TREES AND SHRUBS DECIDUOUS 



Of spreading, semi-scandent habit, it attains but a moderate height, 

 and needs for support a wall or wooden trellis. The stems and branches, 

 armed with numerous hard, curved prickles, are furnished with cut foliage 

 of a soft fern-like aspect. 



The raceme bears from twenty to thirty bright canary-yellow flowers, 

 each 1 in. in diameter, with which the red filaments and anthers form a 

 contrast. Flowers produced for the first time in this country in 1887 on 

 specimens which had stood many years uninjured by the frost at Coombe 

 Wood. 



CAEPINUS CORDATA, Blume. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of Trees and Shrubs, 1888, p. 37. 



This, one of the largest of the Hornbeams and certainly one of the finest, 

 forms a conspicuous ingredient in the forests of the northern island of 

 Japan, where it was met with by James H. Veitch during his journeyings 

 in the Far East. Previously found by Maries in the same district, and 

 through him first introduced to cultivation. 



The leaves, large and striking in appearance, are 6 to 7 in. long and from 

 3 to 4 in. broad, with the characteristic venation of the genus ; the long, 

 hop-like catkins of fruit attain a length of 6 in or more, and are also very 

 striking. 



CELASTEUS HYPOGLAUCUS, Hemsl. 



This fine species, which takes its specific name from the glaucous hue of 

 the under surface of the large handsome leaves, was first detected by 

 Dr. A. Henry in the Province of Hupeh, Central China, and subsequently 

 introduced to cultivation from the same locality. 



The leaves, 6 in. long by 2| in. broad, are of a deep pea-green on the 

 upper surface, glaucous beneath ; the young wood purple, covered with 

 waxy bloom. 



CELASTEUS LATIFOLIUS, Hemsl. 



Hooker's Ic. PI. t. 2206. 



This fine species of Celastrus, first made known to botanists through 

 Dr. A. Henry, who collected specimens in the Province of Hupeh, Central 

 China, was introduced to cultivation from the same locality from seed 

 collected in 1900. 



The leaves large, 6 in. broad by 8| in. long, are broadly ovate, or nearly 

 orbicular, acuminate with a cordate base, dark green on the upper surface, 

 paler beneath, strongly veined, and serrated along the margin. 



It is a common shrub in the neighbourhood of Ichang, known as Nan- 

 shan-yeh. The root and leaves, powdered and mixed with flour, are 

 scattered over growing crops of cabbage, turnip, and others of a similar 

 nature, to kill obnoxious insects. 



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