF : 2'-4\ simple, alternate, finely round-toothed, ovate to 

 long-ovate, dull green. FLOWER: p. white (petals 5, stamens 

 10, alternate ones longer, filaments broader upward, 2-lobed at 

 top), in abundant small panicles ; May, June. Japan. 



1 6. Deutzia. (D. gracilis.) 



LEAF : 2 f ~3', simple, alternate, sharply serrate, lance-ovate, 

 bright green, smooth. FLOWER : p. very white, small, details as 

 in last, but stamen-filaments forked at top ; May. Japan. 



17. Deutzia. (D. scabra.) 



LEAF : 2 '-4', as in crenata, but wrinkled, quite rough, and 

 minutely sharp-serrate. FLOWER : as in crenata, but stamen- 

 filaments tapering and not lobed at top. Japan. 



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