HORTUS VEITCHII 



ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS, Planch. 



Maries in The Garden, 1882, vol. xxi. p. 101 ; Gard. Chron. 1903, vol. xxxiii. p. 248 ; 

 id. vol. xxvi. p. 211; Jour. E.H.S. vol. xxviii. pt. i. ; Veitchs' List of Novelties, 

 1904, p. 3, figs. 



A handsome hardy climber introduced from Central China of the 

 very first order. 



It was known for some time prior to introduction, having been found 

 by Fortune when travelling on behalf of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, 

 and from his specimens Planchon's description is written in Hooker's 

 London Journal of Botany, 1847, vol. vi. p. 303. Maries also detected it 

 in the North Island of Japan, but failed to introduce it. 



A rapid grower, valuable for very handsome foliage, covered with 

 bright red hairs in a young state. The flowers, not yet seen in cultiva- 

 tion, are bright yellow, very handsome, and followed by edible fruits 

 about the size of walnuts with a flavour resembling ripe gooseberries. 



ACTINIDIA KOLOMIKTA, Euprecht. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiv. p. 262 ; Eev. Hort. 1872, p. 395, fig. 43. 



An interesting semi-scandent shrub, by Maries, who met with it in 

 Yesso, Japan, in the year 1878, though it had previously been discovered 

 on several occasions, and had appeared in France a few years earlier. 



Now seldom met with in gardens, it deserves a place for the brilliant 

 crimson and white autumn tints. 



^ISCULUS CALIFOENICA, Nutt. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5077 ; Gard. Chron. 1902, vol. xxxi. p. 187, fig. of fruit ; Fl. des Serres, 

 1858, torn. iii. 2nd ser. p. 39. 



This, one of the rarest of the horse-chestnuts, a native of the western 

 slopes of the' mountains of California, where it is known as the Californian 

 Buck's Eye, was raised from seed sent to Exeter by William Lobb, and 

 produced fine thyrsi in July 1858. 



Unfortunately, though hardy in this country, the absence of sufficient 

 sun prevents the tree freely flowering. 



A specimen in the Bath Botanic Garden produced both flowers and 

 fruit in 1901, and from this material the figure in the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 (I.e. supra) was prepared. 



According to Professor Sargent, who describes the species as one of 

 the most beautiful in the genus, the flowers are white tinted with rose, 

 but in this country they are wholly white. 



.3ESCULUS TUEBINATA, Blume. 



Rev. Hort. 1888, p. 496, figs. 120-124 ; Gordon in Gard. Mag. Sept. 21st, 1901, p. 614 

 Gard. Chron. 1902, vol. xxxi. p. 187, fig. 



This Japanese Horse-chestnut closely resembles our own (J^sculus 



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